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it was Birstal some lived in not the hall Fly :-D :-D

but most lived in Batley

You is posh Joy ;-)

they did Fly and Mirfield to :-D :-D

Hi Joy

Have a look at Oakwell Hall & country park at Birstall :-) some of your Halls Ancestors might have lived there you never know :-D

my Halls who owned the mills married into to the fox Family
so that's a great idea Sue :-D :-D

Joy I would take a couple of days to have a look especially if you want to see Fox's biscuit factory.

Have a look at this site...

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Batley/index.html


Good Luck with your roaming.... :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

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ours is a run down old town to so used to that Stella :-D :-D

I like Batley.. it is old, dirty and run down.. a welcome change from the modern city centre we have here..

sort of quiet and ancient..lol laid back if you like..you can almost feel the industrial history in the blackened stones of the many old buildings

good Stella my Halls owned some of those mills
so be good to see them or what's left of them :-D :-D

about 7 miles from me in Wakefield.. an old run down mill town really but if you like shopping one of the old mills has been converted to house loads of interesting outlets

http://www.themillbatley.com/

you could make a day of it really if you go there and visit the church as well
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thank you Rollo
I will look forward to seeing the church

and finding at least some of my Halls
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Depending on your view of "warmer" you could be waiting quite a long while ...

Here is an easier approach
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Batley,_Yorkshire_Genealogy

Batley is a fairly typical small Yorkshire industrial town def. not scenic or noted for warm weather though the people are warm and friendly. It has a good looking if a bit dour town hall while St Paul's church remains open. Tourists for any reason inc F.H. are rare birds. Def. not on Tory list of winnable seats.

There is a good choice of trad British cooking inc Asian. However the nearest outpost of civilisation is Leeds about 10 miles away as the pigeon flies.

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Does anybody Know the Area
as I am thinking of going there in the warmer weather
to search for their Parish church

what I really want to know is it a big place???
will I need more than one day to do my searching???? :-D :-D