Mark Farndale

9 September 1854 to 1944

The Bishop Wilton Line

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Bishop Wilton

1854

Mark Farndale, son of William and Mary (nee Leppington) Farndale (FAR00281), was born in Pocklington on 9 September 1854 and baptised on 19 December 1858 (BR and 1939 Register). Mark Farndale’s birth was registered in Pocklington District in the fourth quarter of 1854 (GRO Vol 9d, page 49).

Aberford

1861

Margaret Farndale (FAR00445A) was born at South Lodge, Aberford in or about 1861 (census).

1861 Census – Aberford, Tadcaster

William Farnell, 46, shepherd

Mary Farnell, 39

William Farnell, 16, servant

Ann Farnell, 14

John Farnell, 11

Thomas Farnell, 8

Mark Farnell, 6

Charles Farnell, 4

Hannah Farnell, 2

Margaret Farnell, 7 months

1871

1871 Census – Barwick in Elmet, Bishop Wilton

Mark Farudel (sic) was a servant (probably a farm worker on a 130 acres farm) in the Varley household. William Varley, the farmer was a widower, living with his 22 year old daughter, Hannah, who would soon fall in love with Mark.

Bradford

1874

Mark Farndale married Hannah Varley at Bradford on 30 December 1874 at the Church of St Luke, Eccleshill (St Luke, Eccleshill PR) and the marriage was registered in the fourth quarter of 1874 (GRO Vol 9b page 279).

Hannah Varley was the daughter of William Varley (1817 to 1912) and Sarah (nee Fister) Varley (1819 to 1852) and was born in 1948 and baptised at All Saints, Barwick in Elmet on 5 November 1848.

1875

John William Farndale (FAR00545) was born on 19 December 1875 (1939 Census) and although there are no birth records, he was probably their son.

1881

1881 Census – 178 Exeter Street, Bradford

Mark Farndale, a gas stoker, born at Bishop Wilton in about 1855

Hannah Farndale, his wife, who was born in Barwick in Elmet

Sarah Annie Poah, a lodger, 31, a mantle maker from London

Barwick in Elmet

1891

1891 Census – Potterton Lane, Barwick in Elmet, Tadcaster

Mark Farndale, married, 36, a gasman, born Bishop Wilton

Hannah Farndale, 42, his wife, born Barwick in Elmet

Fred Nutton, 5, nephew

1901

1901 Census – Potterton Hall Cottage, Potterton, Barwick in Elmet, Tadcaster

Mark Farndale, married, 46, a gas stoker, born Bishop Wilton

Hannah Farndale, 52, his wife, born Barwick in Elmet

Fred Nutton, 15, nephew, joiner’s apprentice

William Varley, father in law and widower, a wood man, 83

1902

Skyrack Courier, 22 February 1902: CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. The Annual General Meeting of the members of the Barwick Conservative Association was held at the Gascoyne Arms on Wednesday evening. … Messrs … M Farndale... were appointed to the committee...

1910

Wakefield and West Riding Herald, 18 June 1910: Probably the oldest Court Leet Bailiff in England is Mr William Varley, Bailiff of the Court Leet of Berwick, Clifford, Aberford, Boston Spa, Parlington and Garforth. He was 93 last week, and lives in an out of the way cottage near Potterton Hall, the residence of Mr and Mrs HS Childe, of Wakefield, with his married daughter, Mrs Farndale, and his son-in-law, who is the handyman to the popular new residents at the Hall. Although blind in one eye and not too keen sighted in the other, his other senses are wonderfully clear. He hears well, speaks well and still carries his six foot form well, but he has never seen the sea!

So Mark was a handy man at Potterton Hall and living with his wife and 93 year old father in law in 1910.

1911

1911 Census – Potterton, Barwick in Elmet

Mark Farndale, 56

Hannah Farndale, 62

William Varley, 93

1936

Hannah Farndale died in 1936 and was buried at All Saints, Barwick in Elmet on 26 August 1936 (Barwick in Elmet PR).

1939

1939 Register - Selby

Mark Farndale, a widower, born 9 September 1854, a gas stoker.

1944

Mark Farndale, died aged 88, at Barwick in Elmet on 30 August 1944 (Barwick in Elmet PR) and the death was registered in the third quarter of 1944 in Selby District (GRO Vol 9c page 742).