Quaker Burials at Airton
The Friends’ Burial Ground, a tranquil corner Airton
This list has been compiled from a variety of sources including Monumental Inscriptions found in the burial ground at Airton (Memorial stones were only permitted from the late 19th century); records in the Brotherton Library at Leeds University; the Register of Deaths & Burials of the Society of Friends in the Craven area 1757-1837, published 1997, by Keighley Family History Publishing and available from the Quaker Family History Society
and the National Archives records RG6/1509 & RG6/892, which are available to view online at BMDregisters
and TheGenealogist
Burials at Airton Quaker Meeting House (1669 – 2003)
| Name | Airton Quaker Burials 1669-1994 | Died | Year | Age |
| Isabell Wilkinson | of Knowlebank | 7 Feb | 1663 | |
| Thomas Wilkinson | Son of Isabell | 14 May | 1668 | |
| Ann Wilkinson | wife of Simon | 22 Sep | 1668 | |
| Abraham Binds (Binns) | of Kirkgillhouse | 12 Dec | 1669 | |
| William Wigglesworth | of Gargrave | 12 Mar | 1669 | |
| Elizabeth Wainman | wife of William | 27 Apr | 1669 | |
| Stephen Kitcheing | of the Fleits | 14 Nov | 1669 | |
| Alice Squire | of Airton | 19 Mar | 1675 | |
| Sarah Wilkinson | sister of Simon | 12 Nov | 1675 | |
| Thomas Anderson | of Hanlith | 6 Feb | 1680 | |
| Ellin Thompson | 4 Jan | 1680 | ||
| Thomas Preston | of Airton | 12 Dec | 1681 | |
| Elizabeth Preston | Wife of Thomas | 16 June | 1681 | |
| John Squire | Son of John | 20 Nov | 1682 | |
| Mary Squre | 2 Feb | 1683 | ||
| John Squire | Son of John | 27 May | 1685 | |
| Martha Stowe | of Winterburn | 17 Jan | 1693 | |
| John Squire | Son of Thomas | 18 Jun | 1695 | |
| Ambrose Smith | 24 Apr | 1696 | ||
| Grace Wainman | Wife of William | 29 Nov | 1700 | |
| Thomas Atkinson | of Malham | 23 Jan | 1706 | |
| John Smith | Son of John of Leeyeat | 1 Aug | 1706 | |
| John Shackleton | of Airton | 21 Jun | 1706 | |
| William Smith | Son of John of Leeyeat | 30 Jun | 1706 | |
| Jane Anderson | Wife of William of Malham | 29 Apr | 1707 | |
| Isabel Parkinson | Wife of Phineas | 18 May | 1708 | |
| Phineas Parkinson | of Bell Busk | 1 May | 1708 | |
| Jane Parkinson | Wife of Simeon | 30 Aug | 1709 | |
| Robert Parkinson | Son of Simeon | 30 Aug | 1709 | |
| William Ellis | of Airton | 4 Jun | 1709 | |
| Henry Gill | of Airton | 29 Sep | 1712 | |
| Richard Wilkinson | of Otterburn | 7 Nov | 1714 | |
| John Tomlinson | of Gargrave | 28 Feb | 1718 | |
| Margaret Squire | Wife of Adam | 5 Mar | 1718 | |
| Mary Jarrat | of Otterburn | 19 Nov | 1719 | |
| Alice Ellis | Widow of William | 27 Jul | 1720 | 57 |
| Catherine Geldard | Dau. of Thomas and Ann | 27 Jul | 1720 | |
| Mary Squire | Dau. of Adam | 18 Jun | 1720 | |
| Mary Anderson | Dau. of John of Hanlith | 10 Jun | 1721 | |
| Ann Elsay | of Gargrave | 9 Nov | 1723 | |
| John Anderson | of Hanlith | 24 Aug | 1727 | |
| Sarah Hall | Wife of Joseph of Airton | 4 Jul | 1728 | |
| Ann Anderson | Wife of John of Malham | 18 Oct | 1730 | |
| Margaret Wilkinson | Widow | 5 Jul | 1731 | 88 |
| Ann Anderson | Widow | 6 Apr | 1731 | |
| Adam Squire | of Airton | 17 Sep | 1733 | |
| John Parkinson | of Bell Busk | 16 Feb | 1735 | |
| Mary Carr | Widow of Coniston Cold | 8 Dec | 1735 | |
| Judith Rawson | Dau. of John of Airton | 6 Apr | 1737 | |
| Phineas Parkinson | of Gargrave | 25 Jul | 1738 | |
| Martha Rawson | Dau. of John | 26 Nov | 1738 | |
| Jennet Taylford | Wife of David | 20 Aug | 1739 | 79 |
| Thomas Audus | Son of John of Malham | 11 Apr | 1739 | 2wks |
| Simeon Wilkinson | Son of Richard | 26 Apr | 1740 | |
| Mary Blakey | Wife of William | 30 Mar | 1741 | |
| William Stockdale | 2 Dec | 1741 | ||
| Thomas Anderson | of Hanlith | 6 Jan | 1743 | |
| Elizabeth Bradley | Wife of Richard of Calton | 11 Aug | 1744 | |
| Margaret Squire | 16 Sep | 1748 | ||
| Thomas Geldard | 9 Nov | 1748 | ||
| Elizabeth Bulack | Wife of David of Airton | 29 May | 1750 | |
| William Blakey | of Malham | 26 Mar | 1753 | |
| Hannah Wilkinson | Widow of Simeon | 26 Sep | 1756 | |
| Edward Veepon | of Airton | 13 Jun | 1756 | |
| John Rawson | 4 Dec | 1758 | ||
| Richard Bradley | of Calton | 24 Mar | 1758 | |
| Thomas Bradley | of Calton | 13 Apr | 1758 | |
| Mary Bradley | of Calton | 16 Apr | 1758 | |
| Anna Geldard | Widow of Thomas of Airton | 24 Oct | 1764 | |
| Edward Veepon | Son of Edward, late of Airton, died Rawdon | 3 Jun | 1770 | |
| Hannah Veepon | Widow of Edward late of Airton, horse dealer, died Airton | 20 Jan | 1771 | 61 |
| John Squire | of Airton, husbandman | 20 Feb | 1774 | 64 |
| Elizabeth Bradley | Dau. of Richard & Elizabeth of Calton | 17 Dec | 1778 | 54 |
| Martha Shackleton | Wife of Joseph, shaloon maker of Calton | 31 Oct | 1778 | 56 |
| Mary Blakey | Wife of Samuel, grocer of Gargrave | 21 Jul | 1779 | 39 |
| Mary Parkinson | Wife of Robert of Gargrave | 23 Jun | 1779 | 69 |
| Mary Blakey | Wife of Samuel of Gargrave | 21 jul | 1779 | 39 |
| Mary Hart | Dau. of John & Mary of Gargrave | 24 Jun | 1783 | 10mths |
| Phinehas Parkinson | Linen bleacher of Gargrave | 8 Oct | 1784 | 80 |
| Mary Hart | Dau. of Jno & Mary of Gargrave, shop keeper | 24 Jun | 1785 | 10mths |
| Hannah Clough | Dau. of Anthony of Broughton Field | 22 Jan | 1786 | 60 |
| Ann Stow | Widow Jesse, linen weaver of Airton | 16 Jan | 1789 | 99 |
| Ralph Hart | Son of John & Mary, Gargarve, linen drapers | 20 Jul | 1789 | 1yr 2mths |
| Joseph Shackleton | Farmer, Calton | 23 Apr | 1790 | 67 |
| Martha Squire | Widow of John of Airton | 12 Mar | 1790 | 88 |
| Sarah Parkinson | Widow of Phinis of Gargrave | 9 May | 1794 | 77 |
| David Stow | of Airton, Linen weaver | 4 May | 1795 | 79 |
| Robert Hargraves | Worsted spinner, Holme House, Linton | 9 Oct | 1807 | 70 |
| Deborah Hargraves | Widow of Robert of Holme House, Linton | 6 May | 1808 | 72 |
| Martha Veepon | Spinster of Airton, Dau. of Edward & Hannah | 22 Sep | 1813 | 70 |
| Mary Stow | Widow of David, linen weaver, Airton | 1 May | 1817 | 85 |
| Martha Wharf | Dau. of Thos & Agnes | 14 Feb | 1831 | 6wks |
| Richard Shackleton | Son of John & Ann, Airton | 4 Oct | 1831 | 2wks |
| Richard Shackleton | of Airton, Corn dealer | 14 Oct | 1831 | 77 |
| Mary Coates | 18 Jun | 1859 | 81 | |
| Lucy Ann Waterfall | Kirkby Malham | 5 May | 1874 | 1yr 9mths |
| Edmund Waterfall | Infant son of Arthur Kirkby Malham | Oct | 1876 | |
| Hannah Maria Waterfall | Wife of Arthur Kirkby Malham | 20 Jan | 1877 | 34 |
| George Cartwright | Airton | 10 Feb | 1882 | 79 |
| Ann Cartwright | Airton | 23 Sep | 1884 | 80 |
| Rachel Cartwright | Airton | 5 May | 1886 | 52 |
| William Spencer | 1891 | 33 | ||
| Arthur Waterfall | of Leeds | Oct | 1891 | 57 |
| Robert Chester | of Skipton | 30 Nov | 1896 | 82 |
| Sarah Maria Smith | 7 Sep | 1896 | 71 | |
| Thomas Braithwaite | Airton | 17 May | 1896 | 80 |
| George H Waterfall | of Horsforth | 29 Mar | 1899 | 32 |
| George Cyril Waterfall | Infant son of Arthur W. & Lillian of Halifax | Mar | 1901 | 7mths |
| Richard Shackleton Spencer | 11 Sep | 1904 | 79 | |
| Mary Cartwright | of Airton | 5 Oct | 1906 | 70 |
| Sarah Ann Cartwright | of Airton | 10 Apr | 1906 | 74 |
| Elizabeth Cartwright | 27 May | 1909 | 81 | |
| Mary Spencer | 6 Oct | 1912 | 86 | |
| Martha Egroyd Baines | of Rose Mount, Airton | 7 Jul | 1921 | 88 |
| Arthur Wilson Waterfall | 9 Apr | 1931 | 62 | |
| Edith Waterfall | 15 Oct | 1945 | 58 | |
| Lilian Waterfall | 24 Jul | 1960 | 87 | |
| Kathleen Green | Formerly Pickles & Waterfall | 14 Feb | 1965 | 68 |
| Maurice H Waterfall | 12 Dec | 1977 | 65 | |
| Arnold C Waterfall | 7 May | 1990 | 76 | |
| Richard Arthur Bedford Payne | Born 1927 | 1994 | 66 | |
| Joseph John Waterfall | 27 Feb | 1994 | 69 | |
| Phyllis Waterfall | 1 Oct | 1994 | 81 | |
| E Phyllis Waterfall | 8 Jan | 2003 | 88 |
Please Note – It is not possible to be certain that some of the earliest records refer to Airton burials as they are in a book which combines Airton and Rylstone records which was started in 1709. Some of the earlier entries are just memoranda that have been added to the book. The date of Death is provided in the table above, Burial dates are available for most of these entries by consulting the RG6 records. This listing may not be fully comprehensive, please contact the
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if you have any additions or corrections.
Also view the
(links below still to do Nov 2020)
Monumental Inscriptions for Airton Burial Ground
complete with a ground plan and photographs of the headstones : where to find
Airton Quaker Records
and the text from a booklet on the
History of Airton Meeting House
.

