Bolton Brow revisited

The post of 14th November 2025 described the graveyard at Bolton Brow in Sowerby Bridge which has two Hiley graves but is now completely overgrown.

I am grateful to a reader of the Blog for sending me some photos of the graveyard, including ones of the two graves, for which we only had transcriptions previously.

Graveyard in 2007

Graveyard in 2025

Graveyard in 2007

Happy New Year

Best wishes for 2026!

The Blog has now entered its 8th year with well over 200 posts so far.

We will be continuing many of the themes of previous years including:

- the life of Henry Hiley

- Hileys and Highleys killed in the two World Wars

- notable Hileys/Highleys

- graveyards where Hileys/Highleys are buried

- family stories and articles

- families with a Hiley/Highley connection

Over the years I have neglected ancestors and relatives on the maternal line of the family, so this year I will rectify this with posts featuring some of these.

As always I would welcome contributions from readers of this Blog. Please send photos, newspaper cuttings, stories or any item you have with a Hiley/Highley connection. You can contact me directly at christopherhiley@hotmail.com