{"id":3264,"date":"2025-01-01T16:01:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T16:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3264"},"modified":"2026-05-09T12:25:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:25:49","slug":"1868-william-crossland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3264","title":{"rendered":"1868 &#8211; William Crossland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William Crossland was born in 1831 and baptised on the 22nd May 1821 at Rothwell church.<br>He was married to Anne Clitheroe on February 26th 1854 at the parish church Rothwell.<br>He was living at Great Preston when he was killed, in a firedamp explosion along with Robert Lee, at the Bower &amp; Sons. West Allerton Colliery on 10th December 1868 and burried at Allerton Bywater churchyard on December 14th 1868..<br>William was 37 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/William-Crosland-Baptism-1831-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/William-Crosland-Baptism-1831-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/William-Crosland-Baptism-1831-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/William-Crosland-Baptism-1831-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/William-Crosland-Baptism-1831-1536x1186.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/William-Crosland-Baptism-1831-2048x1582.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1841-Census-name-is-down-as-Crosley-not-Crosland-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1841-Census-name-is-down-as-Crosley-not-Crosland-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1841-Census-name-is-down-as-Crosley-not-Crosland-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1841-Census-name-is-down-as-Crosley-not-Crosland-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1841-Census-name-is-down-as-Crosley-not-Crosland-1536x1034.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1841-Census-name-is-down-as-Crosley-not-Crosland-2048x1379.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3271761476dce9f05845ffd95f3e3570 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1841 Census<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1851-Census-1-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1851-Census-1-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1851-Census-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1851-Census-1-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1851-Census-1-1536x861.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1851-Census-1-2048x1147.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-59a0457dc0665963b10f637035b6293f wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1851 Census<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1861-Census-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1861-Census-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1861-Census-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1861-Census-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1861-Census-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1861-Census-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4f746f172dd8b0df0bf11f0e016af080 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1861 Census<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1016\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-A-W-Crossland-Mining-Accident.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-A-W-Crossland-Mining-Accident.png 1016w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-A-W-Crossland-Mining-Accident-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-A-W-Crossland-Mining-Accident-768x545.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/County-Coroners-Noteboob-for-William-Crosland-1024x803.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/County-Coroners-Noteboob-for-William-Crosland-1024x803.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/County-Coroners-Noteboob-for-William-Crosland-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/County-Coroners-Noteboob-for-William-Crosland-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/County-Coroners-Noteboob-for-William-Crosland-1536x1204.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/County-Coroners-Noteboob-for-William-Crosland-2048x1605.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Page-2-Coroners-Report-for-William-Crosland-1024x783.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Page-2-Coroners-Report-for-William-Crosland-1024x783.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Page-2-Coroners-Report-for-William-Crosland-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Page-2-Coroners-Report-for-William-Crosland-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Page-2-Coroners-Report-for-William-Crosland-1536x1175.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Page-2-Coroners-Report-for-William-Crosland-2048x1567.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/William-Crosland-Burial-1024x852.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/William-Crosland-Burial-1024x852.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/William-Crosland-Burial-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/William-Crosland-Burial-768x639.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/William-Crosland-Burial-1536x1278.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/William-Crosland-Burial-2048x1704.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Crossland was born in 1831 and baptised on the 22nd May 1821 at Rothwell church.He was married to Anne Clitheroe on February 26th 1854 at the parish church Rothwell.He was living at Great Preston when he was killed, in a firedamp explosion along with Robert Lee, at the Bower &amp; Sons. 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