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The Wakefield 1 Line
Two families who lived around Wakefield
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The story of the Thomas Farndale Branch of the Wakefield 1
Line
Thomas Farndale was born in 1839
near Whitby and moved to Wakefield where he was an inn keeper. He married Sarah
Bell and they had five children including Joseph who became Chief Constable of
Margate, York and Bradford and Traffic Commissioner for Yorkshire.
The
story of the Robert Farndale Branch of the Wakefield 1 Line
Robert
Farndale was born in 1885 in Stockton. He was brought up on Craggs Farm and
later moved to Wakefield. This story of his family is told here.
The genealogical chart showing the Wakefield
1 Line
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Thomas Farndale 24 June 1839 to 22 December 1919 Married Sarah Bell in 1862, and then Alice Dowell in 1900 Innkeeper in Wakefield (Smith's Arms) Newholm, Whitby, Eskdaleside, Wakefield, York, Scalby, Scarborough |
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20 August 1885 to 27 March 1972 Married Sarah Jane Alcock on 1 September 1910 Farm labourer, horseman, and later dairy farmer Served in the Labour Corps in WW1 Wakefield, Craggs, Stockton, Brotton, Staincliffe |
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Perhaps an early son of Thomas? John Farndale 1856 to 1922 Monumental sculptor Married Rose ? in early 1880s Wakefield, Leeds
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Thomas Dawson Farndale 29 October 1862 to 1940 A stone mason, clerk of works and civil engineer Married Sarah Emily Davis in 1898 and Isabel E Yeoman in 1932 No children Wakefield, Leeds, Plymouth, Louth |
Joseph Farndale CBE KPM
6 April 1864 to 22 February 1954 Chief Constable of Margate, York and Bradford. Traffic Commissioner for Yorkshire. Married Emma Selby in 1883 and Maggie Emmott in 1937 Halifax, Wakefield, Margate, York, Claro, Bradford |
Samuel Farndale 5 May 1866 to 14 July 1936 Married Pollie Chesters on 25 May 1895 Grandson of John Farndale (FAR00262) and lived with him for a time, Clerk of Portsea who later lived in London Clerk of Portsea who later lived in London and worked in the civil service with the Admiralty rising from clerk to clerk to the engineer in chief |
Margaret Farndale 20 March 1868 to 1955 Married James Smith Law James Law was a publican like his father in law They had three childrewn Wakefield, York, Agbrigg |
Henry Farndale 5 August 1870 to 1872 Wakefield |
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Ruth Farndale 1911 to 31 October 1918 Died aged 7 of meningitis and pneumonia. Wakefield |
Robert Edwin Farndale
13 April 1913 to 3 August 1976 Dairy Farmer Married Florence Cooper (or Hooper) in 1939 Wakefield, Grassington, Keighley |
Maurice Farndale
11 April 1915 to 14 December 2002 Married Lena Stanley in 1939 Dairy Farmer Wakefield, Nelson, Staincliffe |
Ada Farndale 19 January 1917 Married Robert Walker in 1939, a dairy farmer Wakefield, Skipton Cockitt Farm, Earby
The Walker Family |
Ronald Martin Farndale
22 January 1919 to 3 July 1974 Emigrated to New Zealand and served in 6th Field Ambulance RAMC in Greece and Crete and was captured as a Prisoner of War at Sidi Rezegh. He became a Carpenter and builder in Masterton, near Auckland, New Zealand Married Margaret Madge Maxted in 1945 (she died in 1956) and Doris Elaine * Wakefield, Mastamata, Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Henry Farndale 1883 to 1951 Solicitor’s clerk, engineer’s draughtsman, accountant Regimental
Quarter Master Sergeant in the Royal Field Artillery in WW1. He was gassed in
1917. Married Grace Elizabeth Bell on 27 December 1913 Leeds |
John William Farndale 18
May 1886 to 29 June 1954 Married
Dorothy Doris Chamberlain in 1916 Sorting
clerk and leather salesman Leeds,
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Ethel Margaret Farndale 14 July 1889 to 1967 Shorthand clerk and secretary in the machine trade Leeds, Wakefield |
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The Law Family |
Alan Farndale
1940 Married Pamela Taylor in 1963, Lynda Mckinstry in 1979 and Janet Fisher in 1996 Engineer and Architectural Designer |
John Leslie Farndale 6 July 1942 to 1994 Married Iris J Casselden in 1986 Nelson, Lancashire, York |
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Patricia Farndale 1947 Married Vincent George in 1970 Nelson, Staincliffe |
Jean Farndale 1952 Married Peter Brennand in 1975 Staincliffe, Burnley and Pendle The Brennand Family |
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Edward Francis Farndale 14 November 1914 to 21 November 2002 Architect’s assistant and machine tool inspector Married Avril Green in 1947 Leeds, Liverpool, Boston and New York, Bournemouth, Ipswich |
Henry
Stewart Farndale
1916
to 11 May 1945 Married
Maria Patchett in 1940 Corporal
in RAF, pilot under training who was killed when his tiger moth crashed in
1945 Bradford,
Leeds, Meriden |
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Florence Farndale 30 April 1884 to 10 November 1952 Married Charles Pickles (textile manufacturer) in 1911 (no family) Halifax, Brierley, Bradford, Harrogate The family below are really only known through the
record of Thomas Farndale who appears to have been related somehow to Joseph
Farndale, the Chief Constable Sarah Farndale Born Old Kent Road 1842
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Eveline Farndale 30 October 1885 to 30 October 1974 Halifax, Claro, Bradford, Harrogate |
Emma Elsie Gladys Farndale 31 May 1893 to 14 April 1988 Married Percy Norwood twice in 1923 and remarried in 1949 Halifax, Bradford, Bulmer |
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Thomas Farndale 1877 to 19 December 1919 Brockley, Camberwell, Wandsworth Store Fitter |
Florence Farndale Born New Cross Surrey, 1877 General domestic servant Marred James Simmons perhaps in 1949 at Paddington But no record of birth |
The Norwood Family |
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The Ancestry of
the Thomas Farndale Branch of the Wakefield 1 Line
The Thomas
Farndale Branch of the Wakefield 1 Line can trace directly back to 1512 from
Thomas Farndale to Nicholas Farndaile as follows:
Thomas Farndale (FAR00344), 1839
- 1919
John Farndale (FAR00262), 1818 -
1874
John Farndale (FAR00210), 1788
Samuel Farndale (FAR00149), 1735
– 1797
William Farndale (FAR00130), 1708
- 1789
John Farndale, (FAR00116), 1680-1757
Nicholas Farndale, (FAR00082), 1634-1693
Georgins Ffarndayle, (FAR00073), 1602-1693
George Ffarndayle, (FAR00067), 1570-1606
William Farndale, (FAR00063), 1539-?
Nicholas Farndaile (FAR00059), 1512-1572
You can then follow details of Farndale in the
medieval period who were almost certainly earlier ancestors at Volume 1 of the Farndale directory.
You can then explore Yorkshire prehistory to give you a further
perspective of the distant ancestry of the people of Farndale.
The Ancestry of
the Robert Farndale Branch of the Wakefield 1 Line
The Robert
Farndale Branch of the Wakefield 1 Line can trace directly back to 1512 from
Robert Farndale to Nicholas Farndaile as follows:
Robert Farndale (FAR00606), 1885
- 1972
Matthew Farndale (FAR00383), 1850
- 1927
Martin Farndale (FAR00264), 1818
– 1862
George Farndale (FAR00215), 1789 – 1858
William Farndale (FAR00183), 1760 – 1846
John Farndale (FAR00143), 1724 – 1807
John Farndale, (FAR00116), 1680-1757
Nicholas Farndale, (FAR00082), 1634-1693
Georgins Ffarndayle, (FAR00073), 1602-1693
George Ffarndayle, (FAR00067), 1570-1606
William Farndale, (FAR00063), 1539-?
Nicholas Farndaile (FAR00059), 1512-1572
You can then follow details of Farndale in the medieval
period who were almost certainly earlier ancestors at Volume 1 of the Farndale directory.
You can then explore Yorkshire prehistory to give you a further
perspective of the distant ancestry of the people of Farndale.
Chronology of the Thomas Farndale Branch of the
Wakefield 1 Line
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24 June 1839 |
Thomas Farndale, son of John and Margaret (nee
Dowson) Farndale was born in Newholm, 2km west of Whitby. His brother, Joseph Farndale, would become Chief
Constable of Birmingham. |
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By 1862 |
Thomas Farndale was an Innkeeper at the Smith’s
Arms, Wakefield. |
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20 April 1862 |
Thomas Farndale, an inn keeper, married Sarah Bell
at Holy Trinity Church, Wakefield. |
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29 October 1862 |
Thomas Dawson Farndale, son of Thomas and Sarah
Farndale, was born in Wakefield. |
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6 April 1864 |
Joseph Farndale, son of Thomas and Sarah Farndale,
was born in Wakefield. He was educated at Field House Academy in Aberford. |
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5 May 1866 |
Samuel Farndale, son of Thomas and Sarah Farndale,
was born in Wakefield. Samuel Farndale married Pollie Chesters in Nantwich in
1895 and they had eight children. He is Founder of the London 1 Line. |
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19 November 1866 |
The Smith Arms suffered loss from flooding in 1866:
(Leeds Mercury, 19 November 1866) |
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20 March 1868 |
Margaret Farndale, daughter of Thomas and Sarah
Farndale, was born in Wakefield. Margaret Farndale married James Law in
Wakefield in 1893. James Law became a publican in York
and they had three children. Margaret died in Upper Agbrigg, south Wakefield,
in 1955, aged 86. |
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1869 to 1871 |
Thomas Farndale’s brother, Joseph Farndale,
was Chief Constable in Wakefield. |
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27 November 1869 |
A trial concerning an alleged rape and the fathering
of a child at the Smith’s Arms in 1869:
(Wakefield Free Press, 27 November 1869) |
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5 August 1870 |
Henry Farndale, son of Thomas and Sarah Farndale,
was born in Wakefield. He died aged 2 in 1872. |
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19 June 1875 |
Wakefield Free Press, 19 June 1875:
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23 December 1876 |
(Wakefield Free Press) |
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24 February 1877 |
(Wakefield Free Press, 24 February 1877) |
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19 January 1878 |
Another Ball: Wakefield Free Press:
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By 1881 |
Thomas Farndale was inn keeper at the Smith’s Arms,
Wakefield. Thomas Dawson Farndale was a stone mason in
Wakefield. |
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15 January 1881 |
Wakefield Free Press, 15 January 1881:
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15 October 1881 |
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer:
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1883 |
Joseph Farndale married Emma Selby. |
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1884 |
Joseph Farndale joined the Halifax Borough Police
Force, aged 20. |
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1884 |
Florence Farndale, daughter of Joseph and Emma
Farndale, was born in Halifax. |
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1885 |
Eveline Farndale, daughter of Joseph and Emma Farndale,
was born in Halifax. |
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16 January 1886 |
Thomas Farndale was on the committee at the annual
Victualler’s Ball again in 1886, and his son Thomas Junior was on the guest
list:
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22 October 1886 |
Bradford Daily Telegraph,
22 October 1886: FIRE IN A COTTAGE About four o’clock on
Thursday afternoon information was taken to the police office that a fire had
broken out at the house occupied by Squire Ackroyd, carter, Governor Street,
off Waterhouse Street. PC Farndale went to the place and found the door was
locked and the room full of smoke. The door was forced open, and it was
discovered that the bed was on fire. Farndale procured a few buckets of water
and extinguished the fire, but not before the clothes and the bed were
destroyed. Ackroyd and his wife were not at home during the afternoon and it is not known how the fire originated. |
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1887 |
Bradford Daily telegraph,
18 January 1887: A HINT TO THE PUBLIC, On
Monday four young men, named respectively John Burke, Patrick Murphy, William
Dawson and Thos Graham were brought up before Mr Jas
Bairstow and Mr TS Highley of the borough court, Halifax. Charged with
wandering abroad and begging in the neighbourhood of West Hill Park o the
previous da. The Chief Constable said the prisoners seemed to belong to a
gang who had come to the town from some other districts. They were seem
leaving the beerhouse on Saturday night at eleven
o’clock, and again at ;half past two on Sunday afternoon, the worse for
drink. They went to the top of the town singing and begging through the
streets. They seemed to be a very determined lot. PC Farndale, PC Gaukrodger and Sergeant Osborne gave evidence in
corroboration of this statement. … They were sent to prison for 14 days. Bradford Daily telegraph,
14 September 1887: DISORDERLY CONDUCT. At the
Halifax Police Court on Tuesday, before Alderman Midgeley
and Mr TS Scarborough, John Liley, Upper Kirkgate,
and Jane Murgatroyd, of Bath Parade, a woman of loose character, were each
charged with disorderly conduct n Monday night in Berwick Square, Halifax.
PCs Farndale and Steele proved the charges. Prisoners were each fined 10s and
costs. John Conway, a powerful looking man, of no fixed abode, was charged
with being drunk on licensed premises on the 12th inst. PC Farndale found the
prisoner at the Talbot Vaults on the day in question. A fine of 2s 6d and
costs was imposed. |
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14 July 1888 |
(Wakefield and West Riding
Herald, 14 July 1888) |
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8 December 1888 |
Leeds Times, 8 December 1888: A SOLICITOR ORDERED OUT. The unusual spectacle of a
solicitor being ordered out was witnessed at the Halifax police court on
Wednesday, Frederick J Chapman and Mark Briggs, millhands, Spring Hall lane,
were charged on remand with having committed an unprovoked assault upon
Franklin Ro, painter, on the evening of November 26th. Mr Moore, who was for
the defence persisted in interfering and raising objections in the case with
a vehemence which the Bench appeared to resent, and eventually, upon a
sergeant from the adjoining barracks being called to speak to the fact of
finding the complainant in the road, Mr Moore objected several times to his
evidence. At last after several altercations with Mr Boorcock, the Bench told
Mr Moore that if he again interfered they would have him removed from the
court. Mr Moore persisted in his interference and the Bench directed the
Chief Constable (Mr C Pole) to have him removed from court. Police Sergeant
Farndale was entrusted with the task of carrying out the instruction of thee
Bench, but Mr Moore proceeded to leave the court, intimating that he would
take action against the magistrate on account of the treatment he had
received. The further hearing of the case was adjourned until Friday. |
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12 January 1889 |
Halifax Courier, 12 January 1889: NUMEROUS SHOP ROBBERIES. Harriet Nicholl, a young
married woman … was brought up in custody charged with four larcenies, only three
of which were gone into, and she pleaded guilty. All the robberies were
committed from shop fronts within a few hours of each other on Monday
afternoon … PC Waddington and PC Farndale stated that when the woman was
taken into custody she was perfectly sober … She was committed to the House
of Correction for one month. |
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2 March 1889 |
Samuel Farndale was a humourist at a soiree in
Wakefield in 1889. Samuel Farndale was a comic singer. |
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10 August 1889 |
By August Joseph Farndale had been promoted to Sergeant: Halifax Courier, 10 August 1889: ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE. Wm Crabtree, shoemaker ..
was charged with being drunk and disorderly … and with assaulting PC Wilson
whilst in the execution of his duty … Sergeant Farndale said the prisoner’s
conduct and language in the office were disgraceful – this was his third
appearance … |
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10 May 1890 |
Leeds Times, 10 May 1890: HALIFAX POLICE COURT … On Thursday, Ellen Dobson, a married woman,
whose husband is employed at the coal yard at the railway station, and who
resides at Range-lane, Halifax, was brought before the magistrates. Police
sergeant Farndale said that shortly after ten o’clock the woman came to the
police office with a knife in her hand ands said she wanted to cut her
throat. He sent for her husband. He was evidently suffering from the effects
of drink. The husband said she had been drinking for a fortnight. They had no
family. The woman was remanded. |
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26 September 1891 |
By 1891, Joseph Farndale was Chief Clerk with the
Halifax police, with ambitions for Chief Constableship, like his uncle: Yorkshire Evening Post, 26 September 1891: New Chief Constable of Grantham Yesterday the Watch Committee of the Grantham Town
Hall appointed Chief Inspector Holland, of Bootle, Liverpool, as Chief
Constable of the Borough. Thirty applications were sent in, from which six
were selected and applicants attended before the committee. The others were …
Chief Clerk Farndale, Halifax … |
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Joseph Farndale became
head of the Halifax detective department by 1892: The appointment of Chief
Clerk Inspector Farndale to the head of the Halifax Detective Department will
be perceived with favour by those with whom the Inspector will come into
contact. During the discharge of the onerous duties of Chief Clerk he has
displayed abilities which fit him for the post of Detective Inspector, and he
is a worthy successor to the late Inspector, Mr E Newburn… The compliment
paid by Mr Evans to Inspector Farndale, of the Halifax police on Friday on
his smart capture of the alleged Forger Fawcett was well merited and adds
another feather to the cap of the Inspector. The pace by Fawcett was hotter
than generally known, and the young man being known to be in possession of
firearms, the chase implied a certain amount of risk. Fawcett took the train
to Littleborough, where he alighted. Rochdale was reached by a subsequent
train, and Preston was afterwards visited, Fawcett taking the precaution to
change his attire. The same evening Fawcett took part in a fancy dress ball
at Preston and then decamped to Liverpool where the Inspector “ran him to
earth” in the suburbs. Altogether the capture was a very smart one. (Bradford Weekly
Telegraph, 24 December 1892) Lincolnshire Chronicle,
16 December 1892: ALLEGED FORGERY BY A
BANK CLERK. At the Halifax Borough Court on Monday, Charles Fawcett, of the
Square, Halifax, was charged with having forged a cheque for £2,000 on the
Halifax branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank, in the name of David
Haigh, who has a deposit account there. Prisoner is only 19 years of age, has
for some time been employed as a bank clerk at the bank … Prisoner is well
known and respectably connected. For some time past he has expended his money
lavishly, and Inspector Farndale, of the Halifax Borough Police Force, traced
him to Walton on the Hill, Liverpool and arrested him on Saturday night. He
had over £80 in his possession and a loaded six chambered revolver. The
disclosures have created a great deal of a stir in Halifax. The Yorkshire Evening
Post, 16 December 1892:
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1893 |
Bradford Daily
Telegraph, 2 January 1893: HALIFAX BOROUGH – AN
INDIGNANT PRISONER Mary Clough, a elderly woman, who refused to give any account of
herself, was charged with larceny from the person of Annie Pollard on
Saturday night last in the lower market. The prosecutrix, whilst standing
near a pot stall, felt someone feeling her pocket and accused the prisoner of
taking her purse. The prisoner indignantly replied “How dare you charge me
with stealing your purse.” Subsequently however she ran away,
but was noticed by Sergeant Greenwood and taken into custody. Chief
Inspector Detective Farndale asked for a remand until Friday, which was
granted. In the Bradford Daily
Telegraph, 6 January 1893, the story was reported under the headline AN
OLD OFFENDER concerning Rosanna O’Neill, alias Mary Clough, an elderly
woman and it was reported that Chief Inspector
Detective Farndale said the prisoner had been committed for penal servitude
for similar offences at Preston and Manchester. At present she was supposed
to be under police supervision, but she had never reported herself since
leaving prison. She was committed to gaol for two months. Yorkshire Evening Post,
4 January 1893: WELL KNOWN IN THE CHOIR At the Halifax Borough
Court today, William Henry Meham, rag sorter, of
Chapel Fold, was charged with behaving himself in a disorderly manner in
Chapel Fold last night. When the prisoner’s name was called
he stepped quickly into the box and stated “Yes, your Lordship”. Detective Inspector
Farndale stated that the prisoner was a man of weak intellect. The Chairman (Dr Dolan) asked
the inspector if the prisoner had a mother. Upon hearing the question the prisoner promptly replied, “I have a mother,
doctor”. This led one of the magistrates to remark that the prisoner seemed
wideawake. … Yorkshire Evening Post,
13 January 1893: DRUBK OR SOBER? CHARGE AGANST A HALIFAX
LANDLORD At the Halifax Borough
Court today, Aquilla Halstead, landlord of the Crispin Inn, Smithy Stoke, was
summoned for being drunk on his own licensed premises on the 7th inst … Detective Inspector
Farndale stated that about eleven o’clock on the morning of the 7th
the defendant came to the police office, and wished
to know if he had been reported for being drunk. He also stated that he
should be examined by a doctor. The defendant appeared to have braced himself
up for the occasion. The defendant denied
that he had had anything to drink when the constables
cam to the house except tea … He applied to be Chief
Constable of St Albans in March 1893: |
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1893 to 1897 |
Joseph Farndale was Chief Constable of the Margate
Police. |
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1893 |
Joseph then became Chief
Constable of Margate Borough Police in 1893.
(Yorkshire Evening Post,
26 June 1893) Birmingham Daily Post,
27 June 1893: THE NEW CHIEF CONSTABLE
OF MARGATE. Detective inspector Farndale, of the Halifax Borough Police, has
been appointed Chief Constable of Margate. Mr Farndale, who is only thirty
years of age, is a native of Wakefield, being the son of a well known tradesman in that
city. He is the nephew of Chief constable Farndale, of Birmingham. Sheffield Evening
Telegraph, 10 July 1893: The new chief constable
of Margate, Mr Farndale, started, like his uncle, the chief constable of Birmingham,
from the bottom rung of the ladder. A native of Wakefield, he began life in
an apothecary’s shop, but at the age of twenty abandoned the pestle and
mortar and took service in the Halifax police force. His choice of an
occupation was justified in the event, for in four years he rose to be chief
clerk, and five years later was appointed head of the detective department.
He is still a young man, having yet to complete his thirty first year. Whitstable Times and
Herne Bay Herald, 29 July 1893: ASSISTANT RELIEVING
OFFICER FOR MARGATE A letter was received
from Mr J Farndale, Chief Constable of Margate, in which he state that his
predecessor (Mr Buck) having held the appointment of assistant relieving
officer for tramps, at a salary of £5 5s per annum, he should be pleased if
the Guardians would appoint him to the post. On the motion of Mr Holttum, Mr Farndale was appointed to the same office at
the same salary as his predecessor. Thanet Advertiser, 5
August 1893: The new chief constable
of Margate, Mr Farndale, was welcomed on his arrival by Mr Keble, Chairman of
the Bench, on Wednesday. Whitstable Times and
Herne Bay Herald, 19 August 1893: In the trial of a man
charged with having acted as a pedlar and assault, Chief Constable
Farndale said he had received several complaints of the conduct of pedlars,
who intimidated women by forcing goods on them … Deal, Walmer and Sandwich Mercury, 19 September 1893: LEAVING HORSES
UNCONTROLLED … Chief Constable
Farndale said he took up these cases on grounds of public safety, as a few
days before this offence a horse attached to a brewer’s van (which was being
unloaded) ran away along Marine terrace and it was a miracle that there was
not a serious accident .. |
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1894 |
Yorkshire evening Post,
6 June 1894: MR J FARNDALE, formerly
detective inspector at Halifax, and now Chief Constable of Margate, has
passed the examination held by the Board of Trade for inspector of weights
and measures. Thanet Advertiser, 9
June 1894 THE CHARGE OF
MANSLAUGHTER AT MARGATE On Monday afternoon the
Coroner’s Inquiry into the death of John Dale, a carriage proprietor and
greengrocer, which occurred under circumstances reported in our last issue,
was resumed at the Town Hall. It will be remembered that a young cyclist
named Frederick Louis Collins of Paradise Street, collided with the deceased
as he was crossing the road. Collins was arrested and charged with
manslaughter, and the hearing of the case was adjourned … Chief Constable Farndale
asked the witness how he fixed the speed when he said the cyclist was riding
about seven miles an hour … |
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1895 |
Empire News & The
Umpire, 10 February 1895: An Arrest at Carlisle A desire sprung up in
the breast of Mr Frederick Ind, of Margate, to become the possessor of an
incubator, and to pacify his longing he advertised his requirement in the
“Exchange and Mart”. The advertisement did not fail to escape the watchful
eyes of Albert Edward Woodson of Neasham Road, Darlington, who considerately
offered him one for the modest sum of 35s. With commendable promptitude and
in good faith, Mr Ind forwarded the amount asked, but to his dismay no incubator
arrived. The matter was then transferred to a third party, and Chef Constable
Farndale, of Margate, took up the cudgels. He traced the young man with the
incubator to 14 Tait Street, Carlisle, where he discovered him carrying on a
brisk business in the name of Mr Hollands. He was promptly arrested, and at
his lodging were found numerous letters, most of which contained postal
orders. Alas! For the young man no incubator could be found, and as an excuse
he pleaded poverty. He was escorted to Margate where the magistrates have
remanded him for a week. Canterbury Journal,
Kentish Times and Farmers’ Gazette, 11 May 1895: Chief Constable
Farndale, inspector of weights and measures, said on the 4th of March,
he saw Henry Baker delivering coal from sacks at the Station Hotel. He asked
Baker if he had delivered the coal ticket and he said that he had not,and continued to deliver the coal. Afterwards he
entered the bar; and in consequence of what he (the Chief Constable) said to
the previous witness, she handed him the ticket now produced … Whitstable Times and
Herne Bay Herald, 24 August 1895: INSOLENCE TO A JP. William
Sparn was summoned for riding a bicycle in Paradise
street without giving an audible warning of his approach. Chief Constable
Farndale said the defendant rode the bicycle, on the 3rd inst, between 7 and 8 o’clock in the evening, down
Paradise street, and there collided with a foot passenger, who was crossing
the roadway. He was not heard to whistle or ring his bell … Thanet Advertiser, 12
October 1895: VAGRANCY Superintendent Farndale,
of Margate Borough Police, reported that during the year ended July 20th,
1895, 167 vagrants were relieved, viz: 154 men, 11 women, and two children,
19 of whom were sent to the Workhouse, and the remainder were accommodated in
common lodging houses at Margate. |
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1896 |
Canterbury Journal,
Kentish Times and Farmer’s Gazette, 15 February 1896: A KIND
HEARTED MISTRESS Jane Dack,
domestic servant, aged 17, from Norfolk, was charged by her master, Mr Hugh
Denny, 29 with stealing a gold ring and about £10 … The prisoner pleaded
guilty and said she was sorry for it. She also said her mistress had been
very kind to her, and she had had a good place. Head Constable Farndale,
having said she told him how she spent the money, and that she was seized
with a temptation to steal, which she deeply regretted … her mistress had
very kindly informed the magistrates that she would take her back into
service, therefore they would bind her over for six months to be of good
behaviour to her mistress and everybody … The prisoner thanked the
magistrates and her mistress, and said she would do
all she could to be a good girl in future. Thanet Advertiser, 8
August 1896: (In this article, there
is a suggestion that he may have had a middle name J (perhaps John after his
grandfather), though this is not apparent anywhere else): MARGATE AND THE VAGRANTS Mr J J
Farndale (Chief Constable of Margate) wrote, in reply to the Board’s letter,
that he quite agreed with the Guardians that the accommodation for vagrants
was inadequate in Margate, and he intended shortly to bring the matter before
the local authority. It was not the custom to put vagrants into a common
lodging house unless it was too late to send them by train to Minster. Canterbury Journal,
Kentish Times and Farmer’s’ Gazette, 29 August 1896: MARGATE – FOURTEEN MILES
AN HOUR ON A MOTOR CAR Charles Turrell, of 40 Holborn Viaduct, London, was summoned
before the Borough Justices on Wednesday for, on two dates, driving a
locomotive on the high street at a greater speed than two miles an hour. The
Chi4ef Constable said the locomotive was a motor car and came within the
provisions of the Act. PC Bellingham proved that on 31st July he
saw the defendant driving his motor car down Paradise Street to the Parade at
the rate of 14 miles an hour. In cross examination by Mr Hills, he said he
had seen another motor car on the street, and had
not reported it; that one was driven carefully, and less than 14 miles an
hour. Herbert Twyman swore that the motor car n
this instance was driven at the speed of 14 miles an hour. Chief constable
Farndale, examined by Mr Hills, said he knew it was an offence to drive a
motor car in the streets more than two miles an hour. He knew that a motor
car was plying for hire in this borough for a month, and he had ridden in it.
He did not proceed against the man by whom it was driven, because he did not
think it was desirable to do so, but in this case, the driver travelled at a
rate dangerous to the public, viz, 14 miles an hour. He did not know when he
issued the summons that an Act of Parliament had been passed into law
permitting motor vehicles to travel on the highway like other vehicles. Mr
Hills stated that the Act had received Royal Asset; he could not say when;
but it had passed through Parliament before the summons was issued. The case
was dismissed, and the second summons was withdrawn. In the early 1890s the
first cars to be driven on the roads in Britain were imported. In 1895, the
first man to own and drive a car in Britain was Ebvelyn
Ellis. It is estimated that by 1895, there were still only about 15 cars in
Britain, imported from abroad. By 1900, the number had risen to about 700.
Work to build the first motor car in Britain began in 1892 by Frederick Bremner, a gas fitter and plumber. His vehicle first ran
on the public highway in 1894. Fords started to arrive in Britain from about
1908. At the same time his
uncle, Joseph Farndale, Chief Constable of Birmingham Police, was involved in
a charge against a motor car driver for failing to have a man walking 20
yards ahead of the vehicle. |
|
1897 |
Thanet Advertiser, 2
January 1897: EXTRAORDINARY
CODUCT. On Saturday, at the Margate
Borough Police Court, a fly driver named John William Woodward, appeared in
answer to a summons for being drunk in charge of a horse and trap, on
Christmas Eve. … Defendant continually interrupted whilst the officers gave
evidence and caused much amusement when he made the remark “I was as sober as
I am now.” It was quite evident that whilst the defendant stood in the dock
he was suffering from the effects of liquor. The Chief Constable stated that
he had seen several times previously convicted, but in view of the festive
season, the chairman intimated that he would only be fined 10s and costs.
Defendant: I won’t pay. The Chairman: Fourteen days. Defendant was about to
be removed to the cells, when he shouted “Give us
another minute” and clung to the rails of the dock. The assistance of three
policemen had to be obtained in order to take the
prisoner downstairs. Woodward was placed in the dock again on Monday morning
when Chief Constable Farndale informed the magistrates that the prisoner was
not in a fit condition to be admitted to he gaol on Saturday. He (prisoner) now wished to
apologise for his conduct at the previous hearing and anted
to know if the mayor would allow him time to pay the fine. Prisoner said he
was sorry for what had occurred, but before going to the Court his master
gave him some drink which upset him. The magistrates refused the application and the prisoner was removed below. A fly driver drove a one horse lightweight carriage. Whitstable Times and
Herne Bay herald, 13 February 1897: On a charge against a
man for wilfully setting fire to his chimney Chief Constable Farndale said
when a witness told the defendant his chimney was on fire, he said he knew
it, and was going to burn the place down. At that time there was a quantity
of timber on a large coal fire, and some waste paper
in the fender … |
|
1897 to 1900 |
Joseph Farndale was Chief Constable of the York
Police. |
|
1897 |
Manchester Evening News,
25 September 1897: The New Chief
Constableship of York. The Watch Committee of the York Corporation, at a
meeting yesterday afternoon, had personal interviews with the four gentlemen
selected for the final choice rom the twenty seven applicants for the position of Chief Constable.
Mr Joseph Farndale, Chief Constable of Margate; Mr Jones Chief Constable of
Grantham; Mr Pelley, Devon Police; and Inspector Reeve, Doncaster were the
selected candidates, and the committee’s choice finally fell upon Mr
Farndale. The new Chief Constable is thirty three
years of age, and has held the position of Chief Constable of Margate since
1893. Prior to that time he had passed through
various grades from the ranks, and had been send in command at Halifax. Edinburgh Evening News,
25 September 1897: THE CHIEF CONSTABLESHIP
OF YORK. Mr Joseph Farndale, Chief Constable of Margate, was yesterday
chosen out of a short list of four to be Chief Constable of York. Yorkshire Post and Leeds
Intelligencer, 5 October 1897: The Watch Committee
reported the resignation of Mr E T Lloyd as Chief Constable, and their
proposal to appoint Mr John [sic] Farndale, now Chief Constable of Margate,
as his successor at a salary of £300. After some discussion the report was
adopted, and Mr Farndale, who was in attendance, was called into the room,
and returned thanks for his appointment. He stated that he would be able to
commence the duties on 1st of November. Hull Daily Mail, 2
November 1897: Mr J Farndale, the newly
appointed Chief Constable of York, was sworn in yesterday at the York Police
court, and entered upon his duties. |
|
1898 |
Thomas Dawson Farndale married Sarah Emily Davis in
the Knaresborough area. |
|
1899 |
In 1899 Joseph Farndale was shortlisted to succeed
his uncle Joseph Farndale to be Chief Constable in Birmingham, but another
was appointed to that role. Leeds Mercury, 7 January
1899 (also reported in Nottingham Evening Post) The Chief Constableship
of Newcastle. The Watch Committee of Newcastle Corporation yesterday made a
selection of five from the list of candidates for the position of Chief
Constable of the city, at a salary to begin with of £500. The Council will be
invited to make the final choice to which the Watch Committee will give
effect next Friday. The selected five are – Joseph Farndale, chief constable
of York … York Herald, 10 January
1899: York City Police £5 Reward Whereas on Sunday, the 8th
inst, some person or persons wilfully killed a
young SWAN on the Rover Ouse, near Clifton Ings, the property of the Ouse
Navigation Committee, by shooting it in the neck. The above reward will be
paid to any person giving such information as will lead to the conviction of
the offender. Joseph Farndale Chef Constable Chief Constable’s
Office, York,. 9th Dec,
1898 Manchester Evening News,
12 January 1899 The Newcastle City Council
yesterday took a vote upon the five candidates selected by the Watch
Committee from the applicants for the position of Chief Constable. District
Inspector James B Wright (37) was appointed. The other selected candidates
were … Joseph Farndale (34), chief constable, York … Manchester Evening News,
5 July 1899 The Chief Constableship
of Birmingham. The Birmingham Watch Committee yesterday received tabulated
statements concerning the applicants for the chief constableship of the city.
There are exactly 50 applicants, and it is a notable fact that over half of
them are gentlemen whose only qualification appears to be a military
training. Among the candidates is Mr Farndale, the chief constable of York, a
nephew of Mr Joseph Farndale (FAR00350B),
the retiring chief. … Manchester Evening News,
8 July 1899 (also reported in Nottingham Evening Post) The vacant Chief Constableship
of Birmingham. The judicial sub-committee of the Birmingham Watch Committee
yesterday held a special meeting to consider the applications – exactly 50 in
number – for the office of Chief Constable, rendered vacant by the
resignation of Mr Joseph Farndale (FAR00350B). The proceedings
which were conducted in private, lasted upwards of an hour, and at the
conclusion it was stated that eight gentlemen had been selected to attend
personally before a further meeting of the sub-committee, to be held Friday
next, when the final choice will in all probability be made :- The eight
applicants in question were … Joseph Farndale, 35, Chief Constable of York … York Herald, 10 July
1899 YORK LIFEBOAT SATURDAY … The Chief Constable
(Mr J T Farndale) in his uniform, rode at the head of the procession,
attended by a couple of mounted police … Manchester Evening News,
17 July 1899 Appointment of the Chief
Constable for Birmingham. The Birmingham Watch Committee at a special meeting
this morning appointed Mr GH Rafter, Chief Constable of the City. Mr Rafter
who is 42 years of age, has been District Inspector of the Royal Irish
Constabulary at Boyle. The appointment was vacant owing to the retirement of
Mr Joseph Farndale through ill health. Mr Rafter has had 16 years’ Irish
police experience. So on Joseph Farndale’s
(FAR00350B) resignation
as Chief Constable of Birmingham through ill health, his nephew, also Joseph
Farndale was shortlisted amongst eight to succeed his uncle, but in the event
Sir Charles Haughton Rafter was appointed. York Herald, 2 May 1899: TESTING A NEW FIRE
ENGINE IN YORK Yesterday afternoon, in
St George’s Fields, the power of a new fire engine, which has been supplied
to the town of Thornaby on Tees by Messrs Rose, of Manchester, was tested …
The operations were under the superintendence of the Chief Constable (Mr
Farndale) … the engine is guaranteed to pump 350 gallons per hour, but when
under full pressure it threw 153 gallons more, or a total of 503 gallons per
hour … York Herald, 27 May
1899: SERVICE AT YORK MINSTER The 80th birthday
of the Queen was celebrated on Wednesday in York with becoming loyalty … The
following magistrates preceded by the Chief Constable (Mr J Farndale) were
the first of the civic dignitaries to arrive … |
|
1900 |
Bradford Daily
Telegraph, 30 June 1900: Bradford’s new Chief
Constable comes with an excellent reputation. Mr Farndale has had wide
experience at Halifax, Margate, and York; he has passed through all grades,
is a policeman by choice, and is a good disciplinarian without being a
martinet. Having done some smart things himself as a subordinate, he may be
trusted to recognise merit on the part of young officers under his charge.
The Watch Committee’s choice, I firmly believe, will be justified by a better
acquaintance with Mr Farndale. Yorkshire Post and Leeds
Intelligencer, 30 June 1900: Mr Joseph Farndale,
Chief Constable of York, was yesterday selected by the Bradford Watch
Committee as Chief Constable of that City, in
succession to Mr R Ross, now of Edinburgh. Six selected candidates appeared
before the Committee, there being originally twenty nine
applicants. The salary attached to the office is £500. Leeds Mercury, 30 June
1900 The Chief Constableship
of Bradford. Mr Joseph Farndale, Chief Constable of York, was yesterday
appointed Chief Constable of the city of Bradford, at a salary of £500 a
year, in succession to Mr R Ross, who has become Chief Constable of
Edinburgh. Mr Farndale was born at Wakefield in 1864, and first joined the
Halifax force, where in the course of ten years he
advanced to the degree of detective inspector. In 1888 he was appointed Chief
Constable of Margate, and three years ago became Chief Constable of York. Derbyshire Times and
Chesterfield Herald 7 July 1900 (also reported in the Burnley Express, 4 July
1900) Mr Joseph Farndale,
Chief Constable of York, a nephew of the former Chief Constable of Birmingham
and Chesterfield, has been appointed Chief Constable of Bradford. The salary
attached to the office is £500 per annum. Leeds Mercury, 11 July
1900 Bradford City Council.
The Chief Constableship. A meeting of the Bradford City Council was held
yesterday, Mr WE Ackroyd presiding. Mr J Moorhouse, in moving the minutes of
the Watch Committee, which included the appointment of Mr Joseph Farndale as
Chef Constable of Bradford, at a salary of £500 a year, said the committee
felt Mr Farndale would discharge the duties of the office to the satisfaction
of the Council. |
|
1 August 1900 |
Joseph Farndale succeeded Roderick Ross as Chief
Constable at Bradford in 1900. The Chief Constableship of Bradford. Mr Joseph
Farndale, Chief Constable of York, was yesterday appointed Chief Constable of
the city of Bradford, at a salary of £500 a year, in succession to Mr R Ross,
who has become Chief Constable of Edinburgh. Mr Farndale was born at
Wakefield in 1864, and first joined the Halifax force, where in the course of ten years he advanced to the degree of
detective inspector. In 1888 he was appointed Chief Constable of Margate, and
three years ago became Chief Constable of York. Leeds Mercury, 10 August 1900: Mr J Farndale, late of York, and now the Chief
Constable of Bradford, was formally introduced to his men yesterday. |
|
13 August 1900 |
Thomas Farndale, by then a widower, married Alice
Dowell, a widow, in Scarborough. Thomas, a retired inn keeper, and Alice, then lived
in Scarborough. |
|
By 1901 |
Thomas Dawson Farndale was a clerk of works in
Wakefield. |
|
1901 |
Bradford Observer, 2
January 1901: In commemoration of the
opening of the twentieth century, the Mayor (Mr WC
Lupton), the members of the City Council, the chief officials of the
Corporation, the city magistrates, and a number of gentlemen representing institutions
of the town, attended Divine service yesterday at Bradford Parish Church …
The procession consisted of a posse of police under Chief Constable Farndale
(who had altogether 120 men on duty in connection with the proceedings)… Halifax Evening Courier,
4 April 1901: CHIEF CONSTABLE FARNDALE
AND THE MAGISTRATES Something of a
divergence of sentiment between the magisterial bench and the chief of the
police force arose in Bradford City Police Court yesterday. The magistrates
dismissed a charge of selling drink during prohibited hours. Thereupon Chief
Constable Farndale requested to be informed of their reasons for so deciding;
and added the noteworthy remarks that he had a right to know, in order that
he might deal with his men, and that if the bench did not believe his
officers he should have to punish them. The magistrates declined to state any
reasons, but added the case was a proper one to bring before the court. Bradford Daily
Telegraph, 14 May 1901: FIXING BAIL – POWERS OF
A CHIEF CONSTABLE At the City Police Court
today Mr Joseph Farndale, Chief Constable, referred to a case where a man had
been stabbed in the shoulder by a penknife. He said it was reported in the
papers that he had o authority for fixing bail in
the case. He asserted that he had ample authority. The Stipendiary
Magistrate (Mr Skidmore): Not in a serious case. Mr Farndale: I fere to a
case of petty misdemeanour. In reply to Mr Skidmore the
Chief Constable said the time of grating bail was on Saturday, he could not
say exactly when. He then proceeded to quote authority, saying he had the
right to fix bail as he did not consider the case a serious one. He could
exercise his discretion. The Stipendiary
Magistrate, after consulting the charge in the case, said it was a felony in
which no bail should have been taken without a magistrate’s authority. He was
of blaming the Chief Constable if it was irregular. Any magistrate would have
fixed bail. There were 68 magistrates in Bradford. The matter then dropped. Bradford Daily
Telegraph, 24 May 1901: A BAD HOUSE CHARGE AGAINST A
BRADFORD WOMAN At the City Court today
before the Stipendiary (Mr Skidmore) and other magistrates, **, respectably dressed
woman, twenty four years of age, of *, was charged with keeping her house as
a brothel … The Chief Constable (Mr Joseph Farndale) said that the prisoner
had kept this house as a brothel since May last year. The police had received
numerous complaints with regard to the conduct of the house, and the later
had recently been under police supervision. Recently a
number of men employed at a local show had frequently visited the
prisoner. There was o drink found on the premises.
… A fine of £5 and 8s costs was imposed with an alternative of one month’s
imprisonment with hard labour. Bradford Observer, 6
June 1901 FORTUNE TELLING IN
BRADFORD STRANGE STORY FROM
KNARESBOROUGH A curious case of
fortune telling came before Mr Skidmore (Stipendiary Magistrate) … on the
evening of May 25th he was visited at his house by two of the
police matrons … According to the
evidence of the former, the defendant’s first device was to fold two pieces
of paper into the form of diamonds, after which he asked the visitors when
and where they were born. Mr Skidmore: That is a very dangerous question to
ask a lady; I hope you didn’t tell him (laughter). Continuing the witness
said that the defendant wrote the information on the diamond formed papers,
and then retired saying he was going to meditate as to what planet or planets
the visitors were born under. After an absence of about ten minutes, he
returned with the information that witness was born under Venus (laughter).
He predicted for witness a lot of trouble and sickness this yar, but said there would be a change for the better next
year. She would he added do well as a lodging house keeper,
and he warned her against taking a voyage on the water until next year; this
year there was an evil aspect over her (laughter). Had the hour of her call
been midnight he would have predicted a voyage abroad next year. He advised
her to transact all her important business on the Thursday directly following
a new moon. He told her that she would have two offers of marriage during the
next year – one from a single man and one from a widower (laughter). Mr
Skidmore: Is the defendant a widower? (renewed laughter). The witness said she paid the defendant 1s
6d for telling her fortune. The defendant told her if she preferred to have
it written down it would cost 2s 6d. In cross examination the
defendant complained that the callers had given wrong names. Mr Skidmore: That
doesn’t matter; they were told a great many things at your house that were
wrong. Defendant: I didn’t send
for them. Mr Skidmore: Nobody says
you did. Defendant: I haven’t
been doing much business during the last three or four years due to my
health. Mr Skidmore: And you
will do less after today. Ellen Whitehouse, a
married woman, corroborated the testimony of the first witness. The defendant
predicted for her two offers of marriage (laughter). Detective Haigh said he
had made inquiries as to the defendant’s antecedents. He had ascertained that
the defendant had drawn considerably over £1000 from a gentleman in
Knaresborough in this kind of business – driving away the evil aspect
(laughter). He had been carrying on in this way for sixteen years. Mr
Skidmore: I shouldn’t have thought there was so much money in Knaresborough.
Detective Haigh: The gentleman there has ow become seriously ill, and the
doctor says it is all due to this man bothering him. He is nearly seventy
years of age. In reply to Mr Skidmore,
the Chief Constable (Mr Farndale) aid there was no previous conviction
against the defendant for this kind of offence, but he had been fined for
assaulting his wife. He had been carrying on business for twenty years in
Bradford and called himself a herbalist. Defendant (to the
detective): I haven’t drawn over £1000 from that man. Detective Haigh: You
have had £1 a week from him for over twenty years. Defendant: No, I haven’t
had 10s. Mr Skidmore: You ought
not to have had 10d. Detective Haigh: He has
gone down to this gentleman’s house regularly about once a week, ad has spent
the night in boiling down beats’ hearts and putting it into ginger beer
bottles to drive the evil spirits away. He would spend the night in this way
and leave next morning. Mr Skidmore: I see, a
sort of incantation (laughter). The Chief Constable said
the visitors to the defendant’s house were not confined to any particular class. This Knaresborough business had been put
to an end. Mr Skidmore (to the
defendant): You are a rogue and a vagabond. That is what the law calls you.
If you had been convicted before you would have been sent to prison for a
long term without the option of a fine. There is no doubt that you have been
carrying on this business and imposing upon His Majesty’s subjects for a long
period of time. You will be fined £10 and 12s costs, or six weeks
imprisonment. Bradford Observer, 20
June 1901: At Bradford City Police
Court * was charged with stealing a pair of bathing drawers, value 6d, the
property of the Bradford Corporation. The Chief Constable (Mr J Farndale)
remarked that no fewer than 100 pairs of drawers had disappeared from one of
the baths within the last six weeks. Bradford Daily
Telegraph, 28 June 1901 ROBERT’S NEW UNIFORM INSPECTION BY THE WATCH
COMMITTEE This afternoon the
annual inspection of the City Police new clothing took place before the
Bradford Watch Committee at the Belle Vue Barracks, Manningham Lane. Upwards
of 300 officers and men were drawn up on parade under Chief Constable Joseph
Farndale … With
regard to
his uncle, (also Joseph Farndale)’s death: Birmingham Mail, 23
October 1901: At a meeting of the
Watch Committee today, a letter was read from Mr J Farndale, Chief Constable
at Bradford, thanking the committee for the resolution of condolence in
respect to the death of the late Mr Joseph Farndale. |
|
1902 |
Leeds Mercury, 6 January
1902: Bradford Watch Committee
recommend that the salary of the Chief Constable (Mr Farndale) be increased
from £500 to £600 per annum, and that by increases of £50 a year it should
advance to a maximum of £800 per annum. East Kent Times and
Mail, 12 March 1902: THE CHIEF CONSTABLE OF
BRADFORD, Mr J Farndale, formerly chief of police of Margate, has been
presented with a gold watch by the subordinate members of the Bradford force,
in recognition of his successful endeavours to make the policeman’s lot a
happy one. Yorkshire evening Post,
6 June 1902: At Bradford yesterday
the Chief Constable (Mr Joseph Farndale) stated that a police officer was
never off duty until he left the service. Yorkshire Evening Post,
11 July 1902: BACCARAT AN UNLAWFUL
GAME … The Chief Constable
(Mr J Farndale) contended that baccarat was an unlawful game wherever it was
played … The Stipendiary (Mr C Skidmore) found that, firstly, the club was a
bona fide club; secondly,. That baccarat was an
unlawful game as habitually played there, and, thirdly, the club was kept for
two purposes – social and gambling, and that constituted a common gaming
house … Bradford Daily
Telegraph. 15 July 1902: After the holiday for
the new King’s coronation: Chief Constable Farndale
expressed himself highly pleased with the conduct of the people yesterday, and assures us that the police were given every
assistance. To use his own words: “It was a good natured and thoroughly well behaved crowd.” The streets were certainly well kept
yesterday by the force. Shields Daily Gazette,
27 September 1902: POLICEMAN’S EVIDENCE At Bradford yesterday
the magistrates dismissed a charge brought against a Cleckheaton labourer.
The evidence was contradictory and the Bench decided
not to convict. The Chief Constable (Mr
J Farndale): Then, I am to understand you do not believe my officer? The Chairman: I don’t
like your way of putting the question. I am sure it is far from us to accuse
your officer of speaking an untruth. It is possible he has got a mistaken
idea. The Chief Constable:
Well, sir, I must do my duty. If I put men into the box whom you cannot believe then I must endeavour to rid the city of them. The Chairman: There is a
want of corroboration on both sides. The Chief Constable: I
am not complaining because you have discharged the prisoner. I am concerned
as to the truthfulness of my officers. The Chairman: We do not
feel justified in convicting. That is all. The matter then dropped. |
|
1903 |
Yorkshire Evening Post,
17 February 1903: In an article about the
Halifax police force: … Several men who
have, or are still, filling chief constableships in other towns received
their training under Mr Pole. A notable example is the present Chief Constable
of Bradford (Mr J Farndale), Mr Farndale joined the Halifax borough force as
a constable, and left with the rank of detective inspector, when he was
appointed Chief Constable of Margate. A Pen Portrait of Joseph
Farndale in the Bradford Weekly Telegraph, Saturday 2 May 1903 |
|
1905 |
Leeds Mercury, 6 January
1905: GAVE HER HOUSE KEY TO A
STRANGER ** pleaded not guilty
to a charge of stealing a handbag … The Chief Constable (Mr J Farndale), who
prosecuted, said the bag was stolen from the Roebuck Inn, Nelson Street,
where it had been left for a few minutes by the prosecutor. Suspicion rested
on the prisoner, and a detective visited her house. She denied all knowledge
of the stolen property, but on a search being made the bag was discovered
under a bed in her kitchen … Bradford Daily
Telegraph, 6 January 1904: RAID ON A DISORDERLY
HOUSE Today at Bradford Police
Court ***, a widow, was brought up in custody on a charge of keeping a
disorderly house. The Chief Constable (Mr
Joe Farndale) stated that the house had been under special observation since
the 12th of last month. Women had been seen to frequent the house
in company with men. The same women had been seen to take different men on
different occasions. The house was raided last night
and a couple was found in the bedroom and another couple in the front room.
In answer to the Stipendiary the Chief Constable said the woman had no
husband. |
|
31 May 1905 |
An interesting debate!
The Daily Mirror, 31 May
1905
The Daily Mirror, 1 June
1905
The Daily Mirror, 2 June
1905 |
|
By 1911 |
Thomas Dawson Farndale was a clerk of works in
Leeds. |
|
1905 to 1914 |
There are numerous articles about Joseph Farndale as
Chief Constable of Bradford on his web page. |
|
1914 |
Joseph Farndale was awarded the King’s Police Medal (KPM)
in 1914 when he was Chief Constable of Bradford City Police Force, and
appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1920
civilian war honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
in the 1924 Birthday honours. His records state that
he was appointed with his OBE on the 1 January 1920
and he was invested by the Lord Lieutenant of West Riding of Yorkshire at
Leeds Town Hall on the 12th April 1921. He was promoted from an Officer of
the Order and was appointed a CBE on the 3 June 1924. He attended an
Investiture at Buckingham Palace on the 9th July
1924. Daily Citizen
(Manchester), Aberdeen Press and Journal, Lancashire Evening Post, Manchester
Courier, Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, Birmingham Daily Post,
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Newcastle Journal, 1 January 1914: NEW YEARS HONOURS … POLICE MEDALS The King’s Police Medal
has been awarded to a number of officers of the
police forces and fire brigades in the United Kingdom and Overseas Dominions.
The rewards are made in recognition of meritorious service or conspicuous
gallantry. Among the England and Wales recipients are … Chef Constable Joseph Farndale (Bradford
City Police) … Sheffield Independent, 1
January 1914: KING’S POLICE MEDAL HONOURS FOR YORKSHIRE
OFFICERS His Majesty has awarded
the King’s Police Medal to a number of officers …
Chief Constable Joseph Farndale, Bradford City Police … Bradford Daily
Telegraph, 1 January 1914: The fount of honour has to flowed very strongly in the Yorkshire Direction
this New Year’s Day … The only other honour is the granting of the police
medal, a much coveted honour in the service, to Mr Farndale, the Chief
Constable of Bradford.. It has been fairly earned,
as anyone who compares our police force with what it was antecedent to Mr
Farndale’s coming will readily acknowledge. Mr Farndale is one of
the Chief Constables who have risen from the ranks. His association with
Bradford (writes a public official) has produced a higher state of efficiency
than ever previously known, and our police force has earned the distinction
of being one of the finest in the country. The undesirable members have been
gradually weeded out, and there are fewer cases of over officiousness on the
part of our police than at any other period. A strict disciplinarian, Mr
Farndale has succeeded in impressing the men under his charge with a high
ideal of their duty to the community, and the Bradford policeman of today is
quite a different person to the man of twenty or thirty years ago. He is more
of a friend than a person to be feared, and while wrong doers are well looked
after they are always treated with the greatest consideration. The Bradford
Chief Constable has shown himself capable of handling difficult crowds, and
his conduct during the serious trade disputes in the city gained him general
approval. There followed the
message: A Happy New Year to all
our readers. There is no reason why we should t take a cheerful view of 1914 … … BRADFORD CHIEF CONSTABLE Congratulations from the
Bench Today at the Police
Court, the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr W W
Wilberforce), addressing the Chief Constable (Mr Joseph Farndale) said: UI
congratulate you o your well earned honour. I am sure it is only the first of
many others. Chief Constable; I thank you. Yorkshire Evening News,
1 January 1914: KING’S POLICE MEDALS FOR
YORKSHIRE Amongst the recipients
of the King’s police medal for merit and bravery are … Joseph Farndale, Chief
Constable of Bradford City Police, with thirty one
years’ able and devoted service, for merit … Bradford Daily
Telegraph, 3 January 1914: THE HONOUR FOR THE
BRADFORD POLICE CONSTABLE The Bradford Watch
Committee met yesterday when a resolution was passed congratulating the Chief
Constable (Mr Joseph Farndale) on the conferment upon him of the King’s
police medal … Mr Farndale suitably acknowledged the compliment. Whitby Gazette, 9
January 1914: Mr Joseph Farndale, the
Chief Constable of he
Bradford City Police, was included in the New Year’s Honours List as a
recipient of the King’s Police Medal. He is a son of Mr W Farndale, and a
nephew of Mr Joseph Farndale, late Chief Constable of Birmingham, who was
born in Egton. (Note – in fact Joseph’s
father was Thomas Farndale, the innkeeper of Wakefield). Bradford Daily
Telegraph, 3 February 1914: The Chief Constable (Mr Joseph
Farndale) has been commanded to attend an investiture at Buckingham Palace on
February 12th, when he will be invested by King George with the
Police Medal, an honour conferred upon him by His Majesty at the beginning of
the year. Bradford Daily
Telegraph, 12 February 1914: Bradford’s Chief
Constable (Mr Joseph Farndale) attended at Buckingham Palace today to receive
the decoration of the King’s Medal for meritorious police service. Mr
Farndale has gained distinction among the head constables of the country, and
the Royal distinction is justly merited. Telegrams congratulating Mr Farndale
were dispatched to him this morning by the Lord Mayor (Alderman Arnold), who
was chairman of the Watch Committee up to his election to the Lord Mayorality, and by Mr T Sowden, the present chairman of
that committee.
Joseph Farndale CBE KPM |
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22 December 1919 |
Thomas Farndale died in Scarborough, aged 80. He is
buried at Scalby, 5km NW of Scarborough. |
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23 August 1926 |
Alice Farndale, widow of Thomas Farndale, died at
Scalby. |
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16 December 1930 |
Mr Joseph Farndale, the Chief Constable of Bradford,
was appointed the traffic commissioner for Yorkshire. |
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1932 |
Thomas Dawson Farndale married Isabel Yeoman in
Plymouth. |
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1936 |
Emma Farndale, wife of Joseph Farndale, died. |
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31 December 1937 |
Joseph Farndale, 72 year old
chairman of Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners and formerly Chief Constable of
Bradford, married Miss Margaret Emmott, Sowerby Bridge, who practiced as a
chiropodist in Leeds. The ceremony took place in Leeds, unknown to the staff
at the Traffic Commissioners’ office there. Joseph Farndale’s home was at
Harrogate. After the wedding the newly married couple left for London. Joseph Farndale was awarded the King’s Police Medal
in 1914 and had been President of the Chief Constable’s Association. |
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By 1939 |
Thomas Dawson Farndale was a civil engineer in
Market Risen, Lincolnshire. |
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1940 |
Thomas Dawson Farndale died in Lincolnshire. |
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22 February 1954 |
Joseph Farndale died in Harrogate. |
Chronology of the Robert Farndale Branch of the
Wakefield 1 Line
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20 August 1885 |
Robert Farndale, son of Matthew and Mary Farndale,
was born in Stockton. |
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About 1900 |
Matthew and Ann Farndale and their family at Craggs
Hall in about 1900 Robert Farndale |
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By 1901 |
Robert Farndale was an assistant on the farm at
Craggs Hall. |
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1 September 1910 |
Robert Farndale married Sarah Jane Alcock at Ingleby
Greenhow. Robert was a farm labourer. |
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By 1911 |
Robert Farndale was a horseman on a farm in
Wakefield.
Robert Farndale |
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1911 |
Ruth Farndale, daughter of Robert and Sarah Farndale,
was born in Wakefield. Ruth died aged 7 and was buried on 31 October 1918 at
St Mary, Outwood. The family then lived at Outwood Hall Cottages, Wakefield. |
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13 April 1913 |
Robert Edwin Farndale, daughter of Robert and Sarah
Farndale, was born in Wakefield. |
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11 April 1915 |
Maurice Farndale, daughter of Robert and Sarah
Farndale, was born in Wakefield. |
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1917 |
Ada Farndale, daughter of Robert and Sarah Farndale,
was born in Wakefield. Ada married Robert Walker in 1939 in Skipton. |
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1919 |
Ronald Martin Farndale, daughter of Robert and Sarah
Farndale, was born in Wakefield. Ronald emigrated to New Zealand and served in 6th Field
Ambulance RAMC in Greece and Crete and was captured as a Prisoner of War at
Sidi Rezegh. He became a Carpenter and builder in Masterton, near Auckland,
New Zealand. He married Margaret Madge Maxted in 1945 (she died in 1956) and
Doris Elaine. He is Founder of the New Zealand
Line. |
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About 1920 |
Matthew Farndale, Ann Farndale, Robert Farndale and
Ruth Farndale, in front of Craggs Hall, about 1920 |
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By 1921 |
Robert Farndale Senior was a horseman for Stanley
District Council n Wakefield. |
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By 1939 |
Robert Farndale was a dairy Farmer at Bell’s Farm,
Barnoldswick, Skipton. Maurice Farndale was also a dairy farmer there. |
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1939 |
Robert Edwin Farndale married Florence L Hooper (or
Cooper) in Nelson, Lancashire. Maurice Farndale married Lena Stanley in Nelson,
Lancashire.
Joint Wedding Maurice Farndale and Lena Alcock, Robert Farndale
and Florence Cooper and others unknown |
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1940 |
Alan Farndale, son of Robert and Florence Farndale,
was born. Alan was Founder of the Cambridge Line. |
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1942 |
John Farndale, son of Robert and Florence Farndale,
was born. |
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1947 |
Patricia Farndale, daughter of Maurice and Lena
Farndale, was born. |
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1952 |
Jean Farndale, daughter of Maurice and Lena
Farndale, was born. |
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27 March 1972 |
Robert Farndale Senior died at Staincliffe. |
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3 August 1976 |
Robert Edwin Farndale died at Stockbridge Farm,
Thornton in Craven, Skipton. |
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14 December 2002 |
Maurice
Farndale died in Burnley and Pendle. |
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