16 Archive 47 B from the parish mag Barningham L Archive 47 6Octobervi 125 YEARS AGO: What a J. G. WIL- H THE NEWSLETTER OF BARNINGHAM LOCAL HISTORY GROUP MMXV History Group G different aspect the modern LEY B. A. L. H. 2012 LOCAL HISTORY NEWSLETTER OF THE YEAR Barningham presents from the Publications MMIX MUSIC WAREHOUSE www.barninghamvillage.co.uk Barningham of more than 800 Where Lyeth Ye Bodies* Guide to years ago! Then there was a BARNARD CASTLE Barningham church, graveyard map, INSIDE: THE GRETA BRIDGE MAIL COACH ROBBERY desert only to look upon: the For up-to-date memorial details and list of all known contents Conqueror’s curse was upon it. Piano}{, Organ{, Violin{, burials. But now, look where you will, Melodeon{, Gramophone{, Barningham Baptisms* Listed by LEAD MINE TOUR there is every sign of a happy Phonograph{, Record{ date, name and parents. PLANS : Page 3 and contented population, and and General Small Good{, Vol 1: 1580-1800; Vol 2: 1800-1950. some of the most beautiful Sheet Mu{ic, Song{, etc Barningham Brides* All marriages YOUNG FARMERS’ scenery in Yorkshire to look Piano{ and Organ{ 1580-1950, listed by date, groom SEARCH: Page 4 upon and delight the mind. Tuned and Repaired and bride. ~ June 1890 Counted* A-Z of census returns 1841- NAME THE HAPPY 100 YEARS AGO: We heard Ad from 1915 1911, arranged so that families can be POSTIE: Page 5 with deep regret of the death of themselves at the annual tracked through 70 years. Lieutenant Moorhouse, of the school sports. A H Smith won FINDING THE MAR- Vol 1: Barningham, Scargill, Hope; RIAGE: Page 6 Royal Flying Corps, a brother- the open championship (1st in Vol 2: Newsham, New Forest. Vol 3: in-law of Mr Harry Morritt of long jump, 2nd on 100 yards, Brignall, Rokeby. Vol 4: Dalton, Gayles WEDDING GIFTS 2nd in high jump) and J A Rokeby. Lieutenant Moorhouse & Kirby Hill. GALORE : Page 7 had carried out a difficult task, Gibbon was joint second (1st Jam Letch & Jingle Potts* History and although severely wounded in 440 yards, 1st in high jump, of Barningham farms, fields and MUSEUM’S CALL he was able with the last resi- 2nd in half-mile). Newsham fieldnames. FOR HELP : Page 8 due of his strength to steer his seems prolific in athletic abil- A Child of Hope** Journal of Mary aeroplane to headquarters and ity. ~ June 1945 Martin, born on a local farm in 1847. MR GIBSON’S LOST make his report before death 60 YEARS AGO: Under the A Fleeting Shadow* The diaries of BOX : Page 9 overtook him. auspices of the Women’s Vol- young Newsham schoolmaster James ~ June 1915 untary Service, Mrs H Powell Coates, 1784-85. POSTAL JOB ‘JOB- 95 YEARS AGO: Miss Gough of Shaw House has received A Farmer’s Boy* Memoirs of life in the BERY ‘ : Page 9 has been able to procure a 170 eggs from kind givers. area in mid-Victorian days. most excellent piano from th The gifts have been conveyed UNRAVELLING MILL Aback to Yuvvin** 1849 Glossary of HILL : Pages 10-12 Catterick Camp, sold to her as to headquarters. ~ June 1955. Teesdale words & customs. a worker there during the war 50 YEARS AGO: At last Barningham Vestry Minutes 1869- OLD FAITHFUL IN at a specially reduced price we are going to have a new 1894, Parish Minutes 1894-1931** ACTION : Page 13 of £15. There will be a small Rectory, and the amount if Transcripts of meetings, with back- charge of 2s 6d when used money required from our ground history, index and lists of NEIL’S PAINFUL for entertainments to keep it Parish towards the total cost named parishioners. FIRST JOB : Page 13 always in proper order. was £500. Very fortunately ~ June 1920 The Archive*** Group newsletter. Back this sum was worked for and issues available. GAYLES WINDMILL 80 YEARS AGO: The vil- sent off forthwith. That was a Barningham Memories 1 & 2* DVDs SALE : Page 13 lage festivities to mark the remarkable thing to be able to of cine film of Barningham in the king’s Silver Jubilee, includ- do. However, it has left us with 1960/70s. MARRIAGES LIST ing sports, tea, distribution very little. A very determined UPDATE: Page 14 of mugs, whist drive, dance, effort to make the Garden Fete * £10 each + £1.50 p&p planting of a chestnut tree on and Autumn Whist Drives ** £5 each + £1 p&p BAPTISMS IN THE the green by Mr John Atkin- priorities will put us back on *** £2 each + £1 p&p HUT? : Page 14 son, and lighting of the beacon our feet. ~ June 1965 Discounts for history group members fire, all passed off simply and We can also supply copies of THE ACADEMY 20 YEARS AGO: The WI RIVALS : Page 15 very happily, in delightful meeting began with a rousing As Time Passed By, a history of Barningham by Merryne Watson. weather. ~ June 1935 recital on bagpipes by the FROM THE PARISH Contact us for details. All set for a day’s grouse-shooting at Barningham in the 70 YEARS AGO: Two News- Waldron family of Staindrop, MAG : Page 16 More information on our website summer of 1909. Photo from the Parkin Raine collection. ham boys at Richmond Gram- who played pieces traditional www.barninghamvillage.co.uk mar School distinguished and modern. ~ June 1995 NEXT BLHG MEETINGS : SUMMER VISITS – SEE INSIDE 2 Archive 47 Archive 47 15 Barningham Clock money, junior award Founder’s death led to rival academies Local MARK NEWBY founded History Group and visits in the summer Barningham Academy in 1780 Minutes of the meeting held www.barninghamvillage.co.uk minutes and ran it for the best part of the on Tuesday May 19th 2015: next half-century. Covering Barningham and Present: Phil Hunt (Chairman), own fundraising, as the history He and his wife Ann had at surrounding area: Newsham, group had done when money John Hay (Vice-Chairman), least eight children. One, his Dalton, Gayles, Kirby Hill, for the clock was needed. Jon Eric Duggan (Treasurer), Ann third son George, helped out Whashton, Kirby Ravensworth, Orton (Secretary), Neil Turner, suggested that if the money Hutton Magna, Greta Bridge, was given to the hall it could with the school before entering Linda Sherwood, Sheila Wap- the church, becoming a vicar, Rokeby, Brignall and Scargill pat, Margaret Stead, Jon Smith, take over responsibility for maintenance. It was decided and running a school of his own Chairman: Phil Hunt Jane Hackworth-Young, Cate in Witton-le-Wear. Ivy Cottage, Barningham, Collingwood, June Graham, to take no action for the time Richmond, N/Yks DL11 7DU Doug Anderson, Margaret and being. Another, Mark’s third daugh- Tel: 01833 621253 David Taylor. Financial report: We had lost ter Jane, seemed destined for a life of spinsterhood until she [email protected] Apologies: Janet Wrigley, a few members this year, most Janet Paterson. from outside the area. We still was married in March 1827 at Vice-Chairman: John Hay the age of 35 to Peter Tabois, Fairview, Barningham, Mill Hill: The meeting began had 85 and a healthy bank bal- ance of £729.35. one of the Barningham Acad- Richmond, N/Yks DL11 7DW with a talk by John Hay on his emy schoolmasters. Tel: 01833 621378 research on Mill Hill farm, Publications: Archive 46 was [email protected] reported later in this issue. out, 47 in preparation. Five months later Mark died at the age of 77, and what Secretary: Ann Orton Minutes of the meeting on WWI and II: John Hay was March 17th were agreed. complimented on his display seems to have been a major The Old Chapel, Barningham, row broke out among his fam- On the agen- in the phone box. Richmond, N/Yks DL11 7DU Matters arising: ily about who should have the Tel: 01833 621024 da. Archive award: All entries to school. [email protected] Correspondence: County Phil by August 29th, the win- Durham History and Heritage ner announced at the Produce Tabois lived on the premises Treasurer: Eric Duggan Show on September 6th. We (now called Newby House) Braeside, Barningham, had written about help that was available for setting up web are offering a junior prize in and promptly announced in the Richmond, N/Yks DL11 7DW the hope of encouraging young local press that as Mark’s son- Tel: 01833 621455 sites. Barningham village hall residents to take part. in-law he would be carrying on [email protected] committee had asked whether, as the hall had recently lost Next meetings: Lead Mine the business. Archive editor: Jon Smith funding from Durham County Visit June 23rd, 6.30 at Langth- George Newby and his Heath House, Barningham, Council, the history group waite. Richmond Museum visit brothers appear to have disa- Richmond, N/Yks DL11 7DU would be willing to donate the September 15th at 7pm with greed. In May 1828 they told Tel: 01833 621374 surplus from the clock fund to a talk by Mike Wood on the Tabois he had to go and put [email protected] the hall. Jon had advertised this history of Richmond. AGM the school and its surrounding Member of the British Associa- suggestion in the Flyer and had and next ordinary meeting on land, cottages and outbuildings tion for Local History, County not received any objections. Tuesday October 20th at 6pm. up for auction – the ad on the Durham History & Heritage Eric objected strongly saying Any other business: Linda right appeared that month in erty, and this time they found Forum, Yorkshire Vernacular that the excess funds were Sherwood said a series of talks the Durham County Advertiser. cuttings Buildings Study Group a buyer: Thomas Coates. being kept as a contingency in at Dalton would start in Octo- It didn’t sell. In July the How long this survived we ber and she would welcome Coates’ daughter Mary case maintenance was needed property was advertised to let, don’t know: there’s no record speakers from the group. married one of the teach- on the clock. He thought that and Thomas Granger Coates of Tabois or his wife thereafter. the village hall needed to do its ers, George Clarkson, who ANN ORTON, Secretary from Aldbrough decided to rent Coates (renowned for regu- took over the Academy when it out and run the school. larly thrashing his pupils de- Coates died in 1854. He re- The Archive Tabois left, but he wasn’t spite having only one arm) mained until the 1860s, when Editor: Jon Smith happy. Within a few months was more successful. The it was bought by Thomas Heath House, Barningham, Richmond, North Yorks DL11 7DU he was running a school in school continued to run in Hough, the man who eventu- Tel: 01833 621374 email: [email protected] website: www.barninghamvillage.co.uk Dunnington, near York, and Barning-ham, though, like ally closed it down in the early all the Yorkshire Schools, its 1870s. Back issues of The Archive are available at £2 each (£1 for members) advertising it as “the establish- days were numbered. In 1832  More on the Academy in Full index of contents on our website ment conducted for upwards of half a century by the late the Newbys decided to have Archives 6, 17 and 32. Mr Newby” of Barningham. another go at selling the prop- 14 Archive 47 Archive 47 3 Brides and grooms who Was anyone Extra prize to encourage the youngsters baptised in the A TROPHY, cash prizes and glory under 18. Winning submissions married away from home await the winners of this year’s may be printed in the Archive. THE FindMyPast website (findmypast.co.uk) has been adding MissionHut? The Archive Award, presented by Barn- Entries should be delivered by more parishes to its list of transcribed parish registers in the PLOUGHING through docu- Archive ingham Local History Group for the Saturday August 29th to history North Riding. ments in the North Riding Award best local history project. group chairman Phil Hunt, who’s Among them are Kirby Ravensworth, Gilling, Hutton Magna, County Record Office, history 2015 Entries can be in any format and organising the judging. Startforth and Arkengarthdale. There are many Barningham group member June Graham are judged on originality, research, Winners will be announced at entries, though we’re not sure how comprehensive they are. came across paperwork from local interest and readability, and Barningham Show on Sunday Our Barningham Brides book gives a full list of every bride 1937, when Newsham got its there is a separate prize for entrants September 6th. and groom married in the village between 1580 and 1950 and own Mission Hut. thanks to the FindMyPast listings we can now add the names The agreement, between Sir of some Barningham people whose weddings took place in Frederick Milbank and News- Join us for an neighbouring villages. ham Parochial Church Council, Here are some we’ve tracked down so far. The list shows the was for a hut in the field behind evening tour of date, wedding venue, the Barningham bride or groom, spouse, Oak House to be converted for and spouse’s home village. church use. the lead mines INSPIRED by Jim McTaggart’s recent talk 13.01.1719 ST John DONALDSTON ~ Sarah Hunter ST We told the history of the 19.05.1720 ST Margaret MILNER ~ John Campbell KS hut back in Archive 24, but one about lead miners in the Dales, the history 29.06.1726 ST Alice WHITE ~ John Hanby NC thing we didn’t know until now group has organised an evening visit to a local 28.04.1729 ST John THOMPSON ~ Katharine Richardson ST was that the building could be lead mining area on Tuesday June 23rd. 29.08.1731 ST John HESLOPP ~ Jane O??ay KR used for christenings. Robert White of the National Park will be our 28.05.1733 ST Margaret CHAMBY ~ John Bird BO 14.07.1742 ST Elizabeth HODGON ~ William Harker ST According to the papers guide and will be taking us to Slei Gill in Ark- 22.04.1760 KR George FRYAR ~ Ann Gibson KR found by June, permission engarthdale for the tour, which will last about 26.04.1763 KR Joseph SIMPSON ~ Eleanor Coates NF was granted by the Bishop of two hours and be just under 5km in distance. 14.05.1764 KR William RODHAM ~ Hannah Wilkinson NE The cost is £3 for group members, £5 for 13.05.1765 KR John GREENHOW ~ Jane Cowl NE Ripon in October 1947 for the 05.09.1769 KR Mary GRINDAL ~ John Barwick DA Rev Cyril Kennedy, vicar of non-members, the money going to the Park’s 08.04.1771 KR Thomas JUDSON (NE) ~ Ann Stapylton KR Kirby Ravensworth, to perform conservation budget. 13.05.1771 WY Peter GREENHOW ~ Joanne Newton WY baptisms there. Places are limited so it will be first come first 23.03.1775 KR Ann NEWBY ~ Francis Hutchinson NE served. If you’d like to go, contact Ann Orton, 10.08.1775 HM Elizabeth BLENKINSOP ~ William Neesham HM Did he (or his curate, also 23.05.1779 KR Matthew HARDY ~ Frances Gaskin NE licensed to carry out such cer- 01833 621024 or [email protected]. 14.01.1782 HM Bernard BOWRON ~ Mary Metcalfe HM emonies) ever do so? If so, what Cars will leave Barningham green at 6pm – 01.05.1784 KR Dorothy FAUCET ~ Timothy Gibbons KR served as the font? we can probably sort out lifts for those without 28.02 1787 KR Mary BEWICK ~ Robert Musgrave KR 15.05.1787 KR Francis DUNN ~ Jane Machel KR If there’s anyone in News- transport – or meet at the car park in Langth- 13.05.1788 WY Thomas ATKINSON ~ Jane Pickering WY ham today whose infant head waite at 6.30pm. 15.12.1789 KR Arthur BEWICK ~ Isabel Langstaffe KR was watered in the hut, do let The tour will reveal some very impressive 19.06.1794 KR William HAWDON ~ Catherine Glover KR us know. landscape where mining took place, includ- John Hay did a splendid job turning 29.12.1796 KR George HARLAND ~ Jane Headman KR ing levels, trackways, tunnels and abandoned 17.05.1802 KR Henry THOMPSON ~ Mary Chilton KR Barningham’s ‘art box’ phone kiosk buildings. Those taking part are advised to wear 08.06.1812 KR John MARLEY ~ Isabella Steadman KR Autumn trip to into a miniature museum to mark VE 30.12.1821 HM Mary HOPES ~ Matthew Walker HM stout walking footwear and suitable clothing. 02.12.1823 ST Harry COATES ~ Martha Newton ST town museum Day. 05.12.1833 ST Christopher COATES ~ Anne Newton Benson ST THE first history group outing 13.05.1837 ST George CLARKSON ~ Jane Thompson ST of the autumn will be a tour of 08.05.1847 AR Thomas ROBINSON ~ Dorothy Currie SH Richmond Museum and a talk Websites offering DNA testing More history talks 09.06.1870 ST John Reynolds BROWN ~ Ann Percival Stephenson ST about the town’s history. HARD on the heels of Mike Kipling’s explanation in the last THE popular history talks at 11.08.1881 KR William PEARSON ~ Mary Willson DA Dalton and Gayles village hall The visit will be on the even- Archive of how to explore your DNA come cut-price offers of 31.05.1898 AR John George BROWN ~ Margaret Cassy Hutchinson ES will resume in the autumn. 17.02.1922 KR Samuel TURNER ~ Hannah Etherington NE ing of Tuesday September 15th. DNA testing from some of the genealogical websites. Contact Ann Orton (01833 Ancestry and Findmypast have both linked up with DNA Barningham history group Abbreviations show where spouses came from: AR Arkengarthdale, BO Boldron, DA 621024 or email ann.orton@ testing organisations and offering the service at prices starting has again been invited to pro- Dalton, ES Eskeleth, HM Hutton Magna, KR Kirkby Ravensworth, KS Kirkby Stephen, hotmail.co.uk) if you’d like around £60. Visit their websites ancestry.co.uk or findmypast. vide speakers for at least one NC North Cowton, NE Newsham, NF New Forest, SH Shaw, ST Startforth, WY Wycliffe. to go. co.uk for more information. session. Details next Archive. 4 Archive 47 Archive 47 13

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Harold Hugill and his ‘Old Faithful’ steam engine in the 1950s. Photo from Neil Turner’s collection Painful times: Neil recalls working at Mill Hill NEIL Turner worked at Mill mill hill the wallpaper and the plaster, Hill from 1949 to 1956, when both red, yellow and blue, were he was called up for national Mill Hill and Park House farm. still visible in 1949. service, cutting the sheave Neil remembers the accom-  Have you memories or in- bands for processing of corn modation room being used as a formation about Mill Hill? If stooks on threshing days. byres, which it still is, and says so, please let us know. Have you got the YF minutes book? As it was only just post- THIS photograph of Dalton & District Young Second Row: 1 John Stanwix (Thorsgill, Start- war there were also turnips, Farmers in 1951 was taken at John Gill’s at forth), 2 Arthur Stanwix (Village Farm, Caldwell), mangle wurzels, oats, barley Leeming Bar. 3 John Anderson (Layton Fields), 4 Student and wheat, grown to meet the at Stanwix’s Farm, 5 Frank Anderson (Dalton food shortage. Willow baskets It came to light during research for Dalton Grange), 6 Joan Harker, 7 John Raine, 8 Baden and Gayles Village Hall’s 60th birthday cel- Powell (Whashton), 9 Bob Bainbridge (Browson), were woven by the Nor Beck ebrations and everyone has been successfully 10 George Blackburn. for storing the vegetables. identified. Third Row: 1 Brian Fenwick, 2 Nathan Wardle, 3 Neil remembers the pain of However, there’s no sign of the group’s Ruby Cox, 4 Jean Teasdale (Dalton), 5 Mary Powell carrying heavy sacks up to the (Whashton), 6 Jean Powell (Whashton, now Mrs milling floor. He worked for minute books and Dalton’s history group mem- Foster of B/Castle), 7 Betty Harker, 8 May Powell bers are keen to find them if they still exist. (Whashton), 9 Stan Bainbridge (Browson), 10 John Harold Hugill, who owned a “Can anyone recall writing minutes of the Marwood, 11 George Dob-binson, 12 Jackie Ast- horse-drawn engine providing club’s meetings, at any point in time, or hap- wood, 13 Wally Stanwix (Whashton). power for threshing and also Fourth Row: 1 Winnie Marwood, 2 Cliff Parker an old Ford tractor belt driv- Where was this windmill? pen to have the books in their attic?” asks (Mill Farm, Ravensworth), 3 Ernest Anderson, 4 I CAME across this advertisement on the front page of the Sheila Wappat. If so, please contact her (01833 ing an oil cake crusher and the Brian Edmondson, 5 James Stanwix (Whashton), grinding mill. Teesdale Mercury for 18th February 1857. John Hind had a 621490) or Linda Sherwood (621307). 6 Colin Metcalfe (Foxberry?), 7 Evelyn Marwood brewery at Gayles House. Does anyone know where this clearly Neil was paid a £1 per day, Pictured are: Front Row : 1 Tot Wappat ( Low (Whashton) 8 Jack Powell (Whashton), 9 Malcolm movable structure was sited? Fields, Gayles), 2 Jim Stanwix (Whashton), 3 Harry Firby, 10 George Powell. but when the threshing work Raine (Whashton Springs), 4 Harry Firby. finished he was on 12 shillings LINDA SHERWOOD, Gayles per week and working at both [email protected] 12 Archive 47 Archive 47 5 letters & emails Can anyone name this cheerful postie? I SAW in the last issue of The Archive that Dave Charlesworth has a quest to find all photographic records of Teesdale postal activities. When my mother married my father and went to live at the farm at East Hope near Barningham, she had with her a box brownie camera and took quite a few photos of what was, for her, a very different life. Until her father decided to retire from the police and return to Barnard Castle, she had begun a career as a piano teacher in Newcastle. In addition to the photos of farming activities Mill Hill from the air with Nor Beck to the north: note the strip furrows in the and family, there were in her album some addi- field. Right, impressive stonework on an arch inside the buildings tional photos, including this one labelled ‘Hope nothing but a yard on its south mill hill Flower, his wife and four Postman’. side. There is a later construc- children (all living in what agricultural labourer, James He has a satchel over his shoulder, so I expect tion, on its south side, of a was probably just a two-room he may just have delivered the farm post, and he housing for wagons. The inner Gott Nelson, which suggests dwelling). that the milling business had certainly looks a cheerful character. Who he was wall has evidence of three In 1901 the occupants were was not recorded, but the photo would have been arches leading into the yard, of grown to the extent that it was farm hand Joseph Ward, his worth employing someone taken between 1933 and 1936. a 17th century design. wife and two children; in 1911 Hope this is of some interest, and maybe some Contingent with the byre on full time, rather than using it housed an elderly couple, spare labour from Barningham other Archive readers may know who he was. the east end is a single storey John and Anne Reynolds DICK ALDERSON, Dalgety Bay, Fife extension which, from con- House or the other farm with Brown, a servant girl and two temporary accounts, still had which it was then linked, Park farm labourers. Within a few plastered and papered walls House. years the buildings were unin- We know who this one is – it’s Frank Little in the late 1940s. This was the In 1861 Mill Hill was the habited, and as far as we know RE the old photo in the last Ar- Awards. I took it from a 1905 agricultural labourer’s living home of farm labourer George that’s been the case ever since. chive (below), asking whether postcard. quarters, although the records Barningham House farm it showed the village butcher I discussed the picture about of occupation are sparse. was taken over from John’s or a postman. five years ago with a former By the 1840s the introduc- brother John George Brown I published the same photo- Fairview housekeeper (now tion of horse-drawn engines to by the Metcalfe family in 1912. graph in my ‘Wish you were regrettably deceased) and re- belt-drive threshing machines After the death of William here’ project for the Archive ceived the following rather had all but obviated the need Metcalfe in the early 1940s, terse note: for horse-driven systems and his widow Ethel took over “This is not Johnny Bain- eventually the days of employ- the three farms: Neil Turner bridge with his butcher’s cart. ing large numbers of people in remembers her as an exacting It is Frank Little, the postman, threshing operations were over. taskmaster in terms of both turning his cart to return to By this time Mill Hill was hours and salary. Barnard Castle after delivering part of the Barningham House She had sons William, John his sack of mail to Barningham farm. From the census records and Percy and a daughter Flor- post office. The postman cap it is impossible to determine ence. Percy moved to Kirkby and badge are very clear to who, in 1841, was located at Stephen; John married Betty see. Grandson Frank lives in the town.” Mill Hill as the dwellings are Bousefield and moved to Park JOHN HAY rarely identified. House in 1952. worth, Teesdale’s postal his- Fairview, Barningham torian, who sent us the above But we know the building Old machine at Mill Hill: William married Connie  Confirmation of this has picture of Frank, taken in was occupied in 1851 by an ready for Beamish? Foster and took over Barning- come from Dave Charles- Barnard Castle in 1902. – Ed. ham House. Their son Bill now runs it and Mill Hill. 6 Archive 47 Archive 47 11 Data base tracks down a I come from wedding 100 years ago a long line I WAS delighted to read the letters & emails article in the last Archive about of Englands Doug Anderson. death between 1939 and say I’VE just picked up Archive 46 I came across his enter- 1981 – there are so many with and seen the article about Janet taining book and charming the name William Watson in Baker searching for informa- illustrations whilst on a visit the area. tion about the England family. to Greta Bridge in 2007, and He was still “of Marwood” I am descended from a long wrote to him. Now I can un- in 1939. Would any reader line of Englands who originate tree trunks and derstand that he did not reply know anything about this Wil- from the Bolton Abbey/ Add- to drive the grinding operation. Mill Hill today cross beams, suggests that it – my genealogy was totally liam? ingham area. My great-great The farm stands some 30 exists today, the shape and out- was built later than the west confused. DANI MILES grandfather John England feet above and more than 300 line of a square building with married a local girl, Phoebe feet from Nor Beck on its north an entrance arch is discernible. barn, as it has semi-dressed I have now managed to Havant, Hampshire king post beams. Dressed king Widdop. side, and there is no evidence High on the wall of the barn unpick some of the Anderson  The history group has an ex- post beams appear in the living of a mill race on its south side. is an opening which would family tree. Doug’s great uncle tensive data base of weddings It may only be coincidence accommodation. as each England had a large Windmills are not that com- allow a drive shaft to enter Mark (1848-1911) had eight in Teesdale between 1837 and The upper floor of the two- family but I wonder if Janet mon in the North-East and tend the barn to drive a threshing children and was married to 1938, from which we were able storey building has been con- Barker knows her grandfa- to be recorded as they require machine. The shaft would be Mary Alsop. to identify three bridegrooms structed over the byre, and was ther’s ancestors. a specific structure.This led connected to a cog gear sitting I’m also researching Watson called William Watson between used a milling floor: there still I have contributed to the me to consider that the ruined on the crown wheel which was families and have sent you 1911 and 1936. remain a winnowing machine an entertaining and informa- Wharfegen website run by Nic area of the Mill Hill yard had turned by two or three ponies. One, in 1915, married a once been a gin gang (from and a large butter churn for tive report in the Teesdale Wilson from Sheffield Univer- The buildings looking from coating seeds with mercury Margaret Turnbull, which sity which tracks families with gin, short for engine, and gang west to east show a single sto- Mercury of the marriage in suggests that he’s the one dust. 1914 of Helen Watson, eldest Wharfedale origins. I haven’t for going). rey A-frame roofed barn with Dani is seaching for and that The lower floor retains its daughter of Richard Watson used it for a while but will Also known as a wheel- a two-storey building attached. he married his employer. We mangers and feeding troughs. and Emily Clara Barker, of check it to see if Tom England house, roundhouse or horse- The beams in the west barn Both walls of the west barn Greta Bridge Farm. told Dani, who’s chasing it from Wakefield features. engine house, a gin gang was suggest that this is the earliest have narrow ventilation win- up (“Thank you for break- If you’d like to pass my a structure built to enclose a building: they are composed I am struggling with the de- ing down a brick wall,” she dows suggesting there was scendants of Richard’s brother email address on to Janet I horse mill, usually circular of hedgerow timber and not replied). Henry, who married Emily’s would be happy to discuss but sometimes square or oc- dressed in any way. The con- sister Hannah Barker. One of She also suggested we England/Widdops with her. tagonal, attached to a thresh- struction is simple A-frame. her twins, William, born at print the 1914 wedding report LINDA SHERWOOD ing barn. Most were built in The construction of the Winston in 1881, was a farm “which I suggest will be of use Gayles. England in the late 18th and central byre, with the grinding manager in 1911 at Stone to quite a few of your readers”.  We’ve put Janet and Linda early 19th centuries. floor above, supported by Cross, Marwood Farm, work- We agreed: see opposite. – Ed. in touch. – Ed. The threshing barn held a ing for a widow called Marga- small threshing machine which ret Turn-bull. He was 29 and Lottery may fund web aid was connected to the gin gang single at the time. via wooden gears and drive THE County Durham History and Heritage Forum is very aware He was married by 1936, shafts, powered by a horse that many local history groups face problems with membership, when he was at his brother which walked round and round finance and attendance at meetings and are holding a series of Roy’s wedding. (Roy and his inside the gin gang. regional meetings to try and find out how we can help. wife Greta Down were well Why a mill should be lo- known in the area – Roy was One possible solution may be a website, and we are consider- cated at Mill Hill, rather than mayor of Barnard Castle more ing a lottery funding bid to provide history groups with a template being attached to an existing than once). for their website, plus help to set it up and training to maintain established farm to be able to it. If you already have a website, it can all be uploaded into the My problem is tracking share services, is debatable. new one, which would give links to the Forum website and to down William’s wedding. You The fold yard is on the north other members of the group, providing a mutual support network. may well imagine how difficult side of the buildings and on the SARAH HILLIER, History & Heritage Forum it is to find the marriage be- ground plan I have included a Barn with three- tween 1911 and 1936 and his  We’ve told the Forum we’re interested. – Ed. gin gang in the west corner. horse overhead Whilst no building actually threshing machine 10 Archive 47 Archive 47 7 Oh, no – not another silver cruet set! Unravelling the mysteries of Mill Hill IT seems to be the norm these snowdrops and smilax. Mr T M JOHN HAY intrigued us at the last history days for wedding guests to Metcalfe acted as best man. A group meeting with his research into a long- be asked for donations of gift reception was afterwards held deserted homestead with a confusing name. vouchers, cheques or just hard at the bride’s home, to which a cash towards the cost of the number of relatives and friends MILL Hill lies north-east of Barningham and is honeymoon. accepted invitations. The re- reached by footpath through Barningham House The days when bride and spected Rector of Rokeby, in Farm. Both are Milbank Estate farms. groom welcomed sensible a humorous speech, proposed Mill Hill today is a sorry cluster of ruined wedding presents of household “The health of the bride and stone buildings and modern sheds and used items for their new home ap- bridegroom’. Mr L Smith suit- only for storage, but in the 19th century it was pear to be vanishing fast. ably replied. a separate dwelling occupied by farm workers, One reason is probably that The happy couple left by and from long before that it seems to have been most couples who make their motor-car for Darlington, en the site of some kind of mill or another. way up the aisle these days route for York, where the hon- Merryne Watson, author of the history of have already lived together, eymoon is being spent. The Barningham As Time Passed By, was convinced bought all the domestic goods bride’s going-away dress was a that there was “a mill at Barningham in opera- they need and even started a navy blue costume, with black tion as far back as the beginning of the 14th family before getting round to hat and furs. The motor-cars century”, though he didn’t explain his evidence tying the knot. AN interesting wedding took were supplied by Mr Louis place in Rokeby Church last for this, and suggested that it ceased operating It was all very different a Smith, of the garage, Barnard Thursday, when Helen, eldest around 1690 when the first major enclosures century ago, when no wedding Castle. daughter of Mrs Watson and took place. was complete without a moun- In the evening a large num- the late Mr Richard Watson, of tain of donated dinner services, ber of young people accepted He believed there was a water mill on the Greta Bridge Farm, was mar- cutlery sets, silver cruets, em- invitations to a dance, and Nor Beck, north of Mill Hill. Its tail race – the Mill Hill as it appears on the 1857 ried to Mark Gibson, second broidered cushions, barom- the festivities were carried on man-made stream leading diverted water from Ordnance Survey map and, below, the son of Mrs Anderson and the eters, inkstands, ashtrays, rose till the small hours of Friday the mill back to the beck – was, he said, still layout of the buildings in 1892 late Mr Mark Anderson, of bowls, ornamental vases and morning. “very clear”, though there ap- Newsham Hall Farm. pears to be no sign of it today. everything else that the guests Presents included: Bride to The service was choral, brdegroom: easy chair. Bride- As far back as 1690 fields thought the bridal pair couldn’t possibly live without. the hymns, ‘The Voice that groom to bride: oak clock. Bride- were recorded with the names breathed o’er Eden’ and ‘O! groom to bridesmaids: gold bangle Dani Miles, a history group Mill Mire and Mill Paddock, perfect love’ being sung. The and silver tea spoons. Bride’s member living in Hampshire and in 1726 a survey of the Rev F. Graham, Rector of mother: household linen. Bride- (see her letter opposite), sent us Barningham, carried out by Rokeby, conducted the ser- groom’s mother: cheque. an example: a wedding report Mrs Watson: household uten- John Nesham for Mark Mil- vice. bank, listed Mill Hill, tenanted from the Teesdale Mercury of sils. Miss C Watson: dinner knives. Both contracting parties be- by John Fryer of Hawsteads. February 25th 1914. Mr Watson: silver candlesticks. Mr ing wellknown in the district, H Watson: brushes. Miss Olive and There was, however, no men- “Entertaining and informa- the church was filled with rela- Winnie Watson: chamber service. tion of any actual mill or farm tive,” she told us. “There were tives and friends. The bride, Mr and Mrs J Anderson, Barn- buildings. nearly 100 numerous and use- who was given away by her ingham: silver tea service. Miss L ful presents described with the In 1800, a map of Milbank mother, was neatly attired in and A Anderson: brass coal vase. appropriate guest. I suggest you Mr A Anderson: pan and steamer. land recorded that the field was grey voile over grey satin wtih print it in full as the local names Mr F Anderson: tumblers and jig. tenanted by John Marley and black velvet hat, and carried a are of interest. The description Mr and Mrs Bell-Irving: silver shows Mill Hill as one build- sheaf of tulips. ing (a barn?) with an adjoining of the bride’s outfit is also cruet and Witch in the Moon [what on earth was that? –Ed]. Mrs Ben- foldyard to the north. worth reading!” The bride was attended by Miss A. G. Watson and tham: handbag and pin cushion. We agreed. Here’s the re- The tithe map of 1830, when Miss Lydia Anderson, sisters Mr and Mrs H Watson and of the 19th century trade direc- port – count how many cruets, Eleanor Muncaster was the after 1700 there was no mill at of the bride and bridegroom family: china tea service. Mr and tories mention a farm at Mill candlesticks, dinner services Mrs Dowson: dinner service. tenant, shows a building out- Mill Hill. respectively. They were at- Hill, though they list all the and barometers they ended Mr and Mrs J Errington: silver line similar to that of the Ord- However, I believe milling tired in pale blue dresses, with others in the area. up with!: hot water jug. Mr F Errington: nance Survey map of 1892 on there was revived in the late black velvet hats, and carried which I have based the ground This leads me to the conclu- silver cruet. Misses Jenny, Bar- 18th or early 19th century, us- bara and Alice Errington: worked plan shown on this page. None sion that for about a century ing either wind or horse power 8 Archive 47 Archive 47 9 Museum seeks Roll of Honour help Mystery of the missing money box WE are writing to you as part letters & emails members of your community JOHN Gibson and George Mar- in the courts this, but Gibson declined to of the team working on ‘To in participating. We would be tin were two very worried men pay extra. Serve King and Country’ – about how the war affected grateful if you would pass when they arrived in Leeds for in particular were responsible Martin’s counsel said the the Bowes Museum’s First their families and communi- on our details to anyone you the Summer Assizes on Monday for the safe delivery of the case should be dismissed, and World War Commemoration ties. We want to bring informa- think would be interested. July 26th 1819. box. Surely, he said, putting the jury agreed. Gibson went it unguarded on an inside seat Project. You will find more tion about the project into the Please get in touch with us Gibson, a Barnard Castle home to lick his wounds, Mar- shopkeeper, was worried be- was negligence? Martin should tin back to his inn to celebrate. information on the website community and offer people if you have any questions or reimburse him the £60. thebowesmusemww1.org.uk. an opportunity to volunteer cause a few months earlier he’d No trace was ever found of would like more information. But Martin had an answer to One of the aims of the memories, artefacts and pho- filled a box with bank tokens the box or its contents. RUPERT PHILBRICK worth £66 (at least £3,000 in to- that. Gibson, he said, had been project is to create a Roll of tographs (to be copied). There was no local police Community Co-ordinator day’s money), sealed it securely, distinctly told by the postman Honour, honouring the men Please be assured that we JUDITH PHILLIPS in Barnard Castle that the coach force in those days, so no one and sent it off to his family’s bothered to find the coach and women from the dales will not collect items but only Research Advisor store in London. proprietors would accept no who served their country dur- want to record them; all arte- Bowes Museum responsibility for parcels worth driver, passengers or visitors facts and photographs will be It got as far as the coach of- to the Morritt Arms to ask what ing the Great War. Contacts: fice at Greta Bridge, where it more than £5 unless he paid an Through the project, we returned to their owners. Rupert.philbrick@thebowes extra insurance fee – a sort of they saw, if anything, on the was due to be transferred to the day the box vanished. aim to encourage members We would like to attend as museum.org.uk; judith.phil- Glasgow to London mail coach. early form of registered post. Who took it? The case is of communities throughout many community events as lips @thebowesmuseum.org. And then it vanished. Postman Davies confirmed that still open. Teesdale to give us informa- possible over this summer, so uk; or libraryandarchives@- Martin was worried because he had warned Gibson about tion about family members as to promote the project and thebowesmuseum.org.uk. Tel not only was he landlord of the who served in the war and the opportunities available to 01833 690606 ext. 208. Morritt’s Arms at Greta Bridge where the transfer was supposed Outrage when innkeeper was to take place, but he was also cushion. Miss Mary Dowson: frame. Mrs Hutchinson: rose one of the coach proprietors – given the postmaster’s job worked bag. Mr B Watson: inlaid wedding gifts bowl. Rob and Jim: work basket. and he was being sued by Gib- GEORGE Martin was in the most interested in the delivery tray. Mr and Mrs R Watson: flower Mr Howard: counterpane. Rev F son, who wanted compensation news again in 1837 when he of letters at Greta Bridge” and stand. Mrs Buckle: blankets. Mr knives. Mr and Mrs Raine: dinner Graham: fruit salad bowl. for the missing money. was appointed postmaster for “moved the office from that and Mrs G Barker: copper ket- mats. Mrs Martin and niece: jam Mr and Mrs J Atkinson: double Greta Bridge. hamlet, where the Post-Office tle. Mr and Mrs S Barker: brass dish. Mr and Mrs Bulmer: vases. Barnard Castle postman Rob- jam dish. Dr and Mrs Piercy: ert Davies gave evidence that He had left the Morritt Arms had been kept since posts were coal vase. Mrs Barker and fam- Miss Bulmer: cushion cover. Mr teapot and stand and silver vases. he had taken the box to Greta in 1826 after 12 years as its first established, to a lone house, ily, Scruton: silver salts. Miss P J Dowson: brass plant vase. Mr H Mr and Mrs Swinbank, Barnard inconveniently situated for the Barker: water colour picture. Mr Dowson: pair of pictures. Mr and Bridge, and Martin did not dis- landlord, and set up a new inn Castle: blankets. Mr and Mrs public, and in another parish.” W P Barker: brass brush. Mrs Catterall: pictures. Mr and James Ward: lamp. Miss R and M pute this: indeed, he admitted called the New George half Mr and Mrs Sowerby: curtains. Mrs Jackson: cake stand. Miss Ward: handkerchiefs. Miss Hind: receiving it and putting it on the a mile away at what is now Martin got the job, it claimed, Miss A Watson: silver pickle fork. Wilkinson: tray cloths. Miss Amos: photo frame. Miss Rowe: silver list of items to go to London. Thorpe Farm. He took with because his inn was owned by Mr and Mrs J Anderson, Brignal: pictures. Mrs Johnson: bread board candlesticks. Miss Raynor, book-keeper him the Glasgow to London a Whig-supporting colonel who table cover and pipe rack. Miss and knife. Mr and Mrs Martin: table cloth. at the Greta Bridge office, said coach service (and as a result, “through his influence with a R Morton: cushion. Mrs I Ward: Mrs Brunskill: hem-stitched Mrs Jamieson: glass jug and tum- she had booked the parcel and it’s almost certainly there that certain noble duke” had be- bandworked duchess set. Mr Har- sheets. Mrs Bulmer: towels. Mr blers and dish. Mrs Gay: brass it was put into the coach, on an Dickens spent his only night in come MP for “one of his rotten wood: silver tea knives. Mr H At- and Mrs Dobbin: jam dish. Mr candlesticks. Messrs J and C inside seat. the area when researching for boroughs”. kinson: pipe rack. Mrs G Atkinson: and Mrs Plews: table cloth. Miss Ward: set of carvers. Richard and After that its whereabouts Nicholas Nickleby). We think the colonel was Col silver egg stand. Wood: pen-painted table centre. James: satin pin cushion. Mrs and were a mystery. Nobody knew Martin’s appointment as Sheldon Cradock of Hartforth, Miss W Errington: vase. Mr W Mr Scarth: barometer. Mr and Mrs Mrs Wilkinson and family: silver postmaster eleven years later a political opponent of the pro- T Anderson: eiderdown. Mr F M whether it was stolen from the Errington jnr: inkstand. Mr and Mrs cake dish. Mrs Weston: hot water coach before it set off, whether provoked local protests backed Tory Morritt family; we’re not F Clitheroe: table cloth. Mr and Metcalfe: barometer. can. Mr and Mrs Walker: copper by the Durham Advertiser, certain about the identity of the Mrs A Nicholson: oak table. Miss Mr and Mrs Alsop and fam- kettle. Mr and Mrs Nicholson, it was taken from the coach during its journey south, or which was outraged by what “noble duke”. It does make us Sherwood: silver salts. Nurse Ingle: ily: pictures. Mrs Anderson: table Barningham: breakfast cruet. Miss it claimed to be politically- wonder whether politics was half-dozen tea spoons. Mr and cloth. Mr and Mrs Lodge: breakfast Railton: towels. Mr and Mrs J whether it disappeared when it reached the capital. The only motivated “jobbery”. also behind Martin’s decision Mrs Bowzler: half-dozen dessert cruet. Mr and Mrs Allen: cart ropes Swinbank: chair back covers. Mrs (and resources) to set up a rival spoons. Mr and Mrs Metcalfe and (?). Mr and Mrs Ogden: fruit de- J Metcalfe: table cover. Mr and thing certain was that it never The Whig government, it family, Foxberry: black curb and luxe. Mr and Mrs G Ogden: carved Mrs Lowes: serviettes and walking arrived the shop in London. said, had ignored a petition inn to the Morritt Arms in 1826. fire irons. Mr and Mrs Leatherbar- oak table. Mr J W Watson: biscuit stick. Mrs Fryer: butter dish. Gibson argued that the coach “most numerously and respect- His New George lasted only row: half-dozen dessert spoons and barrel. Mr and Mrs R Green: tango company in general and Martin fully signed by all persons until the 1840s. forks. Mr and Mrs Pearson: tea vases. Miss K Johnson: photo