John Farndale
15 August 1791 to 28 January 1878
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Yeoman farmer of
Skelton, insurance agent, and writer. John Farndale wrote extensively about Kilton and Saltburn by the Sea. This page transcripts his
writings. John’s Story is told as part
of the Farndale Story and this page provides the more detailed research.
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John Farndale
1791
John
Farndale was born at Kilton in Cleveland, Yorkshire on 15 August 1791,
second son of William
& Mary (nee Ferguson) Farndale (FAR00183) of Kilton, baptised 9 October 1791, Brotton ( Brotton
PR & IGI). His father was a farmer
and business person.
1793
In
1870, in The
History of the Ancient Hamlet of Kilton-in-Cleveland, printed by W Rapp, Dundas Street, Saltburn 1870 ,
he later wrote: "My first
remembrance began in my nurse's arms when I could not have been more than 1 1/2
years old; a memory as vivid as if it were yesterday. She took me out on St
Stephen's Day 1793 into the current Garth (a small enclosure) with a stick and
'solt' to kill a hare. A great day at the time”.
1805
In
1870, in The
History of the Ancient Hamlet of Kilton-in-Cleveland, printed by W Rapp, Dundas Street, Saltburn 1870 ,
he later wrote: Another time (some say,
after celebrating the victory of Trafalgar, 1805) he was dangling head foremost
down the draw well hanging by the buckle of his shoe. He goes on to
describe a very happy childhood and he clearly adored his mother. "At this time I believe I loved God
and was happy."
In 1805 (it is suggested that this was when
celebrating the Victory of Nelson at Trafalgar, though he would have been only
14 then) he fell down a well but was saved by his buckle – as he
later wrote:
I remember a draw well stood
near the house of my father’s
foreman. One day I was looking into this well at the bucket landing, when I
fell head foremost. The foreman perceiving the accident, immediately ran to the
well to witness, as he thought, the awful spectacle of my last end. I had on at
the time a pair of breeches, with brass buckles on my shoes (silver ones were
worn by my father and
others), and to his great astonishment, he found me not immersed in water at
the bottom of the well, but dangling head foremost from the top of a single
brass buckle, which had somehow caught hold.
Anyone directly descended from John, therefore
owes their existence to a shoe buckle!
He
remembered "an old relation of my
father" (there were several in Kilton at that time) remarking that his
elder brother George was a "prodigal
son", while John was the son at home with his father. But John
describes how he got up to many frolics and had some narrow escapes, although
he was no drunkard or swearer.
His parents, he said, "were strict Church people and kept a strict look out. I became leader
of the (Brotton) church signers, clever in music" and he excelled his
friends. He had a close friend, a musician in the church choir. One day he met
him and said he had been very ill and had been reading a lot of books including
"Aeleyn's Alarum" and others "which nearly made my hair stand on
end." . His friend told him that he was going to alter his way of life and
if John would not refrain from his revelries, he would "be obliged to
forsake your company.". "That was a nail in a sure place. I was
ashamed and grieved as I thought myself more pious than he. Now I began to
enter a new life as suddenly at St Paul's but with this difference, he was in
distress for three days and nights but for me it was three months". He
fasted all Lent and describes his torment. "How often I went onto the hill
with my Clarinet to play my favourite tune."
Alleyn’s Alarm was a pious text from the time.
His
companion lived one mile away (at Brotton perhaps?) and they met half way every
Sunday morning at 6am for prayer. He remembered well meeting in a corner of a
large grass field. George (Sayer) began and he followed. When they finished
they opened their eyes to see "a
rough farm lad standing over us, no doubt a little nervous. Next day this boy
said to others in the harvest field 'George Sayer and John Farndale are two
good lads for I found them in a field praying.' " On the following
Sunday they moved to a small wood and met under an oak tree and met an old man
who wanted to join them. As usual George began and John continued when the old
man began to roar in great distress
1815
In
1815 (now 24), he was celebrating victory at Waterloo:
From Kilton How Hill we have
a fine view of the German ocean, Skinningrove, Saltburn, Huntcliff, Roe-cliff,
Eston Nab, Roseberry Topping, Handle Abbey and Danby beacon. Here, too, at not
much distance from each other, may be seen no fewer than five beacons, formerly
provided with barrels of tar to give the necessary alarm to the people if
Buonaparte at that period had dared to invade our peaceful shores. After the
great battle of Waterloo, and Buonaparte had been taken prisoner, that glorious
event was celebrated at Brotton by parading his effigy through the street and
burning it before Mr R Stephenson’s hall, amidst the rejoicings of high and
low, rich and poor, who drank and danced to the late hour. The author formed
one of a band of musicians that played on the occasion, and he composed a song
commemorating the event, which became very popular in that part of the country.
Brotton never before or since saw the like of that memorable day.
I
am grateful to Dr Tony
Nicholson who has explained that the hall was built by the
Stephenson family in the 1780s after they had made a fortune as woodmongers,
trading in timber as a fuel source, and then when timber became scarce, in
coal. With the money from this trade, Robert bought a third of the manor of
Brotton, and then built ‘Stephenson’s Hall’.
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 transcribed at the Tidkinhow page.
In
The History of Kilton, With a Sketch of the
Neighbouring Villages, By the Returned Emigrant, Dedicated to the Rev William
Jolley, Toronto, Canada, America, Middlesbrough, Burnett & Hood, “Exchange”
Printing Offices, 1870, Redcar Cleveland Library Book No: R000040114
Classification: 942.854, Book No: R000040114, John Farndale wrote:
The church has been greatly
improved, new slated roof and a most radical change in the interior; the old
pews and pulpit are all gone, and from the walls Our Fathers’ prayer; the
Belief; the ten commandments, in the xx chapter of Exodus, saying “I am the
Lord thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage; thou shalt have none other gods before me.” Had I not seen those well
known tablets of young Squire Easterby, of Skinngrove Hall, and Wm Tulley , Esy
of Kilton Hall, on beautiful white marble, I should have been at a loss to have
known the old church again. I looked at the place where the old pulpit stood,
and I remembered the ministers that once preached Jesus and the resurrection,
among them my old master, the Rev Wm Barrick, of Lofthouse, - he would descend
from the pulpit and join in the chorus of some twenty voices, 57 years gone,
when I had the happiness to be their chieftain. The parishioners had … most
gladly … and paraded down the mid street at the celebration of the great battle
of Waterloo, and burned before Mr Stephenson’s Hall, when barrels of ale were
given to the frantic multitudes, and the old gentlemen danced and sang until
day break, and here we find young Farndale, once dangling at the mouth of
the well, with his bugle and clarionet, the chief musician to the old
gentleman, and who had also composed the following lines for the occasion –
Hail! Ye victorious heroes,
England’s dauntless saviours,
ye
Who on the plains of
Waterloo,
Won that glorious victory.
It was a day the world may
say,
When Napoleon boldly stood,
Upon the plains of the
Waterloo,
There flowed rivulets of
blood.
Before the foe he bravely
fought,
And when he’d all but won the
day,
Would it were night, or
Blucher up,
Our hero Wellington did say.
But now behold in effigy,
Him to whom kings such homage
paid,
Napoleon mounted on a mule
As though he were on grand
parade,
Behold with joy all England
sings, Brotton too is up and gay,
The band, the flag, the ball,
the dance
Ne’er ceased till the break
of day.
1820
By
the 1820s, John Farndale was a Yeoman farmer.
Yeomen farmers owned land (freehold, leasehold or copyhold).
Their wealth and the size of their landholding varied. The Concise Oxford Dictionary states that a yeoman was "a person qualified by
possessing free land of 40/- (shillings) annual [feudal] value, and who can
serve on juries and vote for a Knight of the Shire. He is sometimes described
as a small landowner, a farmer of the middle classes". Sir Anthony
Richard Wagner, Garter Principal King of Arms,
wrote that "a Yeoman would not normally have less than 100 acres" (40
hectares) "and in social status is one step down from the Landed gentry,
but above, say, a husbandman". Often it was hard to distinguish
minor landed gentry from the wealthier yeomen, and wealthier husbandmen from
the poorer yeomen.
Yeomen were often constables of
their parish
and many yeomen held the positions of bailiffs for
the High Sheriff or for the shire or hundred.
Other civic duties would include churchwarden,
bridge warden, and other warden duties. It was also common for
a yeoman to be an overseer for his parish. Yeomen, whether working for a
lord, king, shire, knight, district or parish, served in localised or municipal
police forces raised by or led by the landed gentry. Some of these roles,
in particular those of constable and bailiff, were carried down through
families. Yeomen often filled ranging, roaming, surveying, and policing
roles. In districts remoter from landed
gentry and burgesses, yeomen held more official power.
1823
Baines Directory for 1823 listed the inhabitants of
Skelton, with a population of around 700:
Castle: John Wharton MP
Curate: Rev William Close.
Attorney: Thomas Nixon.
Blacksmiths: Thos Crater, Robert Robinson, William Young.
Butchers: William Lawson, Isaac Wilkinson, William wilkinson.
Corn Millers: Robert Watson, William Wilson
Farmers and Yeoman: William Adamson, John Appleton, Thomas
Clarke, James Cole, James Colin, William Cooper, Steven Emerson, John
Farndale, Robert Gill, William Hall, Edward Hall, Jackson Hardon, William
Hutton, Sarah Johnson, William Lockwood, John Parnaby, Thomas Rigg, William
Sayer, William Sherwood, John Taylor, William Thompson, Robert Tiplady, William
Wilkinson, Richard Wilson
Grocer and Drapers: John Appleton, William Dixon, Ralph
Lynass, Thomas Shemelds, John Alater
Flax dresser: McNaughton D
Joiners: William Appleton, Leonard Dixon, Mark Carrick,
Joseph Middleton
Schoolmasters: Atkinson M, John Sharp
Shoemakers: Robert Bell, Luke Lewis, Thomas Lowls, George
Lynass, Thomas Steele
Stonemasons: Thomas Bryan, John Pattinson
Straw hat makers: Sarah Sarah, Esther Shimelds
Weavers: Stephen Edelson, Thomas Dawson, John Robinson,
Robert Wilson
Land agent: John andrew
Victuallers: William Bean at Duke William, William Lawson at
Royal George
Woodturner: James Crusher
Gamekeeper: Frank Thomas
Plumber and Glazier: William Gowland
Sadler: Thomas Taylor
Shopkeeper: Eliza Wilkinson
Carriers: Marmaduke Wilson - to Guisborough on Tuesday and
Friday, departing 8am and returned 4pm; Robert Wilkinson to Stockton on
Wednesday and Saturday, departing 4am and return 8pm, to Lofthouse on Monday
and Thursday departing 9am and return at 6pm; Letters were brought to
Guisborough by coach and thence to Skelton by daily horse post arriving at 10am
and mail taken back at 3pm.
John
Farndale, was a yeoman farmer,
living at Kilton (record at Skelton) in 1822
and 1833.
1825
Skelton Parish Church Warden’s Accounts 1825 -1840:
1825 Assessment for bread and wine at 8s per house and 12d per oxgang; John
Farndale @ 1 Oxgang...........5s 6d (Skelton PR).
1826
Skelton Parish Church Warden’s Accounts 1825 -1840: 1826
Assessment @ 2s 6d per house and 1s 8d per oxgang;
John Farndale @ 4 oxgangs.........7s 6d. George Farndale @ 1/2 oxgang...1s 9d (Skelton PR).
1827
Skelton Parish
Church Warden’s Accounts 1825 -1840: 1827 Assessments @ 2s 6d per house
and 1s 3d per oxgang; John Farndale, 4 oxgangs............7s 6d (Skelton PR).
1828
Skelton Parish Church Warden’s Accounts 1825 -1840:
1828 Assessments @ 1s 6d per house and 1s per oxgang; John Farndale, 4
oxgangs............5s 6d (Skelton PR).
1829
John Farndale of
the Parish of Skelton and
Martha Patton of this
Parish (ie Yarm) were married by licence with the consent this 18th Day of May
in the year 1829 by me John Graves, Curate. This marriage was solemnised
between us, John Farndale and Martha Patton in the presence of Rob Coulson and
Elizabeth Patton.
The Durham County
Advertiser, 23 May 1829: At Yarm, near Stockton, on Monday last, Mr John
Farndale, of Skelton, near Guisborough, to Martha, fourth daugfhter of
Masterman Patton, Esq, of Mount Pleasant, near Yarm.
Skelton Parish Church Warden’s Accounts 1825 -1840:
1829 Assessments @ 1s 6d per house and 6d per oxgang; John Farndale, 4
oxgangs.............3s 0d (Skelton PR). This
was the Year of his marriage.
1830
Skelton
Parish Church Warden’s Accounts 1825 -1840: 1830 Assessments; 1st class
house 1s; 2nd class house 6d and 3d per oxgang; John Farndale
4 oxgangs/2nd class house..........................................1s 2d (Skelton PR).
1831
William Masterman Farndale, born Skelton 24 Mar 1831 (FAR00312) (Skelton PR).
Skelton Parish Church Warden’s Accounts 1825 -1840:
1831 Assessments; 1st class house 1s; 2nd class house 6d and 3d per
oxgang; John Farndale, 4 oxgangs/1st class
house..........................................2s 0d (Skelton
PR).
1832
Mary
Farndale, born Stockton 1832 (FAR00316) (Skelton PR).
Elizabeth Farndale, born Skelton 5 May 1832 (FAR00319) (Skelton PR).
Rates
altered marginally and John Farndale paid 3s in 1832; 4s in 1833; 5s in 1834
and 1835; 4s 6d in 1836; 4s in 1837 and 1838[ 3s in 1839. His name is crossed
out in 1840. His wife died in December 1839 and he is next shown in the census
as being in Durham (Baines' Directory).
1833
Teresa Farndale, born Skelton 5 Dec 1833 (FAR00325) (Skelton
PR).
1835
Annie Maria Farndale, born Skelton 9 Jun 1835 (FAR00334) (Skelton PR).
1836
John George Farndale, born Skelton 27 Nov 1836 (FAR00337) (Skelton PR).
1838
Charles Farndale, born Skelton 27 Feb 1838 (FAR00341) (Skelton PR).
His
son, Charles Farndale's birth certificate in 1838 shows John was then living
in Skelton and occupied as a farmer (MC & IGI).
1839
Emma Farndale, baptised Skelton 20 Dec 1839 (FAR00346). (Stockton District Records)
Martha, wife of
John Farndale of Coatham-Stob died aged 39 and was buried on 9 December 1839. Therefore
Emma had been born in 1800. It would appear that Martha died from childbirth
and their daughter Emma then died a few days later
Obituary: ‘Dec 6th. At Coatham-Conyers,
in Stockton Circuit, Matha, the wife of John Farndale. She was truly converted
to God in the twenty sixth year of her age; and from that period she was a
consistent member of the Wesleyan Society. Her death was rather sudden but she
was found ready. Aware of her approaching dissolution she said, ‘This is the
mysterious Providence; but what I know not now, I shall know hereafter.’ Some
of her last words were, ‘Tell my dear husband for his encouragement, that I am
going to Jesus. How necessary it is to live life for God? Oh Lord help me that
I may have strength to leave a clear testimony that I am gone to Jesus.’ It was
enquired, ‘Do you feel Jesus present?’ She replied, ‘Yes,’ and soon fell asleep
in Him.’ MJ. (Methodist magazine, 1840, page
172)
Martha Farndale's death was registered for
Stockton District in the last Quarter of 1839.
However
there is also an entry for May 1846: Farndale, Martha (wife of John Farndale)
of Coatham Parish, Long Newton, Co Duyrham showing probabation for £1,000. It
is not clear why probabtion of her will took so long. (Borthwick
Instituite, Document reference vol.213B, f., Year 1846, Index reference
1845061847060092/1829, Date 1846, MAY)
John
did not remarry, so at the age of 48 he was a widower with a large family.
1840
A
newspaper article in 1904 recorded a case which John Farndale raised
against two cart racers who caused damage to John’s gig and harness.
The Whitby Gazette, 11 March 1904 recorded: A
RACE IN THE DARK. 25th March, 1840. An old Cleveland newspaper gave the
following: Stokesley Petty Sessions, present Edmund Turton and Robert Hildyard,
Esquires. Upon the complaint of John farndale, of Coatham Conyers, in the
county of Durham, against Thomas Hugill, of Bilsdale, and James S Keen of the
same place, for having, on the night of the 21st January last, at the Township
of Stokesley, obstructed the free passage of a certain highway, by riding a
race in the dark, and damaging a gig and harness driven by J Farndale and James
Drummond. Both were fined £2 and costs.
1841
The
1841 Census, for Coatham Stob, Long Newton listed John
Farndale, 45, a farmer; William Farndale, 10; Mary Farndale, 9; Teresa
Farndale, 8; John Farndale, 5; Charles Farndale, 3; John Farndale, 15, male
servant; Matthew Farndale, male servant, 12; John Malburn, 25, male servant;
Thomas Shirt, 15, male servant; Mary Disson, 24, housekeeper.
1842
The
Yorkshire Gazette, 3 September 1842 advertised:
YARM
A
Valuable FARM and also Productive Ings LAND for Sale
TO
BE SOLD BY AUCTION
At
the Vane Arms Hotel, in Stockton, in the county of Durham, on Wednesday, the
14th day of September, 1842, at Three O’clock in the afternoon.
Mr
J Baker, Auctioneer,
A
very valuable and highly productive freehold farm, called MOUNT LEVEN,
situate at Leven bridge, in the parish of Yarm, in the County of York,
consisting of an excellent farmhouse and outbuildings and of a Hind’s house,
and ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO acres of land, of which 54 A, 1 R, 30 P, or
thereabouts are excellent Old Grass, 15 acres or thereabouts turnip and barley
soil, and the remainder good wheat and bean land.
The
farm is divided into 15 convenient sized fields or enclosures, all well watered
and fenced, and is now in the occupations of Mr. John Colbeck, as Tenant to the
Trustees of Mr Masterman Patton, deceased, the late owner thereof.
The
property is bounded by the River Leven on the east, and by the highway leading
from Leven bridge to Yarm on the West and South.
And
also, either together with, or separately from the farm, all those Four Acres
of Meadow, lying in a certain common field, called or known by the name of Yarm
Ings, in the Township or parish of Yarm aforesaid; together with all such right
and title of fishing in the River Tees at or near Yarm as has been usually
enjoyed with the said premises. And also together with a Pew or Stall in the
Parish Church appendent or appurtenant to the said premises, or usually enjoyed
therewith.
The
Tenant will send a person to show the properties; and any further particulars
respecting them may be ascertained of Mr Hugill of Eston; Mr. John Farndale
of Coatham Conyers; of the Auctioneers; or of Messrs Wilson and Faber,
Solicitors, Stockton upon Tyne Tees. Stockton, August 10th, 1842.
The
Bankruptcy Notice in 1851 suggests that althoguh John is referred to as the
Auictioneer in this notice, he was farming at Mount Leven Farm himself.
In
1864 John Farndale wrote, of about this time, when living in Coatham: How
often here on a fine summer’s eve have I strolled to this most retired and
enchanting retreat, Huntcliff, with my gun, to enjoy a sport of shooting the
sea bird darting up the cliff over-head; an advantageous sport, when an
ordinary marksman need not fail to bag a brace or two. This retreat was part of
my Hunley Hall farm, and is only a short drive from Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
So
then he seems to have farmed at Hunley Hall Farm, which is on the north edge
of Brotton during these years. Ordnance Survey Grid NZ688204.
1847
He
seems to have sold Hunley Hall Farm in 1847. The Yorkshire Gazette, 23 October 1847:
Farm
to LET in Cleveland.
To
be entered upon at the usual Times in the Spring of 1848.
Hunley
farm, in the township of Brotton- in-Cleveland, in the County of
York, containing 476 acres of excellent arable, meadow, and pasture land,
with a capital dwellinghouse, and all requisite outbuildings, and
also three cottages in the village of Brotton, all in the occupation
of Mr. John Farndale, or his under tenants.
Further
particulars may be obtained of Mr George Pearson, land agent, Marske, near
Guisborough, who will direct a person to show the farm, or at the offices of Mr
Trevor, Solicitor, Guisborough.
Guisborough,
12th or October 1847
1851
The
1851 Census for Danby End, Danby listed John
Farndale, Head (but seemed to be living alone), born 1791 in Brotton, aged 60, an agricultural
labourer.
He was
clearly in financial difficulty and in 1851 the Durham County Advertiser, 13 June 1851: DARLINGTON
PETTY SESSION, JUNE 9. Before G J Scurfield, H P Smith, J L Hammkind, and E
Backhouse, Esqrs. … John Farndale, farmer, Long Newton charged by John
Etherington with having discharged him from his service and refusing to pay
the wages due to him, was ordered to pay the sum due and 6s 6d costs.
He became bankrupt and in the London
Gazette 1851: WHEREAS a Petition of John Farndale , formerly of Coatham
Stob farm, in the Parish of Long Newton, in the County of Durham, farmer,
afterwards of Mount Leven farm, in the Parish of Yarm, in the County of
York, farmer, afterwards of Hunley Hall Farm, in the Township of Brotton,
in the same county, farmer, late of the Township of Middlesbrough,
in the said County of York, farmer, and now in lodgings at the House of
James Watson, at Middlesbrough, in the said County of York, labourer and
merchant, an insolvent debtor, having been filed in the County Court
of Durham, at Stockton, and an interim order for protection from process having
been given to the said John farndale, under the provisions of these statutes in
that case made and provided, the said John Farndale is hereby required to
appear before the said court, on the 15th day of April next, at ten in
the forenoon precisely, for his first examination touching his
debts, state, and effects, and to be further dealt with according to the
provisions of the said Statutes; And the choice of the creditors’ assignees is
to take place at the time so appointed. All persons indebted to the said John
Farndale, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same
but to Mr John Edwin Marshall, Clerk at the said Court, at his office, at
Stockton, the Official Assignee of the estate and effects of the said
insolvent.
The
entry in 1860 records that he was sent to Durham Prison for a periof of time, for debt.
1854
Within
three years after his bankruptcy, he seems to have started to act as a corn
agent. The Darlingtion and Stockton
Times, 30 September 1854: WHEAT SOWING. THE PATENT SANTIARY COMPANY’S
‘CARBON MANURE’ is strongly recxommended as a Fertilsier. May be had of J
FARNDALE, CORN AGENT, STOCKTON.
John’s
son, John George Farndale (FAR00337)
wrote home to his father from the Crimean War.
1855
The
Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, 21 April 1855,
the Newcastle Chronicle, 20 April 1855 and
other media: TURNIP MANURE. THE “PATENT SANITARY COMPANY’S NITO-PHOSPHATED
CARBON” OR BLOOD MANURE, Price Six Guineas per Ton; may be had of … MR J
FARNDALE, Stockton … The above manure contains upwards of 1300 pounds of dried
blood in every ton! and is only half the price of guano. Four or five
cwts per acre is sufficient for turnips.
1856
Only
five years after his bankrupcy, he was back in society, contributing to a
sigmnificant statue project, albeit as an agent.
The
Newcastle Journal, 15 March 1856: MONUMENT
TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY. At a public meeting of the
friends of the late Most Honourable the Marquess of Londonderry KG, GCB, Lord
Lieutenant of the county of Durham, and of those who respect his memory, held
at the town hall, in the city of Durham, on Thursday the 6th day of March,
1856, to take into consideration the propriety of erecting a public monument
in his honour of that distinguished nobleman. His grace the Duke of
Cleveland KG in the Chair, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:
moved by F D Johnson Esq of Askley Heads, seconded by the Right Worshipful the
Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne: (1) That this meeting is of opinion that the
high minded, generous, and benevolent character of the late Marquess of
Londonderry, as a resident nobleman, his indomitable courage, and brilliant
exploits as a soldier, and his bold and successful efforts to develop and extend
the commercial, mining, and maritime resource is of this County, called for
some public momento to hand down his memory to posterity. Moved
by the Worshipful the Mayor of Durham, seconded by Ralph Carr Esq of
Bishopwearmouth. (2) That to accomplish this object, a suitable monument be
erected by subscription, the site and character of which will be determined
at a meeting of the contributors to be hereinafter convened. Moved by R L
Pemberton Esq of Barnes, seconded by Robert White Esq of Seaham. (3) That the
following noblemen and gentlemen be appointed to a committee to carry out the
object of the above resolutions, with power to add to their number, and to form
local committees, viz: His grace the Duke of Cleveland, the Right Honourable,
the Earl of Durham, F D Johnson Esq, William Standish Esq... The following
sums were subscribed at the close of the meeting: The Duke of Cleveland
£200, the Earl of Durham £100, J R Mowbray Esq MP, £25... LAND AGENT AND
TENANTRY ON SOUTH ESTATES.... John Farndale, Long Newton £1 10s 0d...
1859
By
April 1859, he was practising as an insurance agent, operatig in Stockton:
The
Durham County Advertiser, 8 April 1859: AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCE AND FARMING STOCK INSURANCE AT 3s 6d AND 4s PER CENT. STATE FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY. CHIEF OFFICES: NO 32, LUDGATE HILL, AND 3 PALL MALL EAST,
LONDON. Fire officers generally having increased the rates of premium for
insurance on agricultural products and farming stock from 3s 6d per cent,
to 4s 6d percent, without the average clause; The Directors of this Company,
from their experience, finding the rate hitherto charged adequate to the risk,
are now prepared to accept proposals at the following rates viz. With the
average clause, 3s 6d per cent, Without the average clause, 4s per cent. No
expense will attend the transfer of policies from other offices. The company
also undertakes every description of risk at adequate rates. Losses sent
settled promptly and liberally. Agents required, to whom a liberal commission
will be allowed. Applications to be made to the secretary, No 32, Ludgate Hill,
London.... Stockton: Mr J Farndale.
He
was also an agent in the fertiliser/guano trade:
The
York Herald, 16 April 1859: TO
LANDOWNERS, FARMERS ANMD OTHERS. GUANO. It is now an established fact that
guanos which are rich in phosphates of lime are more suitable for the
growth of root crops, grass etc than those guanos containing ammonia, which
in their turn are best adapted for the growth of white crops. I give you below
the analysis of a cargo of Korria Mooria Guano, direct from the Islands, which
you will find is very rich in phosphates, and is a valuable manure for turnips
and root crops of every description, and which will be charged at a price
exceedingly low compared with its value as a fertiliser, viz: Phosphate of
Lime 61.50%; Organic Matter 8.25%; Sulphate of Lime: 2.75%; Inorganic matter
15.75%; Moisture 11.75% - 100%, containing nitrogen 33%, equal to ammonia 40%.
Orders taken by Mr William Pybus, Mr. John Farndale, and others in the guano
trade. S Ingledew, Stockton on Tees, March 11th 1859. Would make a good top
dressing for wheat, oats or barley.
The
York Herald, 11 June and 2 July 1859: IMPORTANT
TO FLOCKMASTERS. THOMAS RIGG, Agricultural and Veterinary Chemist, by
Appointment, to HRH the Prince Consort, KG, begs to solicit orders for his
SHEEP DIPPING COMPOSITION, for the destruction of Tick, Lice etc; And for
the prevention of fly, scab etc. Also for his SPECIFIC OR LOTION, FOR SCAB IN
SHEEP OR MANGE IN HORSES OF DOGS. It is only necessary, in giving orders, to
state the numbers of sheep to have the right quantity of each sent. Leicester
House, Great Dover Street, Borough, London. Agents … Farndale - J
Rickaby, Grocer...
1860
In
1860, John Farndale featured as a witness in his capacity as agent in a
trial. The article records that John Farndale had been sent to Durham prison
for debt. John had suffered bankruptcy, so presumably he went to Durham Prison
at that time, although there is a suggestion in the article that it was in 1859
that he went to Durham Prison for debt.
The
Durham Chronicle and Durham County Advertiser, 9
March 1860: BRAITHWAITE v THE NATIONAL; LIVE STOCKL INSURANCE
COMPANY. MR DAVISON for The plaintiff, Mr. James QC and Mr Fowler for the
defendants. On the part of the plaintiff it was stated that Mr Braithwaite was
a farmer and a butcher residing at Stockton, occupying land in the immediate
neighbourhood, for which he paid £114 a year rent. The plaintiff kept dairy
cows, and for the last three years passed he had insured his stock
with the National Livestock Insurance Company. The date of the policy was
the 30th of June 1859. According to the regulations of the Society the cows
were put in at a certain price, the plaintiff naming the cow in question as of
the value of £16, though in point of fact she was worth £22. By the regulations
of the policy of an insurer is entitled to recover three quarters of the value
of which any animal is entered. The cow in question was called the Newsham cow,
from the name of the farm on which she was bred, and the first appearance of
illness was on the last day, or very nearly the last day, in July. Mr
Braithwaite sent for Mr Eyre, an experienced veterinary surgeon, and he, after
examining it, gave it his opinion that nothing particular was the matter with
the cow. The cow went on feeding and milking until the 3rd of August when it
was observed that she did not chew her cud. After Mr Eyre had seen her, the
plaintiff gave notice to Mr Farndale, the local agent of the insurance
society. Mr Farndale saw her, but he was afterwards sent to Durham prison
for debt, and did not see her afterwards. The cow continued to be attended
by Mr Eyre until the 29th of August when she died. A claim of £12 was
afterwards made upon the Society...
1861
The
1861 Census for 3 Alma Street, Stockton recorded that John Farndale, was
married, 63 years old, and a corn merchant, living with Elizabeth Farndale, his
wife, 68, born 1793 in Yarm. So it seems that he had married Elizabeth
Farndale at some stage.
By 1861,
John Farndale was writing.
A review of his Guide to Saltburn by the Sea appeared in the Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser on
21 Drecember 1861:
REVIEW
A GUIDE TO SALTBURN-BY-THE SEA. BY JOHN FARNDALE.
The writer of this little book of some thirty
pages is a native of Kilton, an adjoining village to Saltburn, and as a
great part of the contents refers to this little village the book should be
called “the history of kilton, near Saltburn by the sea,” of which latter
place he had said little, for what can be said of a place till lately scarcely
heard of beyond its own fields. It is to become a noted place, for he
informs his readers that a hotel is being built to cost £31,000, building
sites are freely offered, and a building society is ready to advance
money on easy terms to any person desirous of speculating in bricks and
mortar. The description he gives of the surrounding country represents some
fine scenery of hill and dale; wood and water, which must tend to make Saltburn
by the Sea attractive to visitors. The writer of the “Guide” makes no
pretensions to authorship, and presents his readers with a sermon at the end,
occupying about a third of the book.
John
Farndale first wrote of Saltburn at a time when it was to evolve from a small
fishing village, well known for its smuggling history, into a modern Victorian
seaside resort, with its own reilway station and grand hotel.
1862
The Stockton
Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser, 24 October 1862: BISHOPTON LANE
STOCKTON. TOBE SOLD, BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, a Good DWELLING HOUSE Situate in
Bishopton Lane, called the LEEDS HOTEL. Apply to I (sic, recte J)
Farndale, No 5, Stamp St, Stockton on Tees.
Although the
reference is to I Farndale, there were no I Farndales at the time and this is
the address of John Farndale (see below). Bishopton Lane is where Robert Farndale of the Stockton 2 Line operated his
grocery business from. Did John Farndale of the Kilton 1 Line work in the same circles as his
relatives of the Stockton 2 Line
at this time?
The
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland
Advertiser, 24 January 1862: TO LET. With Immediate Possession. A SEVEN
ROOMED HOUSE, 21 ALMA STREET, Stockton-on-Tees. Apply Mr JOHN FARNDALE, 5,
Stamp Street. This same property was advertised by Robert Farndale in 1863, so
presumably John Farndale was sellng it as an agent for his relative, Robert.
1863
The
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland
Advertiser, 26 June and 3 July 1863: FOR SALE, A PASSAGE WARRANT TO
AUSTRALIA AT HALF PRICE. Open until July, 1863, for a single eligible young
man. Apply (post paid) to JOHN FARNDALE, 20, Park row, Stockton-on-Tees.
The Stockton Herald, South Durham
and Cleveland Advertiser, 4 September 1863:
REVIEW
A GUIDE TO SALTBURN-BY-THE SEA. BY JOHN FARNDALE.
This little book has now reached a second
edition, which we think rather extraordinary. The author makes no
pretensions to a literary production, but has compiled an amusing book,
and given a description of Saltburn and the surrounding country in his
quaint manner. Having been born on a farm in the neighbourhood, and lived
to be an old man, he has called up memories of the departed who had
figured their little day unseen and unknown beyond the village or farm.
The book contains a map of Saltburn, and the country round, with a plan of
the intended town, and a view of Zetland Hotel. To most our of our readers
in this in the distance, Saltburn by the Sea is a name almost unknown.
The Stockton and Darlington railway company have made a line from Redcar
to an out of the way place which possesses some extraordinary natural
appearances and fine sea beach. Here they have erected a very spacious hotel
to the east of some £30,000. A plan of the town has been laid out, and several
houses have been erected, with the intention of making the place a summer
resort for sea bathers. The author of the guide has described the roads around
the intended town's drives for visitors, and has given matters matter which
will afford amusement to the readers. At present Saltburn contains but few
buildings, but every inducement is offered to encourage persons to build.
The place is very is a very pleasant one and may someday become a town when
this little book will be in demand.
The
Whitby Gazette, 21 November 1863: TO
OWNERS OF LAND CONTAINING IRONSTONE. ANY party having ironstone to dispose
of in the neighbourhood of a railway or the sea coast, may hear of a
customer by application to a B, Care of Mr Farndale, Bishopton Lane, Stockton
on Tees. November 16th 1863.
1864
By 1864,
John was acknowledged as an author. John Farndale wrote a
fourth edition to his small guidebook about Saltburn by the Sea in 1864 noting
that Saltburn was but an `embryo`, but he complimented the Improvement Company,
noting that they already made substantial progress as “already the hand of
improvement has effected (sic) a revolution at this place”. The Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser, 5
August and 16 September 1864: NOW READY – FOURTH EDITION. THE
GUIDE TO THE CLEVELAND DISTRICT and SALTBURN BY THE SEA, enlarged and with
Additional Rambles, and an interesting brief supplement on the science of
the animal, vegetable, and mineral Kingdom in the Cleveland district. May
be had of all booksellers, Messrs Webster and Smith, High Street; And the
author, John Farndale, 20 Park Row, Stockton.
In
his book on Saltburn, in 1864, he advertised: JOHN FARNDALE. CORN MERCHANT,
COMMISSION AGENT, AND AGENT. To the London General Plate Glass Assurance
Company, capital £10,000. Yorkshire Fire and Life Assurance Company, capital
£500,000. Norfolk Farmers Livestock Assurance Company, capital £500,000. And
Accidental Death Assurance Company, capital £100,000. 20 Park Row, Stockton on
Tees.
So
by the 1860s when he was writing his books, as recorded in the 1871 census, he
was an insurance agent and corn merchant.
In
1865 there was an extraordinary squabble between two authors, John Farndale,
and a man named William White Collins Seymour. William White Collins
Seymour accused John of writing a defamatory work about him (possibly
‘Goliah is dead’), advertised by a pamphlet “Shortly will be published the
Life of the notorious Seymour”, and assaulted him in Stockton.
In the Leeds Times,
15 April 1865:
A SQUABBLE BETWEEN RIVAL AUTHORS. At the Stockton
Police Court, on Thursday, William W C Seymour, quack doctor, of
Middlesbrough, author of “Who’s Who?”, “The Gridiron”, and “other “popular
works” was charged with an assault on John Farndale, author of “A Guide
to Saltburn by the Sea” and an unpublished work, to be designated “Goliah is
Dead”.
The plaintiff, in narrating his complaint, said
that defendant, a person to whom he had never spoke in his life, and
with whom he had no connection whatever, assailed him on the previous day in
the Market place. He used the most abusive language to him, charged
him with being the author of a certain handbill entitled “Shortly will be
published, the Life of the notorious Seymour”, and alleged also that he had
been actively employed in circulating copies of that bill. Exasperated by the
language which defendant had used he, (plaintiff) did call him a “wicked
brute” when he (defandant) lifted his foot and kicked him behind
(Laughter). The kick was a severe one; in fact it had inflicted a wound (Great
Laughter). He had undergone a medical examination that morning, and intended to
be examined again (Roars of laughter).
Defendant then addressed the magistrates at
considerable length, premising that the charge was of such a paltry
description that he had not thought it necessary to avail himself of
professional assistance. He then proceeded to say that he had at one time
been brought before the magistrates for using the language of an eminent
statesman; the next day for reading Thomas Hood’s lyrics; a third time for
calling a man a cobbler; and that day for inflicting a serious injury upon
that eminent and distinguished, that moral and pious man, John Farndale. He
then proceeded to enumerate his own publications – “Who’s Who” &c; stated
that complainant, who was John Dunning’s protégé, had charged him with giving
2s for a dishonoured bill of a Middlesbrough magistrate; had circulated
placards professing to give his (defendant’s) history in connection with certain
electioneering matters in the county of Warwick, charging him with
seducing a publican’s daughter, with sending his son away to die in a
foreign land, &c. So far as electioneering matters were concerned,
everything was fair, from kissing a man’s wife to knocking him down; but as
regards the other charges they were totally unfounded, and while what he
wrote was public property, parties who commented upon it must adhere to the
truth. As regarded the assault, complainant first laid his hands upon
his shoulders and called him a blackguard, and he then raised his foot, but
did not strike complainant. Complainant called him a liar, and that was a
monosylable he would not submit to from any man in the country; neither would
he suffer those who were dear to him to be held up to public ridicule by a
contemptible nondescript like that.
Complainant “wished to say a
dozen lines” but was told the case was closed.
The magistrates, by a majority, decided to
inflict a penalty of 5s and 11s costs, the Mayor observing that but for the
provocation the penalty would have been heavier.
Defendant: I bow to the bench. Such things
generally prove a very excellent investment and are returned a hundredfold.
Having paid his fine, he left the court, observing that a great statesman had
said that there were only two ways of dealing with a rogue – one was a whip and
the other something else. The Mayor said that might be so; but it should not be
adopted if other means could be used.
The
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 8 April 1865:
EXTRAORDINARY
ASSAULT CASE AT STOCKTON. Yesterday, at Stockton, before J Byers, Esq. (mayor),
W Richardson, P Romyn and R Craggs, Esqs., Mr W W C Seymour, a gentleman of
considerable celebrity, was charged by Mr John Farndale, of Stockton, with
assault.
The
plaintiff, in narrating his complaint said that the defendant, a person whom he
had never spoke to in his life, and with whom he had no connection whatever,
assailed him on the previous day in the Market Place. He used the most abusive language to him,
charged him with being the author of a certain handbill entitled “Shortly will
be published the Life of the Notorious Seymour”; alleged also that he had been
actively employed in circulating copies of that bill. Exasperated by the
language which the defendant had used he (the plaintiff) did call him a “wicked
brute”, when he (defendant) lifted his foot and kicked him behind. (Laughter).
Had been labouring in great pain ever since and was almost unable to sit in
consequence. Never gave the man any offence. To the bench: The kick was a
severe one. In fact it had inflicted a wound. (Great laughter). He had
undergone a medical examination that morning, and intended to be examined
again. (Roars of laughter). Defendant charged him with writing some kind of circular
but he (the plaintiff) knew nothing about it. The assault took place at the
Shambles ed.
The
plaintiff was further subjected to a severe examination by the defendant, the
cross fire kept up between the two creating considerable merriment in court.
Two
witnesses, William Artian and George M’Naster, were called as witnesses by the
plaintiff, and from their evidence it appeared that an assault had been
committed.
Defendant,
in addressing the Bench, enumerated several grievances, mentioning inter alia
the fact that he (plaintiff) had called him a liar, a monosyllable he would not
take from any man in the country, and he held that the assault, not nearly so
severe as had been alleged, was in some sort excusable.
The
Bench, after consulting for a short time, said they
were of the opinion that the assault had been committed, although doubtless
there had been some provocation, therefore they fined defendant 5s and
costs.
John
Farndale may have been the author of an unpublished publication called Goliah
is Dead.
William
WC Collins was the author of "The Evil Genius of Middlesbrough or Town
Council Decadence. An epistle to Gabey Tyke" and Who’s Who. How is
Middlesbrough Ruled and Governed, 1864 and The Middlesbrough Pillory or
Tommy Tommyticket’s Disqualification for a magistrate with a satirical epistle
to King Randolph on Brute Force, 1965.
Perhaps
as a fellow authors in the same area at the same time, the two struck up a
rivalry.
John
Farndale was a witness to the Will of his sister,
Anna Phillips (nee Farndale), in which he was recorded as a Corn Merchant: The
Will of Anna Phillips late of Stokesley in the county of York deceased who died
22 November 1867 at Stokesley aforesaid was proved at York by the oath of John
Farndale of Stockton upon Tees in the County of Durham Corn Merchant the sole
Executor.
1868
By 1868,
John Farndale was in business with a man named Burlinson.
The Richmond and Ripon Chronicle, 17 October 1868:
GYPSUM MANURE. GYPSUM or SULPHATE of LIME (Pure, not a made Gypsum), 30s per
Ton. In 2 cwt Bags, charged 6d each if not returned. Manufactured and Sold by BURLINSON
and FARNDALE, CLEVELAND WORKS, SOUTH STOCKTON ON TEES. Carriage paid
on 10 Tons Orders and upwards to any Station within 50 miles, on receipt of
Cheque with order direct to the Works.
The
Darlington & Richmond Herald, 9 May 1868:
STOCKTON ON TEES. TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION. At the Talbot Hotel, in
Stockton, in the county of Durham, on Thursday, the 21st May, 1868, at six
o’clock in the Evening, in the following or such other lots as may be agreed
upon at the time of sale, and subject to such conditions as shall then be
produced. Message Henderson and Hornby, Auctioneers.... Lot 2. All that
copyhold DWELLING HOUSE, situate and being No 5, in Queen Street, Stockton,
with the outbuildings and appurtenances, now in the occupation of Mr John
Farndale....
1869
The
Richmond & Ripon Chronicle, 30 January 1869:
GYPSUM MANURE OR SULPHATE OF LIME. Messrs BURLINSON AND FARNDALE, ,
SOUTH STOCKTON-ON-TEES, ARE PREPARED to SUPPLY this Valuable MANURE,
recommended by some of the most scientific authorities for increasing crops,
and in fixing the qualities of farmyard manures; also as a deodoriser in
preventing disease among cattle, its benefits are incalculable. Testimonials
and references, from those who have had practical experience of its value, may
be had on application. Price at the works, 30s, per ton, net cash. Bags charged
for, if not retured.
The
Northern Weekly Gazette, 24 December 1869: IMPORTANT
TO BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. PORTLAND and LIGHT ROMAN CEMENTS and
PLASTER OF PARIS are manufactured of first rate and warranted quality, at the
CLEVELAND CEMENT AND PLASTER WORKS, SOUTH STOCKTON BY BURLINSON AND FARNDALE.
Also dealers in LATHES (Patent & Rivers), CEMENT and MARBLE CHIMNEY PIECES
(of every design and size) of first class finish, at most reasonable prices.
Goods of their manufacture. Carriage paid in two ton lots. Price lists and
terms on application. Sample orders promptly executed.
1870
In 1870 John wrote: The History of the Ancient Hamlet of
Kilton-in-Cleveland, printed by W Rapp,
Dundas Street, Saltburn 1870; The History
of Kilton dedicated to the Reverend William Jolley , Returning Immigrant, by
John Farndale, The Emigrants Return, printed by Burnett and Hood, Exchange
Offices, Middlesborough, 1870 and a further edition of A Guide to
Saltburn by Sea by John Farndale - Farndale,
John, A Guide To Saltburn By The Sea and the Surrounding District With Remarks
on Its Picturesque Scenery, (Darlington: Hird, 1864)
A text, Impact of Agricultural Change on the Rural Community - a
case study of Kilton circa 1770-1870, Janet Dowey includes much
about John Farndale and his writings and there are extracts from this at John Farndale’s Writings
page and at the Klton page.
John
Farndale 1791 to 1879
John and
his business partner, Burlinson, seem to have been in financial difficulty
again by 1870. A very large number of similar advertisements
appeared in newspapers in 1869 and 1870. The Northern
Weekly Gazette, 21 January 1870: SALES BY AUCTION. SOUTH STOCKTON. TO
FARMERS, MANURE MANUFACTURERS AND OTHERS. MESSRS PYBUS AND SON will SELL BY
AUCTION under a distress for rent, on the premises lately occupied by
Messrs Burlinson, Farndale and Co, South Stockton, on Wednesday, January
26, 1870, about 50 tons of gypsum, in lots to suit purchases. Sale to commence
at three o’clock in the afternoon prompt.
A
Report of the Stockton Board of Health in the Northern
Weekly Gazette on 29 July 1870: Gentlemen, I beg to report that the
levelling, paving, flagging, and channelling of George Street, King Street, and
Thorpe Street have been completed, and I lay before you the amount of
apportionment incurred by the Board amongst the several owners off premises
fronting, adjoining, or abutting there on, as under, viz... Thorpe Street …John
Farndale £3 8s 8 ¾ d.
The
Daily Gazette for Middelesbrough, 24 October 1870:
NON PAYMENT OF RENTS. … Messrs Burlinson and Farndale did not answer to a
summons charging them with non payment of poor rate amounting £2 10s 10d.
An order for the amount and costs was made, in default distress….
1871
By 1871
John Farndale was continuing to work as an insurance broker, and was living on
his own in Stokesley.
The
1871 Census for 49 Back Lane, Stokesley
listed John Farndale, a widower, aged 79, insurance agent living with
Joseph Blackburn, his grandson, aged 9. Joseph Blackburn was the son of his
daughter Elizabeth nee Farndale (FAR00319) and Joseph
Doutwaite Blackburn.
1873
The
Northern Echo, 21 February 1873: Back
Lane, Stokelsely. MR WATSON, of Guisborough, is instructed by Mr
John Farndale, who is leaving the place to sell by auction, on Saturday,
February 22nd, 1873, the following modern household furniture and effects:
Eight days Clock in Mahogany case, Half chest of Mahogany Drawers, four
Mahogany Chairs and one Arm ditto, pianoforte, Mahogany Desk and Drawers,
Centre Table, 2 Oak Tables, Weather Glass, American Clock, four Kitchen Chairs
and cushions, Secretaire and Bookcase, Camp Bedstead and mattress, Iron
Bedstead and mattresses, Iron bedstead and mattress, Prime feather Bed, bolster
and pillows, blankets, sheets, counterpanes, oak Washstand and Chamber service,
Carpets, Druggets, Ma’s, Pier Glass, Dressing glasses, Stair carpets, and Brass
rods, fenders and fire irons, several engravings, Rollin’s Ancient History,
Wesley’s works, Fletchers works, Benson's commentary on the scriptures,
Josephus on the History of the Jews, and a variety of other valuable works,
Kitchen table with bottle rack attached, tea and breakfast services, plates and
dishes, scales and weights, small anvil, garden tools, and a quantity of sacks
and bags. The house to be let, and may be viewed on application to Mr F
B Martin, and possession given immediately after the sale. Sale punctually at
one o’clock. Cleveland sale offices, Guisborough, Redcar, and Stokesley.
1874
On
his 84th birthday he wrote his memoirs imn 1874. He stated that he was in good
health.
1877
The
Northern Echo, Monday14 May 1877: A
STOCKTON WIFE BEATER. On Saturday James Moss, Taylor, was brought up charged
with assaulting his wife, Elizabeth, on the preceding day. Prosecutrix stated
that her husband arrived home about three o’clock in the afternoon in a state
of drunkenness, and after abusing her followed her into a neighbour’s house on
the gallery, where he assaulted her. Prisoner was further charged with being
drunk and disorderly at the magistrate clerks office at the same time. Mr
Jennings, deputy magistrates clerk, deposed to the prisoner’s wife entering the
office for protection followed by her husband, who made a great disturbance and
attracted a crowd of people. Mr Farndale forcibly ejected him, when he
pulled his coat off and wanted to fight. He was very drunk at the time. For
assaulting his wife he was fined 10s 6d and 9s 6d costs, or in default of
payment a month imprisonment; And for the second charge fined 5S and 4S6D
costs, or seven days imprisonment.
1878
John Farndale aged
86 years, Gentleman, died of senile debility at Kilton. Charles
Farndale, his son was present at the death 28 January 1878 (Birth Certificate, Brotton
PR) He was buried at Brotton on 31 January 1878. The York Herald, 1 February 1878: DEATHS. FARNDALE
– January 28th, at Kilton, aged 86 years, Mr John Farndale.
His gravestone Old Brotton
Churchyard: In memory of Martha the wife of John Farndale who died 6th
December 1839 aged 39 years. Emma their daughter on the 18th aged 18 days.
Verse. [unreadable]. Also the above John Farndale who died 28th January 1878
aged 86 years, loved and respected. Thou hast been my Defence and Refuge in the
Days of my thoughts.
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