A History of Outerthwaite Farm v2

Phil Rowland - Mar 2019

Outerthwaite Farm (April 2018 Pat Rowland)

Outerthwaite Farm is located on the road between Allithwaite village and Flookburgh

in the ancient parish of Cartmel, in the southern-most part of Cumbria. It is situated in

a slightly elevated position on south facing slopes and now a little way from the

northern coast of Morecambe Bay.

Fig. 1. OS Map of the area 1890 (1).

Now in the county of Cumbria, before 1974 the area was known as Lancashire north of

the sands. To the south, between the farm and the coast, was marsh and common land

named Bank Moor and Winder Moor, where animals will have been grazed prior to the

nineteenth century, and parts of which were purchased or allocated to the farm at the

beginning of the nineteenth century. Today the farm is predominantly grassland and

meadow with beef cattle and occasional over-wintering sheep. The farm has in the past

been part of the Holker Estate, and today is in private ownership (Table 1). The tenant

farmers at Outerthwaite are listed in Table 2. Books, journal articles, census

information and material from the Lancashire Archive at Preston have been used to

prepare this article.

The origin of the name Outerthwaite (pronounces Ooterthwaite by locals) is considered

to be Viking with thwaite meaning a clearing and outer on the edge (2). The names of

the other farms on the peninsula south and west of the village of Allithwaite also appear

to be of Viking origin i.e. Canon & Raven Winder, Wraysholme, Roughholme &

Holme. Named Utterthwaite Hall the farm first appears on a survey map produced by

Dr Keurden in 1685 (3). The next published map to show the farm is the 6” Ordnance

Survey map surveyed in 1847-8 and published in 1851 (1).

Fig. 2. Dr Keurden’s map 1685 (Lancashire Archive DDX 194/45-51) - an annotated

tracing.

Fig 3 The farmhouse today and the spice cupboard with inscription R S E and 1651 (Pat

Rowland Feb 2019).

The earliest date for the farm is recorded on a spice cupboard, 1651 (Fig. 3). In 1651

the birth marriage and death records are sparse or non-existent and therefore it has not

been possible to identify the family with the surname initial S. Three possible families

are Sim(p)son, Seatle or Saul. The Spence(r) family lived in the vicinity although their

location is more likely to be where Allithwaite Lodge is now located (4).

Early History of the Owners of Outerthwaite

After the Norman conquest Henry 2nd gave the territory to William Marshall who gave

it to the canons of Cartmel Priory. After the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536 the

land was annexed to the Duchy of Lancaster and the commons were restored to the

canons. The land on which Outerthwaite stands appears to have been purchased by

George Preston of Holker. The farms of Outerthwaite, Canon Winder, Boarbank,

Epland and Mireside passed from Christopher Preston (d 1594) to his wife Ann (5). She

left the Outerthwaite Estate to her grandson Richard Westby who was the son of Ann’s

daughter Elizabeth’s 3rd marriage to Thomas Westby (d 1643). Ann also bequeathed

to Jon Diconson & his sons the lands and tenements called Borebanks, Epland & the

Meadow. Jon, described as a gentleman, was residing at Outerthwaite between 1612

and 1627 (Table 3). When Richard Westby died in the 1660’s Outerthwaite passed to

his wife Jennet and their daughter Elizabeth (d 1691) who married Thomas Walton (d

1683). Their son Thomas married Anne Leyburn in 1705. Huddleston recounts that

Thomas Walton joined in the Jacobite rising of 1715 but he was captured and found

guilty of high treason on 26 June 1716 and his estate was forfeited. The estate was sold

to Croft Corles, a cheesemaker from London, for £651. Outerthwaite was let to Thomas

Leece for £52/y (5).

Outerthwaite in the 18th Century

Agriculture in the area in the 18th century was regarded as being very backward (6).

Stockdale also gave a bleak picture of husbandry near the end of 18C (7). In 1731 (Fig.

3) the farm extended westwards from the causeway, and down to Wraysholme to the

south of the Allithwaite to Flookburgh Road, and from Locker Lane to the North up to

Boarbank. The plan also shows a building on the road which is still standing but now

derelict (Fig. 4). It is unclear whether this property was a cottage or barn at this time.

The field names in the 1731 (Fig. 4) plan show some of the agricultural use at that time.

Meadows provided feed for the sheep in winter and oats, barley and corn would have

been grown to provide staple food on the corn thwaite (field 21). Cawsey Close (plot

3b) is adjacent to the causeway leading to Wraysholme and Wyke. Towards the end of

the century potatoes may have been introduced.

Field Names associated with the 1731 Plan 2. Epp Lands;

3a. Little Height Field;

3b. Cawsey Close;

4. Good Wife Meadow;

10b. High Four Acre;

10a. Low Four Acre;

11. Long Meadow;

16. Buildings, Garden & Orchard;

17. White Head Meadow;

21. Corn Thwaites;

9. Tenter Close;

27. Great Burbank;

30. Middle Burbank;

31. Little Burbank;

29. High Burbank;

32. Crow Close.

Fig. 4. Plan 1731 showing farm buildings and Barn or Cottage

(Ref DCCA from the Lancashire Archive)

Fig. 5. Barn (today derelict - shown on 1731 farm plan). Pat Rowland April 2018.

The barn on the Flookburgh Road, described by the present owner John Moore as a 2-

storey building with a shippon below and a barn above, burned down in 1958 and has

since remained derelict (Fig. 5).

The farm was advertised for sale in 1732 and the advert stated that sheep and cattle

were bred and grazed on the extensive marshland to the south of the farm (8). It is at

this sale that Bryan Jopson may have purchased the farms of Mireside and

Outerthwaite. At this time the cattle will probably have been longhorns and the sheep

herdwick or silverdale breeds (9). However, sheep were a prominent element in local

farming and their wool if not of high quality was valued for its warmth and great

durability (2). Sheep were wintered in a fold and fed on hay, straw and peashaulm.

Cattle, fattened on the commons, were killed at Michaelmas for winter consumption

(10). Flax or hemp will have been grown (field 2 – Fig. 4, Fig.6) possibly from the 15th

century until the early 19th century. This would have been woven into cloth which

would have been stretched and dried, after processing, on frames erected on the tenter

close (field 9 – Fig. 4, Fig. 7).

. Fig. 6. Field named Hemplands, Pat Rowland April 2008.

Fig. 7. Field named Tenter Close (today known as Webster Field)

Pat Rowland April 2018.

Commons and Enclosure Act

During the 18th century the 24 sidesmen of the Cartmel Parish managed the occupation

of the commons which included Winder Moor and Bank Moor immediately to the south

of Outerthwaite Farm, and they met on a regular basis to receive reports. Stockdale (7)

quotes extracts from some of the meetings which were recorded in the Old Church

Book. For example, in 1776 the fines raised from Winder Moor were used to clean out

drains and in 1788 workmen were appointed to pull down an illegal fence and level a

ditch on Winder Moor.

Stockdale (7) records that ‘In 1796, an Act of Parliament was obtained “for improving

dividing and enclosing the commons, waste grounds and mosses in the Parish of

Cartmel. The act covered 8000 acres and the cost of the Bill & expenses were covered

by the landowners: Lord Frederick Cavendish, Thomas H Machell, James Stockdale,

Langdale Sunderland, George Bigland & Jeremiah Dixon.’

The Enclosure Act involved the conversion of bare waste land into numerous well-

fenced enclosures, allotted by the Commissioners. Roads were made to access the new

fields and sea embankments constructed on the shores of the Bay for the protection of

Bank Moor, Wyke and Winder Moor. Enclosures was not beneficial to neither the

smallholders who until then had had rights on the common land nor new properties

(defined as less than 20 years old) who did not receive any allocation. The allocations

from the commissioners were based on the size of original properties. Those who had

made an encroachment for 20 years or more and had paid a rent to the 24 sidesmen of

the Parish, were granted the title but they did not receive any further allocation of

common land (7). At that time, Stockdale records that Bank and Winder Moors were

covered twice every 24 hours at Spring tides by the sea leaving stagnant water on the

marsh and the associated problem of ague. The first embankment was commissioned

in 1797. The construction of the road to Holywell and Humphrey Head, and the road

west from Wyke past Holm and over Winder Moor was commissioned, with all the

bridges, sluices drains and fences. A further embankment constructed in 1807 was

preceeded by the following announcement: In the course of next summer an

embankment upon Winder Moor will be erected 7 to 11 feet in height and about 2.75

miles in length. A letting will take place in the coming spring. Any person desirous of

undertaking the whole or any part may apply to James Stockdale of Cark or Richard

Tower of Ulverston (11).

Peter & Thomas Butler:

Tenant Farmers at Outerthwaite (1782-1824)

The Jopson family appear to have owned both the farms at Mireside and Outerthwaite

from 1732 until Outerthwaite was sold off in 1798. Peter Butler and his wife Ann were

the tenants at Mireside in 1761 when their eldest son John was baptised (12) and were

still there in December 1778 when their son Matthew Butler was baptised (see Fig. 8

for family tree) and 11 July1779 when daughter Nancy was buried. Between 1779 and

1782 Peter Butler and his family moved to Outerthwaite, as in 1782 John, Peter’s eldest

son, was required to obey court orders, his address being Outerthwaite (LANCAT QSB

1/1782/Oct//Pt1/3). When Mary Butler married Patrick Moore in 1785, she was living

at Outerthwaite. Thomas, another son, is mentioned as a corn dealer, at Outerthwaite,

in 1795 (LANCAT QSP/2363/11). Peter died at Outerthwaite on the 1st Aug 1799

leaving a will prepared in the last few days of his life.

Fig. 8. Peter Butler’s Family Tree: Compiled from his will and Parish Online Clerk

Although Peter did not own Outerthwaite, he had a significant estate including

properties in Cark and Flookburgh (including the smithy), and he had recently

purchased land in Allithwaite, Newton Fell and on Winder Moor (the latter being 10

acres – Annual Value 321s) (7).

His second son Thomas inherited his 6 horses and carts and continued as the tenant

farmer after Peter’s death. The Lancaster Gazette (13) records that “sometime since, 4

hens strayed from Mr. Thomas Butler’s (Outerthwaite Hall, Cartmel) and were given

up for lost. But on Monday 28th inst. the vagrants returned to their old quarters and

brought with them 65 fine young chickens”. Miss Butler of Outerthwaite married

Edward Satterthwaite in 1804 (14) and Thomas Butler was described as a Carrier from

Outerthwaite in 1805 (15). Thomas continued to farm at Outerthwaite until sometime

after July 1823 when Margaret was born, and no later than the end of 1825. Thomas

Butler appears to have moved to Canon Winder by 1829 (16).

Richard Winfield – Owner of Allithwaite Farm (1798-1820)

Richard was born in York in 1741, the son of Richard who was a baker and a freeman

of York. In 1765 he married Mary Corbett at Selby and they had a daughter, Beatrix,

before they settled in Kendal where Richard became a wealthy industrialist making

linsey-wolsey cloth. Beatrix married Josias Lambert in January 1787 and had one

daughter, Mary. The Lamberts were wealthy lawyers living at Wattsfield, outside of

Kendal, which was then in open countryside. Beatrix died when Mary was six and Mary

appears to have lived with her grandparents Winfield (Pat Rowland – pers comm.).

In 1799 Richard purchased Outerthwaite Farm which was described in an

advertisement as containing

a good farmhouse, two barns, 2 cow-houses, 2 stables (8 stalls), turfhouse, orchard,

garden, 121 acres of excellent arable and meadowland, 1-acre coppice wood upon an

eminence of conic form. Watered by many excellent springs - the fences are in good

order. Part of the estate pays modus in lieu of tithes, but when the inclosure of the

commons is perfected according to act of parliament obtained for that purpose above

2 years hence and (exclusive of government and parochial taxes) only subject to the

payment of 3s 1d fee farm rent at the feast of St Michael to Rt Hon Lord Frederick

Cavendish. It adjoins commons of Winder Moor & Templand Bank will be intitled to

such a portion of the common as may be allotted to it under the laid act of parliament

(17).

The seller appears to be John Jopson, who also owned the farm at Mireside at that time

(See Fig. 10). Many Kendal industrialists, at this time, were buying land on the

Peninsula.

In 1801 he bought another 48 acres in the area when Cartmel common land was

enclosed, totalling £1199, which made him the 6th largest purchaser (in money terms)

of Cartmel common land. John and Jacob Wakefield were the biggest purchasers and

they were also linked to Kendal. These brothers were sons of the Wakefield family who

had established a bank in Kendal in 1788 and they resided in Field Broughton. At the

time of the enclosures, Richard also acquired two plots of moss lands at Ellerside (7).

Richard died on 27 November 1820 aged 79 and was buried at Holy Trinity Church,

Kendal. His wife Mary had predeceased him on 12 August 1806. His estate was left to

his only daughter Harriot and his granddaughter Mary Winfield Lambert. Harriot

inherited his Soutergate, Kendal, Cartmel and Crook of Lune properties. Mary inherited

the remaining Westmorland land and buildings. The estate was valued at about £10000

when the will was proved on 22 January 1821. Soon after this Mary and Harriot went

to live in Allithwaite.

There is only a little information available in the period of Harriet Winfield’s

stewardship. Harriet married Thomas Carter, a priest from Ireland. However, they

appear to have separated soon after the wedding but fortunately a pre-nuptial agreement

assigning her estate into a trust and preserved the Winfield inheritance (18). There is a

record of John Curwen at Outerthwaite in 1823, as he was recognised as the father of a

child of Mary Brockbank (Lancashire Archive Date 10 May 1823). John Harrison, a

local landowner, was the farmer in 1829 (16). He farmed at Outerthwaite with his wife

Jane from the beginning of 1826 until after March 1833. In this period, they raised their

children Thomas (bap. 1/1/26), James (bap. 6/5/27), Agnes (bap. 19/7/29), Eleanor

(bap. 21/2/31) and Isabella (bap 16/3/33) (19).

Mary Lambert - Owner of Outerthwaite Farm (1835-1857)

Mary Lambert inherited all Harriot’s estates on her death in 1835 (buried 11 Dec 1835),

including Outerthwaite and Laneside Farms and the Abbott Hall estate. At this time,

she lived in Allithwaite Lodge. She re-modelled the property at Boarbank and moved

there in 1837 where she overlooked her farm at Outerthwaite (Pat Rowland). Whereas

agriculture in the 18th century was regarded as backward, the period of transformation

was between the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815 and 1850 (20). 1836 saw

Shorthorn cattle and Leicester sheep introduced into Cumberland and Westmorland,

and by 1840 guano (bird droppings from Chile) was largely replacing the old 120-

gallon street casks collecting human urine to spray onto fields. About the same time,

the production on a large scale of field-tile-drains from kilns across the area produced

improvement in land drainage (21). From 1838 too came many improved varieties of

clover and grass seeds as well as thousands of gross of quickset thorn hedge seedlings

demanded due to widespread Enclosure Acts from the 1820s. About this time too, a 50-

year old practice in Low Furness of sowing turnips as field crops to fatten sheep (6)

was taken up producing a spectacular upsurge of the sheep population. The inhabitants

of the farms from 1841 to 1911 are presented in Table 4.

Mary inherited Outerthwaite at the time when Agricultural Societies were being formed

(22). These societies encouraged improvement of farming skills. Edward Inman from

Outerthwaite won prizes at Aldingham (22) for his ploughing skills. The Cartmel

Ploughing Match held at Outerthwaite attracted participants from Low Furness and the

northern part of Lancashire. Miss Lambert’s good cheer, old English characteristics of

kindness and hospitality were notable. 20 acres of grass field ploughed. The judges and

competitors partook of dinner at the Kings Arms Flookburgh and afterwards prizes

were awarded, given by the Cartmel Agricultural Society. 1st Prize James Wilson

ploughman to Miss Lambert Outerthwaite (23). He also won 1st prize at the Furness

match at Aldingham in 1843 and William Boak from the farm came 3rd in the boy’s

competition (24). A later report of the Annual Ploughing Match at Outerthwaite, under

the able superintendence of Mr Wilcox showed Edward Wilkinson of Outerthwaite as

the winner of the men’s competition and he was presented with a Silver Cup & £9 15s

(25).

The North Lancs. Agriculture Society was formed in the 1840’s and they reported that turnips sown with guano are a very good and superior crop and turnips were consumed by sheep on the ground. Farmers were also presented awards for potatoes and draining land (26).

Fig. 9. 1858 Farm Buildings and Barn

The 1841 Census records 5 agricultural labourers and 2 farm servants residing at the

farm with no-one listed as the farmer. Similarly, in 1851, the census records 4

agricultural labourers and one house servant and no farmer. The servant Elizabeth

Hutton (married in 1834) was listed as widowed, aged 36. Her husband John (a

husbandman in 1847) had died in 1849 aged 61, and left her with a family of 6 children

ranging from 2 to 15 years old who were lodgers at the farm. John Hutton (age 31-

John’s son from an earlier marriage) was noted as a Husbandman at Outerthwaite when

he married Isabella Kellet in July 1847. Elizabeth was probably the sister or niece of

Robert Wilcock who managed Mary Lambert’s Estate.

There was an extensive fire at Outerthwaite in October 1850 destroying a barn (see

Figs. 9 & 10), crops and a threshing machine. The fire was rumored to have started by

a servant who was smoking. See below for the extracts from newspaper reports:

On Tuesday last, about noon, a large barn at Outerthwaite was discovered to be on

fire. It belongs to Miss Lambert, a wealthy lady. The destruction of agricultural produce

was considerable, there being no less than 250 carts of fine meadow haying one end of

the barn & a quantity of oats in the other, with 50 loads of dressed oats in the granary

which was made from part of the barn. Destruction, including a valuable threshing

machine, was nearly complete estimated at upwards of £3000 (27).

…dense smoke issuing from the barn. No time to save even empty carts on the barn

floor. The roof fell down 0.5h after the doors were opened. 50 loads of dressed oats. 12

large stacks (7-8 yds from barn wall) escaped as well as the farm building - a

substantial and comodious building recently erected. A quantity of seed grass hay in

the stable loft was saved by sawing through the beams that joined it with the barn. No

clues on the origin of fire. A man belonging to the establishment had been on the corn

mow between 8 & 9 am before the fire broke out. Miss Lambert is highly esteemed as

a kind & benevolent lady, and has yearly, under the judicious management of her

steward Mr Wilcock, has laid out large sums in the improvement of extensive property

and farm buildings (28).

…..no clues found to indicate the cause of fire…. The general belief is that it originated

through culpable carelessness in the indulgence of a highly reprehensible practice too

common amongst farm servants – smoking (29).

Fig. 10. The barn probably re-built in the 1850’s following a fire (Pat Rowland 20 Feb

2019)

Today, John Moore has three modern barns opposite the farmhouse and no-longer uses

the 1850’s barn which is now derelict (Fig. 10)

We learn from newspaper reports of farm activity: Miss Lambert employed 60 reapers

to harvest the grain in 1853 (Fig. 11) (30) and turkeys were reared on a local farm,

probably Outerthwaite in November 1853 (Fig. 12) (31).

Fig. 11. A quality grain harvest.

Fig. 12. Theft of turkeys from a farm (Outerthwaite?)

As Mary Lambert and her agent Robert Wilcock aged, there was an advert for the

‘letting for 14y Outerthwaite Farm, dwelling house, orchard, extensive farm buildings

& 194 acres of good arable, meadow and pasture land, well roaded, watered & fenced.

ca 50 acres of seeds on the estate which the tenant will be required to take at valuation.

At Kents Bank Hotel 26 Sept 1854’ (32).

Robert Wilcock died on 31 July 1857 at Boarbank (33) a couple of months before Miss

Lambert (4). Mary established a Trust in 1851 for a plot of land at Little Templand to

be used for establishing a Church and School. The family disputed the validity of this

and the case eventually was heard by the Law Lords. In the testimony we learn a little

about life at Boarbank and about Robert Wilcock.

Robert was described as Mary’s confidential adviser and the general manager of her

affairs. He occupied two farms and a hotel belonging to Miss Lambert and resided at

Boarbank Hall. It was stated in Reverend Brierley affidavit that Miss Lambert left the

management of the estate to Robert who gave all orders and directions regarding her

farm. Reverend Brierley stated that Miss Lambert had complained frequently in the 3

or 4 years before her death about Robert not settling accounts between him and her. He

was always making excuses to avoid settlement. However, he had been 20 years in her

service and in her Aunt’s service before that and though she was dissatisfied with his

conduct she would not dismiss him. On his death it was discovered that the estate

accounts were in a confused state and his affairs were in a state of great embarrassment.

He died very largely indebted to Miss Lambert but as there was no hope of recovering

anything from his estate all claims were abandoned. Robert’s nephew Thomas Ball

described the agricultural use of Little Templand Field. Hay grown there was taken to

Boarbank House and was consumed by Mary’s horses. Grain grown there was chopped

for her carriage horses. Sheep and horses were grazed there but the field was unsuitable

for cattle as there was no water supply. Edward Wilkinson, now a farmer of Rusland,

had been bailiff to Robert Wilcock from 1854 and he lived in Outerthwaite farmhouse

until 1858. He said that horses, sheep and cattle were kept on the farms.

Robert died just before the opening of the Ulverstone to Lancaster railway on 26 August

1857. The line, which bisected the farm at the south west corner, completed the link

with the Furness railway to provide a direct route to South Staffordshire (Wikipaedia).

This great improvement in communications provided much easier access to sell

produce at the markets in Ulverston and Lancaster, avoiding the treacherous cross-

sands route.

The farm was advertised: ‘Farms to be let for 14 years. Details of property plus right

of getting peat upon Ellerside Moss’ Westmorland Gazette 19 Sept 1857 and taken by

William Robinson. The lease of the Outerthwaite Estate for 14 years from Rev James

Brierley (one of the Estate executors) to William Robinson dated 1859 is in the

Lancashire archive (DDCA/ACC12005/Box26/186). Willian Robinson was at

Outerthwaite until around 1871.

On Mary Lambert’s death on 29 Nov 1857, she left the land and money to build the

church, vicarage, school and school house at Allithwaite (Miss Lambert’s biography

see (34)).The estate was offered for sale by auction on 23 August 1858: - lot 1 Boarbank

House; Lot 2 Outerthwaite Farm 132 acres now in the occupation of William Robinson

& other lots. The sales particulars (Fig. 13), title deeds and detailed plans are held in

the Lancashire Archive in Preston (DDCA/ACC12005/Box27/194A to D) and a plan

of the estate, field names and owners of adjacent lands are shown in Fig. 14. The auction

of Miss Lambert’s Estate realized upwards of £30000 (35). Boarbank together with 76

acres was bought by Robert Legge for £4250, and then shortly after purchased by Henry

Chandler, the agricultural implement / machinery manufacturer from Salford around

1863. Lot 2 was purchased by Holker for £10500. The conveyance of the farm to

William, Duke of Devonshire dated 06 November 1857 and the conveyance of

Boarbank to Legge are held in the Lancashire Archive at Preston

(DDCA/ACC12005/BOX27/194C).

Fig. 13. Sales particulars from Miss Lambert’s Estate in 1858

Fig.14. Plan of Outerthwaite Farm 1858 (yellow, green and red) annotated onto a

tracing of the 1850 OS map. Enclosures allocated at the turn of the 19th century to

Richard Winfield are coloured in green. Enclosure sold to Richard Winfield are shown

in red.

Plan of field names acreage in brackets. From auction details 23 August 1858.

1. House, farm buildings, yard & lane (1)

2. Eplands otherwise hemp lands (15)

3. High field (8)

4. Goody Wife Meadow (3)

5. Stubbings Meadow (6)

6. Moor Lane Meadow (2)

7. New Meadow (3)

8. The Acre (1)

9. Tenter Close or House Field (8) – Today called Webster Field

10.Near Wraysholme Field (21)

11.Far Wraysholme Field (5)

12.Part of Red Hill Holme (2)

13.Plantation

14.Part of Red Hill Holme (2)

15.Part of Red Hill Holme (4)

16.Orchard & adjoining plantation (2)

17.White meadow (6)

18.Part of Middle Holme (1)

19.Part of Middle Holme (2)

20.Far Middle Holme (7)

21.Cornthwaite (12)

22.Near Holme (2)

23.Far Holme (5)

24.West Holme (5)

25.Part of Carlow Meadow

26.Part of Carlow Meadow

Total 132 Acres

Also Ellerside Moss and Turbury Ground (peat mosses)

Fields north of the Allithwaite to Flookburgh road:

27.Near Boarbank or Six acres (9)

28. Bull Copy (4)

29 Wood Boarbank (24)

30. Barn Buildings & Yard

31. Little Boarbank (4)

NB These were offered for sale as a separate lot with Boarbank House (see auction details - there are

more entries on this)

Owners of Adjacent Land

A. John Borrowdale

B. John Hall

C. Ralph Hitchinson

D. Late W Arden

E. R Hitchinson

F. J Harrison Esq

G. J Stockdale esq

H. Captain Bigland’s heirs

J. John Helm

K. J Harrison esq

L. J Stockdale esq

M. J Stockdale esq

N. Mr Field

P. George Rigg

.

Robinsons of Outerthwaite Farm from 1857-1872

The Robinsons appear to have taken up the tenancy at Outerthwaite in 1857 after

previously farming at Old Wennington (36). The 1861 census shows William as the

farmer (age 51) living with his wife Marey (age 49) and their 7 children Joseph (age

17), Robert (age 10), George ((age 6), Fanny (age 19), Marey (age 14), Margaret Ann

(age 12) and Alice (age 3). Subsequently Marey was spelt as Mary. William employed

4 agricultural labourers and 1 domestic servant to help on the farm.

Joseph Robinson won the ploughing 1st prize boys and £1 with his father in 1860 (37).

Fanny married the Cark miller John Walker in October 1862 (38). William’s daughter

Mary died at the early age of 16 in 1863 (39). The following year T Sanderson of

Outerthwaite was reported to be a judge at the Milburn Tup Fair & Show in 1863 (40).

In 1865, the newspaper announced that William had lost his Yellow Cur Bitch (a

mongrel?) and offered a reward for its return (41).

In 1871 William and Mary (named as a domestic servant) farmed at Outerthwaite with

Robert (agricultural labourer) and Alice (domestic servant). They employed 4 other

agricultural labourers and one domestic servant. William died in 1872 (42) and shortly

after Robert married Alice Preston and the article states that they remained at

Outerthwaite before moving on to Ingleton in 1877/8 (36). William’s wife Mary died

at the age of 69 in 1881 (43).

William Mason - farmer at Outerthwaite 1872-1906

The first mention of William Mason (b1844) at Outerthwaite was in 1872 when he

married Eleanor Parker. In 1881 he lived there with Eleanor and employed 2 farm

servants (indoor), a domestic servant and a dairymaid. Ten years later there were 4 farm

servants at Outerthwaite and 2 domestic servants. The occupations in the 1901 census

are more descriptive: a cowman, a carter, an agricultural labourer and one domestic

servant were employed.

William soon established himself as a renowned breeder of horses winning first prize

at the Lancaster Agricultural Show for his hunting mare or gelding (44). He won a silver

cup at the Lancaster show 3 years later, value 10 guineas, given by members of the

Lancaster Town Council, for the best 3 horses, the property of the exhibitor who is also

the breeder, in classes 30, 32, 36, 47, 48 or 49 - brood mares for breading hunters,

roadsters, hunters or young horses likely 6 male hunters (45). William won prizes at

the Garstang Shows for jumping (46) and light horses and turnouts (47). He also

travelled to the Manchester & Liverpool Agricultural Show (48). He exhibited at shows

locally and as far south as Manchester, and 16 instances of awards for his prize horses

were reported in periodicals.

William Mason owned the best breeds of animals at the time with Leicester Sheep and

Short horned cattle. At the fifth Cartmel Agricultural Show in 1877, it was noted that

Leicester (sheep) were shown in capital breed condition and one of the two chief prize-

takers was Mr W Mason (49) where he also won 3rd prize for a heifer and two first

prizes for his geldings. William owned the bull named Baron Windsor 4th bred from

the renowned Holker Shorthorn herd (50). William won prizes at 6 shows for his cattle

and 3 for sheep.

He was recognised as a master farmer when he appeared as a stock judge at the Millom

& Broughton Show (51), for Shorthorn & Cross-bred cattle and sheep (52) and at the

Royal North Lancashire Show in Manchester in 1903 (53).

William Mason was training his own horses in 1878 as a report of a trap accident

demonstrates (54). “While Mr William Mason of Outerthwaite & Mr C Wilson, horse

breaker, were exercising a young horse and when a little beyond the Institute it from

some cause or other became unmanageable. Mr Mason at once leaped out to seize the

animal’s head, but Wilson was less fortunate, he being thrown out, and his head coming

into contact with some stones was severely cut and rendered him unconscious for some

time. Dr Lomax was immediately on the scene to dress the wounds and he was conveyed

home where he is progressing satisfactorily. Though the trap was considerably

damaged, the horse received little or no injury”.

Outerthwaite was the venue of a hunt meeting in 1890 – “on Monday last the throw off

was at Outerthwaite Cark, when Mrs Mason dispensed her hospitality with no niggard

hand. The Furness contingent was strong and the mounts numbering 27 did credit in

North Lonsdale….. the Colonel & Chapman the huntsman worked the dogs splendidly”

(55).

According to the Holker Estate account book of 1896 (Table 5) the annual rental value

for the 161 acre farm amounted to the grand sum of £226 7s 2d. The field names are

the same as shown on the 1731 (Fig. 4) and 1858 plan (Figs 14) and the plans numbered

on the map associated with the account book held at the Lancashire Archive in Preston

(ref DDCA/ACC12005/Box20/152). The accounts show that the farmland was 53%

pasture, 8% meadow and 36% arable (Table 6). See also the 1897 map. In the 21st

century there is little arable farming on the Peninsula.

Fig. 15. Photograph by Arthur Lamb in the first decade of the 20th century (courtesy of

Mrs Lamb of Killington)

At the southern side of the farm, the reclaimed land is flat and will have been ideal for

arable farming. Ploughing at the beginning of the 20th century will have been with a

pair of horses yoked together and pulling a simple metal plough and driven by the

farmer. Fig. 15 shows a local picture of ploughing with Kirkhead (and tower in the

background, possibly on the field of East Plain farm just to the south of Outerthwaite.

On retirement, the stock from the farm was sold, reported as follows (56):” An

important sale of farming stock etc took place at Outerthwaite Farm, Cark on Tuesday

afternoon when Messrs M B Hodgson & Son put into the market the livestock,

implements etc. belonging to Mr W Mason. Mr Mason is retiring from the farm after a

tenancy of 34 years, and is succeeded by Mr Scott of Bridgefield, Colton. There was a

large attendance, and an excellent sale was the result.” The sale of livestock numbering

68 cattle and 3 bulls realized £762 and 4 horses £144 (see Table 7 for the full details).

Clearly at this time the main use of the farm is for cattle with some arable farming to

feed the family and generate a little extra income. The question remains were there any

sheep on the farm as there is no report on their sale in the newspapers?

Farming at Outerthwaite from 1906

In comparison to the 19th century, there are relatively few newspaper reports from on-

line searches at present. At this time the land agent for the Holker Estate including

Outerthwaite was Edward Drewry, the son of the previous agent George.

The Scott family, Jane and her son James, moved to Outerthwaite Farm in 1906 from

Bridgefield Farm, Colton, approximately one year after Jane’s husband Samuel had

died. Mr A Scott, presumed to be Aaron and Jane’s brother-in-law who farmed at

Seatle, purchased a roan heifer, and roan cow from the sale of stock in April 1906 (56).

NB: Roan is a coat colour found in many animals with an even mixture of white and

pigmented hairs that do not fade out as the animal ages. Breeds of cattle known for

roans are the Belgian Blue and Shorthorn (57). Jane’s brother-in-law died in early 1907

and she and her sons James and Samuel attended the funeral at Field Broughton (58).

Later in 1907, the leader of a 33 strong choir from Burnley was accommodated at Mrs

Scott’s Outerthwaite Farm (59). At the Cartmel Agricultural Society Annual Show in

1909, T & A Scott of Outerthwaite were presented with the Challenge Plate for the best

male (cattle) (60).

The 1911 census shows Jane as the farmer, and James the farmers son and James’s

wife Margaret. They employed a horseman, a cowman a farm servant and a domestic

servant. The next tenant farmer of Outerthwaite was Robert Moore. At present there is

insufficient information to date the change-over. James was at Outerthwaite in 1916

and Robert there in 1923 (Grange Red Book), Perhaps the sale of furniture suggests a

date of May 1917 (61).

James Scott rented the house and some of the barns at Flookburgh Farm for a short

period in 1918. This was a sub-let of the Holker-owned farm from Robert Moore, who

had run the Flookburgh Farm as part of the West Plain Farm, together with Thomas

Moore (62). In 1911, Thomas Moore (age 59) and Robert Moore (age 38) jointly ran

the farm at West Plain. Robert lived there with his wife Mary (age 38) and 7 children.

Robert purchased Outerthwaite in 1923 and also continued as the farmer at West Plain

(article in 1925) (63). Robert and Mary were the registered occupiers of Outerthwaite

at the start of World War 2, together with 3 of their sons who helped with the sheep,

cows and horses (Table 8). Fields (478, 532, 534, 539, 540) at the south of Outerthwaite

were sold on 31/12/24 - assumed to be 1924) (Figs 17a & 17b). This land was originally

purchased by Richard Winfield at the beginning of the 19th century at the time of the

enclosures (See Fig. 16 of 1858 plan).

Edward Drewry continued as the land agent for Holker for 20 years until his death in

1925, at which time Robert Moore attended his funeral (64). Edward’s successor was

Mr Lawrence.

Three reports of the agriculture have been found to date from an online search of the

newspapers:

1. N Lonsdale Show Best general livestock: R Moore Outerthwaite (65).

2. Crops of turnips or mangel-wurzel or both, thoroughly cleansed from weed &

duly thinned. 1st prize R Moore Outerthwaite Allithwaite. 1st best general stock

cattle on farm of not less than 40 acres, 70% of cattle to have been bred by

exhibitor (66).

3. A Start was made this week with harvesting on Messrs. R Moore & Sons

Outerthwaite. The picture (very poor quality) shows the golden corn being

reaped and stacked (67).

Today the farmer is John Moore, shown below in a photograph from the Hardman

Collection (Fig. 16a held by the Museum of Lakeland Life in Kendal) taken between

the 1930s and 1960s. In addition, there is another superb image of the sheaves gathered

in the fields (Fig. 16b).

Fig. 16a– Photo of the Moore family at Outerthwaite. From Left to right: Robert Moore

- owner, John Moore junior - currently farms Outerthwaite, Nelson Moore, Behind is

John Moore senior, The three dogs are Mick, Laddy & Meg.

. Fig. 16b. The harvest safely gathered

The Moore family have farmed at Outerthwaite in Lower Allithwaite for approximately

100 years, since Robert purchased the farm from Holker Estates some-time around

1923. Before then the family have farmed in the Allithwaite Flookburgh area since the

end of the 18th century, and lived at Yew Tree Farm, Blenkett Farm, Mireside, the

Farmer’s Arms and West Plain, before settling at Outerthwaite. The links with

Outerthwaite begin in 1785, when Mary Butler, the daughter of the tenant farmer Peter

Butler, married Patrick Moore, and they settle down in Allithwaite. The next two

generations show 2 Johns, and then Robert and two further Johns, the latter one, 5th

generation, being the current farmer. The field named as Tenter Close in 1858 is known

today by John as Webster Field. Outerthwaite today concentrates on beef cattle since

dairy farming ceased in 2014. There are also some wintering sheep to keep the grass

short.

Conclusion

There may well have been farming at Outerthwaite since the Viking times and when

the Danes came over from Ireland. The earliest research traced back is to the Prestons

of Holker who acquired the land after the dissolution of the monasteries. The

decendants of the Prestons appear to have lost the land at the time of the Jacobite

rebellion in 1715 and it passed through several hands until Holker purchased it again in

1858. In the 20th century the Moore family purchased it and have farmed there for the

past century. In early days the farm will have been a mixture of arable, meadow and

pasture, and primarily cultivating to support the little community living there. Indeed,

the records show many inhabitants in the 17th century. Flax and hemp were grown for

clothing, ropes and sacks, grain for bread, and a few animals kept during the summer.

In the 19th century, as cultivation techniques improved, better animal breeds were

introduced, the building of the railway, and there was a move to mechanization, farming

at Outerthwaite changed rapidly towards sheep and cattle requiring less manpower.

The village of Allithwaite as it is today has benefitted from the proceeds of the sale of

the farm in 1858, through Mary Lambert’s legacy to build the Church and School which

still thrive to this day.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Moore for sharing his memories of Outerthwaite and for allowing us to

photograph his farmhouse and to Pat Rowland for the information on Richard Winfield

and Mary Lambert.

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Table 1. Owners of Outerthwaite Farm

-1594 Christopher Preston

1594-1642 Ann Preston

1642-1666 Richard Westby

1666-1690 Jennet Westby?

Elizabeth Westby?

?-1716 Thomas Walton

1720-? Croft Corles- Cheesemonger from London

1732?-1798 Jopsons (of Mireside)

1799-1820 Richard Winfield (17)

1820-1835 Harriot Carter (inheritance)

1835-1857 Mary Winfield Lambert (inheritance)

1858-1923 Holker Estates (sales particulars)

1923-present day Robert Moore and his heirs

Table 2. Farmers of Outerthwaite Farm

1720 Thomas Leece (Huddleston)

1772 John Seatle (Husbandman – marriage bond Lan archive )

1780 John Taylor (Farmer bur. 1/3/1780)

1782-1799 Peter Butler (Court order & Last Will and Testament)

1799-1823 Thomas Butler (On-line Parish Clerk)

1829-1833 John Harrison (Parson & White)

1835-1857 Robert Wilcock (Mary Lambert’s agent)

1847 John Hutton (husbandman) marriage

1857-1871 William Robinson

1868 Joseph Robinson (marriedx Mary Ann Backhouse 14/10/1868)

1872 Robert Robinson

1872 – 1906 William Mason

1906- Jane Scott & her son James

1916 James Scott (Grange Red Book)

1923 Robert Moore (Grange Red Book)

1939 Robert Moore (1939 Register)

1969 R Moore (Grange Red Book)

2018 J B Moore (Yell)

Table 3: Early occupiers of Outerthwaite

John Dicconson (bap. of son John (base) 10/11/1612 Oolterthwaite)

John Dicconson (bap. son Richard 20/02/1619 (Ulterthwaite grene?)

John Dicconson of Oughterthewhaite gent (18/8/1623 Legal Document Lancashire Archive DDX

499/31)

John Dicconson (bur. of daughter Jenet 03/01/1627 Ulterthwaite)

Chr. Couper (bap. of son John 5/8/1673)

John Gaskarth in 1694 (a dyer –mentioned in William Spence’s will)

Thomas and Jane Gaskell (Jane was buried at Cartmel on 3rd Mar 1698/9 (12) )

John Gaskel (bap of son John 18/11/1702)

John Gaskel (bap of daughter Mary 10/8/1705)

Thomas Gaskarth (bur. 29/6/1706)

James Bell (bur. 14/12/1708 age about 50)

Thomas Sympson (bap. 3/7/1710 and bur. 17/7/1710 of son Robert)

Laurence Park (bur. 10/8/1718)

Robt. Washington (bap. of Agnes 17/8/1720)

George Wilson (bap. of George 31/5/1724)

Robt. Aldran (bur. of Ellen (wife) 8/9/1727)

Christopher Gibson (bap. of son John 3/6/1730, bap of son Thomas 21/11/1731 and bur. of son John

30/8/1730)

Joseph Clark (bap. 2/5/1736 of son Gervas)

John Rawlinson (bur. of his son John 19/11/1742, bap. son John 28/9/1743 and bap. son William

13/5/1747 (19))

Thomas Johnson (bur. of wife Jane 19/6/1751)

Revd. William Taylor (‘a native of Outerthwaite’ born there in 1754 who was headmaster of Hawkshead

Grammar School when William Wordsworth was a pupil there (68) (d. 12/6/1786 Master of ye Free

School)

John Seatle (in 1772 - a husbandman (12)).

James Settle (marriage bond 16/12/1772 Husbandman – Lancat)

John Taylor (Farmer) bur 1/3/1780

Robert Pow bap 5/10/1787 Thos. Pow born 4 Oct

Daniel Harrison bap 26/6/1790 Peter born 25 Jun

James Barker Mackereth bur 1796

Peter Butler bur 1/8/1799

Jane Ball bur 17/5/1847 age 28

William Bell bap 25/3/1849 s of William (Blacksmith) & Elizabeth

William Wilkinson bap 28/10/1855 s of Edward (husbandman) & Mary

Table 4: Occupants of Outerthwaite 1841-1911 (From the Parish of Cartmel

Census)

Year Forename(s) Surname Status Marital Status Age Occupation

1841 William Woof 30 Ag Lab

1841 John Kemp 28 Ag Lab

1841 George Pattison 27 Ag Lab

1841 Edward Kemp 20 Ag Lab

1841 William Birket 18 Ag Lab

1841 Thomas Sedgwick 15 Ag Lab

1841 Mary Baw 18 Domestic servant

1841 Elizabeth Hauck 25 Domestic servant

1851 Robert Varey Servant Unm. 37 Ag Lab

1851 Isaac Hodgson Servant Unm. 32 Ag Lab

1851 William Ball Head Mar 26 Ag Lab

1851 John Hornby Servant Unm. 20 Ag Lab

1851 Robert Hutton Lodger 15 Lodger

1851 James Hutton Lodger 13 Lodger

1851 Thomas Hutton Lodger 12 Lodger

1851 Edward Hutton Lodger 9 Lodger

1851 Joseph Hutton Lodger 2 Lodger

1851 Elizabeth Hutton Servant Widow 36 Domestic servant

1851 Agnes Hutton Lodger 8 Lodger

1861 William Robinson Head Mar 51 Farmer

1861 John Parkinson Servant Unm. 46 Ag Lab

1861 Thomas Minckin Servant Unm. 24 Ag Lab

1861 Richard Wilkinson Servant Unm. 24 Ag Lab

1861 Cristopher Walter ? Servant Unm. 19 Ag Lab

1861 Joseph Robinson Son Unm. 17 Farmer's son

1861 Edward Willson Servant Unm. 13 Domestic servant

1861 Robert Robinson Son 10 Child

1861 George H Robinson Son 6 Child

1861 Marey Robinson Wife Mar 49 Farmer's Wife

1861 Fanny Robinson Dau'r Unm. 19 Farmer's Dau'r

1861 Marey Robinson Dau'r Unm. 14 Farmer's Dau'r

1861 Margret Ann Robinson Dau'r Unm. 12 Farmer's Dau'r

1861 Alice Robinson Dau'r 3 Child

1871 William Robinson Head Mar 61 Farmer

1871 Percival Bell Head Mar 24 Ag Lab

1871 Robert Robinson Son Unm. 20 Ag Lab

1871 Robert Battersby Servant Unm. 18 Ag Lab

1871 James Bland Servant Unm. 15 Ag Lab

1871 George Woodburn Servant Unm. 15 Ag Lab

1871 William Robinson Gd Son 10 At home

1871 Joseph Robinson Gd Son 8 At home

1871 Isabella Bell Wife Mar 19 Dairy Maid

1871 Mary Robinson Wife Mar 59 Domestic servant

1871 Alice Robinson Dau'r Unm. 13 Domestic servant

1871 Hannah Thexton Servant Unm. 21 Domestic servant

1881 William Mason Head Mar 37 Farmer

1881 James Leek Servant Unm. 19 Farm Servant (Indoor)

1881 William Thistlethwaite Servant Unm. 19 Farm Servant (Indoor)

1881 Harold Wilkinson Boarder Unm. 17 Farm Pupil

1881 Eleanor Mason Wife Mar 35 Farmer's Wife

1881 Rachel Sykes Servant Unm. 16 Domestic servant

1881 Margaret Thompson Servant Unm. 15 Dairymaid

1891 William Mason Head Mar 47 Farmer

1891 Thomas Booth Servant Single 47 Farm Servant

1891 Thomas Wilson Servant Single 23 Farm Servant

1891 George Ruter Servant Single 21 Farm Servant

1891 John Shaw Servant Single 16 Farm Servant

1891 Jane Brocklebank Servant Single 17 Domestic servant

1891 Eleanor Mason Wife Mar 45 Farmer's Wife

1891 Agness Newton Servant Single 16 Domestic servant

1891 Hannah M Selkirk Cousin Single 34 No occupation

1901 William Mason Head Mar 57 Farmer

1901 John Glessal Servant Single 27 Cowman

1901 Thos Wilkinson Servant Single 22 Carter

1901 Mark Drinkall Servant Single 15 Ag Lab

1901 Eleanor Mason Wife Mar 55 Farmer's Wife

1901 Hannah M Selkirk Cousin Single 44 No occupation

1901 Norah Walker Servant Single 19 Domestic servant

1911 Jane Scott Head Widow 70 Farmer

1911 Joseph Mitchelson Servant 40 Horseman

1911 James Scott Son Mar 38 Farmer's Son

1911 Cecil Moleneux Servant 19 Cowman

1911 Richard Rawlinson Servant 15 Farm Servant

1911 Margaret Scott Son's Wife Mar 34 Farmer's Wife

1911 Isabel Todd Servant 14 Domestic servant

Table 5: 1896 Assessment of Rent for Outerthwaite (Lancashire Archive ref

DDCA/ACC12005/Box20/152)

Number Field Name Quantity a Type Value/acre

Annual

value each

field

532 Red Hill Holme 7.417 A 25/- £8-10-7

529 Part of Red Hill Holme 0.783 G 25/- £0-19-6

530 Plantation 0.245 W 25/- £0-6-1

534 Far Middle Holme 7.739 P 26/- £10-1-2

535 Part of Middle Holme 2.625 P 20/- £2-12-6

539 Near & Far Holme 9.621 P 16/- £7-13-11

540 West Holme 5.38 A 18/- £16-16-10

533 Part of Middle Holme 1.659 P 20/- £1-13-3

469 Road 0.764 N

470 Orchard 1.28 N

£1-5-0

463 Cornthwaite 12.266 P 28/- £20-10-0

464 Cornthwaite 2.378 P 28/-

462 House Buildings etc 1.167 N

£10-0-0

447 Tenter Close 8.57 P 32/- £13-14-2

461 High Field 8.411 A 28/- £11-15-6

446 Hemplands 15.785 A 30/- £23-13-7

440 Road 0.98 N

439 High Buildings 0.154 N

435 Bull Copy 4.351 P 25/- £5-8-9

446 Little Boarbank 4.947 P 28/- £6-18-5

441 Wood Boarbank 22.345 P 26/- £29-1-1

470 Moor Lane Meadow 2.573 P 25/- £3-4-4

482 Stubbins Meadow 6.244 P 20/- £6-4-10

459 Goody wife Meadow 3.472 M 25/- ££4-6-10

471 Near Wraysholme 13.928 A 26/- £18-2-0

472 Pt of Wraysholme 6.98 A 25/- £8-14-6

473 Far Wraysholme 4.998 M 25/- £6-4-10

478 Near Lane Meadow 3.389 M 25/- £4-4-8

476 The Close 1.05 M 25/- £1-6-3

Table 6. Summary information from 1896 account book (Lancashire Archive ref

DDCA/ACC12005/Box20/152)

Acreage %

Arable 57.9 35.9

Garden 0.8 0.5

Meadow 12.9 8

None 4.3 2.7

Pasture 85.3 52.8

Wood 0.2 0.2

Total 161.5 100

Table 7. Details of the sale of stock of Mr Mason in April 1906 (69)

CATTLE –

Heifer calf, £3 15s, Mr Wm Dixon, Ellerside;

roan bullock, £4 5s, Mr Jos Barton;

ditto, £5, Mr Jos Barton;

white heifer, £4, Mr R Lewis; red ditto, £3 10s, Mr Wilson, Mireside;

roan ditto, £3 Mr R Wright;

roan ditto, £3 5s, Mr R Rigg, Dalton;

red bullock, £2 15s, Mr Burrow, Ulverston,

ditto, £2 2s 5d, Mr Burrow;

two bullocks, £4 15s each, Mr Lund, Ulverston;

roan heifer, £5 12s 6d, Mr Sherwin, Bootle

ditto, £7 15s, Mr Thos. Moore;

red bullock, £6 5s, Mr Jos Tyson Ulverston;

roan ditto, £7, Mr Sherwin;

red ditto, £6 17s 6d, Mr Jos Barton;

two white bullocks, £6 15s each, Mr Mason, Marsh Grange;

roan heifer, £7 15s, Mr Robt. Webster;

red heifer, £8 10s, Mr E Richardson;

red & white bullock, £7 10s, Mr Jos. Tyson;

roan heifer, £9 15s, Mr Walker, Tempeton;

red heifer, £10, Mr Sherwin;

two bullocks, £10 15s each, Mr R Lewis;

blue grey heifer, (July calver), £12 10s, Mr Wm Dixon;

roan ditto (January Calver), £11 5s, Mr A Scott;

red heifer, (May calver), £13 15s, Mr John Shepherd, Spring Bank;

roan heifer (December calver), £11 15s, Mr Crosbie, Birkby Hall;

roan ditto, £11 15s, Mr Robt. Webster;

ditto (August calver), £13 15s, Mr Norman;

red heifer (September calver), £14, Mr W Dixon, Holker;

white heifer (September calver), £12 10s, Mr Rawlinson;

roan heifer (October calver), £17, Mr Norman, Holker;

white ditto (June calver), £13 7s 6d, Mr Redmayne Rigg, Cartmel;

roan heifer (august calver),£16 7s 6d, Mr W Dixon;

red ditto (January calver), £17 2s 6d, Mr A Crewdson;

red & white heifer (May calver) , £16 15s, Mr Middleton, Leeds;

roan cow, £14 5s, Mr Middleton;

red heifer (September calver), £13 15s, Mr R Wright;

roan heifer, (August calver), £13 15s, Mr Sherwin;

roan cow, £12 10s, Mr S Woods;

her heifer calf, 57s, Mr Robt. Scarr, Liverpool;

roan cow, (January calver), £14 5s, R Pickthall, Dalton;

gelt cow, £10, Mr McKewin;

red cow (September calver), £4 10s, Mr Wm Dixon;

roan cow (august calver), £20 10s, Mr Jackson, Roose;

red cow (April calver), £21, Mr Dowbiggin, Millom;

roan cow, £17, Mr Scott;

her heifer calf, 30s, Mr Walker;

ditto, £11 15s, Mr J Clarke, Newton-in-Cartmel;

her heifer calf, 25s, Mr Clarke;

fat cow, £19 10s, Mr Jos, Brocklebank;

roan cow, £15 15s, Mr Nelson;

her calf, 30s, Mr Scarr;

roan cow, £16 10s, Mr Middleton;

calf, 27s 6d, Mr Grice, Bootle;

red cow, £16 5s, Mr B Rigg;

her calf, 38s 6d, Mr Robt. Scarr;

red & white cow (June calver), £18, Mr Scarr;

roan cow, £18, Mr Scarr;

roan cow, £14 10s, Mr Jas. Dickinson;

her calf, £1, Mr Grice;

roan cow, (January calver), £13, Mr John Bell;

ditto (April calver), £19 15s, Mr B Rigg;

red & white cow (April calver), £23, Mr Middleton;

roan cow, £8, Mr Scarr;

her calf, £2 10s, Mr Crewdson;

roan cow, £14, Mr Milligan, Winster;

her calf, 15s, Mr Wm Jackson, Allithwaite;

heifer calf, 25s, Mr H Nelson;

young bull, 10.5gns, Mr B Wilson;

ditto, 13.5 gns, Mr R Rawsthorne;

bull, £21, Mr J fisher, Barrow.

Horses:

Chestnut mare (8 yrs), 38 gns, Mr Booth;

Bay gelding (5 yrs), 40 gns, Messrs Dickinson, Cark;

Bay filly (3 yrs),37 gns, Mr Part, Kendal;

Bay gelding, 22 gns, Mr Williams, Carnforth.

73 cattle 4 Horses

Table 8: 1939 Register for Outerthwaite Farm

Forenames M Date of Birth Marital Occupation

1 Robert Moore M 27-Jun 1872 M Farmer, (Heavy Worker)

2 Mary Moore F 04-May 1872 M Unpaid Domestic Duties

3 John Moore M 27-Mar 1909 S Shepherd Hedger & Drainer, Heavy Worker

4 Robert, Jnr Moore M 30-Jun 1912 S Cowman on Farm, Heavy Worker

5 Edwin Moore M 16-Sep 1916 S Horseman & Tractor Driver, Heavy Worker

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