William Farndale
1 August 1822 (baptised) to 25 March 1899
(buried)
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Bishop Wilton
1822
William Farndale,
son of William and Margaret (nee Weard)
Farndale (FAR00220A) of
Bishop Wilton, labourer, was baptised at Bishop Wilton on 1 August 1822 (Bishop Wilton PR).
Bishop
Wilton is 10km east of York.
1845
William Farnele (sic) married Mary Leppington at Wharram
Percy on 9 August 1845 (Wharram Percy PR).
William
Leppington (FAR00364A)
was born in 1845 (census) and adopted into the family of William and Mary Farndale
after they married.
1846
Ann Farndale (FAR00369) was
born in 1846 in Pocklington district (mother’s maiden name Leppington) and the
birth was registered in the third quarter of 1846 (GRO
Vol 23 page 80). William was a labourer at the time of Ann’s birth. She
was also adopted into the family of William and Mary Farndale after they
married.
Ann Farndale’s
birth record shows her mother’s maiden name was Leppington. She may have been
called Esther (see Thomas Farndale record). But it seems she was Mary
Leppington (1822 to 1879). They probably married in about 1846.
1849
John Farndale (FAR00379A) was born
at Bishop Wilton on 23 April 1849 in Pocklington district (mother’s maiden name
Leppington) and the birth was registered in the second quarter of 1849 (Birth
Certificate, GRO Vol 23 page 80).
1851
1851
Census, Barton-le-Street
John
Farndale, aged 3, the grandson of James Langdale (the head of the household and
an agricultural labourer) and his grandmother, Easter (?) Langdale. William
Farndale was also living at the property, then aged 26 and an agricultural
labourer.
1852
Thomas Farndale (FAR00394) was born in
Pocklington District at Bishop Wilton in 1852 (mother’s maiden name Leppington)
and the birth was registered in the second quarter of 1852 (GRO Vol 9d page 60).
1854
Mark Farndale (FAR00408) was born in the
Pocklington District at Bishop Wilton on 9 September 1854 (mother’s maiden name
Leppington) and the birth was registered in the fourth quarter of 1854 (GRO Vol 9d page 49).
1857
Charles Farndale (FAR00425A),
was born in 1857. Charles Farndale’s birth was registered
Pocklington District in the first quarter of 1857 (GRO Vol 9d page 54).
1859
Hannah Farndale (FAR00434A)
was born in 1859 (census).
The property in
Bishop Wilton where William Farndale was staying in 1859, was sold at auction:
Yorkshire
Gazette, 25 June 1859, also in the York Herald on 11 and 18
June 1859: BISHOP WILTON NEAR POCKLINGTON. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY
MR TIPLING. At the House of Mr. James Jepsen, the Cross Keys Inn, Bishop
Wilton, in the county of York, on Friday, the 15th day of July, 1859, at four
o’clock in the afternoon, either together or in the following or such other
lots as shall be agreed upon at the time of sale, unless previously disposed off by private contract, of which notice will be given, and
subject to conditions of sale which will then be read, LOT 1 - All those four and several messuages or
dwelling houses, in the hereditaments and premises thereto belonging, situated
on the north side of the town of Bishop Wilton aforesaid; also the excellent
garden, immediately behind the said dwelling houses, and containing half an
acre, more or less. The above premises are in the occupations of
Messrs John Tipling, James Beal, William Farndale, and William Foster...
Tadcaster, 7th June, 1859.
Margaret Farndale
(FAR00445A) was born at
South Lodge, Aberford in or about 1861 (census).
1861
Census – Aberford, Tadcaster
William
Farnell, 46, shepherd
Mary
Farnell, 39
William
Farnell, 16, servant
Ann
Farnell, 14
John
Farnell, 11
Thomas
Farnell, 8
Mark
Farnell, 6
Charles
Farnell, 4
Hannah
Farnell, 2
Margaret
Farnell, 7 months
1862
Yorkshire
Gazette, 3 and 10 May 1862: BISHOP WILTON NEAR POCKLINGTON. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR
TIPLING. At the Cross Keys Inn, Bishop Wilton, in the county of York, on
Friday, the 16th day of May, 1862, at four o’clock in the afternoon, either
together or in the following or such other lots as shall be agreed upon at the
time of sale, unless previously disposed off by
private contract, of which notice will be given, and subject to conditions of
sale which will then be read, LOT 1 -
All those four and several messuages or dwelling houses, in the
hereditaments and premises thereto belonging, situated on the north side of the
town of Bishop Wilton aforesaid; also the excellent garden, immediately behind
the said dwelling houses, and containing half an acre, more or less. The
above premises are now or lately were in the occupations of Messrs John
Tipling, James Beal, William Farndale, and William Foster...
1863
York
Herald, 12 September 1863 WETHERBY AGHRICLTURAL SOCIETY. THE ANNUAL SHOW. The above society,
one of the oldest in this county, held its twenty fourth annual exhibition of
stock and implements yesterday, Friday, in the park of Major Gunter, of the
Grange, Wetherby, and whether for convenience, beauty of situation, or
capaciousness, there is no site near... The first prize to the shepherd was
given to William farndale, and the second to S Kitching, both of Bramham....
Yorkshire
Gazette, 12 September 1863: Also a prize of 6s, for shepherd, to Wm Farndale … both of
Bramham.
1864
George Farndale (FAR00453A) was born on 17
September 1864, the son of William Farndale, a shepherd of Aberford.
1871
Census – Barwick in Elmet
William Farndel, shepherd
Mary Farndel, 49
Margeret Farndel, 10
Charles Farndel, 14
Hannah Farndel, 12
George Farndel, 8
1879
Mary Farndale,
aged 57, died in 1879 and was buried on 28 June 1879 at Bramham (Bramham PR). They lived at the Thatched House,
Berwick in Elmet.
1881
Census
1881 –
Barwick in Elmet, Tadcaster
William Farndale,
61, a widower, a shepherd, born in Bishop Wilton
Margaret
Farndale, daughter, 20, ‘shepherd’s daughter’ (ie
born 1861)(FAR00445A)
George Farndale,
18, ‘shepherd’s son’ (ie born 1863) (FAR00453A)
Berwick
in Elmet and Tadcaster are 20km west of York, near the current A1.
1882
Mary Farndale (FAR00586A) was born in or about
1882.
1885
Alfred (“Fred”) Leperton Farndale (FAR00605) was born
in or about 1885.
1889
Alice Farndale (FAR00633A) was born on 5
September 1889.
1891
Census
1891,
from the civil parish of Aberford in the Administrative County of York
William Farndale
shown as the head, a widower, aged 68, living at 138 Blackfern Lodge. A retired
shepherd who was born in Bishop Wilton.
He lived at Black
Fern Lodge, and the only other person registered is his daughter, Margaret
Farndale (FAR00445A),
aged 30, born at South Lodge, Aberford.
1891
Census – St John’s Hill, Aberford, Tadcaster, Yorkshire
Ann
Farndale, 46, widow and head
George
Farndale, 13, born Bickerton about 1878, agricultural labourer
Mary
Farndale, 9, born Saxton about 1882
Thomas
Farndale, 6, born Saxton about 1885
Alfred
Farndale, 5, born Saxton about 1886
Alice
Farndale, 2, born Saxton about 1889
1899
William Farndale died Tadcaster District aged 76
in the first quarter of 1899 and was buried on 25 March 1876 at Barwick in
Elmet (GRO Vol 9c page 525).
1901
1901
Census – Main Street, John’s Hill, Aberford, Tadcaster
Ann
Farndale, head, 56
Tom
Farndale, single, 17, born Saxton in 1884, horseman on farm
Fred
Farndale, 15, pony driver pit underground, born Saxton in 1886
Alice Farndale, 12 scholar, born Saxton in 1889.
