Hello Chris, Does this help ? I have sent you the image off list as a file attachment. Regards AudreyM nee Miskelly In Cumbria ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1891 Census Civil Parish of Barrow in Furness Address Number 6 Bradford Street Thomas Forsyth Head M 57 Lab. Hawkshead Lancs. Isabella Wife M 41 Liverpool Lancs. John Son 13 Scholar Coniston Lancs. Fanny Daughter 10 " Askam (sic) Lancs. Lily Daughter 8 " Askam (sic) Lancs Edward Son 6 Scholar Coniston Lancs. Jessie M Daughter 2 Coniston Lancs.

TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION. FIVE PERSONS KILLED AND TWENTY INJURED. A terrible boiler explosion took place at the Atlas Ironworks, Bolton, belonging to Mr. Alderman THOMAS WALMSLEY, resulting in the deaths of five persons and serious injuries to about twenty others. The works are comparatively new, having only been in operationn about five years. They are very extensive, and employ about 800 men and boys, who are divided into day and night shifts. The explosion occurred in what is known as the forge-shed, a building some thirty yards long by ten yards wide, open at the sides, and erected upon massive iron columns. Underneath this shed were eight vertical boilers, all connected with each other by steam pipes and brick flues or culverts. They were patent egg-ended, pea-slued boilers, each about 20 feet in length by some 7 feet in diameter, and though they were usually worked at 45 lbs., they were capable of sustaining a much higher pressure, having, indeed, been tested up to 90 lbs. To each boiler there were a couple of heating furnaces for the manufacture of rails and bar iron. In addition to the vertical, there was also a couple of horizontal boilers for supplementary steam whenever required. The other machinery underneath the shed consisted of a couple of steam hammers, a pair of shears, mortar mill, &c. The boiler which exploded was a vertical one, made by MESSRS. POLLITT, of Bolton, and was entirely new, being started for the first time on the day of the explosion. Nothing is known as to the cause of the catastrophe. It occurred soon after dinner, namely, at half past two; but as the workmen all take their meals upon the premises, there is a constant supervision exercised. The boiler, which was erected some two or three feet from the ground and was encased in brickwork nine inches in thickness, burst with a report which was heard over the entire town, and caused the utmost consternation. One half the roof of the shed was lifted bodily into the air, when it fell with a tremendous crash, carrying with it the pipes connecting the whole of the boilers with the machinery, as well as several of the supporting columns, iron girders, beams, &c. One pair of furnaces, the shears, and mortar mill were completely demolished, while a good deal of injury was done to other parts of the machinery. A gap of some eight or ten yards wide was made in the boundary wall abutting on Fletcher-street, and bricks and slates were hurled in clouds over and beyond the works. The top end of the boiler, weighing about thirty hundredweight, was carried over the shed a distance of about a hundred and fifty yards, and deposited near to MESSRS. HOWARTH and CRYER's foundry, while other fragments were hurled into the foundry yard itself. Running parallel with the forge is the London and North-Western Railway. A youth named THOMAS BARLOW, about seventeen years of age, was working near the line when he heard the explosion. He attempted to run, but ere he had gone many yards, one of the boiler plates, riven and twisted, caught him, decapitating him, and cutting off both arms and one leg. The head and dismembered limbs were afterwards found lying several yards from the trunk. Other portions of the boiler, weighing several hundredweight, were projected right over the railway, a distance of 200 yards. The flues were ripped open, and what with the smoke and the steam that escaped from the broken pipes, it was impossible for some time to ascertain the extent of the damage. When the atmosphere had become cleared, the dead and injured were found lying in all directions. From beneath the debris, three men, named ISRAEL WAIN, ABRAHAM LEACH, and RICHARD TIPTON, as well as a boynamed LEVI KIRKMAN, the son of a policeman, were taken out dead. They had all been fearfully crushed and scalded. Their bodies were removed to the counting-house, and afterwards conveyed on stretchers to their homes, and nearly twenty persons were also found to be more or less injured. Through the mill windows of MESSRS. HARGREAVES AND CO., cotton spinners, situated a distance of two hundred yards from the scene of the catastrophe, showers of bricks and slates were sent, and some scores of panes of glass were broken. A furnace damper, weighing about two hundredweight, was hurled several hundred yards, destroying an outbuilding near to St. Mark's Church. One brick struck a woman named BETTY WINWARD as she was standing at her door in York-street, and she sustained a fracture of the thigh. All round the works, some hundreds of windows have either been smashed or blown out, and several wonderful escapes are recorded. The forge chimney, which is fifty yards high, and was within a few feet of the exploded boiler, was but slightly injured. The damage is roughly estimated at about £5000. None of the property is insured. ==============================================

A WOMAN IN YORK has her fourth set of teeth coming, and she is only ninety-five. ................Figaro. _____________________________________________ "OH !" - (Algernon is devoted to Science, and makes his young bride read all the new scientific books to him). MRS. ALGERNON: "Really ALGERNON, all this about Differential and Integral Calculus, and Biostatics, and Biodynamics, and Molecules, and Concretes and things, seems to me rather extraordinary. You can't generally accuse me of prudishness, but is this the sort of book that mamma would quite approve of my reading, love ?" ______________________________________________ LORD DESART AND THE GUARDS' CLUB. - The "Observer" says: A general meeting was held at the Guards' Club, on Saturday afternoon, to consider what action, if any, should be taken with referene to the scandal created by the Chesterfield Letters of 1873, and the correspondence to which these letters have given rise. It was finally decided not to take any action in the matter,a majority of two-thirds being required to pass any motion affecting the status of a member of the club. _______________________________________________ A handsome and useful Almanck for 1874 can be had gratis, on applying to either of the 3248 agents for Horniman's celebrated Pure Teas in Packets. _______________________________________________________________________ A COMMEMORATION IN ST. PETERSBURG. Christmas Day in Russia, being according to what is called "old style", fell on Tuesday, the 6th inst., when there was the usual imposing religious service at the Winter Palace, commemorating also the defeat of Napoleon, and the termination of the French invasion of 1812. The DUKE OF EDINBURGH and his suite in full uniform, were present at a Court breakfast given by the Czar. ==============================================

WHIPPINGHAM WARBLERS. On December the 28th, the children of Whippingham School (isn't the name simply perfect ?) sang in the Inner Hall of the Pavilion at Osborne, "The First Grief." Can't we imagine what the first grief would be at Whippingham ? Of course it is a school where every book is illustrated with cuts. We should like to see exhibited the original block of Whippingham. The school-house itself is, we venture to say, beautifully situated in a grove of birches. DR. BIRCH was the Prince of Wale's tutor, wasn't he? And Whippinham is on the Royal domain at Osborne. The children then sang "Now is the Time." What for ? Clearly the answer is, "For Whipping'em." Another of their melodious efforts was "The Pilgrims". Perhaps this was a Swish air. Then they gave "Rock me to Sleep, Mother" - a day border's ditty on his return from Whippingham. But there is just one rhyme which we trust her Gracious Majesty did not forget among the Christmas Carols of these children of the Rod: - The Queen cried "O !" These children of Whippingham, They shan't go Without my tipping 'em." And so to them and everybody generally, A Happy New Year. ...................................Pun

AN OREGON BEAR STORY. The "Roseburg (Oregon) Plaindealer" has the following story: "About ten days since, HENRY BLAND and his wife, of Canyonville Precinct, went out into the to look after the sheep. When about three miles from home, his dogs got after a bear and, after a severe chase, succeeded in compelling the bear to climb a tree. About the time that MR. BLAND and his wife reached the foot of the tree, another ferocious bear suddenly put in appearance and savagely attacked the dogs in the immediate presence of MR. and MRS. BLAND. The fight now became animated and furious, dogs and bear rolling over each other in the death struggle down a steep mountain into the canyon below. BLAND was armed with a Henri rifle, but dared not shoot for fear of killing his dogs. Now came the question ... how to rescue the dogs; only two cartridges were in the rifle. MRS. BLAND urged her husband to go to the assistance of the dogs, while alone and unarmed she undertook to keep the ferocious monster up the tree. He started down into the canon to where the conflict was raging, guided by the growls and yelps of the dogs and bear. He arrived not a moment too soon, for Bruin was evidently getting the best of it, and would only be pacified by the last shot from the now empty rifle. It was dark when BLAND returned to his wife at the foot of the tree. The situation was anything but flattering. The empty rifle was of little use, and upon the dermination of MRS. BLAND to sit up with the bear, he started for home for more ammunition. The lady, being reinforced by the bleeding dogs, now felt that she was master of the situation. With no fire, far from home, in the midst of craggy mountains, this indomitable lady dared to hold at bay one of the most ferocious monsters of the forest. The bear, not liking his new home, determined to descend the tree; but our heroine, with a stick and the barking of the dogs, compelled Bruin to take a sober second thought, and taking up a position on a lower limb, with eyeballs of fire he stared at the scene below; but our huntress was not to be dismayed by the presence of her horrible companion, but stood guard until ten o'clock, when her husband and another came to her assistance. She then started for home through the deep canons and gorges of the mountains, entirely along, and it was midnight when she safely arrived at her own dwelling. The next morning, as soon as it was sufficiently light, the bear was shot. He proved to be one of the largest of those known as the cinnamon variety. "

CHRISTMASTIDE AT LONGMARTON. This joyful season has once more passed, and we hope the inhabitants of this parish have every reason to look back upon it with feelings of gratitude, thankfulness, and satisfaction. The spirit of liberality has again been manifested in a very praise-worthy manner. Twenty-four poor families in the townships of Longmarton, Brampton, and Knock received ten shillings worth of coals each, the gift of MRS. NOBLE, of Marton House, and E. HEELIS, Esq., Marton Hall. The REV. CANON HELLIS, rector, distributed amongst the parisioners two fat sheep killed for the purpose. MRS. HEELIS, with her usual kindness and liberality, gave away a large quantity of tea, and many yards of flannel, to the aged and poor. On Christmas Eve, before breaking up for the usual holidays, each of the scholars of the day school received a large bun, the gift of MR. and MRS. HEELIS. On Wednesday (New Year's Eve), the members of the choir and Sunday school teachers partook of an excellent supper in the school-room, provided by the REV. CANON and MRS. HEELIS. Upwards of sixty sat down to the repast. The school-room was very tastefully decorated for the occasion, with flags, diagrams, flowers, evergreens, &c., was beautifully lighted up, and presented an unusually gay appearance. There was a very plentiful supply of good things, and it was a pleasing sight to see the tables display to the best advantage, their delicious burden. After supper, a variety of games were entered into with great zest, the enjoyments being varied by the choir singing in good style, "King Christmas", "The roast beef of Old England:, and the "Boar's Head Carol". At ten p.m. coffee and cake were handed round to all present, after which three hearty old English cheers were given for the good RECTOR and MRS. HEELIS, and also for all who had been engaged in providing the entertainment. The doxology was then sung, the benediction pronounced and the company separated after having spent a most enjoyable evening. New Year's Day had been looked forward to by a large number of young people in connection with the Band of Hope, in anticipation of a treat in the form of a tea party. The weather was most propitious for the occasion, the day being beautifully fine. The proceedings of the day were ushered in by the arrival of the Appleby Band of Hope Fife and Drum Band playing lively airs. At one o'clock a procession was formed at the school, which then proceeded to march into the village, preceded by the Fife and Drum Band, which had kindly volunteered its services for the occasion. The whole village was quite astir on hearing the lively strains of the martial music, every house presenting some spectators. The procession presented quite an imposing appearance, the members to the number of about seventy-six, marching in capital order, each with a white rosette on the left breast. After parading the village and singing several temperance melodies, they returned to the school, where a capital tea was provided, which all most heartily enjoyed. In the evening, at seven o'clock, a lecture was given by the REV. L. O. LEWIS, on "Old Moore's Almanac". The REV. J. HEELIS, M.A., rector of Dufton, occupied the chair. In opening the lecture, the REV. L. O. LEWIS said the subject he had chosen was suggested to him by seeing one of Old Moore's Almanacs on a parishioner's table. After showing that the word Almanac was derived from the Arabic language, and meant "The Reckoner", the lecturer proceeded to detail the various items found in the Almanac, and the changes which those items have of late years undergone. He then selected from the Almanac a few of the wise sayings of "Poor Richard", and commented on each. The adages chosen were, "Dost thou love life; if so, do not squander time, for that is the very stuff life is made of ", "Diligence is the mother of good luck", "A great bargain is a great pick-purse", "Buy what thou hast no need of, and thou wilt soon have to sell what thou hast", "At a great pennyworth, pause a while" , "The Devil's meal is all bran." At intervals the members of the Band of Hope sung the following temperance melodies from Hoyle's songs: "Our hopes are bright", "Father come home", "Joe Perkins", "Don't go near the bar room", "The Mantrap", "When we say we'll pass a law". MR. LEIGHTON presided at the harmonium, and accompanied the singing. The room was well filled with a very attentive audience. After the usual thanks were presented, the hymn, "In the golden west" was sung, accompanied by the harmonium, and the members of the newly formed band on their tin whistles. The benediction was then pronounced, and the company dispersed, all being very much gratified with their evening's proceedings. .........COR. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ **This ends the January 10, 1874 issue of the Penrith Herald**

This newspaper Item has been all safely saved, and is now included on the Kirkby Stephen site..... http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~enzedders/index.htm It can be found under the section "Town, Parish and People". Many many thanks to Barb for such a mammoth typing effort! Oh the wonders of computers - it took me all of five minutes to turn it into HTML and put it in place. Nancy. -- Nancy McLaughlin Burwood, Christchurch, NZ

David I have transcribed most of the Patterdale registers and I have it as Agnas ULLOCK and John PATTINSON. Agnas was a Spinster "of full age" and living at Grisedale and John, a miner, was a bachelor "of full age" living in Glenridding. There is one other ULLOCK marriage at Patterdale. On 9 May 1880 Agnes ULLOCK, a 27 year old Spinster living at Township,Patterdale married Thomas GERMAN a 34 year old Widower from Bowness, Windermere. Agnes, the daughter of John ULLOCK a Tailor, was a Domestic Servant and Thomas, the son of Joseph GERMAN a Farm Labourer, was a Shoemaker. Regards, Christopher Darvill -----Original Message----- From: eng-westmorland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-westmorland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Hughlock Sent: 21 December 2008 18:21 To: Westmorland Mailing List Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] ULLOCK Hello all, Thank you so much for all the ULLOCK'S you presented to me. Most of these are new to me and now I have a whole batch more to check through, so thank you so much. I did have the marriage of ULLOCK, Agnes Marr 1843 Engl West Patter Sp: John PATTINSON. I thought I would try and find the actual date so back to IGI and up popped the marriage - Yet another variant of the name ULLOCK - Marriage 11 March 1843 at Patterdale Westmorland between Aynas ALLOCK and John Patterson - extracted (Batch No M055691) So thank you all for my first Christmas Present if anyone finds any further Ullocks and other variants I would be very grateful. May I wish you all a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS and a CONTENTED SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR Kind regards David ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WESTMORLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'll send the page through to you off list, Margaret. Barb. ----- Original Message ----- From: <marge70111@aol.com> To: <eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Searching Blenkinships > Hello Barbara, > Thankyou once again for following up my request a few days ago. I must > confess I did put James Jackson as having died in 1890 when it was > 1900-----------------senior moment---------------sorry to confuse the > issue. > I would be grateful of the image of the 1891 census if it is convenient. > Thankyou > Margaret > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barb Baker <bbaker48@sympatico.ca> > To: eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:07 > Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Searching Blenkinships > > > > Hello again, Margaret: > > There is an interesting entry on the 1891 British Census, showing a James > JACKSON, age 62, Gameskeeper, born Sedbergh, Yorkshire, along with his > wife > Harriet M. age 32, born Kendal, Westmorland, and their > daughters...Elizabeth, age 4 and Jane, age 1, both born Sedbergh, > Yorkshire. > > Maybe your James did not die in 1890 (?). I could send you the image of > the > census page if you would like to have it. > > I'll have a look on the FreeBMD and see what I can find. > > Barb, Ontario, Canada. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WESTMORLAND-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the > move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WESTMORLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

>From doing transcriptions of newspaper articles for a while now, I rather think that it is a matter of "terminology" in this case; a matter of how it would be said in 1880. Probably it would mean "agricultural wages declined 'between' 3 pounds a year 'and' 10 pounds a year. Other people on other mail lists have asked the same question, so no, you didn't eat or drink too much at all !! : |) Barb.

Hello, is the name Thornbeck known to anyone / particularly in or near Kendal around the beginning of the 18th century/ I have an ancestor, one William Noble, who married 8/6/1715 at Middleton in Lonsdale Chapel, a miss Esther Thornbeck. I suspect that Ms Thornbeck was a quaker and came from quite a prominent local quaker family. I have noted that quite a few Thornbecks were born in the Kendal area at the time and were domiciled in Middleton....how could I find her parents? thanks Peter (de Loriol)

If I may, uninvited, "put my oar into the water" here, I suspect Liz spotted the same thing I did. It is rather interesting to note that the agricultural wages declined from 3 pounds a year to 10 pounds a year. Shouldn't that be the other way around? Or did I have too much to eat and drink over the Christmas season? Helen -----Original Message----- From: eng-westmorland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-westmorland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barb Baker Sent: December 20, 2008 3:11 PM To: eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] THE NEWCASTLE COURANT, FRIDAY, JUNE 4,1880 / WAGES How So ?, Liz. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz Owen" <l.owen@free.fr> To: <eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] THE NEWCASTLE COURANT, FRIDAY, JUNE 4,1880 / WAGES Shomething wrong shurely? Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb Baker" <bbaker48@sympatico.ca> To: "Genealogy-Cumberland" <Genealogy-Cumberland@googlegroups.com>; <lancsgen@rootsweb.com>; <uk-newspaper-extracts@rootsweb.com>; <eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 5:46 PM Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] THE NEWCASTLE COURANT, FRIDAY, JUNE 4,1880 / WAGES During the past five or six years of agricultural depression, the wages of agricultural servants in the northern counties of England ... Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland ... have decreased from £3 to £10 per annum, and they are still on the decline. ______________________________________________________ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WESTMORLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WESTMORLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WESTMORLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Barbara, Thankyou once again for following up my request a few days ago. I must confess I did put James Jackson as having died in 1890 when it was 1900-----------------senior moment---------------sorry to confuse the issue. I would be grateful of the image of the 1891 census if it is convenient. Thankyou Margaret -----Original Message----- From: Barb Baker <bbaker48@sympatico.ca> To: eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:07 Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Searching Blenkinships Hello again, Margaret: There is an interesting entry on the 1891 British Census, showing a James JACKSON, age 62, Gameskeeper, born Sedbergh, Yorkshire, along with his wife Harriet M. age 32, born Kendal, Westmorland, and their daughters...Elizabeth, age 4 and Jane, age 1, both born Sedbergh, Yorkshire. Maybe your James did not die in 1890 (?). I could send you the image of the census page if you would like to have it. I'll have a look on the FreeBMD and see what I can find. Barb, Ontario, Canada. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WESTMORLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy McLaughlin" <riversidenz@gmail.com> To: <Eng-Westmorland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 2:13 AM Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Kirkby Stephen Church Re-dedication > This newspaper Item has been all safely saved, and is now included on the > Kirkby Stephen site..... > http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~enzedders/index.htm > > It can be found under the section "Town, Parish and People". > > Many many thanks to Barb for such a mammoth typing effort! Oh the wonders > of computers - it took me all of five minutes to turn it into HTML and > put > it in place. > > Nancy. > > -- > Nancy McLaughlin > Burwood, Christchurch, NZ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WESTMORLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The VICAR responded. He said the Bishop might not be aware, before he conferred this Canonry upon him, that he was already an Alderman and an ex-Mayor of Appleby - (laughter) - and if his lordship knew what that meant, he would readily understand that he was a very great man before he received this last honour (More laughter.). The VICAR then in very feeling terms spoke of his freshened sense of responsibility in regard to his parish and he hoped God would help him to do his work much better than he had ever been able to do it. He reminded them that they had not built the Church; that had been done by their ancesors, who had devoted great means and zeal to the work when they were much poorer than the people of Kirkby Stephen are now. He proposed the health of the Subscribers to the Restoration Fund. (Applause.) As regards money, the work had been very easily done; perhaps no parish in England could have done it easier. Unfortunately for him he was a very bad beggar (laughter and cries of "Oh !") - but at the small vestry meeting where the thing was first discussed, they had £1,400 or £1,500 promised, and within a fortnight the subscriptions reached somewhere about £4,000. (Applause.) They had not asked anybody for money from that time until this year came in, when, finding that the expense had been greater than they intended, he and MR. MASON started on a pilgrimage of begging amongst their neighbours who had been passed over before, and in the course of one evening, they got £160. (Applause.) The collection this morning realized £153, including £50 from MR. WHITWELL. (Applause) To these he must add £100 sent this morning by LORD BECTIVE and £5 by a kind lady; and he believed MR. MASON had got £7 or £8 this morning also. He had had most cheering letters from LORD and LADY LONSDALE and others; in fact, the sympathy shown by friends at a distance was a peculiar feature of the work. He should like to connect this toast with the name of a very dear friend who put down his name and that of his sisters for £1,000 - (applause) - he referred to the late MR. MATTHEW THOMPSON, but him they had lost; and next to him they were most indebted to MR. MASON, who had put down his name and those of his family for very large sums indeed. (Applause.) "Health and continued liberality to the subscribers, coupled with the name of THOMAS MASON, Esq., High Sheriff of Westmorland, and Beadle of Kirkby Stephen Church ! " (Applause and laughter.) MR. MASON replied in a lively speech, in the course of which he gave an amusing account of his proceedings as a beggar, with his success in which he professed himself well content. They had only met with a single refusal; and that was from a man who offered them something if they "wad let t'wark alane !" (Laughter.) He believed that, of the handsome total raised, three-fourths of it had been given by the parishioners. (Applause.) The VICAR then proposed "The Donors of Special Gifts" - a numerous and munificent body, amongst whom he named MISS THOMPSON, who presented them with a clock with chimes which cost over £300, certainly a magnificent gift - (applause); - MRS. KING, who presented the beautiful memorial window; MISS JACKSON; MISS MASON, who gave the handsome Communion Service; MISS GOODWIN, who had presented them with a communion cloth of exquisite taste and workmanship; their young friends, the THOMPSONS, who had given them the service books; the Freemasons of Cumberland and Westmorland, who presented that noble pulpit, which all must have admired; and many others. He coupled with the toast the name of MR. WHITWELL, as a Freemason. (Applause.) MR. WHITWELL, M.P., said the pulpit was given as a tribute of respect and esteem by a great number of those who were associated with their Vicar in works which they considered good works, and which they thought might be properly and suitably represented by a pulpit from which the Gospel of Jesus Christ might be preached. (Hear, hear.) The LORD BISHOP preached again in the evening. ==========================================

Luncheon was served in the King's Arms Hotel at two o'clock in the afternoon. The VICAR, the REV. CANON SIMPSON D.D., presided; there were also present the LORD BISHOP and MRS. GOODWIN, MRS. CHAMLEY of Warcop, MR. WHITWELL, M.P., MR. MASON (High Sheriff of Westmorland), MRS. THOMPSON of Stobars, MRS. KING, the MISSES KING, MRS. WYBERGH, MR. PRESTON of Warcop Hall, DR. TAYLOR of Penrith, the REV. W. LYDE, the REV. H. C. BAKER, the REV. J. BRUNSKILL, the REV. C. M. PRESTON, the REV. J. CHAPELHOW, the REV. J. SISSON, the REV. J. RIDLEY, the REV. JOS. BOWSTEAD of Soulby, the REV. MR. CHESTERS of South Shields, the REV. T. HOLME, the REV. J. M. MASON, the REV. R. C. HESLOP, MRS. HESLOP, MISS FAULKNER, the REV. J. DOBSON, DR. LELAND, MRS. LELAND, MR. W. WALDY of Eden Place, MISS WALDY, MISS THOMPSON, MR. M. MORLAND of Winton, MRS. RIDLEY, MRS. HOLME, MR. H. P. MASON, MISS MARY MASON, MASTER JOHN MASON, MR. and MRS. JOHN NANSON, of Appleby, &c. "Church and Queen" was the first toast honoured; and following it, "The Royal Family." The VICAR then proposed the health of the BISHOP. They were grateful to his lordship for his services on this occasion; and they also held him in respect and esteem for the admirable way in which he had discharged his episcopal duties since he came amongst us. (Applause). He (DR. SIMPSON) had served under four Bishops in this diocese; and each one of them he had numbered amongst his friends, - not perhaps during the whole of their episcopates, because when BISHOP VILLIERS came to Carlisle he (the doctor) had the misfortune to be in his bad books, not on account of anything he had done, but on account of what other people had said ... (laughter) ... but he was glad to say that before BISHOP VILLIERS left the diocese, their friendship was as close as perhaps ever subsisted between a Bishop and a clergyman (Applause). With respect to the present Bishop, ever since he came to the diocese, he had pursued his way steadily and firmly; and there was no individual, if he be a just and honest man, but would admit that great progress had been made in the diocese, especially in Church matters. (Applause). It was not merely in respect to the building and repairing of churches; he spoke more especially of his influence in intensifying and deepening the vitality of spiritual life amongst us; and he hoped his lordship might long be spared to preside over the diocese. (Applause) He knew that one of the Bishop's capacity might be called on to occupy a higher sphere; but however we might be deprived of his services, he was sure it would be a long time ere we looked on his like again. (Applause.) The BISHOP, in reply, congratulated them heartily on what they had done in restoring their noble church. In this diocese, churches such as they possessed were very rare. The greater part of them were necessarily on a small scale, and some of them, he was sorry to say, were on a very neglected scake also, (Hear, hear, and laughter.) But of the few churches which we have, this of Kirkby Stephen stands forth conspicuously; and those who saw it to-day must have been astonished that the Church in this country should ever have been in such a condition that it was possible to so mulet this grand building of its fair proportions and fill it with omnibus pews and so forth - (laughter and applause) - as entirely to destroy the beauty which the architect originally conceived when it was designed. (Hear, hear.) He dare say there was something more to be done; but he did not doubt that DR. SIMPSON would keep steadily to his work until he had accomplished it, or at all events until he got as much money out of them as he thought he could get. (Laughter.) But he trusted that this restoration of the church was only a symbol of what was going on throughout the parish. He felt much the importance both of building new churches and of restoring old ones. He had a strong feeling of the dignity and beauty which ought to belong to anything dedicated to God, and especially of a house that is built for the worship of His name. (Hear, hear.) But at the same time he felt - and every one must feel - that the mere wood and stone and glass which combine to constitute a church are as nothing compared with the spirit of religion which the church symbolises; and that if they had only the external fabric, without the in-dwelling spirit, then they had only a very small part and a very inconsiderable part of that which they ought to have. (Hear, hear.) Proceeding to propose the health of the VICAR, he said he knew they all regarded DR. SIMPSON as a great man; but he was even a greater man than they thought he was; for he (the Bishop) had had the pleasure and satisfaction that very morning of instituting him to nothing less than an Honorary Canonry in Carlisle Cathedral ! (Much laughter.) The Bishop playfully dilated upon the matter, remarking that when DR. SIMPSON, as required, made declaration that he had entered into no corrupt contract to obtain the Canonry, he quite believed him - (laughter - the doctor not being so foolish as to give a shilling for that which did not bring back a shilling in return; still he was sure DR. SIMPSON would esteem it an honour to belong to so venerable an establishment. (Hear, hear.)

Gold was gold now as it was in the period spoken of in the text, and men loved it now as they had loved it in all ages. It could always be offered to Christ, and could be well used in His service. There were churches to be built and restored; there were infirmaries to be built and restored and supported; there were poor people in almost every neighbourhood who needed support in bad times; and there were plenty of other ways in which money might be used for Christ. He had met with much liberality in this diocese, and therefore he did not know that he had any right to complain; still, when he contrasted the wealth of the diocese now with what it was when this church was built, and when he considered on the other hand, the amount of that wealth which was offered to Christ, then he confessed he sometimes felt despondent and sad. But there was something better than gold which almost every one could offer. Many gave their money, but said, "Don't expect me to work." Now, he did expect people to work. Money was dirt compared with time and trouble and Christian zeal; and his opinion was that no one was worthy of being Christ's disciple who did not do some work for Christ's sake. Christ was said to have "bought us"; but it was not with gold; it was by His agony and bloody sweat, by His cross and passion. And he who would be like Christ must exert himself in some way for those for whom Christ died. There were plenty of ways in which a man might do this; and let him who was in difficulty go to the clergyman of his parish and say, "Sir, give me something to do; I am willing to devote something of my time to the service of Christ." There was also the offering which every Christian was bound by all that the Christian holds dear to make to his Lord - the offering of his soul and body, which offered, every other service would be easy and delightful. The Bishop with great force dilated upon this part of his theme; and concluded by congratulating the parishioners of Kirkby Stephen upon the offering which they had made to Christ in the form of this beautifully renovated and improved Church. Their liberality was commendable; but something remained to be done; he believed about £500 was still required in order that their obligations might be entirely fulfilled, and he asked for a liberal contribution. The collections for the day amounted to £173. _____________

We understand the cost of the restorations has been between £5000 and £6000, the greater part of which has been subscribed, though there still remains (as is the case in most works of this extensive character, where there is much work that cannot be foreseen), a deficiency of a few hundred pounds. We understand the money collected on Tuesday (including £100 received that morning from LORD BECTIVE, £50 by MR. JOHN WHITWELL, and some smaller sums sent by post, amounted to £330, and about £170 more had been promised or sent within the last few days The pulpit, which is the gift of the Freemasons of Cumberland and Westmorland, is a noble, beautiful structure; the material is Shap granite, syenite marble, and other kinds of stone, beautifully decorated with various symbols sculptured in alabaster. Upon the whole, the restoration has been made with admirable taste and discrimination, and will for ages redound to the honour of the present generation of parishioners and of their respected Vicar. The Church, which had been chastely and massively decorated with devices and festoons of evergreen, was opened on Tuesday morning, at half-past eight, for holy communion. At a quarter to twelve, morning service was held. There was a very large congregation. The REV. J. CHAPELHOW, curate, read the first portion of the prayers: the REV. J. M. MASON read the first lesson; and the Vicar, the REV. CANON SIMPSON, D.D., read the latter prayers. The choral service was warm and hearty, the hymns sung being the 164th and 64th of ' Hymns Ancient and Modern ' THE LORD BISHOP OF CARLISLE preached from St. Matthew, ii, part of verse 11, "When they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts - gold, and frankincense, and myrrh." He first spoke of the day on which they had met together for this solemn purpose - the Feast of the Epiphany, which, in its most general aspect, might be described as the Feast of the Preaching of the Gospel to the Gentiles. The Jews looked for a Messiah who would restore the national splendour of King David's reign; but it was the purpose of God to send a Messiah who would extend to the whole world the privileges which the Jews hoped to keep to themselves. This being so, and the Gospel of St. Matthew being as was stated, originally written in Hebrew, and therefore primarily intended for people of Hebrew blood, we could understand why this story of the wise Men from the East was inserted in it, rather than in any of the other Gospels; for it proved that the Gospel of Christ was intended for the whole world, and not for the Jews only; it proved that even in the childhood of the Saviour, it had pleased God to bring from afar, country men to worship Him, and that the first fruits of the Church were not of the Chosen Nation, but Gentiles. He did not intend to pursue that line of thought further; rather, he wished to connect the subject with the re-dedication - after the expenditure of much money, much time, and much thought - of this beautiful church to the worship of Him to whose service it was first dedicated many centuries ago. With exceeding simplicity of language and illustration, the Bishop narrated the story of the Wise Men; and drew several lessons from it. They not merely worshipped the infant Christ; they were not content with mere lip service; they opened their treasures, and took out the most precious things they contained. And not only were these gifts the most precious they possessed, but they were offered freely, without the hope or expectation of any return; and here the Bishop was led to remark that while it is a proper and a right thing that men should come to Christ in order to obtain the blessings He alone could bestow - for Christ had entreated them so to come - still, we had much to learn from the conduct of these few men who came on a long journey, who had no boon to ask, who simply desired to worship Him and to make an offering to Him of their best; he feared that sometimes a blessing might be missed because we thought too much of what Christ could do for us, and too little of the privilege of simply worshipping Him and presenting to Him our choicest gifts. This led him to speak of the gifts which it became us to present to Christ

RE-DEDICATION OF KIRKBY STEPHEN CHURCH. The noble old Church of Kirkby Stephen - Cathedral-like in its proportions, design, and arrangments - was on Tuesday last (the Feast of the Epiphany) solemnly rededicated to the service of God. Few parish churches in the North afford worthier evidence of the ideas our ancestors had of the sort of temple which it became them to rear for the worship of their Master and Redeemer; but a succeeding generation, barren in taste, and we would almost imagine in reverence, defaced the original plan by all manner of squalid patch-work; and the undertaking which has now been completed had for its object little more than the restoration of the design of the first builders. This has been done in a way which attests emphatically the devotion and liberality of the parishioners. Between £5,000 and £6,000 has been spent upon it; but even this, without the archaeological knowledge and enthusiasm of the Vicar, DR. SIMPSON, would have failed to produce the effect which hundreds admired on Tuesday last. The chancel was re-built about five and twenty, or thirty years since by the exertions of the REV. H. KING, the late vicar, but the body of the church was still in a most ruinous and dilapidated condition. It was also disfigured not only by large square pews, with narrow and uncomfortable benches around them, but with two unsightly galleries, one across the nave, supported on the capitals of the pillars, the other across the north transept. Two of the bays, out of the seven of which the nave arcade consists, had been cut off by a wall built across the nave and north and south aisles, and thus the noble proportions of the building had been utterly destroyed. The roof, owing to the decay of the timber, was in an unsafe condition, and the north transept, separated from the body of the church by a partition of lath and plaster, was roofless; and the clerestory, built at a bad time and of bad material, with not two windows alike, was in a ruinous condition, as was the wall of the north aisle, which had long threatened to fall. The alterations, so much needed, effected by the restoration, are a new north wall of substantial masonry, a new north transept, built out of old material, a new north transept arch to correspond with that on the south, and an additional bay added to the arcade on the north side of the nave, a new south transept with a window of elaborate design and excellent masonry, filled with stained glass by CLAYTON and BELL, at the cost of MRS. KING, to the memory of her husband, the REV. HENRY KING, the late vicar of the parish; a new porch of good design and solid masonry, a new clerestory higher than the old one, and pierced with windows of the perpendicular period. The wall of the south aisle, which, with the exception of the tower and a portion of Early English work at the west end of the north aisle, is the only work remaining outside the Church, has been under-pinned in a strong and substantial manner, and the windows renewed; and new mullions have been placed in the windows of the tower. With the exception of the south aisle, the whole of the Church has been re-roofed and covered with lead, the wood-work being of a substantial character. The seats are of oak, the ends carved with the linen pattern, &c., and the benches are of good width and convenient for sitting. The floor is tiled, the steps to the chancel as well as the threshholds of the doors being of Shap granite.

Mary The only Martha born c.1820 in Bampton I can find is in the 1861 Census living in Penrith married to Joseph Livick with children Edward and John (and later in the 1871 Census with husband Joseph and children John and Martha). The IGI shows Martha Thomspon, daughter of Agnes Thompson, baptised at Bampton 22 May 1820. My earlier email showed Joseph to be the son of Agnes Thompson baptised at Bampton 12 Apr 1817 so that would tie in with Joseph being the uncle of Robert. Regards, Christopher Darvill Reseaching Patterdale -----Original Message----- From: eng-westmorland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-westmorland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary Sent: 03 January 2009 13:17 To: eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Martha Thompson Dear Listers, Thanks to all who replied to my query re Robert. It was pointed out that Martha Thompson had a son Robert baptised at Kirkby Stephen on 9th Jan. 1842. I checked deaths and found 2 Marthas, one Sept qt. Kendal in 1844, and one in W. Ward in Dec.qt. 1849. If either are Robert's mother that might explain why Robert was with his uncle in 1851. Could anyone check where Martha, born 1820 at Bampton was in 1841 and if possible if there is any sign of her in 1851. Best wishes and thanks, Mary ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WESTMORLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message