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Agricultural
labourer and licenced hawker/letter carrier and later a postman |
William Farndale
FAR00286
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1824
William Farndale, son of Jethro and
Alice Farndale, (FAR00218),
was baptised at Coxwold on 27 December 1824 (Coxwold PR & IGI). The family lived at
Yearsley and Jethro was a farmer.
1846
He may have been
the father of Maria Jane Farndale or Wood (FAR00367), who was
born out of marriage to Mary Wood at Wetwang (about
20km SE of Malton) and baptised on 1 March 1846. William Farndale was shown as
the father.
1847
William Farndale married Bessy Langdale on 24 July 1847. William Farndale of full age, a bachelor, farm servant of Barton-le-Street, near Malton son of Jethro Farndale,(FAR00218) a labourer, by banns married Bessy Langdale of full age, a spinster, a dressmaker of Barton-le-Street, daughter of James Langdale, a labourer at the Parish Church, Barton-le-Street, on 24 July 1847. The certificate was signed by William, and Bessy made her mark. The witnesses, John Farndale (FAR00293), James Sampson and Esther Langdale. JW Raw was the Vicar. (MC). William was aged 23.
John Farndale (FAR00374), son of William
Farndale, agricultural labourer of Barton-le-Street, Hovingham, Malton and
Bessy Farndale, formerly Langdale, was born at Barton-le-Street on 13 August
1847 (BC).
1849
William Farndale, son of William and Bessy (nee
Langdale) Farndale, was baptised in Malton District in the first quarter of
1849 (FAR00377).
1851
1851 Census – Barton-le-Street (4km west of Malton)
James Langdale (William’s father in law), 56, agricultural labourer
Easter Langdale, 56, his wife
William Farndale, 26, agricultural
labourer
Betsy Farndale, William’s wife, 25
John Farndale, 3
William Farndale, 2
James Farndale (FAR00388), son of William and
Elizabeth Farndale (formerly Langdale) Farndale, was baptised at
Barton-le-Street on 19 October 1851 and died when he was only four years old.
1855
Elizabeth Farndale (FAR00415) was born in 1855.
1857
James Farndale (FAR00427) was baptised at
Appleton le Street on 13 December 1857.
1859
George Farndale (FAR00437) was born at
Appleton-le-Street in the first quarter of 1859.
1860
Mary Farndale (FAR00441), daughter of William
and Bessy Farndale, was baptised at Appleton-le-Street, Yorks on 9 December
1860 (Appleton PR).
1861
1861 Census – Appleton Street (1km east of Barton le
Street)
William Farndale, 37, licensed hawker
Betsy Farndale, William’s wife, 36,
dressmaker
John Farndale, 13
William Farndale, 12
Elizabeth Farndale, 5
James Farndale, 3
George Farndale 2
Mary Farndale, 5 months
Although the words
costermonger, hawker and pedlar were used interchangeably, the costermonger or hawker
was, technically speaking, someone who sold his wares by crying them out in
the street. The pedlar travelled the countryside with his wares, visiting
houses along the way to sell them. The coming of the railway provided a fast
and economical way to deliver merchandise throughout the country and all but
brought an end to the travelling pedlar by the latter part of the nineteenth century but costermongers and hawkers continued to ply their
trade.
With the improvements of
the shipping industry in the nineteenth century, exotic produce came into
England from far away ports and the costermongers brought these goods from the
wholesalers. There were coconuts, pineapples and sponges from the West Indies
and exotic nuts such as the Barcelona, the black Spanish from Spain and Brazil
nuts from South America. While shopkeepers and green grocers pounced on such
shipments as soon as they landed, their patrons were mainly the upper and
middle classes. It was the hawkers and the costermongers who brought these
delicacies to the lower classes, buying and selling in the street for ready
cash.
1862
Ann (Annie) Farndale (FAR00449) was born on 12
February 1862 and baptised at Appleton le Street on 9 August 1863.
1863
VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, APPLETON LE
STREET, near MALTON.
TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, by MR DOUGLAS,
at the Talbot Hotel, Malton on Wednesday the 9th day of December,
1863, at 2:00 in the afternoon, subject to such conditions as will then be
produced, (unless previously disposed of by private contract, of which due
notice will be given) either altogether or in the following or such other lots
as may be agreed upon.
All that valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE,
situate in the parishes of Amotherby and Appleton le
Street in the North Riding of the county of York, containing 93 acres 2 roods
and 25 perches or thereabouts of arable, meadow and pasture
land, with the farmhouse and buildings thereto, belonging, all in the
tenure or occupation of George Legard Esq and a cottage in the
occupation of Mr William Farndale, particulars whereof are as
follows viz:
Lot 1
Far Warden Field
Great Warden Field
Narrow Warden Field
Great Pasture Field
Lot 2
Victoria Pasture
Hurdsmen's Close
Lot 3
House, yard and
outbuildings
Cottage
High Greets
Middle Greets
Long Greets
Potato Plece
Shoulder of Mutton
High Garth
High Garth and building
Garden
Orchard
Croft
Far High Gale Field
Middle High Gale Field
Low Gale Field
Middle Low Gale Field
High Gale Field
The Estate possesses land of the first
quality; is well situated and well farmed. It lies within three
and three quarter miles of the Borough of Malton, and joins the estates
of the Earl of Carlisle, Hugh Meynell Ingram Esq, Creswell Creswell
Esq, and others. The farmhouse and buildings are in good repair,
and situated in the village of Appleton.
Application to view the estate may be
made to Mr Robert Wise, of Auburn Mill, Malton, or to Mr Thomas Buxton,
surveyor, Malton; and Plans at the Estate may be seen
and further particulars obtained at their offices; and at the offices of Messrs
Bloome and Dawson. Solicitors, 27 Albion street,
Leeds. Leeds, 30 October 1863.
(Leeds
Intelligencer, 31 October 1863)
1863
Robert Farndale (FAR00455) was baptised at
Appleton le Street on 9 August 1863.
1866
Thomas Farndale (FAR00474), son of William and
Bessy Farndale of Malton, was born on 2 May 1866 in Malton District (Malton PR).
William Farndale is described as a licensed hawker and a letter carrier in the records of
his son, Thomas (FAR00474)
1864
Jane Farndale (FAR00464)
was born Huttons Ambo in 1864 and
baptised on 8 May 1866 (Hutton Ambro PR).
Coxwold Ampleforth Hovingham
Barton-le-Street Malton
Appleton Huttons Ambo
1867
Charles Farndale (FAR00486), son of William and
Bessy Farndale, was born on 10 September 1867 and baptised at Huttons Ambo, Malton on 17 September
1867 (Hutton Ambro PR)..
1868
Alice Farndale (FAR00493) was born on 12
November 1868 and baptised at Huttons
Ambo on 9 February 1868 (doesn’t quite reconcile) (Hutton
Ambro PR).
1871
1871 Census, Huttons
Ambo:
William Farndale, 45, licensed hawker
(born Yearsley)
Betsy Farndale, William’s wife, 44,
licensed hawker
Elizabeth Farndale, 15, servant out of
situation (b1856)
Mary Farndale, 10 (b1861)
Ann Farndale, 9 (b1862)
Robert Farndale, 7 (b1864)
Jane Farndale, 6 (b1865)
Thomas Farndale, 5 (b1866)
Charles Farndale, 3 (b1868)
Alice Farndale, 2 (b1869)
1872
In 1872, William had considerable success
at the Huttons Ambo Floral Horticultural & Industrial Exhibition:
On Wednesday last, the first free annual
exhibition of flowers, fruits, vegetables, agricultural products, articles of
industry etc was held in the beautiful grounds of Huttons Ambo Hall. Miss
Starkey, the much respected owner of the Hall, not
only kindly granted the use of her finely situated park for the fete, but with
her accustomed liberality gave the entire of the prizes, which were of a
libe4ral character. This being the first exhibition, the greatest interest had
been excited on the part of the parishioners (to whom only the show was open)
as to the success of the experiment. The laudable step taken by Miss Starkey in
establishing the show (of which she was lady president and patron), thus
affording a holiday and a suitable opportunity to the tenants and villagers to
compete with each other in the various departments of the show, had been for
some weeks the theme of favourable comment in the district; and the
parishioners duly recognised the liberality and good wishes of the owner of the
estate in following the example of other places and instituting a fete at
Huttons Ambo. The only drawback which existed in connection with the show was
the unfavourable character of the weather, rain falling from an early hour, and
rendering the ground very uncomfortable for the show, Ther rain continued
throughout the morning, and , though it was tolerably
fair in the afternoon, there was a very cold wind …
The Prizes
GARDENS. Besty cultivated flower garden,
10s, John Gamble; 2, 5s, George Berwick, 3, 2s 6d, Isaac Sollitt. Vegetable
garden, £1, Isaac Sollitt, 2, 10s, J Gamble, 3, 5s, Timothy Hick and W Farndale
equal.
… VEGETABLES: … Cabbages, white, 1. W Farndale … Lettuces …
winter sown … 3 W Farndale … carrots, table … 2, W Farndale
… FRUITS. Open to tenants only … Mangle wurtzel, 1, W Farndale …
1881
1881 Census, Huttons
Ambo:
William Farndale, 56, licensed hawker
(born Yearsley)
Betsy Farndale, William’s wife, 55,
postmistress
James Farndale, 23, gardener, born
Appleton-le-Street
Charles Farndale, 13, scholar, born
Huttons Ambro
Alice Farndale, 12, scholar, born
Huttons Ambro
1881 Hawkers born Yorkshire Index: William Farndale Bessy, Born
circa 1825 Yearsley, Yorkshire, England, living at Huttons Ambo, Yorkshire.
1886
In 1886, William, by now a post master, saved a boy from drowning, but witnessed his
mother and sister drown in the river. Alice and her father William, were witnesses to a tragedy
when a mother and her child were killed in the local river.
Yorkshire
Gazette, 20 March 1886: MURDER AND SUICIDE
NERAR MALTON. In case of what appears to be a deliberate murder and suicide
occurred at the village of Huttons Ambo, near Malton, on Thursday morning, and
has caused the greatest excitement in this usually quiet neighbourhood. It
seems that for about two years past there had lived in the village a Mrs
Harriet Stillborn, widow of the late Mr Charles Stillborn, whose family were
highly respectable farmers in the district. Mrs Stillborn, who was 40 years of age,
was left with two children, a girl and the boy, on the
death of her husband about two years ago, and she has since maintained the
family by keeping a little grocery shop in Low Hutton. Of late, it is stated,
she has not acted very rationally. On Thursday morning, just after half past
eight o’clock, she was seen by Miss Alice Farndale, a young lady resident in
the village, to take her two children by the hands and go across the fields
in the direction of the River Derwent, which flows
very near her house. Miss Farndale states that the children were screaming
at the time, and
seemed very reluctant to accompany their mother. Fearing, therefore, that
something was wrong, Miss Farndale ran to tell her father, who
immediately followed Mrs Stillborn, and was greatly alarmed to see the children
and Mrs Stillborn floating down the river. Springing onto the overhanging
branch of a tree, Mr Farndale succeeded in getting hold of the youngest child,
Arthur Ernest Stillborn, aged 4 ½ years, whom he had once dragged out.
Meanwhile two men, named Thomas Baker and Thomas Dickinson, had seen the action
of the unfortunate woman from the other side of the river, and they ran down
and tried to get the bodies of the mother and daughter out of the water. The
river, being somewhat rough and “wavy”, as well as running rapidly, on account
of the “fresh”, carried both bodies nearly a quarter of a mile, down to a place
called Laysike, and both were got out before they
sank. Of course the greatest excitement prevailed for
some time, but whilst Mr Farndale ran up to his house with the body of the
little boy, those on the bank did the best they could to restore animation
in the mother and daughter, who were laid by the river side. Dr W T Colby, of Malton, was immediately
telegraphed for, and the bodies of Mrs Stillborn and the child who were carried
to an empty cottage near her own residence. The little lad meanwhile was seized
with convulsions, and had several fits, but his rescuers continued their
efforts to restore him, and in this they fortunately succeeded, as the poor
little fellow about two hours after he was taken out of the water had quite
recovered consciousness. Dr Cobly, with Sergeant
Watson, of Malton, arrived on the scene shortly before eleven o’clock, and at
once set about to resuscitate Mrs Stillborn and the other child, both of whose
bodies were warm, but the efforts of both himself and
assistants were entirely useless. Dr Colby was of the opinion
that Mrs Stillborn had died partly from the shock and partly from the
drowning. The child Annie Stillborn, who was thus deprived of life, was a fine,
bright, healthy girl of nine years of age, whilst the mother did not appear to
be of strong physique.
South Wales Echo, 20 March 1886: A MOTHER DROWING HERSELF AND CHILD. A sad affair occurred at
Huttons Ambo, near Malton, on Thursday morning, when Mrs Harriet Stillborn,
widow of Mr Charles Stillborn, grocer etc, of Hutton, threw two of her children
and then jumped herself into the river Derwent, which flows near her house. Miss
Farndale, a lady resident in the village, saw Mrs Stillborn hurrying to the
water side, taking her two children with her. The children were screaming,
and Miss Farndale ran to her father, fearing something was wrong. When
Mr Farndale reached the river the mother and two children were floating on the
water. By great exertions he managed to reach the little boy, child stillborn,
age 4 ½ years, and drag him out. The bodies of Mrs Stillborn, who is 40
years of age, and Annie Stillborn, age nine years, floated down the river for a
quarter of a mile before they were rescued. Dr Colley, of Malton, was sent for,
and tried every means of resuscitation, but without success in the case of the
mother and daughter; But the little boy is recovering. It is stated that the
poor woman, who belonged to a very respectable family, had lately acted and
very strange manner.
Preston Herald, 20 March 1886: MURDER AND SUICIDE. At Hutton Hambo (sic),
East Yorkshire, on Thursday morning, a widow, named Harriet Stillburn,
went to the river Derwent, which runs near to her house, taking her two
children, Charles and Annie, aged 5 and 10
respectively, with her. She threw the children into the water, and then jumped
into the river herself. A Mr Farndale, living near the spot, saw all three
floating down the stream. He rescued the boy, but was unable to reach the
mother and daughter, both of whom were drowned. It is stated that the
mother belonged to a respectable family.
Shields Daily News, 19 March 1886: A MOTHER DROWNING HERSELF AND TWO
CHILDREN. EXCITING SCENE. MALTON, Thursday. A sad affair occurred at Huttons
Ambo, near Malton, this morning, when Mrs Harriet Stillborn, widow of Mr
Charles Stillborn, grocer etc, of Hutton, threw two of her children and then
herself into the river Derwent, which flows near her house. About 8:30 this
morning Miss Farndale, a lady resident in the village, saw Mrs Stillborn
hurrying to the water side with her two children. The children were screaming,
and Miss Farndale ran to tell her father, fearing something was wrong. When Mr
Farndale reached the river the mother and two children were floating on the
water. By great exertions he managed to reach the little boy, Charles
Stillborn, aged 4 ½ years, and brought him out. The body of Mrs Stillborn, who
is 40 years of age, and Annie Stillborn, aged nine years, floated a quarter of
a mile further before they were recovered. Dr Colby of Malton was sent for
directly and tried every means of resuscitation, but without success in the
case of the mother and daughter, but the little boy, being first rescued, is
fortunately recovering. It is stated that the poor lady, who was belongs to a
very respectable family, had lately noted irrationality in her manner.
Leeds Mercury, 20 March 1886:
THE DROWNING OF A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BNEAR
MAKLTON. INQUEST AND VERDICT.
Yesterday afternoon Mr Henry Wood, Coroner for
the York district, held an inquest at Mr. Wm Stillborn’s,
farmer, of Hutton, on the bodies of Harriet Stillborn, widow, aged 39 years,
and Annie Stillborn, her daughter, aged nine years, who were drowned in the
river Derwent, near Malton, under the sad circumstances reported by us
yesterday.
The first witness called was Elizabeth Ann
Best, wife of Mr Best, cotton manufacturer, who identified the deceased, and
said that Mrs Stillborn sat up with witness’s mother-in-law, upon whom she was
waiting, on Wednesday night. They all lived together; but witness did not see
Mrs Stillborn after six o’clock, when she left the bedroom, until she saw her
leaving the house with her little boy, Arthur Ernest Stillborn in her arms.
Witness thought that was a little before nine o’clock. Deceased went towards the
village. The little girl, Annie, followed her mother across the grass plat.
Deceased had previously told witness that she could not sleep; “A mind diseased
required no sleep.” Had noticed her put her hands on her head very often, but
she made no remark. She said nothing about the children. There was a third
child in the family, a little girl called Evelyn, seven years of age, and when
the deceased had gone out she went up to witness and
said “Mamma’s gone away.” Before she went out she
kissed Annie and I, and said, “Goodbye darlings; Arthur and I are going to a
better land.” Witness then told a cousin of hers to go after the deceased at
once, and she followed her. Witness only came to Hutton the night before, and
noticed nothing peculiar about deceased, who talked all right during the night.
She seemed in good spirits. There had occurred nothing to excite her during the
night. She was very much attached to the children, especially the little boy.
Alice Farndale, daughter of Mr
Farndale, postmaster of Hutton, deposed to seeing Mrs Stillborn, the deceased,
the girl Annie Stillborn, and the little boy Arthur going across Mr Avison’s
field towards the river. The little girl was looking round when witness saw
them, and thinking there was something wrong, she followed down the lane
towards the river, and heard the girl and he crying
and saying, “Mama don't! Mama don't!” Witness then ran back to tell her father.
The girl was by the side of her mother, but witness did not hear the latter
speak. Mrs Stillborn had the little boy in her arms at the time, and she was 40
yards from the river.
Elisa Stillbeck said
she lived at Laysike, on the opposite side of the
river. About nine on Thursday morning she saw the
deceased approach the river on the Hutton side. The little girl was crying very
much. Witness saw Mrs Stillborn jump into the river with the little boy in her
arms, and she then turned round and pulled
the girl in. The little girl then said, “There's a woman” twice (alluding to
witness). Witness gave an alarm immediately, and a man and a woman ran to the
spot. The deceased Mrs Stillborn did not speak at all. She did not struggle to
get out at all.
William
Farndale, postmaster, of Hutton, corroborated the evidence of his daughter, a
previous witness, as to his attention being called to the deceased taking her
children in the direction of the river. His daughter told him that “Harriet
Stillborn was murdering the children.” When he got to the river side, a man and
woman at the other side shouted, and told him to make for some overhanging
trees. He did so, and there saw the little boy floating under the tree. He got
on the branch of a tree and caught the boy as he was floating past. The child
seemed to be in a fit. With some difficulty he past the boy on to the last
witness, and when he got out of the tree he took the
child to his own house. Did not see the mother, but he saw the little girl
floating down the river on her back.
Elizabeth
Lazenby, of Hanley, Staffordshire, having given evidence,
Tom
Dickinson, labourer, of Hutton, deposed to pulling the bodies of Mrs Stillborn
and the little girl out of the Derwent. He heard Mrs Stillbeck
scream, and saw the woman and child floating down.
When he got them out he thought both were quite dead.
The mother had floated about a quarter of a mile and the child about half a
mile.
W
Taylor Colby, MD, of Malton, deposed that he received information of the affair
soon after nine on Thursday morning. He came away at once,
and found the little boy in a state of partial collapse, but he soon
recovered. Saw the bodies of the mother and daughter, both of which presented
all the external symptoms of death by drowning. He then he had them stripped
and put into blankets, and tried to restore them, but without avail. He
believed they had been dead when taken out of the water. There were no marks of
violence on the bodies. Witness knew Mrs Stillborn, but
had not seen her lately. From the evidence he had heard he had not the least
doubt in his own mind that Mrs Stillborn was temporarily insane.
The
CORONER having summed up,
The
jury found “that Mrs Stillborn caused the death of her child and committed
suicide while suffering from temporary derangement of mind.”
1891
1891 Census, Post Office, Huttons Ambo
William Farndale, 66, Sub post master
Bessey Farndale, 65
When his daughter Mary married on 14
February 1891, he was a postman.
1910
William Farndale
died at Malton aged 85, in the third quarter of 1910. William
Farndale was buried on 27 September 1910, aged 85 years. He lived at Huttons
Ambo.
Huttons Ambo is 5km
southwest of Malton.
1913
Bessy Farndale,
died aged 87 at Malton District, in the first quarter of 1913 (DC).
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