Joseph Ansley
He died in March 1755 in
Armitage Bridge. He was buried on March 30th, 1755 in
Almondbury.
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Death Notes
Name: Joseph Ansley
Event Date: 30 Mar 1755
Event Type: Burial
Parish: Almondbury, All Hallows
Abode: Armitage Bridge
Occupation: Inn Keeper
General Notes
BADGER: A licenced huckster (peddler or hawker). A corn miller or dealer or an itinerant food trader. Travelling provisions dealer. Licensed pauper who wore a badge with the letter P on it and could only work in a defined area (the term "Badgering comes from this"). A petty jobber, or trickster.
Joseph recorded his abode as Hall Ing or sometimes Astley Bridge. This is probably the same place, where Hall Ing Lane is now, near Honley.
He was a clothier, but recorded as an Inn Keeper on his burial reord.