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Files for Great & Little Stone Edge Farms, Blacko
Stone Edge:
Laurence Towneley, offspring of Towneleys of Barnside (who were offspring of main Burnley families) living 1563 died 1597/8.
Laurence Towneley, son of above, married Margaret Hartley, daughter of John Hartley of Stone Edge giving him Manor of Stone edge. Laurence died 1654/5.
Richard Towneley, 1682 – 1726, son of above, moved to Malkin Tower and White Moor.
1881:Stone edge:
John Robinson head Car driver Born 1817 Barrowford
Ann wife
1851:Stone Edge:
Michael Brown head 36 labourer Born Foulridge + Family
1851:Stone Edge:
David Brown head 59 farmer 36 acres Born Foulridge
Bety wife
John Starkie lodger 58 pauper umrd Barrowford
1851:Stone Edge:
Richard Halstead head 44 H.L.W Born Foulridge
Mary wife 40 Barrowford
Sophia dtr
Alice
1851:Stone Edge:
James Simpson head 58 H.L.W born Foulridge
Betty wife 60
+ family
Ellen Barrett gdtr 9 winder Brogden
1861: Little Stone Edge:
William Farnell H 41 Farmer 41 acres
Ruth W 40
Eliz. Dtr 20
James Son 14 Farm Labourer
1871: Little Stone Edge:
William Farnell H 51 Farmer 30 acres
Ruth W 50
Enos Son 21 Mason
Mary 19 Wife of Enos
Rennie 5m Son of Enos/Mary
James Hanes 18 Quarryman
1881: Little Stone Edge:
William Farnell H 38 Stone Mason
Ellen W 41
Charlotte Dtr 17
John Son 15
George 13
Elizabeth Dtr 11
Margaret 8
Charlotte 17 Lodger / Winder
1861: East Stone Edge:
William Pollard H 50 Farmer 30 acres
Nancy W 47
Susan Dtr 26
Sarah 24
John Son 21
Heaton 10
Francis Holt H 23 Agricultural Labourer
Susan W 24
Eliz. Dtr 1
Henry Dyson H 52
Mary W 52
John Son 28 Weaver
Nancy Dtr-I-Lw 23
Matilda Dtr 14
Olive Gd dtr 4mnths
Maria Simpson H 37 Widow
Eliz. Dtr 11
Francis Son 8
John 6
William 2
Roxhanna Holt Dtr 15 Weaver
1881: East Stone edge:
Nancy Pollard head 67 farmer 32 acres born Sutton, Yorks
John son 41 Barrowford
Heaton 30
1861: Great Stone Edge:
James Watson H 50 Farmer 20 acres
Mary W 49 Weaver
Iiah Son 19
John Moor 11 Servant Boy
1871: Great Stone Edge:
James Watson H 60 Farmer 40 acres
Mary W 59
William Broughton 17 Farm Servant
1881:Great Stone Edge – Barrowford Booth:
Enos Farnell H 31 Farmer 80 acres born Barrowford
Mary W 30 Shuttleworth
Rennie Son 10
Hamlet 7
John W 5
Nancy B Dtr 3
Ruth Mother 61 Widow
Baptisms at Colne from Stone Edge:
Ellena Towneley F Lawrence 1605
Anna 1608
Laurentia 1611
Maria 1614
Laurenti 1539
Henry 1652
Ellen 1655
William 1658
Richard 1642
Thomas 1645
Elizabeth Towneley F Richard 29/11/1712
Mary 23/4/1710
Thomas 4/12/1715
Ann Towneley F Thomas 1677
John F Thomas 1675
Thomas 1679
E.. Scott illegit dtr of E Scott 1603
Robert Askau F Robert 1611
Alicia Hartley F James 1626
Josephius Hall illegit son of Christopher Hall de Watermeetings and Sarah Ingham de Stone Edge baptism 16..
Hellena Emott F Barnard 1642
Henricus Houghton F Henricus 1644
John Crook Father Henry 2/7/1738
James 25/5/1740
Henry 25/7/1742
Elizabeth 15/7/1744
James 7/5/1767
John Mother Betty 23/10/1768
James Hartley Father Thomas 2/9/1741
Alice Hartley F John 1664
Margaret Jackson F Christopher M Agnes 31/3/1765
Ann Jackson F John 1677
Mary Jackson Father James Mother Betty 4/3/1764
Ann Whittam Father Thomas 7/3/1736
Thomas Smith Father John 3/10/1750
Alicia Hartley F James 1626
Martha Hartley F James 1691
Chris. 1683
Robt. 1695
John Sutcliffe F Thomas 1691
Alice Parker F William ludimagistri 1675
James Hargreaves F James 1671
John 1665
Lawrence Croisdel F Lawrence 1672
Eliz. Bancroft F Robert 1673
Judith
Margaret 1668
John Wilson F Richard 1659
Isabella Stephenson F John 1687
John Dugdell F Richard 1636
Dorothy 1639
Henry 1645
Robert Gervase F Robert 1642
Stone Edge Wills:
Nicholas Baldwin yeoman 1597
Margaret Baldwin widow 1691
John Smith 1726
Burials at Colne from Stone Edge:
Laurence Towneley F Richard Gent burial 1655
1672
Thomas ????
Lawrence Towneley F Thomas 1690
Alexander Hartley 1676
Christopher 1674
Henry son of Christopher 1671
Wife of John Hartley died of child 1671
John Hartley 1709
John Robinson 1607
Elizabetha Halstead 1612
Bernard Parker 1629
Elizabeth Bulcock 1620
Ellena Bulcock single woman 1630
Infant Robert Bulcock 1641
Anna Booth 1637
Jennett Whalley wife of Thomas 1638
Margaret Hargreaves wife of Henricus 1639
Infant Brodeley 1641
Infant Henria Ackers 1642
Infant Jacobi Houlgate not baptised 1643
Isabell Parker 1644
Anna Calverd 1644
Grace Ormerod burial 26/12/1776
Marriage: Christopher Hall = Sarah Ingham (of Stonedge) about 1630
PRO Records:
1805 Robert Hargreaves of Stone Edge, gent, sells one-third of his holding in Colne Mill to John Phillips, corn dealer.
Stone Edge:
1538 Laurence Wilson, John Smythe and Christopher Robinson divide the Whittycroft and Stone Edge estates between them. There is a dispute with neighbours over blockage of the road from Barrowford, over Stone Edge Head, to Blackow Hill.
1564 Henry Bannister surrendered a messuage and croft tenanted by William Redyhalgh called New Booth, New ground, Instone Edge and Grote Stony Edge to Alexander Rushworth and others.
Great StoneEdge Estate:
Plot of land from Gt SE estate sold in 1890 to build number 2-12 Gisburn Road. 1892 five houses were built as Stone Edge View. Part of estate was known as Towneley Holme.
Little Stone Edge Estate:
Sold land to erect houses and a shop in 1880 – part of estate was known as Royds Croft
Great, East and Little Stone Edge Farms:
20/1/1550
James Hartley was ordered to make a sufficient way for fetching and carrying as far as Foote Dole Land. The doors on the North side of the house built on land at Stony Edge, occupied by Hugh Wilkinson, Agnes Dawtrie and others, belonging to Henry Bannister, Gentleman, to be closed up to stop the trespass on said land.
31/5/1564
Henry Bannister, Gentleman, by a tenant, surrendeed a messuage etc. in Higher Barrowforth viz. A messuage in the holding of William Redyhalgh, a close called New Booth, New Ground, in Stoni Edge, and a Barn between them and another called Great Stony Edge to use of Alexander Rushworth and others to be feiffes to the use of said Henry Bannister, and Agnes, his wife, and heirs.
26/10/1763
Mr.Christopher Shackleton of Stoe Edge, Woolstapler, purchased from John Cockshutt, late of Langroyd but now of Downham, Gentleman, and Ann ,his wife, for £167 all that messuage, dwelling house and 2 parcels of land and also that other messuage or dwelling house near and adjoining to a place called Park Hill above the water which is now or was lately occupied as 2 or 3 dwellings and 1 stable belonging (formerly a shop) at Barrowford and now in several tenures of James Holt, Widow Holt and . Crabtree as tenants or formerly and called Bridge End Houses. (The 1803 Barrowford Survey calls the George and Dragon Bridge End).
12/11/1786 From Farrers Collection:
Marriage settlement of Richard Towneley of Stone Edge, Gentleman, and Mary Hartley, daughter of Roger Hartley of Foulridge, Clothier, desires to his feoffes Ambrose Barcroft of Foulridge Hall, Gentleman and Roger Hartley of Foulridge, Clothier, in trust for himself that one Mansion House called Stone edge, 1 Barn, other buildings, 2 gardens, the fields and closes belonging viz.
The Moss – Croft at Barn End – Croft Under Ashes – Well Field – The Meadow – Isabell Croft – Spout Head – The Sugar (?) – Hey Hill – Holme – Beyond the water – Holme on this side of water – Scarr Bank – Low Most Ley Field – Middle Most Ley field – Highermost Ley Field – rent to the Lords of the Forest 13/4.
1803 Barrowford Survey:
Little Stone Edge owned by Lawrence Shaw, occupied by James Hopwood. Land is:
Hazel Mould Field – Moss Field – Furhter Meadow – Field at Laithe End – Gregson Field – Nearer Field – Field at House – Long Field – Wood Bottom – Well Hole Field – Royds Croft – Field Below well Hole – Occupation Road – Fold – Garden etc – 14 acres 3 rods 6 perches. Farm House rateable at 17s 6p, Barn and outbuildings at 14s, farm total £11/5s less 15s for making the road.
Great Stone Edge owned by Lawrence Shaw, occupied by Henry Frankland. Land is:
Old Moss Field – Tenter Croft – Lays Field – Little Moss Field – Back Meadow – Well Field (Stone Edge View now built on this) – Kiln Field and Pump Garth – Great Meadow- Isabell field – Long Lands and Spout Field – Towneley Holme – Scar Bank – Fold – Garden etc. 30 acres 1 rod 25 perches. Buildings rated at: farm House £1/6s – Barn and Outbuildings £1/5s – Cottage occupied by James Foulds 9s4p – Total rateable value of farm £27/15s less 15s for making the road.
1903 land sales:
A lease of 999 years, in 1890, was made on a plot of land 1,345 square yards – this was part of the Great Stone edge Estate and purchased from Miss Alice Hartley, of Burnley, for £250. The land was used to build nimbers 2 to 12 Gisburn Road, Blacko.
Two productive gardens and nurseries of copyhold tenure at Blacko known as Towneley Holme and Royds Croft – part of the Great and Little Stone Edge estates making together 1acre 2rods 36perches. In the occupation of Jonathan Sharp – sale withdrawn having reached £225. This could very well have been land once attached to Hollin Hall as Henry and Thomas Grimshaw were Market Gardners at Hollin in 1881.
A garden at Blacko on Gisburn Road at 175 feet road frontage, 3,742 square yards, occupied by Baldwin Sutcliffe. Plot adjoining this at 2,005 square yards occupied by Hartley Broughton – both plots purchased by Hartley Broughton for £400.
East Stone edge: 1803 Barrowford Survey:
Owned and occupied by Captain Hargreaves. The land is: Stone Edge Field and Occupation Road Therein - Lower Field and Occ Rd - Tenter Field – Further Field and Occ Rd – Little Field – Rough Field – Further Meadow – Middle Meadow – Nearer Meadow – Fold – Gardens etc 18acres 1rod 2perches: Buildings: Manor House rated £3/3/0 – Barn and Outbuildings £1/6/0 : Cottage and Loomshop £1/8/0: Total property rates £21/15/0 less £2/5/0 for making road
John A Clayton
Barrowford
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