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Tidkinhow
A guide to the history of Tidkinhow
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Introduction
Dates
are in red.
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Headlines
of the history of Three Hills are in brown.
References
and citations are in turquoise.
Contextual
history is in purple.
The Farndales of Tidkinhow
First, please visit the Farndales of Tidkinhow page.
Then please go to the Tidkinhow Line and then to the
page of Martin Farndale (FAR00364).
The History of Tidkinhow
Tidkinhow
Farm is located 4 miles southeast of Guisborough in the County of Cleveland. It
consists of a few acres of grassland and large tracts of Guisborough moor.
The name Tidkinhow is probably derived from an old Saxon word describing ownership of the hill upon which the house now stands. How meant hill or mound and it probably belonged to a man called Tydi and his kin. So it meant, literally, "Tydi's How".
Prehistoric
There are prehistoric remains on the
moors edge at Tidkinhow. There is a stone alignment of probable Bronze Age date
at Grid NZ645127, incorporated in a cross ridge dyke
of Bronze Age or Iron Age date. The monument extends from Tidkinhow Slack on
the north side of the ridge to North Ings on the south. From the north the
first 275m is only visible as a slight outer scarp on the west with a ditch
almost completely infilled. The next 410m section is the best preserved with a
bank 5m wide and 1.2m high and a line of standing stones on its east side and a
ditch 3m wide and 1m deep on its west side. The stones are about 1m high, 0.5m
long and 0.3m thick. For the last 85m the rampart and ditch have completely
disappeared with only a few standing stones marking its course. Most of the
elements were mapped from air photographs as part of the North York Moors NMP, and are extant on the latest 2009 vertical photography.
The middle and southern sections to North Ing Slack are scheduled.
Tidkinhow Stack
Hob Cross at Tidkinhow Head
28 May 1422
‘At Westminster. Order given to William Nevyll
and Joan his wife, seisin of the castles, manors, lands, saltworks, knights
fees etc, herein after mentioned….(long list of
places)….and a close called Tydkinhowe.’ (Patent Rolls). See FAR00055.
Historical monuments
There is a boundary stone at NZ646133, which is listed.
1836
The Times, 3 September 1836: To be
peremptory sold, pursuant to the orders of the High Court of Chancery, made in
a cause Harker v Brigham, with the approbation of William Braham Esquire, one
of the masters of the said court, at the Buck Inn, Guisborough, in the county
of York, on Tuesday the 27th day of September 1836, at 3 o’clock in the
afternoon, in one lot, a FREEHOLD ESTATE consisting of two
farmhouses, and requisite outbuildings, and 272 acres 2r 3p of arable pasture,
meadow, and woodland, called Aysdale Gate and
Tidkinhow, situate in the parish of Skelton, in Cleveland, in
the county of York, late the estate of John Harker deceased. Printed
particulars may be had at the said masters chambers, in Northampton buildings;
of Messrs Perkins and Frampton, Greys Inn square; Messrs Bell, Broderick, and
Bell, Bow church yards, London; Of John Page Sowerby, solicitor, Stokesley, at
whose office a plan may be seen; Messrs Garbett, Blackett and Fawcett,
solicitors, Stokesley and Yarn; And Messrs Thomas Simpson and sons, land
agents, Nunthorpe, at whose office is also a plan may be seen; and at the place
of sale.
This had clearly followed a court case regarding a disputed will. There aree papers relating to the case Harker v Brigham in which
the plaintiffs were: Thomas Harker, Mary Harker, Rebecca Salome Harker,
Benjamin Willis Harker and Ellen Elizabeth Harker, infants by said Thomas
Harker their father and guardian and the defendants: George Brigham and Robert
Brigham. The dispute related to the estates of William Powell, testator in Didderhow [Didderhowe],
Stokesley, Yorkshire, Middleton St George, Durham and estate of John Harker,
testator in Tidkinhow [Tidkinhow Farm], Aysdale Gate,
Yorkshire. There is a list of tenants and rents, receipts
and disbursements. The Receiver was Thomas Simpson. The Chancery Master was
William Brougham. The full record of the case are held
by the National Archives, Document Reference C
101/3540.
1843
John Farndale (FAR00217) gave an
account of wild celebrations at Brotton after the battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Robert Stevenson, a local merchant built Stephenson’s
Hall in Brotton and provided barrels of ale and a band of musicians (headed by
John Farndale), who then sang and danced till dawn. When Robert Stevenson died
in 1825, everything went to his daughter, Mary, who had previously married
Thomas Hutchinson, a master mariner from Guisborough. Mary and Thomas settled
in Stephenson’s Hall which soon became Brotton Hall and over the years they
bought various properties in Brotton. Thomas was a close friend of John Walker
Ord, the historian and poet of Cleveland, and in 1843, Thomas invited Ord to
join him on a picnic to Tidkinhow which was then part of Hutchinson’s
dispersed property. Ord composed a poem in honour of that day, which is
shown below, with thanks to Dr Tony
Nicholson for passing a copy to me:
CLEVELAND SKETCHES
Tidkinghow (sic).
The following lines are written to
commemorate a Fete Champetre furnished to his friends by Thomas
Hutchinson Esq of Brotton Hall, and his amiable lady, on Monday, September 18th,
1843:
A
Fete Champetre is an outdoor entertainment such as a garden party.
1857
1862
There is a plan of two farms called Aysdale
Gate and Tidkinhow in the parish of Skelton, with section showing the depth of
ironstone, by Richard Cordner Stanhope, 20 Dec. 1862; and draft memorandum of
agreement between John Bainbridge of Aysdale Gate
Farm, Slapewath, farmer, and W.H.A. Wharton of
Skelton Castle, Esq, Aug. 1893 held at Teeside
Archives.
1863
The Yorkshire Herald and York Herald, 14
February 1863: Skelton, near Guisborough, in the Ironstone District
of Cleveland. VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE. To be sold at auction, that the House
of Mr Henry Watson, the Buck Inn, in Guisborough, on Tuesday, the third day of
March 1863, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, Mr Henry Watson, auctioneer, all
that valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, consisting of
two farm houses and requisite outbuildings, and 273 acres 3 Roods and 2 Perches
of arable, meadow, pasture and woodland, called “Aysdale
Gate” and “Tidkinhow”, situated in the parish of Skelton, in the county of
York, and now in the occupation of Mr Elisha Pegg. The celebrated Cleveland
Ironstone has been proved in this Estate, and there is a valuable quarry of
freestone. The ironstone mines of J T Wharton and T Chaloner, Esquires,
immediately adjoining the above a state, are now in full operation. The estate
is 3 miles from the market town of Guisborough, and within 700 yards of the
Cleveland Railway. All the above premises are subject to a tithe rent charge of
twenty shillings, variable according to the Tithes Commutation Acts, and also the annual payment of 13s 6d for land tax. The
tenants will be shown the premises, and further information, with printed
particulars and lithographed plans may, after the 5th of February next, be
obtained on application to...
A history of
the Aysdalegate Mine Shaft records that William
Barningham took out a lease on Aysdalegate Farm and
Tidkinhow Farm in 1864. Progress was very slow with the 268ft shaft still being
sunk in March 1868. Production started in 1877 and ended in 1880. William
Barningham died in 1882.
Extracted from Anne Weatherill's
diary: Guisborough
1863. The diary of Anne Weatherill of Guisborough was written when she was 22
years old, in a small notebook, measuring six inches by four inches and records
her activities between January and September 1863.
It was written twenty years before the Farndales moved to Tidkinhow. She began
the little diary soon after returning from a visit to London. Back at home in
Guisborough, she records attending impromptu dances and invitation balls, she
visited Redcar and stayed with friends in Stockton and Carlton-in-Cleveland.
She took part in a choir festival and lent a hand in local festivities. A
constant feature through the months is her descriptions of the changing seasons
and the beauty of the countryside. Anne lived in Northgate in Guisborough with
her family; her father Thomas, a prosperous brewer, landowner and businessman,
her mother Margaret, her 20 year old sister Kate, and
her brothers William and Herbert, aged 18 and 14. On Friday August 14th she wrote
about Mr Morgan's picnic. Mr Atkinson opened a tumulus in the moor near Tidkinhoe [Tidkinhow] and found two urns, the date at least
one thousand five hundred years before Christ. Canon Atkinson of
Danby was a natural scientist and archaeologist, much engaged on the Skelton
and Guisborough moors that summer. Go to the website which records Anne's diary
1876
The Northern Echo, 19
June 1876:
SALES BY
PUBLIC AUCTION. Tidkinhow Farm, near Guisborough - To timber merchants, mine
owners etc. MESSRS HODGSON AND FARROW are favoured with
instructions to sell by auction, on Thursday, June the 22nd, 1876, at the house
of Mr G Storey, the Fox and Hounds Inn, Slapewath, at Two O’clock in the afternoon, the
following timber
in three lots, comprising
152 prime larch trees, 40 prime ash trees, 80 prime oak trees, new standing
marked in the above named wood. The Wood Agent will
attend at the Tidkinhow Farmhouse, to show the timber, on the 20th of June. If
required, part of the whole timber can remain standing until next February. For
further particulars apply to the auctioneers, Stokesley.
1881
The Northern Echo, 22
February 1876: Tidkinhow Farm, near Guisborough - To timber
merchants, mine owners etc. MESSRS HODGSON AND FARROW are favoured with
instructions to sell by auction, on Thursday, March the 10th, 1881, at the
house of Mr G Storey, the Fox and Hounds Inn, Slapewath,
at Two O’clock in the afternoon, the following timber, comprising
400 larch trees, felled and laid in lots of 20 each, 316 oak trees, new
standing marked in the above named wood. Terms cash.
Mr Jacon Russell, of the Tidkinhow Farm will show the timber. If required, part
of the whole timber can remain standing until December 24th, 1881.
For further particulars apply to the auctioneers, Stokesley.
1882
The Northern Echo, 17 March 1882: FOR
SALE, large quality quantity of seed potatoes, Magnum Bonums,
Myatts and Scotch Roughs, Jacob Russell, Tidkinhow
Farm, Guisborough.
1885
The Yorkshire Herald and
York Herald, 28 November 1885: AYSDALEGATE AND TIDKINHOW FARMS, Slapewath, near Guisborough. The Trustees of the late Wm Barningham
are prepared to receive tenants for the letting of the whole of these valuable Old Grass Land Farms,
comprising together about 2300 acres, with all their buildings. A grand
opportunity either for sheep farmers or dairy keepers. Immediate possession can
be given. For particulars apply to JOHN WOODFIELD, Springfield, Darlington.
The Farndale Era
Martin Farndale (FAR00364) and his
family moved into Tidkinhow in 1885. As tenant farmers.
It
was at Tidkinhow that eight further children were born. In 1889 their seventh
child, William, died aged two. He was buried at Skelton on 21 July 1889.
·
Catherine Jane born
Tidkinhow 16 June 1884
·
James born Tidkinhow 22
December 1885
·
William born Tidkinhow
22 June 1887 (died 19 July 1889)
·
Mary Frances born
Tidkinhow 22 January 1889
·
William born Tidkinhow
29 January 1892
·
Grace Alice born
Tidkinhow 21 April 1893
·
Dorothy Anne born
Tidkinhow 24 May 1895
·
Alfred born Tidkinhow 5
July 1897
Tidkinhow
was a small farm, but it had large tracts of moorland for sheep grazing. It produced
most of what the family needed while money was made from the sheep, their wool and lambs, together with a small milk round.
The
house was small - a kitchen, a dining room, a sitting room and four bedrooms.
The children all went to school at Charltons, a small
hamlet about a mile away towards Guisborough.
As
the eldest grew up, they went away to work on neighbouring farms or in the
mines.
Later,
seven of the twelve were to go to western Canada and USA to make their lives
there.
Martin's
two brothers lived nearby; John the next lived at Loftus and worked on the LNER
and Matthew farmed at Craggs Hall near Brotton. There is a story that, while
living at Tranmire, Martin asked Matthew to go and take Craggs Hall for him. On
his return Matthew said that he had taken it, but for himself! Martin however
always spoke highly of his brother who helped him to get to Tidkinhow, a farm
on Wharton estate.
1891
The North Star (Darlington),
26 September 1891:
IMPORTANT STOCK SALE IN CLEVELAND. The first of what is intended to be an
annual sale of sheep at Kildale in Cleveland was held yesterday afternoon, and proved a great success. The farmers of
this important sheep breeding district have hitherto sent their sheep to
Goathland, near Whitby, but, owing to the great distance between the two
places, it was decided at a meeting of farmers two months ago to start a sheep
sale at Kildale. No fewer than 1,200 sheep were entered, the drafts being from
the following farmers: -... Farndale, Tidkinhow ...
1900
The freehold of Tidkinhow
was sold in 1900. The North Star, 13 October 1900: To be sold by auction by Messrs Robert
Imeson and son at the Grand Hotel, Middlesbrough, on Tuesday, the 23rd day of
October 1900 … All that Freehold Estate, consisting of two farm houses, with the requisite outbuildings and 273 ľ
acres, or thereabouts, of arable, meadow, pasture and woodland, called
AYSDALEGATE and TIDKINHOW, situate in the parish of Skelton in Cleveland,
in the county of York. The celebrated Cleveland Ironstone underlies the
estate, and two well finished shafts have already been sunk to the main
scene at a depth of 50 fathoms each, and of respective diameters of 13 1-3
and 10 feet, and competent authorities estimates that the seam will yield an
output of about 4 ľ millions
tonnes of Ironstone. There is also a serviceable bed of clay for brick
making, and a free stone quarry on the estate, also a spring from
which a free and ample supply of excellent water can be obtained for the
boilers and other purposes. The buildings consist of engine house,
containing 18 inch cylinder winding engine, with drum
complete, and an 8 inch cylinder winding engine; boiler house, blacksmith’s and
joiner’s shops, containing machinery for Smith’s Earths etc; store rooms,
cottage, offices etc. The mine has been opened out to the extent of about 192
yards by the said William Barningham to prove the ore, several hundred tonnes
of which are now lying in adjoining heaps, which, however, do not belong to the
Vendors. For a comparatively small additional expenditure operations for
working the iron ore could be commenced at a very early period. The property is
3 miles from the town of Guisborough, within about 750 yards from the North
East Railway Company’s mainline to Middlesbrough, with which it is connected by
a railway track over adjoining land belonging to the trustees of Lady Hewley’s Charity, of which the vendors have agreed to take
a lease for a term of 21 years from the 1st July, 1899, at a fixed wayleave
rent of Ł100 per annum, a further rent of ˝ d per ton for each ton carried over
the said railway track beyond 48,000 tonnes,...
Tidkinhow Farm
in about 1900
1903
Lynn was the
first to marry. She was working at Tancred Grange and on 22 August 1903 she
married the owner, George Barker. She was 24. She was to have six children and
her descendents were still living at Tancred in 1982.
Two days after, she was married, her mother wrote to her. This letter survives:
"Tidkinhow,
Aug 24 1903
My Dear
Daughter
I received
your letter and was glad to hear you arrived all right. I hope you and your
husband are enjoying yourselves and that you are having fine weather. It is
raining here today. John will take your luggage and leave it at Darlington
tomorrow as he is going back to Newcastle. I posted all the boxes on Saturday
night that were addressed and I will send the others
to you with the cake. I gave the postman 2/6 this morning and he was very
pleased. We have to wish you much joy & happiness
for him. You must write after you get home and let me know if you get the
luggage all right. I now conclude with kind regards to you both.
I remain
your affect mother
C J Farndale"
Meanwhile life at Tidkinhow continued. Weekly shopping expeditions
by pony and trap to Guisborough to buy groceries were followed by elder members
of the family going out on Saturdays in Guisborough. They went for lots of
walks and met neighbours. There were horse drawn and
later motor buses and from time to time a 'break' would take them on an outing
to a sow somewhere. John was working down the mines, Lynn was married, Martin
was a bit delicate as a boy and spent much time at home helping his father.
George was working on a local farm. Kate was at home and James was a butcher.
His younger brother, William, was an apprentice butcher at Saltburn and Mary
soon went away to learn confectionary. Grace, Dorothy and Alfred were at home.
1905
Catherine Jane frequently wrote to her children
when they were away. She often visited members of her family at Bishop
Auckland. There are two postcards written to Grace, one from Bishop Auckland
(25 Sep 1906) simply saying "Will be at Bishop Auckland Wednesday by
train" and the other from Etherley Schools
where Catherine Jane had been (6 Mar 1905), saying "This is where I
went to school a long time since. I hope you are keeping well."
But life was not easy and it was becoming more
difficult to make a living, let alone realise ambitions. Martin was the first
to want to spread his wings. Many young men in the district were going abroad
and there was great pressure to colonise the western provinces of Canada. He
was, however, concerned at the effect on his mother on leaving and this concern
is clearly reflected in two letters written from SS Tunisian after he
had left without saying goodbye. Clearly this was done to avoid the worry and
concern of his departure. He left Liverpool on Thursday 16 June 1905.
June
16th 1905, Friday morning
Dear Sister
Just a few more lines. I left Liverpool on
Thursday night for Canada on SS Tunisian. I have had a good night's sleep. I
have booked second class on board and is very comfortable. We are passing by
the north of Ireland this [ ]. The ship makes a call
here to take on more passengers. This letter will be sent on from here. I shall
not be able to post any more letters till I land at yond side. I am enjoying
the trip well so far. I hope mother will not fret is she get to know before I
write. I will send a letter to her as soon as we land. I am going to do best . I am going a long way up the country. I am to Calgary
in Alberta. It is chiefly cattle farming there. There is several more young men on ship that are going out from there can
catch. But I have not meet any lady that is my way
yet. You must try and cheer mother up. There is nothing for her to trouble
about. I am as safe here as riding on the railways in England. I shall be about
other 7 days on the water. I will send a few letters off before I start my land
journey. I have not time write more. I want to up on deck. We are just about to
land at Londonderry I believe.
I must leave hoping you are all well.
M Farndale.
And five days later:
Letter cannot be
posted for England till we land so you will know if you get this that I landed
all right.
Wednesday June 21st 1905
Dear Sister
I shall soon get my sea trip over now. Land was
sighted today Newfoundland I believe. Every
body is beginning to lighten up now. But it will be Saturday
morning before we land at Montreal.
I have enjoyed voyage up to now. I had one day sea sick. It was awful. I don't want that any
more. We have had few very cold days. It is always cold n this part of
the Ocean. We saw a great iceberg this morning. It was a great sight. This is a
great rock of ice. So you must know we were passing
through a cold front. This is a big vessel about two hundred yards long I
should think. Every body
seem quite happy. There is a smoke room and a music room. And the best of
everything to eat. Third class seems to be rough quarters. But they are in
another part of the ship. There will be about eight hundred passengers on board
all together. Some men pulling long faces when the vessel left Liverpool. I
never thought anything about it. But I was like the rest. I watched England
till it disappeared out of sight. I hope mother will not trouble about me. I
will be all right. I thought it was my best thing to do. I had nothing to start
in business with in England. I shall be able to get
about Ł50 per year and board with the farmers out here. If I can stand the
climate. And I can settle. I shall be able to start farming for my self in about two years.
Thursday
All letters are to be posted tonight on board so
that they will get away as soon as we land. They don't [ ]
to a few hours when they land. So all has to be ready.
First and Second class are having a Grand On Board
tonight. We shall be quite lively.
I now finish. Hoping you are all well. And remain
your affectionate Bro.
M Farndale.
Martin
was 24 years old. These letters start a whole branch of the Farndale family who
emigrated to Alberta.
George
followed his elder brother to Canada fairly soon
afterwards and already Kate wanted to go to look after them, but they all knew
that their mother was ailing. Jim also wanted to go, but did not want to leave
1910
The boys of Tidkinhow in about 1910 – John Farndale, James Farndale, Alfred Farndale, William
Farndale, George Farndale, Martin Farndale (inset)
The girl Farndales of Tidkinhow with Barker children - Willie Barker, Dorothy Farndale, Mary Farndale,
Mary Barker, Kate Farndale, Grace Farndale, Margaret Barker, John Barker -
about 1910.
1911
The Whitby Gazette, 13 January
1911: PLOUGHING
AND HEDGECUTTING COMPETITIONS. The Leadholm and Danby ploughing and hedge
cutting competitions, which were established a year or two ago, and are the
only competitions of the kind which are held in the immediate district, took
place on Wednesday afternoon, at Egton. There was a large attendance and
considerable interest was manifested by agriculturalists and others in the
various events. Dyking was dropped out of the programme this year. The district
includes the parishes of Danby, Glaisdale, Egton, Ugthorpe, Westerdale and
Commondale, and competitors and spectators attended from most of the villages
comprised in the area, and also from other places... The
ploughing competitions were held on the land of Messrs M Farndale, W
Jackson, Tynedale, and W Pearson and, and the hedge cutting on Mr Thomas
Hutchinson 's land. The weather was favourable, and rain held off till the
evening, when a heavy downpour took place. A luncheon was afterwards held at
the Horse Shoe Inn.
The 1911 Census for Tidkinhow Farm, Boosbeck, Stanghow
listed Martin Farndale, 65, farmer, head, born Charlton; John
Farndale, 33; Catherine Jane Farndale, 26; William Farndale, 20, butcher; Grace
Alice Farndale, 17; and Alfred Farndale, 13.
Gradually
Catherine Jane weakened until on 14 July 1911 she died at Tidkinhow. Her death
certificate shows that her husband, Martin, was with her and that she actually died of fibroid pathesis,
cardiac failure, but she almost certainly had TB. Alfred later remembered his
distress at her funeral in Boosbeck and being
comforted by his nearest brother William on the way back. There is no doubt
that her untimely death at the age of 56 was a great blow to the family. She is
remembered by them all with the greatest affection. Her life had been hard but she had clearly cared for them all. She is
remembered also as kind, intelligent, firm and determined. There was now a
great gap at Tidkinhow and the family had to do their
best to fill her place.
Soon
after their mother's death William and Kate followed their two elder brothers
to Canada. James had already sailed on 31 March 1911. There is a diary of his voyage which has
been transcribed. Their stories are told elsewhere. Kate and George were never
to return to England, but Martin did twice and William as a soldier. Jim
returned as a soldier and visited again in the 1950s.
John Farndale would have
increasingly taken over farming from his father at about this time, although
Martin continued to farm until he died in 1928.
1915
Willie Barker
at Tidkinhow about 1915
By
the end of the war, the family were well scattered. John was still working
locally; Lynn was still at Tancred Grange near Scorton; Martin was still a
bachelor in Canada, as was George, both in Alberta. Kate had married William
Kinsey and was living near her brother in Alberta. James had married Edna Adams
and was living in San Antonio, Texas; William was dead
and Mary was working in Leeds. Grace, Dorothy and
Alfred were at home, but Alfred spent much time at Scorton with his eldest
sister Lynn since her husband had died in 1919. Martin, in 1920, was 75 and
still living at Tidkinhow.
1920
By 1920 Tidkinhow
was part of the much larger estate of the Wharton Family of Skelton Castle and
again the freehold was sold. The North Star, 23
September 1920: PRELIMINARY NOTICE. BY DIRECTION OF LT COL; WHARTON,
SKELTON CASTLE. PART OF THE SKELTON ESTATE, about 1,359 acres, will be Offered
for Sale by Auction at an early date, subject to conditions being produced. T S
Petch, Auctioneer. The Short Particulars are … MOORSHOLM DISTRICT … Tidkinhow
and Stanghow Moor Farms, extending to about 553 acres …
Martin harvesting at Tidkinhow about 1920
Martin Farndale mounted at Tidkinhow in
about 1920
Margaret and Willie Barker, 1920
1924
Grace
went away to a job as matron at Monmouth High School for girls and there met
Miss 'Peggy' Baker. Together they left the school in 1924 and went poultry
farming first at Scorton and then at Leeming Bar. Peggy was later to marry
Alfred and had many trips to Tidkinhow and met Martin. There is a letter from
Martin to his daughter Grace, mentioning Peggy, undated, but must have been
about 1927 just before he died:
"Dear
Grace
I am doing well. Not much time to write. Father
wishes you a very happy new year & Peggy write her. Quite well myself.
Wanting to get up and abscond from here. ... from your ? father"
1925
Martin Farndale
at Tidkinhow about 1925, note the sundial between the windows
1928
Martin Farndale
died on 17 January 1928 and is buried at Boosbeck
Church. His son John Farndale (FAR00553)
continued farming as tenant on Tidkinhow Farm.
Grace Farndale’s diary touches on Tidkinhow, before her emigration to Alberta.
1937
John and Elsie Farndale at Tidkinhow in about 1937
1939
The 1939 Register for Stranghow, Skelton and Brotton listed John Farndale,
farmer, married, born 24 December 1877; and Elsie M Farndale, unpaid domestic
duties, born 16 December 1893.
1940s
A biography of a musician, Graeme Miles (born 1935) tells
that As a boy, he found recreation on the Tees marshes and in the wild,
lovely moorlands of the Cleveland hills – another fertile ground for his
works. As a young man he and friends
would spend weekends camping at the ruined Tidkinhow Farm, off the main
Guisborough to Whitby moor road near Charltons. No late-night bus to Guisborough from
Middlesbrough in those days (hence the song Along The
Guisborough Road). They would get off at
Nunthorpe and walk the several miles to Guisborough and then another three to Charltons and along to Tidkinhow.
1954
Tidkinhow in
1954
1960s
The End of the Farndale Era
John Farndale farmed at Tidkinhow until he
retired in the 1960s.
1987
Tidkinhow in
1987 during the visit of George and Margery Kinsey of Alberta Canada
2016
There was a
reunion of the descendants of Alfred Farndale in 2016 at Tidkinhow.
Martin Farndale’s descendants
Martin Farndale’s grand children, Margot Atkinson,
Anne Shepherd and Geoff Farndale.
2024
Tidkinhow Farm is a holiday cottage today.