Post Office Directory of Westmoreland Printed & Published by Kelly and Co., 1858 Entry for Bampton [starts part way down page 9 and finishes part way down page 10] Page 9 BAMPTON is a large mountainous parish and township. The village, pleasantly situated in a valley, is surrounded by lofty and rugged mountains, near the confluence of the river Lowther with Hawes Water Beck, a stream that flows from the beautiful lake of that name, and on the western side of these rivers. The neighbouring village of BAMPTON GRANGE is in the same valley but on the eastern side of these streams. They are distant 4 1/2 miles north-west from Shap railway station, 9 1/2 south from Penrith, 8 south-east from Pooley Bridge, about 2 north-east from Hawes Water lake, and 20 north from Kendal, in the West Ward division and union of the barony of Westmoreland, deanery of Westmoreland, archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle. The church (St. Patrick) stands in Bampton Grange, and is a neat stone edifice, with nave and chancel, erected in 1726 on the site of an old one; it has a square tower, containing 5 bells. In the interior are six marble monuments - one of them in memory of Edmund and Jane, parents of Edmund Gibson, formerly Bishop of London, who was born at High Knipe, in this parish. The living is a vicarage, value £96 per annum, with residence and 4 acres of glebe land, in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and held by the Rev. William Hodgson. Adjoining the churchyard is a Grammar school, endowed with £75 per annum, founded in 1627 by Thomas Sutton, D.D. There is a Sunday school held at the school-room. A fair is held on the 25th September, and on the second Monday after Michaelmas, for sheep and cattle. Hawes Water lake is situated within Thornthwaite manor, in the vale of Mardale, which is partly in this and partly in the adjoining parish of Shap. A company was formed about 1856, who have commenced working a mine for copper-ore amoung the mountains in this parish. In the census of 1851, the population was 533, and the acreage is about 11,720, of which about 8,000 is uncultivated mountainous moorland. The soil in the valleys is rich loam, very fertile, and the subsoil is limestone and gravel; the principal crops are hay and corn. The lord of the manor is the Earl of Lonsdale, who with Thomas Atkinson and Thomas Noble are chief landowners. There are charities of £5 13s. yearly distributed among the poor; and three public libraries, containing about 700 volumes, established in 1710, 1750 and 1757, for the use of the inhabitants. BUTTERWICK is a small village down the valley, 1 mile north-north-west. The following are hamlets in this parish:- BOMBY, distant one quarter of a mile south. HIGH and LOW KNIPE, 1 mile north. MEASAND is a hamlet, 3 miles south-west on the banks of Hawes Water, near Fordingdale Beck, a stream abounding in picturesque waterfalls. Here is a Free school, endowed with £48 per annum, for boys and girls. ROUGH HILL is a hamlet, 1 1/2 miles west-north-west, which also has an Endowed school for boys and girls, with an income of about £10 per annum. Riggendale is a deep glen, partly in this and partly in Shap parish, bordered by High-street mountain and Kidstey pike. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bland Mr. Stephen Brunskill, Measand Beck hall Hodgson Rev William [vicar], Vicarage, Bampton Grange Holme Misses, Bampton Grange Holme Rev. Thomas, M.A. Mardale Lowis Mrs. Elizabeth, Butterwick Mounsey Mrs Elizabeth, Walmgate head Mounsey Mr. Thomas, Rough hill Noble Mr. Richard, Woodfoot Noble Mr. Thomas, Beckfoot Powley Miss Jane, Denny hill Rowlandson Mr. William, Bomby Wharton Mrs. Sarah & Miss Ann, Walmgate COMMERCIAL Abbott Thos. farmer, Thornthwaite hall *Atkinson Thomas, farmer, Hullock how *Bradley John, farmer, Low Knipe Bland Eliza (Mrs.), farmer, Measand Beck hall Brunskill John, boot & shoe maker, Bampton Grange Burn George, farmer, High Knipe *Burn Thomas, farmer, Butterwick Burrows Robert, boot & shoe maker & parish clerk, Bampton Grange *Cookson Isaac, farmer, Butterwick Cooper George, stonemason, Bombey Page 10 *Cowburn John, farmer, Grange house, Bampton Grange Denison Mary (Mrs.), mistress of the Free school, Rough hill Docker Billah (Miss), ladies' day & boarding school, Butterwick Dover Matthew, butcher & frmr. Bomby Dufton, Isaac, farmer, Bampton Grange *Ebdell William, farmer, Dry barrows Farrer William, farmer, Knipe Hall Fishwick Thomas, farmer, Mardale Foulston Nanny (Mrs.), farmer, Vaw Steel *Greenhow William, tailor, Bomby Hogarth Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, & post office Holmes Agnes (Miss), shopkeeper, Bampton Grange *Jaques George, farmer, Bomby Kirkbride Hobson, miller, Widewath Kirkbride John, farmer, Bampton hall *Kirkbride Thomas, farmer, Butterwick Kitching Robert, farmer, Dry barrows Kitching Thomas, farmer, Measand Martin James, farmer, Butterwick *Moffatt John, miller, Bampton mill *Mounsey John, farmer, Dale foot Mounsey Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Rough hill *Mounsey Noble, farmer, Rough hill Mounsey Richard, farmer, Butterwick *Newton Henry, farmer, Low Knipe Newton William, farmer, Low Knipe *Nicholson Francis, blksmith. & beer rtlr Nicholson Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Bampton Grange Noble John, farmer, Woodfoot Noble Thomas, farmer, East Ward Noble William, farmer, Little Water *Noble William, farmer, High how Park Thomas, carrier, Bampton Grange Richardson Nathan, farmer, Bampton Grange Rigg Jonathan, master of Free school, Measand Robinson Edmund, farmer, Low Knipe Rowlandson James, farmer, Moorahill *Rowlandson Jnthn. farmer, Lit. Water Rudham Thomas, blacksmith, Bampton Grange Sarjant Henry, joiner, Denny hill Sarjant Joseph, farmer, Carhullan Shields Abiah, baker, Butterwick Simpson Joseph, farmer, Worm how *Steadman Thomas, farmer, Walmgate *Stephenson William, farmer, Low Knipe Stoddart Elizabeth (Mrs.), Cross Keys, Bombey, Bampton bridge *Thexton Richard, farmer, Rough hill Thompson Edmd, farmer, Hullock how *Thompson Matthew, farmer, Gate foot Tyson Joseph, farmer, Knipe Scar side Tyson Robert, farmer *Ubank Joseph, joiner Veach Thomas, farmer, Toddle cottage *Vipond Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Skews *Walker William, Crown & Mitre, Bampton Grange Watson Isaac, farmer, Mardale *Wharton Stephen, butcher, farmer & cattle salesman, Millcraggs Wilson William Frederick, surveyor & master of Grammar school, Bampton Grange *Winder John, farmer, Hunger hill *Woof John, farmer, Bampton *Winder John, farmer, Helton dale head *Wright Anthony, farmer, Field Gate house, Bampton Grange POST OFFICE.- Mrs. Elizabeth Hogarth, receiver. Letters are received through Penrith, arrive at 1/4 past 10 a.m.; & dispatched at 1/2 past 12 p.m. by foot-post to Askham, except Sunday. The nearest money office is at Penrith. Public Library, at Grammar school, Bampton Grange, Wm. Frederick Wilson, librarian St Patrick's Church, Rev. William Hodgson, vicar PUBLIC SCHOOLS:- Bampton Grange Grammar, Wm. Fredk. Wilson, master Measand Free, Jonathan Rigg, master Rough Hill Free, Mrs. Mary Denison, mistress CARRIER TO PENRITH.-Thomas Park, every tues. & sat [End of Bampton entry]

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