Thanks so much for the information. I am slowly beginning to piece my family's story together and your information helps considerably. My Wells ancestors lived at Shap in the early 16th century, but acquired land in Thrimby about 1560. All the marriages and births were recorded in Morland Parish, but my ancestor's will proved in 1605 described him as "Richard Wells of Thrimby."  One member of the family also lived at Whalemoor and a sister married a gentleman "of Bampton." 1st cousins owned Riggs Hall just outside of Shap while another 1st cousin lived at Keld. Ms. Vivienne Gate is helping me obtain copies of the wills and inventories to see if I can gather any clues as to their fate. The family disappeared from Morland records in 1625.. My ancestor Richard Wells was born in Morland PArish(probably Thrimby) in 1618 and came to America in 1635. I am trying to discover his whereabouts between 1625 and 1635, but have had no success. Again, thank you for your information. John B. Wells III Newnan, Georgia  --- On Sun, 11/15/09, John Steel Genealogy <fh@johnsteel.co.uk> wrote: From: John Steel Genealogy <fh@johnsteel.co.uk> Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Thrimby, Westmorland To: eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 4:49 PM John Thrimby village is to the east of the motorway together with Thrimby Grange and Thrimby Hall. But Thrimby is also a parish which will extend also to the west of the motorway as well as including Little Strickland and some maps show that. The parish is fairly recent though I am not sure of the date, but in the 16th/17th centuries it would have been Morland Parish. The church is St Marys Chapel in Little Strickland which was built in 1814 after the church in Thrimby was demolished because the land was needed for agriculture. It is a small place, back in the 16th and 17th centuries there were only about 10 families in the village and the population would be under 200 for the whole parish. Thrimby Grange is a house built in the late 1500's on the site of a Benedictine Monastery. Thrimby Hall is not very large and I think was built later in the 1600's. I believe it was established by a family of the name Thrimby though by the 1800's it had passed into the possession of the Earl of Lonsdale. The Crackenthorpe family also had interests in the area. There are Wells in the Morland registers up to about 1605. It is possible it was originally a Norse settlement Tjornabaer (Place by the tarn) which mutated through Tiernebi , Tyrneby and Thirneby to Thrimby John -----Original Message----- From: John Wells [mailto:wellsga@bellsouth.net] Sent: 15 November 2009 21:27 To: eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Thrimby, Westmorland Ruth, Thank you so much for your response to my question about Thrimby. I am most interested in finding out as much about the little village as possible. My Wells ancestors lived there in the 16th and 17th centuries befopre settling in the U.S. I have looked at several maps and it appears that very little is there. I noted a Thrimby Grange and a Thrimby Hall in the vicinity. However, I am a bit confused. One map showed Thrimby to be west of the motorway while another showed it to be east of the motorway adjacent to Little Strickland. Any help and information you can proive will be much appreciated. I am planning a trip to Westmorland in the near future to visit Shap, Keld, Morland and Thrimby where my ancestors lived. Again, thank you so much for your reply. Regards, John B. Wells III Newnan, Georgia --- On Sun, 11/15/09, erlybird12@talktalk.net <erlybird12@talktalk.net> wrote: From: erlybird12@talktalk.net <erlybird12@talktalk.net> Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Thrimby, Westmorland To: eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 11:28 AM Hi John, I can't tell you about the history of Thrimby but I can describe it as it is now.   If you want to get in touch I would be happy to tell you what I know. Ruth -----Original Message----- From: John Wells <wellsga@bellsouth.net> To: ENG-WESTMORLAND-L@rootsweb.com; eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:30 Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Thrimby, Westmorland I would like to correspond with anyone who has knowledge of thevillage of Thrimby near Little Strickland, Westmorland. My family came from there and I need info regarding village history. Regards, John B. Wells III --- On Thu, 11/5/09, Roger Mathews <rogbet.mathews@hotmail.com> wrote: From: Roger Mathews <rogbet.mathews@hotmail.com> Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Henry Wharton To: ENG-WESTMORLAND-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 5:32 PM Is this Henry Wharton, son of Thomas Wharton and his wife Frances (nee Holme) Wharton? If so, I would love to know more as I am a descendent of Henry. 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