The Norwich Line

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The Story of the Norwich Line

William Farndale was born in Bedale before he emigrated south to the Oxford area and then to Norwich. His family became associated with Norwich over many years. His grandson, Brian, emigrated to New Zealand.

The genealogical chart showing the Norwich Line

	The Stockton 3 Line
	William Farndale 3 May 1870 to 22 December 1953 Born in Bedale, lived with his mother’s family then moved to Norwich where he was a gardener Married Mary Ann Carter on 13 January 1894 Bedale, Long Wittenham, Norwich FAR00498
Herbert Arthur Farndale 13 March 1894 to 16 October 1966 Married Mabel Alice Tink on 28 September 1923 and Elsie Maud Burt in 1950 Mustard worker, Mill Hand Private then Lance Sergeant, Norfolk Yeomanry and Royal Berkshire Regiment, WW1 Sutton Courtney, Lakenham, Norwich FAR00664			William Claude Farndale 29 July 1897 to 19 July 1953 Saw mill worker, tin smith and general labourer Private in Royal Army Medical Corps, September 1913 to August 1919 Married Gladys May Browne on 18 September 1926 Norwich, Long Wittenham, Abingdon FAR00682		Mary Amelia Farndale 28 November 1910 to ? Married Frederick Clark in 1947 A coal machinist Norwich FAR00768A
Stella Ellen Farndale 3 January 1926 to 18 February 1987 Married Eric J T Hammond in 1947 Norwich, Hertfordshire FAR00899		Beryl Gladys Farndale 23 July 1931 to 39 May 2004 Married Peter S Browning in 1954 Norwich FAR00917		Brian William Farndale 10 November 1933 to 2005 Married Margaret R Walpole in Norwich in 1962 A pattern cutter who emigrated to New Zealand Norwich, New Plymouth and Fendalton, New Zealand FAR00928
		The Browning Family

The Ancestry of the Norwich Line

The Norwich Line can trace back from William to the Ampleforth 1 Line as follows:

William Farndale (FAR00498)

The Stockton 3 Line

William Farndale (FAR00377), 1849 – 1927

The Ampleforth 1 Line

William Farndale (FAR00286), 1824 – 1910

Jethro Farndale (FAR00218), 1790 – 1882

Elias Farndale (FAR00184), 1755 - 1831

Elias Farndale (FAR00147), 1733 - 1783

At the present time I have been unable to trace this line back to older lines of Farndales. With more research I may yet find the link to the direct Farndale history back to 1512. It seems likely that Elias will be linked to Farndales in other lines, and I am sure that all those using the Farndale name, are linked to the early family lines, such as the Kirkleatham Skelton Line, the Liverton 2 Line, the early part of the Kilton 1 Line, and the Kilton 2 Line. I am also sure that all Farndales will share in the medieval ancestry which is described in Volume 1 of the Farndale Directory.

Chronology of the Norwich Line

3 May 1870	William Farndale was born in Bedale, Yorkshire.
By 1881	William Farndale was working as a farm labourer in Bedale.
13 January 1894	William Farndale married Mary Ann Carter at Long Wittenham, Berkshire.
13 March 1894	Herbert Arthur Farndale, son of William and Mary Farndale, was born at Sutton Courtney, south of Oxford.
29 July 1897	William Claude Farndale, son of William and Mary Farndale, was born in Long Wittenham, near Sutton Courtenay, south of Oxford.
1905	William Farndale judged a gardening competition in Norwich.
28 November 1910	Mary Amelia Farndale, daughter of William and Mary Farndale, was born in Norwich. She worked for a while as a coal machinist.
By 1911	William Farndale Senior was a domestic gardener in Norwich. Herbert Farndale was a mustard packer in Norwich.
1914 – 1918	Herbert Farndale was a Private, and then a Lance Sergeant in the Norfolk Yeomanry and the Royal Berkshire Regiment. William Claude Farndale Junior was a Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps from September 1913 to August 1919. He had been a tinsmith. He served in the Balkans.
By 1921	William Claude Farndale Junior worked in a saw mill in Norwich.
28 September 1923	Herbert Arthur Farndale, then a mill hand, married Mabel Alice Tink in Lakenham, Norwich.
3 January 1926	Stella Ellen Farndale, daughter of Herbert and Mabel Farndale, was born in Norwich.
18 September 1926	William Claude Farndale married Gladys May Browne at Holy Trinity, Heigham. William was a tinsmith. They had a son and daughter.
23 July 1931	Beryl Gladys Farndale, daughter of William Claude and Gladys May Farndale was born. Beryl married Peter Browning in 1954 in Norwich and she died in Norwich in 2004.
10 November 1933	Brian William Farndale, son of William Claude and Gladys May Farndale was born.
1939	Herbert Farndale was still working as a mill hand in Norwich.
1947	Stella Farndale married Eric Hammond in Norwich. Mary Amelia Farndale married Frederick Clark in Norwich.
1950	Herbert Arthur Farndale married Elsie Maud Burt in Norwich. Herbert Farndale
19 July 1953	William Claude Farndale Junior died in Norwich.
22 December 1953	William Farndale Senior died in Norwich.
1962	Brian Farndale married Margaret Walpole in Norwich.
21 October 1966	Herbert Farndale died in Norwich.
1967	Brian William Farndale, a pattern cutter, sailed to Australia from New Zealand where by then he was resident. He lived in New Zealand.
18 February 1987	Stella Farndale died in Hertfordshire.
2005	Brian William Farndale died in New Zealand, aged 72.

There was a novel concerning the fictional Godfrey Farndale which appeared in the Norfolk News, 1 July 1905 (could he have ben based on one of the Norwich Farndales?

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