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An
agricultural labourer, then a mine labourer in Loftus
area (ironstone miner)(Margrove Park) and later a farm labourer and gardener |
William Farndale
FAR00260
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1817
William Farndale, son of George &
Mary Farndale (FAR00215) of
Easby, farmer, was baptised at Stokesley on 30 June 1817 (Stokesley PR & IGI). The family resided at
Easby.
Married
before 1861 – perhaps 1855
William Farndale married Jane Richardson.
There was a
William Farndale who married at Stokesley in 1846, so this could have been him.
But a different William (FAR00283)
married Jane Campbell that year, and this could just be a reference to that
other marriage.
There was a
William Farndale who married at Stokesley in 1855, so for present purposes I
assume this was him.
1861
Census 1861 – Hilton, Stokesley
William Farndale, head; marr; age 43; agricultural
labourer; born Nunthorpe (about 1818). Nunthorpe is at SE edge of modern
Middlesbrough. Stokesley is only 2km SW from Nunthorpe. Easby is about 3km SE
from Nunthorpe.
Jane Farndale, wife; age 44; born Hartlepool
(1817) (nee Richardson?).
Isabella Richardson, wife’s sister; age 21; u/m;
dressmaker; born Ayton
1871
[Census 1871,
1 Station Road, Filey
There is a William Farndale, 53, a
railway labourer, born Easby living with his wife Margrett Farndale, a
laundress and grandchildren, but this doesn’t reconcile with the rest?]
Married between 1862 and 1881
– perhaps 1878
He married Annie who was born about
1847, so much younger.
There was a William Farndale who married
at Stokesley in the first Quarter of 1878, so for present purposes I assume
this was him.
1875
Joseph Farndale (FAR00524), was born at Eston
(Egton) in or about 1875. William was 56 at the time of his birth, but his
second wife would have been 28.
1877
Miggil/Maggie Farndale (FAR00550), was born at Broughton
in or about 1877.
1881
Census 1881, Margrove Park, Stanghow
William Farndale, 62, labourer, in
mines, born Nunthorpe (born about 1819)
Annie Farndale, wife, 34, born
Sedgefield, Durham
Joseph Farndale (FAR00524), son, 6, scholar,
born Eston (Egton) (ie born 1875). William was 56 at the time of his birth, but
his second wife would have been 28
Miggil/Maggie Farndale (FAR00550), daughter, 4 born
Broughton (ie born 1877).
Jane Burgess, 17 a general servant from
Bedford.
This is not William, but
an image of an ironstone mine worker
Margrove Park Mine -1900
This is an early image of
Margrove Park Mine or Magra as it is still known locally. In
front of the wooden headgear over the downcast shaft you can see the top of the
upcast shaft with the smoke coming from the fire at its base to induce ventilation
in the mine. This shaft top was later heightened and a pulley wheel installed
on the top; this is now the structure which still survives on the site. The
mine closed about 1924; it stood on the site of the present day Caravan Park
and connected to the Boosbeck to Middlesbrough railway via a single track which
crossed the road from Charltons to Boosbeck with a gated crossing.
The village of Margrove Park; known as Magra Park – after the deer park
which was here originally – was built in a large rectangle, one side of which
was the local shops – all of which were demolished due to mining subsidence
(after the mine had closed and they fell into disuse). The only remaining
example of a shop (the Co-operative) is the pre-fab building on the opposite
side of the road to the village garden. Bob Clements tells us: ”The railway
crossing at Magra was a gated crossing. The gates were still there when I
was a lad at Magra. That was in the 1940s. I can’t remember when they
finally disappeared.” Helen commented: “I have just been walking around this
area and found a cordoned off mine shafts in the woods behind the caravan park,
but couldn’t tell my younger sister if it was a mine shaft or not!”
Thanks to Simon Chapman
for comments and corrections, also Bob Clements for the update on the gates and
Helen regarding the former shafts.
1891
Census 1891 – Broughton West Side, Great and Litle
Broughton, Stokesley
William Farndale, head, 80, an
agricultural labourer
Ann Farndale, 44
Joseph Farndale, son, 17, agricultural
labourer, born Eston in 1874
There was a William Farndale who died at Bridlington in 1891, but this doesn’t
make sense either by place nor by the 1901 census.
1901
Census 1901 – Brotton
William Farndale, head aged
90, farm labourer and gardener, born Nunthorpe. Although this gives a birth
date of 1811, this makes sense given birth place and family. So he was still
alive at 90.
Ann Farndale, his wife, aged
57. Born Durham Sedgefield.
William Farndale, son, aged
9, born Broughton (ie born 1892). The record says this was their son - William
who would have been 73 by then and Ann would have been 45.
Joseph Farndale, son aged
28, a bricklayer and labourer, born at Eston (FAR00524)
1934
There is an Ann Farndale who died in
1934 at aged 86 (ie born 1848), and buried at St Peter, Brotton, so this may be her. There may be a
clue on the gravestone about William.