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labourer and shepherd |
William Farndale
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1822
William Farndale, son of William &
Margaret Farndale (FAR00220A)
of Bishop Wilton, labourer, was baptised at Bishop Wilton on 1 August 1822 (PR & IGI).
Bishop Wilton is 10km east of York.
1846
Ann Farndale (FAR00369) was
born in 1846 in Pocklington district. William was a labourer at the time of
Ann’s birth.
Ann Farndale’s birth record shows
her mother’s maiden name was Leppington. She may have been called Esther (see
Thomas Farndale record). But it seems she was Mary Leppington (1822 to 1879).
They probably married in about 1846.
1849
John Farndale (FAR00379A) was born
at Bishop Wilton in 1849. Need to recheck.
1852
Thomas Farndale (FAR00394) was born in Pocklington
District at Bishop Wilton in 1852. His mother’s maiden name was Leppington.
1854
Mark Farndale (FAR00408) was born in the Pocklington
District in 1854
1859
The property in Bishop Wilton where
William Farndale was staying in 1859, was sold at auction:
Yorkshire Gazette, 25 June
1859, also in the York Herald on 11 and 18 June 1859: BISHOP
WILTON NEAR POCKLINGTON. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR TIPLING. At the House of
Mr. James Jepsen, the Cross Keys Inn, Bishop Wilton, in the county of York, on
Friday, the 15th day of July, 1859, at four o’clock in the afternoon, either
together or in the following or such other lots as shall be agreed upon at the
time of sale, unless previously disposed off by
private contract, of which notice will be given, and subject to conditions of
sale which will then be read, LOT 1 - All
those four and several messuages or dwelling houses, in the hereditaments and
premises thereto belonging, situated on the north side of the town of Bishop
Wilton aforesaid; also the excellent garden, immediately behind the said dwelling
houses, and containing half an acre, more or less. The above premises are in
the occupations of Messrs John Tipling, James Beal, William Farndale,
and William Foster... Tadcaster, 7th June, 1859.
1861
Margaret Farndale (FAR00445A) was born at South
Lodge, Aberford in or about 1861.
1862
Yorkshire Gazette, 3 and
10 May 1862: BISHOP
WILTON NEAR POCKLINGTON. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR TIPLING. At the Cross
Keys Inn, Bishop Wilton, in the county of York, on Friday, the 16th day of May,
1862, at four o’clock in the afternoon, either together or in the following or
such other lots as shall be agreed upon at the time of sale, unless previously
disposed off by private contract, of which notice
will be given, and subject to conditions of sale which will then be read, LOT 1
- All those four and several messuages
or dwelling houses, in the hereditaments and premises thereto belonging,
situated on the north side of the town of Bishop Wilton aforesaid; also the
excellent garden, immediately behind the said dwelling houses, and
containing half an acre, more or less. The above premises are now or lately
were in the occupations of Messrs John Tipling, James Beal, William Farndale,
and William Foster...
1863
York Herald, 12 September
1863 WETHERBY
AGHRICLTURAL SOCIETY. THE ANNUAL SHOW. The above society, one of the oldest in
this county, held its twenty fourth annual exhibition of stock and implements
yesterday, Friday, in the park of Major Gunter, of the Grange, Wetherby, and
whether for convenience, beauty of situation, or capaciousness, there is no
site near... The first prize to the shepherd was given
to William farndale, and the second to S Kitching, both of Bramham....
Yorkshire Gazette, 12
September 1863: Also a prize of 6s, for shepherd, to Wm Farndale …
both of Bramham.
1864
George Farndale (FAR00453A) was born on 17
September 1864, the son of William Farndale, a shepherd of Aberford.
1875
John W Farndale (FAR00545), probably this
family, was born at Bickerton, near Wetherby on 19 December 1875.
1877
George Farndale (FAR00557) was born on
30 September 1877. This needs checking – can’t be two Georges.
1881
Census 1881 – Barwick in Elmet, Tadcaster
William Farndale, 61, a shepherd, born
in Bishop Wilton
Margaret Farndale, daughter, 20,
‘shepherd’s daughter’ (ie born 1861)(FAR00445A)
George Farndale, 18, ‘shepherd’s son’
(ie born 1863) (FAR00453A)
Berwick in Elmet and
Tadcaster are 20km west of York, near the current A1.
1882
Mary Farndale (FAR00586A) weas born in or about
1882. This needs checking.
1885
Thomas Farndale (FAR00601B) was born in or
about 1885. This needs checking – can’t be two Thomases.
Alfred (“Fred”) Leperton
Farndale (FAR00605)
was born in or about 1885.
1889
Alice Farndale (FAR00633A) was born on 5
September 1889. Needs checking.
1891
Census 1891, from the civil parish of Aberford in
the Administrative County of York
William Farndale shown as the head, a
widower, aged 68, living at 138 Blackfern Lodge. A retired shepherd who was
born in Bishop Wilton.
He lived at Black Fern Lodge, and the
only other person registered is his daughter, Margaret Farndale (FAR00445A), aged 30, born at
South Lodge, Aberford.
1891 Census – St John’s Hill, Aberford,
Tadcaster, Yorkshire
Ann Farndale, 46, widow and
head
George Farndale, 13, born
Bickerton about 1878, agricultural labourer
Mary Farndale, 9, born
Saxton about 1882
Thomas Farndale, 6, born
Saxton about 1885
Alfred Farndale, 5, born
Saxton about 1886
Alice Farndale, 2, born
Saxton about 1889
1892
Minnie Farndale (FAR00650) born on 13 February
1892, may have been this family. Needs checking.
1899
William Farndale died Tadcaster District aged 76
in the first quarter of 1899 and was buried on 25 March 1876 at Barwick in
Elmet (DR).
1901
1901 Census – Main Street, John’s Hill,
Aberford, Tadcaster
Ann Farndale, head, 56
Tom Farndale, single, 17,
born Saxton in 1884, horseman on farm
Fred Farndale, 15, pony
driver pit underground, born Saxton in 1886
Alice
Farndale, 12 scholar, born Saxton in 1889.