Farming in Halsall during WW2
These are the display pages for the “Farming in Halsall during WW2” poster board created for the celebrations to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VE-Day in May 2025. To complement these photographs here is a list of all the farmers and their farms from the 1939 Register, 6 years earlier.
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| First name | Family name | Birth | Death | Farm name | FamilySearch Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane | Aindow | 1869 | 1949 | Mere Lane Farm | L5K6-LCJ |
| Robert | Ainscough | 1870 | 1954 | Rainbag Farm | GJV3-LQQ |
| Edward | Ainscough | 1881 | 1961 | Plex Moss Farm | GJV3-KZZ |
| Peter | Alty | 1903 | 1991 | Cop Farm | GN3H-3NF |
| Joseph | Aspinall | 1888 | 1951 | Gesterfield Farm | K4YF-XVW |
| George | Aspinwall | 1878 | 1952 | Barn House Farm | KCPV-VZB |
| John | Ball | 1884 | 1952 | Gregory Farm | LTXL-6LJ |
| Peter | Balmer | 1886 | 1951 | Chestnut Farm | GTHT-5J1 |
| Edward | Banks | 1881 | 1957 | Bangor's Farm | KJLJ-D3G |
| William | Banks | 1897 | 1978 | Mill House Farm | GHMV-C5M |
| Thomas | Barton | 1881 | 1968 | Anderson Farm | L6VV-67B |
| Arthur | Bellis | 1907 | 1977 | Green Kettle Farm | GVHD-9V6 |
| Thomas | Blundell | 1882 | 1955 | Grange Farm | KJGW-4BZ |
| George | Bond | 1882 | 1943 | Gettern Mere Farm | GND9-3BR |
| James | Brookfield | 1886 | 1970 | Hollybrook Farm | GNRK-HTR |
| Hartley | Brooksbank | 1891 | 1977 | Boundary Farm | GN4J-MXC |
| William | Coward | 1898 | 1954 | Moss Lane Farm | LW1T-NZL |
| Richard | Cropper | 1870 | 1949 | Halsall Hall Farm | MHCN-1XS |
| Joseph | Cropper | 1884 | 1951 | Birleys Farm | KJGJ-Z75 |
| John | Dickinson | 1869 | 1946 | Ollery Hall Farm | GPZB-D44 |
| Amos | Farnsworth | 1895 | 1967 | Renacres Lane | K6MK-LBW |
| Samuel | Gartside | 1869 | 1949 | The Laurels, WV | G56V-P1T |
| Wallace | Greenwood | 1897 | 1984 | Headbolt Farm | KL18-5TC |
| William | Grimshaw | 1887 | 1964 | Primrose Hill Farm | GG5B-42V |
| Job | Grimshaw | 1892 | 1944 | La Mancha Farm | KJ2Y-6GW |
| John | Halsall | 1851 | 1942 | Hill House Farm | 9VWS-8T7 |
| Charles | Halsall | 1862 | 1943 | Plex M. House Farm | KJGD-DGX |
| James | Harrison | 1901 | 1983 | Holt Farm | GGV9-NSF |
| John | Hesketh | 1903 | 1956 | Renacres Hall | G5FM-1FK |
| Peter | Higson | 1863 | 1951 | Lower House Farm | G5N7-JP5 |
| Thomas | Higson | 1895 | 1960 | Renacres Lane | G5N7-Q1T |
| Peter | Higson | 1901 | 1947 | Manor House Farm | G5N7-JR9 |
| Lewis | Jeffs | 1872 | 1942 | Turbury Farm | KCLS-1BH |
| Henry | Johnson | 1880 | 1953 | Cop Farm | GNRP-P8X |
| John | Kershaw | 1881 | 1949 | Moss Farm | GQ5Z-QZ8 |
| Thomas | Kniveton | 1905 | 2003 | Olversons Farm | GZXN-5RN |
| Walter | Lawton | 1875 | 1948 | Heathey Lane | GT7Z-CMT |
| Joseph | Lawton | 1885 | 1948 | Heathey Lane | GT7Z-CXB |
| Thomas | Livesley | 1897 | 1976 | Meadow House | L42C-NL1 |
| Thomas | Livesley | 1900 | 1963 | Moss Road | L5RD-4RX |
| Henry | Lowe | 1869 | 1960 | Watson House Farm | GLBT-6LF |
| George | Lydiate | 1890 | 1969 | White Otter Farm | GX38-WPJ |
| Frederick | Moorcroft | 1889 | 1979 | Charles Farm | GCG1-BS6 |
| Henry | Neale | 1905 | 1949 | Park House Farm | GX26-FCH |
| Thomas | Olverson | 1873 | 1951 | Plex House Farm | GKBL-7JN |
| James | Ormrod | 1904 | Malt House Farm | G7LN-V23 | |
| John | Orrell | 1914 | Segars Lane | G51T-9RK | |
| William | Oswald | 1891 | 1965 | Glebe Farm | GKJF-2M3 |
| John | Oswald | 1898 | 1973 | Glebe Farm | GKJF-WK4 |
| Thomas | Pilkington | 1873 | 1964 | Gibbons Farm | KHGJ-ZS8 |
| Albert | Pilkington | 1908 | 1986 | Heather Farm | GPZL-612 |
| John | Prescott | 1884 | 1944 | Hodges Farm | KJGV-PHC |
| John | Rimmer | 1874 | 1949 | Model Farm | MG2C-158 |
| Richard | Rimmer | 1901 | Plex Brow Farm | GG26-WQY | |
| Jane | Robinson | 1868 | London Lane Farm | G55Z-VZN | |
| Richard | Sephton | 1900 | 1963 | Carr Moss Farm | L244-QLC |
| Thomas | Serjeant | 1871 | 1941 | Dicconsons Farm | GNRP-NYH |
| Joseph | Serjeant | 1876 | 1961 | Bangors Green Farm | GLW6-RP2 |
| John | Serjeant | 1886 | 1958 | North Moor Farm | GGZL-NYD |
| Henry | Serjeant | 1889 | 1973 | Whartons Farm | KJ2J--CD4 |
| James | Shacklady | 1892 | 1956 | Hermitage Farm | KJ2Y-6LB |
| Robert | Sutton | 1903 | 1951 | Isle of Wight Farm | GNZN-B92 |
| William | Swift | 1893 | 1976 | Tristrams Farm | LBFH-J6B |
| Henry | Swift | 1896 | 1961 | Trundle Pie Farm | LBFH-T2Q |
| Thomas | Taylor | 1903 | 1983 | Willows Farm | GP8C-954 |
| Thomas | Thompson | 1868 | 1954 | White House Farm | GPW5-2HJ |
| Edward | Threlfall | 1886 | 1951 | Aughton Cliffs | KJ2J-CW5 |
| James | Todd | 1900 | 1960 | White Moss Farm | G5YF-PTR |
| William | Vose | 1868 | 1943 | Blundell House Farm | GNZR-Z6Z |
| Richard | Wareing | 1879 | 1961 | West Crantum | GGN8-1M4 |
| Thomas | Whalley | 1879 | 1957 | Model House Farm | G2DG-K4W |
| Thomas | Whalley | 1894 | 1960 | Harkers Farm | GG4B-13V |
| Edward | Woodcock | 1874 | 1951 | Clieves Farm | MTPQ-C4R |
