John Farndale

23 April 1849 to 18 August 1893

The Bishop Wilton Line

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 A worsted spinner of Bishop Wilton who died aged 43 as the result of an accident

Stamford Bridge, Bishop Wilton

1849

John Farndale was born East Stamford Bridge, near Bishop Wilton on 23 April 1849, in Bishop Wilton. John was the second son of William Farndale and Mary (nee Leppington) Farndale (FAR00281) of Bishop Wilton (Wilton PR). John Farndale’s birth was registered in Pocklington District in the second quarter of 1849 (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. His father William Farndale was also living at the property, then aged 26 and also an agricultural labourer.

1861

1861 Census, Appleton-le-Street

His father William Farndale, was now head of the family and a licensed hawker with John’s mother Betsy. John was a scholar, aged 13 and shown born at Barton-le-Street.

1871

1871 Census

A lodger, aged 21, in Bishop Wilton, a groom.

Annie Eliza Farndale (FAR00513A) was born on 21 November 1871 and baptised at St John the Baptist, Clayton on 14 September 1881 (Clayton PR).

1872

John Farndale married Catherine (Kate) Todd, who was born about 1850, in Halifax (St John the Baptist) on 20 May 1872 (GRO Vol 9a page 731, Halifax PR).

Katherine Todd, the daughter of William Todd (1814 to 1893) and Catherine (nee King) Todd (1820 to 1888), was born in about 1849. The family lived at Otley in 1851 and Lindley in 1861 (census).

Clayton, Bradford

1872

Willis (or William) Farndale (FAR00530) was born on 27 January 1872 and baptised on 14 September 1881 at St John the Baptist, Clayton (Clayton PR) and the birth was registered in the first quarter of 1874 (GRO Vol 9b page 250).

Clayton, Bradford

1875

John Farndale (FAR00545A) was born on 18 September 1875 and baptised on 14 September 1881 at St John the Baptist, Clayton (Clayton PR).

1877

James Arthur Farndale (FAR00555) was born on 15 December 1877 in Bradford.

1881

1881 Census, 31 Town Bottom, Clayton

John Farnell (30) head of the household, a groom

Catherine Farnell (32)

Annie Elisa Farnell (9), at school

William Farndale (7), at school

John Farndale (5), at school

James Arthur Farndale (13)

Tom Farndale (FAR00573) was born on 7 September 1881 in Clayton, Bradford (1939 Register for date, but year is wrong). Tom Farndale’s birth was registered in Bradford district in the third quarter of 1881 (GRO Vol 9b page 202A).

1883

Mary Farndale (FAR00596A) was born on 22 September 1883 and baptised on 1 January 1884 in Clayton, Bradford (Clayton PR).

1886

Maggie Farndale (FAR00608A) was born in about 1886 in Clayton, Bradford (GRO Vol 9b page 191).

1891

1891 Census, living at 3 Back Fold, Clayton (west of Bradford)

John Farnell (40) head of the household, a groom

Catherine Farnell (41)

Annie E Farnell (19), worsted drawer

Willis (William?) Farndale (17), plumber’s apprentice

John Farndale (15), worsted spinner

James A Farndale (13), worsted spinner

Tom Farndale (9), at school

Mary Farndale (7), at school

Maggie Farndale (5), at school

Worsted is a high-quality type of wool yarn, the fabric made from this yarn, and a yarn weight category. The name derives from Worstead, a village in the English county of Norfolk. That village, together with North Walsham and Aylsham, formed a manufacturing centre for yarn and cloth in the 12th century, when pasture enclosure and Liming rendered the East Anglian soil too rich for the older agrarian sheep breeds. In the same period, many weavers from Flanders moved to Norfolk. "Worsted" yarns/fabrics are distinct from woollens (though both are made from sheep's wool): the former is considered stronger, finer, smoother, and harder than the latter.

Worsted was made from the long-staple pasture wool from sheep breeds such as Teeswaters, Old Leicester Longwool and Romney Marsh. Pasture wool was not carded; instead it was washed, gilled and combed (using heated long-tooth metal combs), oiled and finally spun. When woven, worsteds were scoured but not fulled.

Worsted wool fabric is typically used in the making of tailored garments such as suits, as opposed to woollen wool, which is used for knitted items such as sweaters

1893

John Farndale died at South Lodges, Bramham Park on 18 August 1893 and was buried on 21 August 1893, as the result of an accident, aged 43.

York Herald, 28 August 1893: Deaths. FARNDALE. On the 18^th instant, the result of an accident, John, second son of W Farndale, South Lodges, Bramham Park, aged 43.

1901

1901 Census, 8 Edgar Street, Clayton

Kate Farnell, widow (52)

Ann E Farnell (29), factory worker – wool drawing

James A Farnell (23) – wool drawing apprentice

Tom Farnell (19) – farmer’s apprentice

Mary Farnell (17) – worsted spinning

1911

1911 Census

Catherine Farndale, a widow aged 62, lived with Maggie Farndale (25), a mill hand; Tom Farndale (29), a joiner; Annie Eliza Robinson (39), a mill hand, and Hilda Robinson (4), her granddaughter.

1914

Catherine Farndale lived in Elland, West Yorkshire in 1914 (electoral register).