These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
SAMPSON of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
There may be several Sampsons: ie Leond of Thornton Bdge, S of Langthorp
Diary references:
3 Jun 1856: “..to Helperby Mary Dixon & Sophy were set by Fletcher to Sampsons & walked from there..”
16 Jun 1856: “..to Helperby by Train & walked back Richd set us to Sampsons..”
16 Aug 1858: “Joe Sd & I went to Sampsons of Langthorp to try the Kirby Hill Harmonium”
26 Aug 1858: “at night at Joes went across to see Sampsons horses with Joe & Capes”
13 Sep 1858: “At ½ past nine I drove Smallwood in Uncles Dog Cart to Dishforth from there to Norton to Thos Lunds to Thornton Bridge to Leond Sampsons & Jacob Smiths & home to Joes to dinner...”
24 Sep 1858: “went to Sampsons on business”
27 Sep 1858: “drove Uncle Hirsts Dog Cart with Sarah thro Ripon to Harrisons of Fountains respecting a horse of Sampsons of Langthorp from there back to Ripon from Ripon to Turners of Quarry Moor on whom I personally served a notice that if he did not return the money & take back the horse he would be sold by auction, when he offered to give Sampson £45 for the horse back or give him £15 to keep it...”
27 Dec 1858: “Rode one of Sampsons Horses of Langthorp on his business.........”
26 Mar 1859: “to Norton ... T Lund & Leond Sampson were there”
SLATERS of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
28 Feb 1856: “..walked up the river past Howells to opposite Slaters halfway to Roecliffe”
15 Jun 1857: “..went up in the boat Slater went with us....got two pike from Slaters lines”
21 Jul 1857: “..went to Slaters & had a long walk with him He shot a hare”
15 Dec 1857: “..went rabbiting with Slater & Poulter..”
27 Aug 1858: “At Night Capes Joe & I took the boat to Slaters & walked on to Roecliffe to see Poulters dogs”
11 Jul 1859: “At night Capes & I went to Slaters to fetch his boat [for the picnic]”
Monday 1 September 2014
Sunday 31 August 2014
A Steadfast Friend: the life of Mrs Mary Stubbs
Mary Henlock was born on 16 November 1803, the eldest child of John Henlock and Jane Redmayne. She married Thomas Stubbs of Boroughbridge on 21 September 1824. They had six children: Jane, Joseph, Thomas, John, Lizzie and Alice.
Naturally enough, we hardly glimpse her in the diaries of her teenage son John.
She had been running the large household at Bridge Foot for thirty years, bringing up six children and entertaining family, friends and business guests. This was the unexamined background to John's life and escapes comment, except for occasional entries such as this one on 23 May 1856, when John was thirteen:
Naturally enough, we hardly glimpse her in the diaries of her teenage son John.
She had been running the large household at Bridge Foot for thirty years, bringing up six children and entertaining family, friends and business guests. This was the unexamined background to John's life and escapes comment, except for occasional entries such as this one on 23 May 1856, when John was thirteen:
“at night I rode to Ouseburn … got home at a ¼ to ten got a rowing for being so late"We don't know how many servants were employed in the house nor how many employees the shop needed. Bessie Carass seems to have been in the family's employ for a very long time and her importance can be seen from John’s fiancée Ellis’s letters to him from Boroughbridge on her first visit there:
“Last Night I went to the kitchen to try to get old Bessie tell me something bad about you, but of course failed altogether. This morning I watched her prepare a turkey for cooking. So you see I am beginning already!!”Bessie obviously knew John all his life and may have been the children's nurse. She and her husband Henry, a local butcher, are frequently mentioned in John's diaries and she remained a mainstay of the family for many years, helping Mary with cooking and cleaning in the 1870s, offering to come and look after Ellis when the babies were due, making cushions for Ellis and going for holidays to stay with John and Ellis in Coatham.
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): Stubbs
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Thomas STUBBS of Boroughbridge
1796-1867
Born Bridge Foot, Borobdge 3[or 23] Jul 1796 “Twenty Minutes before Nine Eveg” [paper sent by Alice Stubbs to TDHS]
Father of John
Diary references:
Jan a/c 1853: recd 27th £2 6s
June a/c 1853: “What Father owes Uncle”
Jan a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £3 2s 6d. [Paid to] Father £3 2s 6d”
Apr a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £2”
Jul a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £6 6s. Pd Father £3”
Feb 22 1856: “We then went to Capes’s to sup Aunt Ann, Aunt Bell, Aunt Hirst, Father, Mama Joe & I”
Mar 1, 11, 14, 27: “..At Night Joe & I were busy with Fathers books” .......”Went to York with Father”....”Richd Walburn of Norton was buried today Joe & Father both went”......... “Cousin Bessie Stamper Father & Mama went to Helperby to fetch Alice”
Jul 14: “Father Aunt Hirst & Mary went with the Sedgwicks to Scarbro”
Aug 11, 12: “Father & I went to meet the train”... “Today Father & Joe went to Ripley”
Sep 16, 17: “At night Father & I walked nearly to Ellenthorp Then we went to the Doctors all the rest were there to tea” “At Noon Father & I walked up towards Kirby Hill by the fields..”
Oct 1, 18, 20,: “At Noon Father Mother Aunt Redmayne & Uncle & Aunt Bell & Sarah Sedgwick went to Redcar”.. “..Went to Redcar...Father & Mother Aunt & Uncle Redmayne Sarah Sedgwick & Miss Cunnyngham were there” “Father & I walked to Coatham had some porter at the Lobster”
Nov 6, 10: “At Noon went & had a walk & met Father as I was coming back & I turned again with him” “Father & Mama dined at Capes’”
Dec 15, 23, 25: “Father & Mother were at Ouseburn today Mr Brown from Australia & Uncle Redmayne were there - They did not get home till half past nine” “Went a walk up Topcliffe Road met Father” “Father Tom & I went to Aldbro [church] in the afternoon”
Jan 8, 17, 28 1857: “Father & I were the only two at home All the rest had gone to the Concert Servants as well” “Father went to Taitlands today as he was going to Eliza Stubbs Wedding” “Father came home from Taitlands tonight”
Feb 4, 22: “At Noon Father went with Lizzy to Arthington on her way to school” “Stayed at home with Father in the evening”
Mar 5, 17: “Father & Mother were at Capes’” “At Noon walked with Father round by Milby”
Apr 21: “Father & Mother were at Capes”
May 12: “Father & Mother Capes & Jane set off in Mrs Morrells Cab to Joes Wedding at ½ past seven”
Jun 9: “Father & Mother were at Langthorpe”
Jul 20, 24: “At Noon Father & Mother set off for Doncaster” “Father & Mother came home from Mrs Workmans”
Aug 16: “Nelly [Scholfield] & Jane sat with Father & me in our pew at Aldbro”
Sep 3: “Father & Mother went to Redcar”
Oct 8: “Father & Mother came from Redcar”
Nov 17: “Father & I were alone”
Dec 7: “Father & I rode the old Pony & Joes Mare to Langthorp Field”
16, 30 Sep 1858: “Father & Mother went to Redcar” “Father & Mother came from Redcar” [after Aunt Hirst’s death]
18 Mar 1859: “Father & Mother supped at Uncles”
12 Apr 1859: “Drove Father & Sarah to Ripon on business”
13 Dec 1859: “Father & Mother were at Knaresbro”
9 Jan 1860: “Alice & I walked to Uncle Picks ... & then ... to the workhouse & Capes & I came on to BB together Father brought Alice home”
29 Jun 1860: “dined at Uncle Picks Father came on & he & I went to see Uncle Wm we came home with Father”
9 Jul 1860: “Went with Father to Ouseburn Mr Pick Father Aunt Redmayne Capes & I dined at Uncle Picks went to Browns to the sale of the late Mr Crosby’s property”
23 Jul 1860: “Father Tom & I drove to Ouseburn & brot Alice from there”
29 Aug 1860: “Father & Mother & Dora Hirst went to Redcar at noon”
26 Sep 1860: “Father & Mother came home from Redcar”
11 Oct 1860: “Father & Mother were just returning from Knaresbro as we started home”
30 Oct 1860: “at home with Father at night”
22 Nov 1860: “Father fetched us home in the Dog Cart as there was a letter from Geo Capes which wanted answering (Re Daniel’s Practice)”
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Thomas STUBBS of Boroughbridge
1796-1867
Born Bridge Foot, Borobdge 3[or 23] Jul 1796 “Twenty Minutes before Nine Eveg” [paper sent by Alice Stubbs to TDHS]
Father of John
Diary references:
Jan a/c 1853: recd 27th £2 6s
June a/c 1853: “What Father owes Uncle”
Jan a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £3 2s 6d. [Paid to] Father £3 2s 6d”
Apr a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £2”
Jul a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £6 6s. Pd Father £3”
Feb 22 1856: “We then went to Capes’s to sup Aunt Ann, Aunt Bell, Aunt Hirst, Father, Mama Joe & I”
Mar 1, 11, 14, 27: “..At Night Joe & I were busy with Fathers books” .......”Went to York with Father”....”Richd Walburn of Norton was buried today Joe & Father both went”......... “Cousin Bessie Stamper Father & Mama went to Helperby to fetch Alice”
Jul 14: “Father Aunt Hirst & Mary went with the Sedgwicks to Scarbro”
Aug 11, 12: “Father & I went to meet the train”... “Today Father & Joe went to Ripley”
Sep 16, 17: “At night Father & I walked nearly to Ellenthorp Then we went to the Doctors all the rest were there to tea” “At Noon Father & I walked up towards Kirby Hill by the fields..”
Oct 1, 18, 20,: “At Noon Father Mother Aunt Redmayne & Uncle & Aunt Bell & Sarah Sedgwick went to Redcar”.. “..Went to Redcar...Father & Mother Aunt & Uncle Redmayne Sarah Sedgwick & Miss Cunnyngham were there” “Father & I walked to Coatham had some porter at the Lobster”
Nov 6, 10: “At Noon went & had a walk & met Father as I was coming back & I turned again with him” “Father & Mama dined at Capes’”
Dec 15, 23, 25: “Father & Mother were at Ouseburn today Mr Brown from Australia & Uncle Redmayne were there - They did not get home till half past nine” “Went a walk up Topcliffe Road met Father” “Father Tom & I went to Aldbro [church] in the afternoon”
Jan 8, 17, 28 1857: “Father & I were the only two at home All the rest had gone to the Concert Servants as well” “Father went to Taitlands today as he was going to Eliza Stubbs Wedding” “Father came home from Taitlands tonight”
Feb 4, 22: “At Noon Father went with Lizzy to Arthington on her way to school” “Stayed at home with Father in the evening”
Mar 5, 17: “Father & Mother were at Capes’” “At Noon walked with Father round by Milby”
Apr 21: “Father & Mother were at Capes”
May 12: “Father & Mother Capes & Jane set off in Mrs Morrells Cab to Joes Wedding at ½ past seven”
Jun 9: “Father & Mother were at Langthorpe”
Jul 20, 24: “At Noon Father & Mother set off for Doncaster” “Father & Mother came home from Mrs Workmans”
Aug 16: “Nelly [Scholfield] & Jane sat with Father & me in our pew at Aldbro”
Sep 3: “Father & Mother went to Redcar”
Oct 8: “Father & Mother came from Redcar”
Nov 17: “Father & I were alone”
Dec 7: “Father & I rode the old Pony & Joes Mare to Langthorp Field”
16, 30 Sep 1858: “Father & Mother went to Redcar” “Father & Mother came from Redcar” [after Aunt Hirst’s death]
18 Mar 1859: “Father & Mother supped at Uncles”
12 Apr 1859: “Drove Father & Sarah to Ripon on business”
13 Dec 1859: “Father & Mother were at Knaresbro”
9 Jan 1860: “Alice & I walked to Uncle Picks ... & then ... to the workhouse & Capes & I came on to BB together Father brought Alice home”
29 Jun 1860: “dined at Uncle Picks Father came on & he & I went to see Uncle Wm we came home with Father”
9 Jul 1860: “Went with Father to Ouseburn Mr Pick Father Aunt Redmayne Capes & I dined at Uncle Picks went to Browns to the sale of the late Mr Crosby’s property”
23 Jul 1860: “Father Tom & I drove to Ouseburn & brot Alice from there”
29 Aug 1860: “Father & Mother & Dora Hirst went to Redcar at noon”
26 Sep 1860: “Father & Mother came home from Redcar”
11 Oct 1860: “Father & Mother were just returning from Knaresbro as we started home”
30 Oct 1860: “at home with Father at night”
22 Nov 1860: “Father fetched us home in the Dog Cart as there was a letter from Geo Capes which wanted answering (Re Daniel’s Practice)”
Saturday 30 August 2014
The Redmayne family of Stainforth
Update: A much more detailed account of the life of Thomas Redmayne is to be found in the article by Catherine Vaughan-Williams published in 2020 in the Journal of the North Craven Heritage Trust. The article is called 'Thomas Redmayne of Taitlands'.
In it you will find full details of the Redmayne family of Taitlands and their connection with the Henlock family of Great Ouseburn and the Stubbs family of Boroughbridge.
Thomas was the first cousin once removed of the prosperous London silk mercer, Giles Redmayne (1792-1857), who bought the Brathay Hall estate, beside Windermere; Thomas Redmayne's executors were his wife's nephew Joseph Stubbs and John Marriner Redmayne, son of Giles. The relationship may look a little distant but Thomas and Giles were close.
Thomas was one of the children of Richard Redmayne and Ann Batty. Richard is commemorated in Giggleswick church by a brass inlaid in the floor: Richard Redmayne of Stainforth died 13 Jun 1799 age 31.
By the time the cousins Thomas and Giles Redmayne were in their thirties, they were both creating country estates/houses for themselves – Thomas at Stainforth and Giles at Brathay.
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): names beginning R
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
9 July 2022: I have added information from 'Thomas Redmayne of Taitlands' by Catherine Vaughan-Williams, published in the North Craven Heritage Trust Journal 2020, where relevant
Mrs Jane REDMAYNE of Taitlands, née HENLOCK
1809-1862.
"Aunt Henlock"
Daughter of John Henlock of Ouseburn and Jane Redmayne of Stainforth, sister to Mrs Mary Stubbs, William Henlock, Isabella Henlock, & Mrs Ann Pick
She married Thomas Redmayne of Taitlands, her cousin [cf 'Thomas Redmayne of Taitlands' by Catherine Vaughan-Williams here]
Diary references:
23 Mar 1853: “To tell Uncle Henlock the flower at Aunts is done & Aunt Pick that she wants a ham”
Oct 1856: Aunt & Uncle Redmayne at Redcar with JRS family
3 Aug 1858: Uncle & Aunt Redmayne come to stay at Bridge Foot
17 Jun 1859: “Uncle & Aunt Redmayne came to Fredk Scholfield Capes’ christening”
21 Sep 1859: “Had a letter from Aunt Redmayne asking me to go to Taitlands some day this week”
3 Oct 1859: “Uncle [Redmayne] went to Clapham Fair Aunt Henry Lizzie & I went to Clapham in the large carriage I drove there We had dinner & tea at Miss Redmaynes Called at the vicarage & Miss Ingleby’s & had some good fun in the fair Hy Marriner was at home”
5 Mar 1860: “Wrote to Mother & Aunt Redmayne”
28 Mar 1860: “Wrote to Aunt Redmayne who is staying at Knaresbro”
28 May 1860: “Aunt & Uncle Redmayne were at Ouseburn”
6 Jul 1860: “[Uncle Pick] came home with us to dinner Aunt Redmayne with Capes”
9 Jul 1860: “Mr Pick Father Aunt Redmayne Capes & I dined at Uncle Picks”
28 Sep 1860: “... to York I went to Miss Sutcliffes Had lunch there Aunt Redmayne & Mary Aunt Bell Mrs Stackhouse Miss Cragg & I took a Cab & saw a review by Genl Cathcart of the Yorkshire Volunteers on Knavesmire & a very pretty sight it was Hy Redmayne & Uncle & Capes were reviewed”
Mrs Jane REDMAYNE of Taitlands, née HENLOCK
1809-1862.
"Aunt Henlock"
Daughter of John Henlock of Ouseburn and Jane Redmayne of Stainforth, sister to Mrs Mary Stubbs, William Henlock, Isabella Henlock, & Mrs Ann Pick
She married Thomas Redmayne of Taitlands, her cousin [cf 'Thomas Redmayne of Taitlands' by Catherine Vaughan-Williams here]
Diary references:
23 Mar 1853: “To tell Uncle Henlock the flower at Aunts is done & Aunt Pick that she wants a ham”
Oct 1856: Aunt & Uncle Redmayne at Redcar with JRS family
3 Aug 1858: Uncle & Aunt Redmayne come to stay at Bridge Foot
17 Jun 1859: “Uncle & Aunt Redmayne came to Fredk Scholfield Capes’ christening”
21 Sep 1859: “Had a letter from Aunt Redmayne asking me to go to Taitlands some day this week”
3 Oct 1859: “Uncle [Redmayne] went to Clapham Fair Aunt Henry Lizzie & I went to Clapham in the large carriage I drove there We had dinner & tea at Miss Redmaynes Called at the vicarage & Miss Ingleby’s & had some good fun in the fair Hy Marriner was at home”
5 Mar 1860: “Wrote to Mother & Aunt Redmayne”
28 Mar 1860: “Wrote to Aunt Redmayne who is staying at Knaresbro”
28 May 1860: “Aunt & Uncle Redmayne were at Ouseburn”
6 Jul 1860: “[Uncle Pick] came home with us to dinner Aunt Redmayne with Capes”
9 Jul 1860: “Mr Pick Father Aunt Redmayne Capes & I dined at Uncle Picks”
28 Sep 1860: “... to York I went to Miss Sutcliffes Had lunch there Aunt Redmayne & Mary Aunt Bell Mrs Stackhouse Miss Cragg & I took a Cab & saw a review by Genl Cathcart of the Yorkshire Volunteers on Knavesmire & a very pretty sight it was Hy Redmayne & Uncle & Capes were reviewed”
Friday 29 August 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): people N to P
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Miss NEWBOUND of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
13 Oct 1856: “Uncle Hirst gave me a tickett to the Concert (Singers Miss Barwick & Miss Newbound Mr Wilson Lambert & Mr Delavanti”
NIDSDALE of Giggleswick School
Diary references:
Giggleswick class lists 1853
Miss Mary NIXON of Everton, met in Settle
Diary references:
5 Oct 1853: “..drove Aunt B Cousin Jane & Miss Nixon to Settle..”
14 Oct 1853: “Went to see Miss Nixon off by 1st train”
In the December receipts section of 1853 diary: “Miss Nixon, Woodlands, 3 Clarence Grove, Everton, Nr Liverpool Recommended me to read Frank Fairley”
14 Jan 1858: “Miss Nixon Mary Redmayne Mary Sedgwick Fanny Stubbs & Margaret Ingleby were bridesmaids”
22 Jan 1858: “[at Bbdge ] set Mary Sedgwick home to Aldbro. Met Leonard called for ½ a minute & saw Miss Nixon”
26 Jan 1858: “went to Sedgwicks Had tea with them Miss Nixon was with them...”
8 Feb 1858: “Sophy & I set Miss Nixon to Leonards”
9 Feb 1858: “...to Langthorp Mrs Leonard Sedgwick & Miss Nixon were there I walked home with them & bid Miss Nixon good bye as she leaves tomorrow”
9 Sep 1858: “Miss Nixon was married today”
10 Sep 1858: “...Had wedding cards from Miss Nixon...”
Mary Stubbs wrote to John in October 1875,
“You remember Mrs Killick, poor Mary Nixon, she had just buried two little girls in scarlet fever then took it herself and died from it and has left five children”.
In the 1881 Census her widower Charles Killick, an East India Merchant, and four children aged between 13 and 21 are living at 21 Wellington St East, Broughton in Salford, Lancs. They have three female servants and Miss Mary Sedgwick of Aldborough is visiting them.
William NIXON in SETTLE area
Diary references:
13 Jan 1858: “Tom Sedgwick Wm Nixon & I went to sleep at Stackhouses”
14 Jan 1858: “Tom Sedgwick I Wm Stubbs Wm Nixon & Hy Redmayne were Groomsmen”
Notes
It would appear that Settle was not his home, as he was spending the night at Stackhouses. Brother of Miss Nixon?
Charles NICHOLSON at BALDERSBY
Waterloo veteran
Diary references:
11 Jun 1859: “At 3/5 o’clock drove to Dishforth where I stayed tea ... drove to Baldersby to spend tomorrow at Mr Barroby’s Chas Nicholson who was at Waterloo was there”
James OLIVER of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
27 Mar 1857: “Wrote to Mr King inclosing a letter from Jas Oliver repenting of his neglect of duty”
Rev Robert OWEN, vicar of BOROUGHBRIDGE
Mr Owen, was a good friend. He came to the parish in July 1847 when he was nearly 24 years old, and so was only three years older than Thomas and Mary’s eldest child Jane. Mr Owen said in the address he gave at the dedication of the choir vestry given by the family in Mary’s memory that she “was, throughout my long residence in this parish, one of my most steadfast and consistent friends. I valued her friendship very highly”.
He retired at the age of 76 and died in 1904.
The Story of Boroughbridge and of two Versatile Clerics at the Church of St James in the C19 (1987) by Kathleen M Reynolds: has full details of his career
Diary references:
28 Apr 1856: “..went to Mr Owens to delr a message from Mr Barroby I stayed & had tea with him Mr John was there...had a very jolly evening”
26 Jun 1856: “went to the church to see Miss Owen married it was a jolly wedding”
2 May 1857: “At Night I was at the School Room with Smallwood Owen & Leond Sedgwick making arrangements for the German Tree”
5 May 1857: “At Night went to the School Room to tea & to the German Tree. Put into several loteries got a cushion which I sold to Owen for 12/-....”
13 May 1857: “went to shoot rooks at Owens at Night Had some very good sport Holdsworth Davies & I had tea with Owen at the Hall”
4 Oct 1858: “[Aunt Hirst’s funeral] There was a large funeral Holdsworth & Owen performed the ceremony”
21 Mar 1859: “At night Capes Joe & I went to the Greyhounds to the sale of Charltons land when Capes bot same for Mr Owen for £640”
2 Jan 1860: “At night Steele Sedgwick Scholfield E.C.Clark & I dined at Owens & a very pleasant evening we had got home about 12”
J calls on Owens at the end of the month, and meets Mr Owen at a dinner at Heaton House in June
Kellys 1908: “the living is a vicarage in the gift of the vicar of Aldbro”
Tithe Map c1840
1851: Boroughbridge Index:
Owen Robert 27 b Marchington, STS fol 22
Parish Registers:
Bbdge: marr: 26 Jun 1856: Mary Elizabeth Owen, spinster, daughter of John Owen, gentleman, to Christopher Empson, esquire, of Headingley, son of Amaziah Empson, gentleman
perhaps she is Mr Owen’s sister?
Notes
from the published versions of his first and last sermons:
he was born 23 Oct 1823, ordained curate in sole charge of Bbdge in July 1847, and resigned the vicarage in Oct 1899, aged 76.
On 20 Nov 1892 he preached a sermon at the dedication of the new choir vestry, given by the family in memory of Mary Stubbs: “The consistent lover of our Church in whose memory our new choir vestry has been dedicated, was, throughout my long residence in this parish, one of my most steadfast and consistent friends. I valued her friendship very highly ...”
George Whitehead’s Journals:
Revd Mr OWEN Borobridge clergyman had a sale of furniture &c Oct 12, 13, & 14 he has given up the living 1899
Revd Mr Owen d Oct 20 (3 days off 81 years old) he was clergyman at Borobridge a many years 1904
Mr & Mrs OUTHWAITE of LONDON
Diary references:
14 Aug 1858: “to Baldersby to stay till Monday Mr & Mrs Outhwaite of London were there”
Mrs Ann PICK of GREAT OUSEBURN, née Henlock
"Aunt Pick"
1810-60 Daughter of John Henlock & Jane (Redmayne) Henlock.
Sister of William of Gt Ouseburn, Mrs Mary Stubbs, Mrs Jane Redmayne of Taitlands, John & Richard of New Zealand, and Miss Isabella Henlock (Aunt Bell)
Diary references: eg
Jan 1853 a/c: recd from Aunt Pick 2s 6d
23 Mar 1853: “To tell Uncle Henlock the flower at Aunts is done & Aunt Pick that she wants a ham”
24 Mar 1856: “After dinner went with Joe to Station to see if some oranges had come from Liverpool for Aunt Pick”
30 Mar 1856: “Aunt Pick gave me a pair of gloves”
19 Jun 1856: “At Night Uncle & Aunt Pick came did two or three errands for Aunt”
12 Jul 1856: “At Night Uncle & Aunt Pick brought home the children”
6 Apr 1857: “Wrote to Aunt Ann sent her a pound of sausages for a present”
20 May 1857: “Got a pickle fork Aunt Ann got in York for me to give to Joe & Sarah”
30 May 1857: “At Noon wrote to Aunt Ann & sent her 4 rooks”
7 Jul 1857: “Aunt Pick gave me half a sovereign”
15 Jul 1857: “At Night went to Cookes Circus A very fair performance Uncle & Aunt Pick went Joe & Sarah, Capes, Lizzie & Alice, Steele, & Smallwood”
4 Aug 1857: “I went on to Liverpool Uncle & Aunt Pick were there we stayed at the Stork”
5 Aug 1857: “Uncle Aunt Tom & I went to Manchester spent the day in the Exhibition & most superb it was...”
6 Aug 1857: “Spent the day in Liverpool.....”
7 Aug 1857: “Aunt Uncle & I went to Blackpool walked about on the Sea Side At Night played Cards at the Inn We had a very large party”
7 Sep 1858: “Uncle & Aunt Pick Aunt Bell Sd Sophy Hirst & I went to Pablo Fanque’s Circus”
23 Dec 1858: “Aunt gave me two white pocket handkerchiefs & a £1 for a Christmas Box”
4 Feb 1859: “Had a note from Aunt Ann asking me to go tomorrow to spend Sunday with them”
19 May 1859: “At night I rode to Ouseburn but the good people there had gone to a missionary meeting so I did not see them”
10 Feb 1860: “wrote to Dora & Aunt Pick”
9 Mar 1860: “After dinner a box arrived from Aunt Ann containing a beautiful Ham some bacon above a score eggs & about the same number of tarts ... wrote to Aunt Ann thanking her for sending me a ham some bacon eggs & tarts”
22 Mar 1860: “Mrs Trapwell fetched Toms half of Aunt Anns ham”
24 may 1860: “Poor Aunt Ann Pick died early this morning” [J returns from London with Bill Morley and Wm Thompson on 26th, meeting Jane Redmayne Sedgwick in York]
28 May 1860: “Joe ... Lizzie & I took a Cab to Ouseburn & we buried Poor Aunt Ann today we stayed dinner & tea at Uncle Picks”
Censuses:
1851
Great Ouseburn: west from the church, in the village. After them comes 3 households, then a blacksmith, 3 households & then an Inn
William Pick, 34, farmer 100a, emp 2 in- & 2 outdoor labourers & 1 boy, b Gt Ouseburn
wife Ann, 36, b Gt O
house servants Mary Ann Robinson 19 and Rebekah Pearson 18
farm labourers William Berry 21 and John Scratcher 16
TDHS notes:
She was born 1 Jun 1810, and died 24 May 1860
Notes:
The holograph Will purporting to be that of her mother, Jane (Redmayne) Henlock, made at Taitlands 8 Dec 1843, and amended by a Codicil made the same day, shows Ann to be still unmarried at that date. She and Isabella take the bulk of the estate: dividing the money, ornaments, linen in the plate chest, “my writing desk, work box & a work box made by Miss Wilkinson & also the Punch Bowl given by Miss Baker, the best Tea Service and dessert service....poney carriage & harness”, the “portraits of my sons John Giles & Richard Redmayne Henlock” & clothing between them. She is left the “white quilt given me by my brother Wm Redmayne...it is marked W Redmayne”, and a black bracelet. The sentence structure is ambiguous, but Thomas Redmayne is an executor, and Jane Redmayne takes only a ring, and they presumably knew how the bequests were to be made.
George Whitehead’s Journals:
William Pick & Miss Ann Henlock both of GO Married Oct 1 it is said he is worth £20000 1846
William PICK of GREAT OUSEBURN
Husband of Ann Henlock
d 1872
He was about to marry his nurse/housekeeper Miss Wing when he died suddenly of heart failure. She later kept a boarding house in Harrogate.
Diary references:
6 Jan 1853: “Had the steam threshing machine at Uncle Picks got wet through with going to see the sheep”
23 May 1856: “had a glass of ale at Uncle Pick’s”
22 Sep 1856: “Went to Uncle Picks he had finished breakfast I had beef & bread & 2 glasses of Ale”
16 Oct 1856: “to Uncle Picks Party....played Cards had some fine fun Got home about twelve”
3 Apr 1857: “Uncle Pick had a sale of Stock &c at his Low House Farm today”
15 Jul 1857: “At Night went to Cookes Circus A very fair performance Uncle & Aunt Pick went Joe & Sarah, Capes, Lizzie & Alice, Steele, & Smallwood”
4 Aug 1857: “I went on to Liverpool Uncle & Aunt Pick were there we stayed at the Stork”
5 Aug 1857: “Uncle Aunt Tom & I went to Manchester spent the day in the Exhibition & most superb it was...”
6 Aug 1857: “Spent the day in Liverpool.....”
7 Aug 1857: “Aunt Uncle & I went to Blackpool walked about on the Sea Side At Night played Cards at the Inn We had a very large party”
8 Aug 1857: “Was about Blackpool.....at two o’clock Uncle & I started home...”
12 Jun 1858: “At Night Uncle Pick fetched Capes & me in the Dog Cart to spend tomorrow at Ouseburn”
20 Dec 1858: “Uncle & Aunt Pick were at Harrogate”
In 1859 J sees Uncle Pick at Bridge Foot, at Joe’s, and J calls at the Picks and stays there in Oct
In 1860, after Aunt Pick’s death, J stays with Uncle Pick for much of June, & once again in July. Alice & Lizzie also stay in July. J and other family members call frequently, and J gives Uncle Pick a pheasant he has shot in Oct and a hare in Nov. He goes with Uncle Pick to the Cattle Show at York, and stays with him again for two days before Christmas
10 Aug 1860: “Uncle Pick had a steam thrasher at work”
George Whitehead’s Journals:
Mrs PICK, GO, burried Aug 18th 1845
William Pick & Miss Ann Henlock both of GO Married Oct 1 it is said he is worth £20000 1846
Mr Thos Abbay lost part of his land joining the Workhouse & William Pick of GO got it Mr Abbay got some Helvick fields in exchange Lady Day 1855
William Pick of GO had a sale at his Low House farm near Low Dunsforth Apr 3rd He let the Farm to John Curtis he entered to it Lady Day 1857
Mr Wm Pick GO died Sep 16th aged 58 1872
Stock & implements belonging to the late Mr Wm Pick of GO sold January 20th 1873
Furniture plate &c belonging to the late Wm Pick of GO sold by Auction March 31st & Apl 1st 1873
Thos Abbay sale of stock & implements at LO, Mar 17th he is giving up farming & Wm Johnson has got part of his land & the house & the land Mr Pick had in our Township 1873
Robert Bell went to the house at GO which Mr Pick had occupied Lady Day 1873 ...
Old PICK & wife of/in OUSEBURN
Diary references:
21 Sep 1857: “...supped... at Uncle Wms Lascelles & wife Miss Haddon Howe & wife Old Pick & wife Richd Paver Ellison & wife were there”
Mr & Mrs PICK of/in GRASSGILLS
Diary references: eg
13 Mar 1856: “At night Uncle & Aunt Pick Mrs Pick of Grassgill & Richard Paver Aunt & Uncle Hirst & Aunt Bell came and had tea at our house”
9 May 1856: “...took Union Books to the Workhouse went from there to Picks of Grassgills for bonds of Officers”
In 1860, J sees Mr & Mrs Pick at Grassgills on a call with Richd Hirst
George Whitehead’s Journals:
Mrs Pick left Grassgills & went to live at York May or Jun 1866
Mrs Pick widow of the late Wm Pick of Grassgills died at York Oct 11th aged 72 years 1867
PICK of/in MARTON MOOR
Diary references:
5 Sep 1857: “..rode Uncle Hirsts pony to Grassgill Richd Paver went with me to Picks of Marton Moor on business”
Miss PALEY of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
30 Dec 1857: “Went to get a deed executed by Miss Paley at Aldbro”
Pigots 1834:
in Borobridge, “George Paley, Aldbro, Boot & shoemaker”
Whites 1840:
in Dishforth, “Rev Thos Paley MA, sub-curate”
Slaters 1849:
in Knaresborough, “Miss Paley, High Street”
in Borobridge, “Mrs Mary Ann Paley, Aldbro
Cornwallis Paley, attorney, Borobridge”
Slaters 1854:
“Paley, Mrs Mary Ann, Aldborough”
“Attorneys: Paley & Walker, Boroughbridge”
Richard PAVER of/in GRASSGILLS
Miss PAVER
Richard Paver was the son of the vicar of Brayton near Selby and the nephew of William Pick of Grassgills
Diary references:
(frequent)
19 Apr 1857: [staying with Uncle & Aunt Pick] “After [Gt Ouseburn] church at night I set Mrs Howe Miss Wisdom two Misses Howe Miss Lockey & Rd Paver past the workhouse”
5 Sep 1857: “...At Night rode Uncle Hirsts pony to Grassgill Richd Paver went with me to Picks of Marton Moor on business..”
5 Feb 1859: “at Aunt Pick’s ... Miss Paver & Richard & Tom Johnson were there we played cards”
9 Aug 1860: “Richd Paver & Rt Rheeder came to Uncle Picks to measure some beasts”
18 Oct 1860: “spent the afternoon at Uncle Picks Rd Paver came to ask him to dinner but did not stay tea”
Kellys 1908:
“Ornhams Hall - Richard George Paver-Crow”
George Whitehead’s Journals:
Edwin Crow, Ornhams, died Nov 27 1861
Richard PAVER of Grassgills & Elizabeth Howe Ouseburn Moor Married Jun 26 1866
George Crow Esqr Ornhams died Jan 27 aged 80 yrs 1872
Richard PAVER flitted from Grassgills to Ornhams Feb 10 or 12th 1872 Mr Crow died & left him all
Mr Paver Crow sale at Ornhams Apr 15th he sold the stock & implements & gave up farming he built a new farm house & let the farm to Mr -- 1887
A C Holtby of Heaton House BB & Mary Paver Crow of Ornhams marrd at Aldbro Oct 29 1889 she died Apl 30 a20 yrs 1890
Mr Paver Crow died at Ornhams interred at Aldbro Church June 23 a68 years 1905
Richard Paver is very frequently mentioned in the diaries. He lived at Grassgills and in 1866 married Elizabeth Howe of Ouseburn Moor. Richard inherited Ornhams Hall from Mr Crow in 1872. Mary Stubbs wrote, “Richard Paver enters upon everything as it stands – the house all furnished with three hundred aces of land besides being residuary legatee […] some of [Mr Crow’s] relatives say it is a most unjust Will as the Howes get almost all amongst them. They have sent me a card & gloves this morng”.
Richard took the name Paver Crow; he died in 1905 “worth £20, 609” according to George Whitehead.
PEACOCK, the relieving officer of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
24 Mar 1858: “Got a first rate dog from Capes he got him from Peacock relieving officer”
Notes
Possible Peacock?, from the 1851 Census Index:Ouseburn:John C (45) bRainton
fol 376, Whixley Parish (part of)
George Whitehead’s Journals:
Mr Peacock Relieving Officer Whixley died May 17 a67 1872
Robert PETTY of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
8 Dec 1856: “..water was across the road W/Lent after in Robert Petty’s rulley”
Tithe Map c1840: Boroughbridge
Robert Petty rents no 102, house & garden from the Banking Company York City & County
Censuses:
1851: Borobridge Index: fol 16
Petty Robert 49 b Aldbro
Joseph N 23 b Darlington
Jane N 20 do.-
Sarah 14 b Borobridge
Robert 13 do.-
Gowland 11 do.-
Margaret 8 do.-
Elizabeth 5 do.-
Mr Henry, Mr Arthur & Mrs POWELL of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
frequent - tea, parties
5 Feb 1856: “Mrs Powells house was on fire, not much damage done”
19 May 1856: “Mrs Powell’s young ladies were at our house at tea. I missed them which was a good job”
27 Jun 1856: “at noon was at Capes with Arthur Powell to dinner..”
8 Nov 1856: “..at night went to Capes for some Newspapers & took them to Mrs Powells”
29 May 1857: “Arthur Powell & I went down by train to Helperby...”
19 Nov 1857: “..took Sophy & Mrs Hy Powell to Uncle Hirsts..”
21 Sep 1858: “...Aunt Bell was at Mrs Powells...”
22 Mar 1859: “At night went to a spread to Mrs Powells ... we played cards got home about ½ past eleven”
Pigots 1834:
“Coal Merchants: Hugh Powell, Borobridge”
Slaters 1849:
“Gentry etc: Hugh Powell, Borobridge
Tithe Map c1840:
Hugh Powell rented house, yard & garden from the Banking Company in the block of houses near Bridge Foot
PYBUS of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
14 Jan 1853: “A polling day concerning rates in the evening had a riot & the poll was postponed Pybus was [”kicked out” deleted] turned out
Slaters 1849:
“Inns & Posting houses: Crown (& commercial) John Pybus, Borobridge”
“Grocer & tea dealer: Thomas Pybus, Borobridge”
Slaters 1854:
“Inns & Posting houses: Crown (& commercial) John Pybus, Borobridge”
Tithe Map c1840:
John Pybus rented a house, yard & garden nos 132 & 133 from Edwin Greenwood, just before the road to the main street
Censuses:
1851: Borobridge Index:
Pybus John 40 b Kirby Fleetham fol 19
Mary 40 b Clayton fol 19
Frances 65 b Knaresboro fol 36
Notes
Hugh Stott had the Crown in the 1834 Directory
Mrs PARKER of/in LANGTHORPE
Diary references: eg
29 Sep 1857: “went & had supper at Mrs Parkers at Langthorpe”
28 Jan 1858: “Went to Mrs Parkers of Langthorp to fetch Mother & Sarah”
15 Jul 1859: “Tom & I ... called at Scotts & ... Sampsons & Parkers & had supper at Joes”
Whites 1840: “Wm Parker, farmer, Langthorpe”
Notes
Mrs Elizabeth Parker, Aldborough, is listed in 1854 Slaters
Francis Parker, Auctioneer, Boroughbridge is listed in 1854 Slaters
POULTER of BOROUGHBRIDGE
ratcatcher
Diary references: [mentioned 4 times 1856, 4 times 1857, once 1858]
first mentioned on
18 Apr 1856: “Joe Capes & I went to our Milby Lane Field Poulter brot a live rabbit & his two dogs we had a capital course Pincher took the Rabbit Poulters old Bitch was in the heat.....”
16 Feb 1857: “....Poulter the Ratcatcher was there...”
Tithe Map c1840: Boroughbridge
Wm Poulter in hand no77 house & garden
Parish Registers: eg
Dowson, son of Wm & Jane Poulter, Roecliffe, bap 17 Oct 1817
Amy, dau of Wm & Jane Poulter, Roecliffe, Publican, bap 8 Mar 1822
the Misses PRESTON of/in SETTLE
The Misses Preston of Settle must also have been friends of John's mother, as one of them was his sister Alice’s godmother.
Diary references:
20 Aug 1856: “Jack Ingleby [etc].. and the Misses Preston of Settle took tea with us”
28 Aug 1856: “We all went & had tea with Thomas Stackhouse Two Misses Preston from Settle were there”
Slaters 1849:
“Gentry etc: the Misses Preston, Settle”
1851 Settle: Preston
Miss Jane Preston, 66, house proprietor, b Settle
Miss Margt, 54
Miss Eliz., 49
with 2 servants in a large house near to The Terrace
Mr POOLEY of/in SETTLE area
Diary references:
21 Aug 1856: “..Mr Pooley came tonight”
22 Aug 1856: “Uncle & Pooley went shooting”
4 Sep 1856: “Pooley & I walked to Settle”
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Miss NEWBOUND of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
13 Oct 1856: “Uncle Hirst gave me a tickett to the Concert (Singers Miss Barwick & Miss Newbound Mr Wilson Lambert & Mr Delavanti”
NIDSDALE of Giggleswick School
Diary references:
Giggleswick class lists 1853
Miss Mary NIXON of Everton, met in Settle
Diary references:
5 Oct 1853: “..drove Aunt B Cousin Jane & Miss Nixon to Settle..”
14 Oct 1853: “Went to see Miss Nixon off by 1st train”
In the December receipts section of 1853 diary: “Miss Nixon, Woodlands, 3 Clarence Grove, Everton, Nr Liverpool Recommended me to read Frank Fairley”
14 Jan 1858: “Miss Nixon Mary Redmayne Mary Sedgwick Fanny Stubbs & Margaret Ingleby were bridesmaids”
22 Jan 1858: “[at Bbdge ] set Mary Sedgwick home to Aldbro. Met Leonard called for ½ a minute & saw Miss Nixon”
26 Jan 1858: “went to Sedgwicks Had tea with them Miss Nixon was with them...”
8 Feb 1858: “Sophy & I set Miss Nixon to Leonards”
9 Feb 1858: “...to Langthorp Mrs Leonard Sedgwick & Miss Nixon were there I walked home with them & bid Miss Nixon good bye as she leaves tomorrow”
9 Sep 1858: “Miss Nixon was married today”
10 Sep 1858: “...Had wedding cards from Miss Nixon...”
Mary Stubbs wrote to John in October 1875,
“You remember Mrs Killick, poor Mary Nixon, she had just buried two little girls in scarlet fever then took it herself and died from it and has left five children”.
In the 1881 Census her widower Charles Killick, an East India Merchant, and four children aged between 13 and 21 are living at 21 Wellington St East, Broughton in Salford, Lancs. They have three female servants and Miss Mary Sedgwick of Aldborough is visiting them.
William NIXON in SETTLE area
Diary references:
13 Jan 1858: “Tom Sedgwick Wm Nixon & I went to sleep at Stackhouses”
14 Jan 1858: “Tom Sedgwick I Wm Stubbs Wm Nixon & Hy Redmayne were Groomsmen”
Notes
It would appear that Settle was not his home, as he was spending the night at Stackhouses. Brother of Miss Nixon?
Charles NICHOLSON at BALDERSBY
Waterloo veteran
Diary references:
11 Jun 1859: “At 3/5 o’clock drove to Dishforth where I stayed tea ... drove to Baldersby to spend tomorrow at Mr Barroby’s Chas Nicholson who was at Waterloo was there”
James OLIVER of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
27 Mar 1857: “Wrote to Mr King inclosing a letter from Jas Oliver repenting of his neglect of duty”
Rev Robert OWEN, vicar of BOROUGHBRIDGE
Mr Owen, was a good friend. He came to the parish in July 1847 when he was nearly 24 years old, and so was only three years older than Thomas and Mary’s eldest child Jane. Mr Owen said in the address he gave at the dedication of the choir vestry given by the family in Mary’s memory that she “was, throughout my long residence in this parish, one of my most steadfast and consistent friends. I valued her friendship very highly”.
He retired at the age of 76 and died in 1904.
The Story of Boroughbridge and of two Versatile Clerics at the Church of St James in the C19 (1987) by Kathleen M Reynolds: has full details of his career
Diary references:
28 Apr 1856: “..went to Mr Owens to delr a message from Mr Barroby I stayed & had tea with him Mr John was there...had a very jolly evening”
26 Jun 1856: “went to the church to see Miss Owen married it was a jolly wedding”
2 May 1857: “At Night I was at the School Room with Smallwood Owen & Leond Sedgwick making arrangements for the German Tree”
5 May 1857: “At Night went to the School Room to tea & to the German Tree. Put into several loteries got a cushion which I sold to Owen for 12/-....”
13 May 1857: “went to shoot rooks at Owens at Night Had some very good sport Holdsworth Davies & I had tea with Owen at the Hall”
4 Oct 1858: “[Aunt Hirst’s funeral] There was a large funeral Holdsworth & Owen performed the ceremony”
21 Mar 1859: “At night Capes Joe & I went to the Greyhounds to the sale of Charltons land when Capes bot same for Mr Owen for £640”
2 Jan 1860: “At night Steele Sedgwick Scholfield E.C.Clark & I dined at Owens & a very pleasant evening we had got home about 12”
J calls on Owens at the end of the month, and meets Mr Owen at a dinner at Heaton House in June
Kellys 1908: “the living is a vicarage in the gift of the vicar of Aldbro”
Tithe Map c1840
1851: Boroughbridge Index:
Owen Robert 27 b Marchington, STS fol 22
Parish Registers:
Bbdge: marr: 26 Jun 1856: Mary Elizabeth Owen, spinster, daughter of John Owen, gentleman, to Christopher Empson, esquire, of Headingley, son of Amaziah Empson, gentleman
perhaps she is Mr Owen’s sister?
Notes
from the published versions of his first and last sermons:
he was born 23 Oct 1823, ordained curate in sole charge of Bbdge in July 1847, and resigned the vicarage in Oct 1899, aged 76.
On 20 Nov 1892 he preached a sermon at the dedication of the new choir vestry, given by the family in memory of Mary Stubbs: “The consistent lover of our Church in whose memory our new choir vestry has been dedicated, was, throughout my long residence in this parish, one of my most steadfast and consistent friends. I valued her friendship very highly ...”
George Whitehead’s Journals:
Revd Mr OWEN Borobridge clergyman had a sale of furniture &c Oct 12, 13, & 14 he has given up the living 1899
Revd Mr Owen d Oct 20 (3 days off 81 years old) he was clergyman at Borobridge a many years 1904
Mr & Mrs OUTHWAITE of LONDON
Diary references:
14 Aug 1858: “to Baldersby to stay till Monday Mr & Mrs Outhwaite of London were there”
Mrs Ann PICK of GREAT OUSEBURN, née Henlock
"Aunt Pick"
1810-60 Daughter of John Henlock & Jane (Redmayne) Henlock.
Sister of William of Gt Ouseburn, Mrs Mary Stubbs, Mrs Jane Redmayne of Taitlands, John & Richard of New Zealand, and Miss Isabella Henlock (Aunt Bell)
Diary references: eg
Jan 1853 a/c: recd from Aunt Pick 2s 6d
23 Mar 1853: “To tell Uncle Henlock the flower at Aunts is done & Aunt Pick that she wants a ham”
24 Mar 1856: “After dinner went with Joe to Station to see if some oranges had come from Liverpool for Aunt Pick”
30 Mar 1856: “Aunt Pick gave me a pair of gloves”
19 Jun 1856: “At Night Uncle & Aunt Pick came did two or three errands for Aunt”
12 Jul 1856: “At Night Uncle & Aunt Pick brought home the children”
6 Apr 1857: “Wrote to Aunt Ann sent her a pound of sausages for a present”
20 May 1857: “Got a pickle fork Aunt Ann got in York for me to give to Joe & Sarah”
30 May 1857: “At Noon wrote to Aunt Ann & sent her 4 rooks”
7 Jul 1857: “Aunt Pick gave me half a sovereign”
15 Jul 1857: “At Night went to Cookes Circus A very fair performance Uncle & Aunt Pick went Joe & Sarah, Capes, Lizzie & Alice, Steele, & Smallwood”
4 Aug 1857: “I went on to Liverpool Uncle & Aunt Pick were there we stayed at the Stork”
5 Aug 1857: “Uncle Aunt Tom & I went to Manchester spent the day in the Exhibition & most superb it was...”
6 Aug 1857: “Spent the day in Liverpool.....”
7 Aug 1857: “Aunt Uncle & I went to Blackpool walked about on the Sea Side At Night played Cards at the Inn We had a very large party”
7 Sep 1858: “Uncle & Aunt Pick Aunt Bell Sd Sophy Hirst & I went to Pablo Fanque’s Circus”
23 Dec 1858: “Aunt gave me two white pocket handkerchiefs & a £1 for a Christmas Box”
4 Feb 1859: “Had a note from Aunt Ann asking me to go tomorrow to spend Sunday with them”
19 May 1859: “At night I rode to Ouseburn but the good people there had gone to a missionary meeting so I did not see them”
10 Feb 1860: “wrote to Dora & Aunt Pick”
9 Mar 1860: “After dinner a box arrived from Aunt Ann containing a beautiful Ham some bacon above a score eggs & about the same number of tarts ... wrote to Aunt Ann thanking her for sending me a ham some bacon eggs & tarts”
22 Mar 1860: “Mrs Trapwell fetched Toms half of Aunt Anns ham”
24 may 1860: “Poor Aunt Ann Pick died early this morning” [J returns from London with Bill Morley and Wm Thompson on 26th, meeting Jane Redmayne Sedgwick in York]
28 May 1860: “Joe ... Lizzie & I took a Cab to Ouseburn & we buried Poor Aunt Ann today we stayed dinner & tea at Uncle Picks”
Censuses:
1851
Great Ouseburn: west from the church, in the village. After them comes 3 households, then a blacksmith, 3 households & then an Inn
William Pick, 34, farmer 100a, emp 2 in- & 2 outdoor labourers & 1 boy, b Gt Ouseburn
wife Ann, 36, b Gt O
house servants Mary Ann Robinson 19 and Rebekah Pearson 18
farm labourers William Berry 21 and John Scratcher 16
TDHS notes:
She was born 1 Jun 1810, and died 24 May 1860
Notes:
The holograph Will purporting to be that of her mother, Jane (Redmayne) Henlock, made at Taitlands 8 Dec 1843, and amended by a Codicil made the same day, shows Ann to be still unmarried at that date. She and Isabella take the bulk of the estate: dividing the money, ornaments, linen in the plate chest, “my writing desk, work box & a work box made by Miss Wilkinson & also the Punch Bowl given by Miss Baker, the best Tea Service and dessert service....poney carriage & harness”, the “portraits of my sons John Giles & Richard Redmayne Henlock” & clothing between them. She is left the “white quilt given me by my brother Wm Redmayne...it is marked W Redmayne”, and a black bracelet. The sentence structure is ambiguous, but Thomas Redmayne is an executor, and Jane Redmayne takes only a ring, and they presumably knew how the bequests were to be made.
George Whitehead’s Journals:
William Pick & Miss Ann Henlock both of GO Married Oct 1 it is said he is worth £20000 1846
William PICK of GREAT OUSEBURN
Husband of Ann Henlock
d 1872
He was about to marry his nurse/housekeeper Miss Wing when he died suddenly of heart failure. She later kept a boarding house in Harrogate.
Diary references:
6 Jan 1853: “Had the steam threshing machine at Uncle Picks got wet through with going to see the sheep”
23 May 1856: “had a glass of ale at Uncle Pick’s”
22 Sep 1856: “Went to Uncle Picks he had finished breakfast I had beef & bread & 2 glasses of Ale”
16 Oct 1856: “to Uncle Picks Party....played Cards had some fine fun Got home about twelve”
3 Apr 1857: “Uncle Pick had a sale of Stock &c at his Low House Farm today”
15 Jul 1857: “At Night went to Cookes Circus A very fair performance Uncle & Aunt Pick went Joe & Sarah, Capes, Lizzie & Alice, Steele, & Smallwood”
4 Aug 1857: “I went on to Liverpool Uncle & Aunt Pick were there we stayed at the Stork”
5 Aug 1857: “Uncle Aunt Tom & I went to Manchester spent the day in the Exhibition & most superb it was...”
6 Aug 1857: “Spent the day in Liverpool.....”
7 Aug 1857: “Aunt Uncle & I went to Blackpool walked about on the Sea Side At Night played Cards at the Inn We had a very large party”
8 Aug 1857: “Was about Blackpool.....at two o’clock Uncle & I started home...”
12 Jun 1858: “At Night Uncle Pick fetched Capes & me in the Dog Cart to spend tomorrow at Ouseburn”
20 Dec 1858: “Uncle & Aunt Pick were at Harrogate”
In 1859 J sees Uncle Pick at Bridge Foot, at Joe’s, and J calls at the Picks and stays there in Oct
In 1860, after Aunt Pick’s death, J stays with Uncle Pick for much of June, & once again in July. Alice & Lizzie also stay in July. J and other family members call frequently, and J gives Uncle Pick a pheasant he has shot in Oct and a hare in Nov. He goes with Uncle Pick to the Cattle Show at York, and stays with him again for two days before Christmas
10 Aug 1860: “Uncle Pick had a steam thrasher at work”
George Whitehead’s Journals:
Mrs PICK, GO, burried Aug 18th 1845
William Pick & Miss Ann Henlock both of GO Married Oct 1 it is said he is worth £20000 1846
Mr Thos Abbay lost part of his land joining the Workhouse & William Pick of GO got it Mr Abbay got some Helvick fields in exchange Lady Day 1855
William Pick of GO had a sale at his Low House farm near Low Dunsforth Apr 3rd He let the Farm to John Curtis he entered to it Lady Day 1857
Mr Wm Pick GO died Sep 16th aged 58 1872
Stock & implements belonging to the late Mr Wm Pick of GO sold January 20th 1873
Furniture plate &c belonging to the late Wm Pick of GO sold by Auction March 31st & Apl 1st 1873
Thos Abbay sale of stock & implements at LO, Mar 17th he is giving up farming & Wm Johnson has got part of his land & the house & the land Mr Pick had in our Township 1873
Robert Bell went to the house at GO which Mr Pick had occupied Lady Day 1873 ...
Old PICK & wife of/in OUSEBURN
Diary references:
21 Sep 1857: “...supped... at Uncle Wms Lascelles & wife Miss Haddon Howe & wife Old Pick & wife Richd Paver Ellison & wife were there”
Mr & Mrs PICK of/in GRASSGILLS
Diary references: eg
13 Mar 1856: “At night Uncle & Aunt Pick Mrs Pick of Grassgill & Richard Paver Aunt & Uncle Hirst & Aunt Bell came and had tea at our house”
9 May 1856: “...took Union Books to the Workhouse went from there to Picks of Grassgills for bonds of Officers”
In 1860, J sees Mr & Mrs Pick at Grassgills on a call with Richd Hirst
George Whitehead’s Journals:
Mrs Pick left Grassgills & went to live at York May or Jun 1866
Mrs Pick widow of the late Wm Pick of Grassgills died at York Oct 11th aged 72 years 1867
PICK of/in MARTON MOOR
Diary references:
5 Sep 1857: “..rode Uncle Hirsts pony to Grassgill Richd Paver went with me to Picks of Marton Moor on business”
Miss PALEY of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
30 Dec 1857: “Went to get a deed executed by Miss Paley at Aldbro”
Pigots 1834:
in Borobridge, “George Paley, Aldbro, Boot & shoemaker”
Whites 1840:
in Dishforth, “Rev Thos Paley MA, sub-curate”
Slaters 1849:
in Knaresborough, “Miss Paley, High Street”
in Borobridge, “Mrs Mary Ann Paley, Aldbro
Cornwallis Paley, attorney, Borobridge”
Slaters 1854:
“Paley, Mrs Mary Ann, Aldborough”
“Attorneys: Paley & Walker, Boroughbridge”
Richard PAVER of/in GRASSGILLS
Miss PAVER
Richard Paver was the son of the vicar of Brayton near Selby and the nephew of William Pick of Grassgills
Diary references:
(frequent)
19 Apr 1857: [staying with Uncle & Aunt Pick] “After [Gt Ouseburn] church at night I set Mrs Howe Miss Wisdom two Misses Howe Miss Lockey & Rd Paver past the workhouse”
5 Sep 1857: “...At Night rode Uncle Hirsts pony to Grassgill Richd Paver went with me to Picks of Marton Moor on business..”
5 Feb 1859: “at Aunt Pick’s ... Miss Paver & Richard & Tom Johnson were there we played cards”
9 Aug 1860: “Richd Paver & Rt Rheeder came to Uncle Picks to measure some beasts”
18 Oct 1860: “spent the afternoon at Uncle Picks Rd Paver came to ask him to dinner but did not stay tea”
Kellys 1908:
“Ornhams Hall - Richard George Paver-Crow”
George Whitehead’s Journals:
Edwin Crow, Ornhams, died Nov 27 1861
Richard PAVER of Grassgills & Elizabeth Howe Ouseburn Moor Married Jun 26 1866
George Crow Esqr Ornhams died Jan 27 aged 80 yrs 1872
Richard PAVER flitted from Grassgills to Ornhams Feb 10 or 12th 1872 Mr Crow died & left him all
Mr Paver Crow sale at Ornhams Apr 15th he sold the stock & implements & gave up farming he built a new farm house & let the farm to Mr -- 1887
A C Holtby of Heaton House BB & Mary Paver Crow of Ornhams marrd at Aldbro Oct 29 1889 she died Apl 30 a20 yrs 1890
Mr Paver Crow died at Ornhams interred at Aldbro Church June 23 a68 years 1905
Richard Paver is very frequently mentioned in the diaries. He lived at Grassgills and in 1866 married Elizabeth Howe of Ouseburn Moor. Richard inherited Ornhams Hall from Mr Crow in 1872. Mary Stubbs wrote, “Richard Paver enters upon everything as it stands – the house all furnished with three hundred aces of land besides being residuary legatee […] some of [Mr Crow’s] relatives say it is a most unjust Will as the Howes get almost all amongst them. They have sent me a card & gloves this morng”.
Richard took the name Paver Crow; he died in 1905 “worth £20, 609” according to George Whitehead.
PEACOCK, the relieving officer of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
24 Mar 1858: “Got a first rate dog from Capes he got him from Peacock relieving officer”
Notes
Possible Peacock?, from the 1851 Census Index:Ouseburn:John C (45) bRainton
fol 376, Whixley Parish (part of)
George Whitehead’s Journals:
Mr Peacock Relieving Officer Whixley died May 17 a67 1872
Robert PETTY of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
8 Dec 1856: “..water was across the road W/Lent after in Robert Petty’s rulley”
Tithe Map c1840: Boroughbridge
Robert Petty rents no 102, house & garden from the Banking Company York City & County
Censuses:
1851: Borobridge Index: fol 16
Petty Robert 49 b Aldbro
Joseph N 23 b Darlington
Jane N 20 do.-
Sarah 14 b Borobridge
Robert 13 do.-
Gowland 11 do.-
Margaret 8 do.-
Elizabeth 5 do.-
Mr Henry, Mr Arthur & Mrs POWELL of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
frequent - tea, parties
5 Feb 1856: “Mrs Powells house was on fire, not much damage done”
19 May 1856: “Mrs Powell’s young ladies were at our house at tea. I missed them which was a good job”
27 Jun 1856: “at noon was at Capes with Arthur Powell to dinner..”
8 Nov 1856: “..at night went to Capes for some Newspapers & took them to Mrs Powells”
29 May 1857: “Arthur Powell & I went down by train to Helperby...”
19 Nov 1857: “..took Sophy & Mrs Hy Powell to Uncle Hirsts..”
21 Sep 1858: “...Aunt Bell was at Mrs Powells...”
22 Mar 1859: “At night went to a spread to Mrs Powells ... we played cards got home about ½ past eleven”
Pigots 1834:
“Coal Merchants: Hugh Powell, Borobridge”
Slaters 1849:
“Gentry etc: Hugh Powell, Borobridge
Tithe Map c1840:
Hugh Powell rented house, yard & garden from the Banking Company in the block of houses near Bridge Foot
PYBUS of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
14 Jan 1853: “A polling day concerning rates in the evening had a riot & the poll was postponed Pybus was [”kicked out” deleted] turned out
Slaters 1849:
“Inns & Posting houses: Crown (& commercial) John Pybus, Borobridge”
“Grocer & tea dealer: Thomas Pybus, Borobridge”
Slaters 1854:
“Inns & Posting houses: Crown (& commercial) John Pybus, Borobridge”
Tithe Map c1840:
John Pybus rented a house, yard & garden nos 132 & 133 from Edwin Greenwood, just before the road to the main street
Censuses:
1851: Borobridge Index:
Pybus John 40 b Kirby Fleetham fol 19
Mary 40 b Clayton fol 19
Frances 65 b Knaresboro fol 36
Notes
Hugh Stott had the Crown in the 1834 Directory
Mrs PARKER of/in LANGTHORPE
Diary references: eg
29 Sep 1857: “went & had supper at Mrs Parkers at Langthorpe”
28 Jan 1858: “Went to Mrs Parkers of Langthorp to fetch Mother & Sarah”
15 Jul 1859: “Tom & I ... called at Scotts & ... Sampsons & Parkers & had supper at Joes”
Whites 1840: “Wm Parker, farmer, Langthorpe”
Notes
Mrs Elizabeth Parker, Aldborough, is listed in 1854 Slaters
Francis Parker, Auctioneer, Boroughbridge is listed in 1854 Slaters
POULTER of BOROUGHBRIDGE
ratcatcher
Diary references: [mentioned 4 times 1856, 4 times 1857, once 1858]
first mentioned on
18 Apr 1856: “Joe Capes & I went to our Milby Lane Field Poulter brot a live rabbit & his two dogs we had a capital course Pincher took the Rabbit Poulters old Bitch was in the heat.....”
16 Feb 1857: “....Poulter the Ratcatcher was there...”
Tithe Map c1840: Boroughbridge
Wm Poulter in hand no77 house & garden
Parish Registers: eg
Dowson, son of Wm & Jane Poulter, Roecliffe, bap 17 Oct 1817
Amy, dau of Wm & Jane Poulter, Roecliffe, Publican, bap 8 Mar 1822
the Misses PRESTON of/in SETTLE
The Misses Preston of Settle must also have been friends of John's mother, as one of them was his sister Alice’s godmother.
Diary references:
20 Aug 1856: “Jack Ingleby [etc].. and the Misses Preston of Settle took tea with us”
28 Aug 1856: “We all went & had tea with Thomas Stackhouse Two Misses Preston from Settle were there”
Slaters 1849:
“Gentry etc: the Misses Preston, Settle”
1851 Settle: Preston
Miss Jane Preston, 66, house proprietor, b Settle
Miss Margt, 54
Miss Eliz., 49
with 2 servants in a large house near to The Terrace
Mr POOLEY of/in SETTLE area
Diary references:
21 Aug 1856: “..Mr Pooley came tonight”
22 Aug 1856: “Uncle & Pooley went shooting”
4 Sep 1856: “Pooley & I walked to Settle”
Thursday 28 August 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): people L to M
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Rev Edward R LASCELLES, vicar of LITTLE OUSEBURN
Diary references:
8 Sep 1855: “Aunt Bell Mrs Lascelles & Miss Haydn called”
10 Sep 1855: “Took Aunt Bell to illeg Supped Lascelles
21 Sep 1857: “supped..at Uncle Wms Lascelles & wife ..[etc]..were there”
20 Mar 1859: “...to Uncle Picks. Aunt Bell came with Mr Lascelles governess (Miss Welch) & one of Lascelles boys to Church at night Aunt Bell stayed at Uncle Picks I set the Governess home to Little Ouseburn but I did not go in”
24 Apr 1859: “Had tea at Aunt Bells Two Miss Lascelles & the Governess were there”
12 Nov 1859: “BB Hirings Mr & Mrs Lascelles Mr & Mrs Henlock & Mr & Mrs Pick dined with us”
1851: Gt Ouseburn
Lascelles
Edward R Lascelles 42 vicar of Little Ouseburn b Surrey
Frances 46 wife
Catherine 8 [all children b Little Ouseburn]
Anna 7
Charles 5
John W 4
Arthur 2
Egbert 9mths
Elizabeth May U 20 cook
Betsey Glossop U 29 nurse
Elizabeth Mark U 15 housemaid
George Whitehead’s Journal:
Revd Robert Edward LASCELLES & Fanny Watson Married Dec 7th 1841
Charles Edward Lascelles son of E R Lascelles b May 9th 1845
Mr Lascelles got first gig they ever had May 25th 1846
Mr Lascelles Drop’d down in a sick fit in the reading desk at Church Feb 11th 1849
Lascelles got their first governess viz Miss Chapman Sept 6th a south countrywoman 1851
Revd Edward Robert Lascelles vicar of Little Ouseburn d Aug 6th a55 years (he was the vicar at L.O. about 27 yrs) 1864
Mrs Lascelles sale at L.O. Mar 28th they left L.O. & went to live at Bbdge Apr 6th 1865
Charles Lascelles got to be Bbdge Post Master, spring of 1870
Charles Lascelles & -- Married 1880
Mrs Lascelles d Feb 16 a78 yrs 1884
Chas Ed Lascelles son of Ouseburn late clergyman d Jan 3rd a46 yrs 1892
The children of the Revd Lascelles are frequently mentioned in the 1870s letters from Mrs Mary Stubbs. Three of the Lascelles children were to die before they reached the age of 27 and Charles Lascelles, who became Boroughbridge postmaster in 1870, was taken very ill in 1873 with what seems to have been a stroke in his mid twenties. Charles recovered, and in the 1881 Census is to be found in Harrogate, working as a solicitor’s managing clerk. His mother and sister Anna are in the same household; Anna sometimes went on holiday with the Stubbs family.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Rev Edward R LASCELLES, vicar of LITTLE OUSEBURN
Diary references:
8 Sep 1855: “Aunt Bell Mrs Lascelles & Miss Haydn called”
10 Sep 1855: “Took Aunt Bell to illeg Supped Lascelles
21 Sep 1857: “supped..at Uncle Wms Lascelles & wife ..[etc]..were there”
20 Mar 1859: “...to Uncle Picks. Aunt Bell came with Mr Lascelles governess (Miss Welch) & one of Lascelles boys to Church at night Aunt Bell stayed at Uncle Picks I set the Governess home to Little Ouseburn but I did not go in”
24 Apr 1859: “Had tea at Aunt Bells Two Miss Lascelles & the Governess were there”
12 Nov 1859: “BB Hirings Mr & Mrs Lascelles Mr & Mrs Henlock & Mr & Mrs Pick dined with us”
1851: Gt Ouseburn
Lascelles
Edward R Lascelles 42 vicar of Little Ouseburn b Surrey
Frances 46 wife
Catherine 8 [all children b Little Ouseburn]
Anna 7
Charles 5
John W 4
Arthur 2
Egbert 9mths
Elizabeth May U 20 cook
Betsey Glossop U 29 nurse
Elizabeth Mark U 15 housemaid
George Whitehead’s Journal:
Revd Robert Edward LASCELLES & Fanny Watson Married Dec 7th 1841
Charles Edward Lascelles son of E R Lascelles b May 9th 1845
Mr Lascelles got first gig they ever had May 25th 1846
Mr Lascelles Drop’d down in a sick fit in the reading desk at Church Feb 11th 1849
Lascelles got their first governess viz Miss Chapman Sept 6th a south countrywoman 1851
Revd Edward Robert Lascelles vicar of Little Ouseburn d Aug 6th a55 years (he was the vicar at L.O. about 27 yrs) 1864
Mrs Lascelles sale at L.O. Mar 28th they left L.O. & went to live at Bbdge Apr 6th 1865
Charles Lascelles got to be Bbdge Post Master, spring of 1870
Charles Lascelles & -- Married 1880
Mrs Lascelles d Feb 16 a78 yrs 1884
Chas Ed Lascelles son of Ouseburn late clergyman d Jan 3rd a46 yrs 1892
The children of the Revd Lascelles are frequently mentioned in the 1870s letters from Mrs Mary Stubbs. Three of the Lascelles children were to die before they reached the age of 27 and Charles Lascelles, who became Boroughbridge postmaster in 1870, was taken very ill in 1873 with what seems to have been a stroke in his mid twenties. Charles recovered, and in the 1881 Census is to be found in Harrogate, working as a solicitor’s managing clerk. His mother and sister Anna are in the same household; Anna sometimes went on holiday with the Stubbs family.
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