{"id":17,"date":"2016-03-06T11:22:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T11:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wannop.myzen.co.uk\/wannop\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2016-03-08T16:21:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T16:21:19","slug":"the-wannop-line-from-john-of-lowhouse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wannop.info\/WAN\/the-wannop-line-from-john-of-lowhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wannop line from John of Lowhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"
Irthington and Crosby\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n

The earliest records of Wannops in Cumberland come from the Crosby area in the later 1500\u02bcs, from a heartland centred on Warwick Bridge, reaching into Crosby, Irthington, Hayton and Wetheral parishes.<\/p>\n

The direct line of the branch of the family down through\u00a0Arthur Robson Wannop<\/span>\u00a0is unclear before the mid 1600\u02bcs. A clue lies in papers from 1912 related to Longthwaite Farm at Warwick Bridge, which was inherited through the family and owned but leased out in 1912 and up to their deaths by\u00a0Arthur and Thomas Wannop<\/span>\u00a0of Blencow, sons of\u00a0Arthur Wannop and Ann Thornburn<\/span>. Thomas\u02bcs share in the farm was passed on by\u00a0Thomas Wannop<\/span>\u00a0to his wife\u00a0Esther Ann<\/span>\u00a0and thereafter to his son\u00a0Arthur Robson Wannop and daughter Mary Railton Wannop<\/span>, who jointly disposed of Longthwaite sometime after 1946.<\/p>\n

Although probably originally occupied by the family line, Longthwaite must have been tenanted for many years as the line appears to have moved to farm in the area of Lowhouse and Laversdale by the later 1600\u02bcs. It is possible but not certain that Longthwaite was the same tenement for which Carlisle Records Of\ufb01ce registers a (missing) inventory dated 1604 for a recently deceased\u00a0Christopher Wannop\u00a0<\/span>of Langthwaite.<\/p>\n

Having \ufb01rst moved to farm in the Lavers-dale Quarter of Irthington, the direct family line had spread into the Walton area by the very early 1700\u02bcs, settling there and in Lanercost parish for approaching 200 years before moving on to Blencow near Penrith.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0Christopher Waynopp<\/span>\u00a0is recorded in the Naworth household books as having a tenement at Brampton in 1649, but it is unknown whether this may have had any connection with cottages at Milton, near Brampton, which like Longthwaite Farm were inherited through the\u00a0Arthur Robson Wannop<\/span>\u00a0family line and maintained after its move to Little Blencow after 1860.<\/p>\n

Walton<\/span><\/h6>\n

Records for the Walton area are less complete or less legible than for the parishes around Warwick Bridge. It seems likelythat in the very early 1700\u02bcs the Wannops had only recently begun to move into Walton from Irthington. In 1685 an Arthur Hetherington is recorded as having a son born to him at Hill\ufb01eld, but in 1703 the marriage of an\u00a0Anne Wannop<\/span>\u00a0to a William(?) Addison of the adjoining farm of Walton Rigg suggests that Hill\ufb01eld may have already become occupied by Wannops.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Charles Wannop<\/span>\u00a0who became a churchwarden at Walton in 1708 was presumably already established in the parish, and may have been the same\u00a0Charles Wannop<\/span>\u00a0of Hill\ufb01eld who married Mary Routledge at Walton in 1720, she being from Dovecote, nearby. However, the\u00a0Christopher Wannop\u00a0<\/span>buried in 1768 at St. Kentigern\u02bcs in Irthington had died at Hill\ufb01eld aged 56. Because\u00a0Christopher<\/span>\u00a0was not buried in Walton, it con\ufb01rms the implication of his will naming the farms in Irthington occupied by his brothers that he like they was born and brought up in the parish of Irthington; their parents were seemingly the\u00a0John and Mabel<\/span>\u00a0who occupied the farm of Lowhouse.\u00a0Christopher\u02bcs<\/span>\u00a0brother\u00a0Nathan<\/span>, survived him at Hill\ufb01eld but was a churchwarden at Walton and is buried in the churchyard there.<\/p>\n

\"Flyleaf<\/a>
Flyleaf of Guthrie\u02bcs Grammar inscribed by Nathan Wannop 1783<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Having entered Hill\ufb01eld, the line settled there for almost two hundred years, branches spreading to occupy several other local farms in Walton and Lanercost at different times over that period. The practice of primogeniture meant that the eldest of any sons inherited family farms. Only after 1860 did the line branch out to Blencow near Penrith, but Hill\ufb01eld re-mained in its hands until Wannops pro-gressively moved away from the Irthing Valley from the mid 1800\u02bcs, leaving to other parts of England or to North America.\u00a0Nathan John Wannop<\/span>\u00a0took over Hill\ufb01eld at his father\u02bcs death in 1860 but had retired by 1881; of his two sons,\u00a0James<\/span>\u00a0the elder farmed at Scaleby before emigrating to Canada, and\u00a0William<\/span>\u00a0the younger left the land to be a stationer. At that time the changing economy was taking people to new occupations in the towns, or younger sons like those of our line who wished to remain in farming had to move on. New farming countries were developing.<\/p>\n

Little Blencow<\/span><\/h6>\n

Adam Wannop\u02bcs<\/span>\u00a0move to Little Blencow around 1862 followed the return to Hill\ufb01eld of his elder brother upon the death of their father,\u00a0Arthur<\/span>, with whom\u00a0Adam<\/span>\u00a0had worked Hill\ufb01eld.<\/p>\n

Adam<\/span>\u00a0married Barbara Railton in 1854. The 1861 Census seems not to record him either in Walton or at Little Blencow, although his wife Barbara and his then two children are listed as resident at Walton Rigg with Barbara\u02bcs mother, a widow who had previously farmed at Walton Mill.\u00a0Adam\u02bcs<\/span>\u00a0omission suggests that he was then in the process of \ufb01nding a farm or of moving to Little Blencow, which at the time of the 1861 Census is recorded as being farmed by Robert Cowie, succeeding William Hodgson and John Stockdale whom the 1841 Census shows as farmers at Little Blencow Farm,<\/p>\n

Adam Wannop\u02bcs<\/span>\u00a0account book for Little Blencow Farm for 1870-79 shows annual farm income and expenditure, and also domestic expenditure including school fees, groceries, shoes, local highway and poor rates, coal, a fat goose for Christmas, a dog cart licence and a new piano, as well as farm income and expenditure including nails, horses, heifers, sheep, guano and Indian meal. Income tax in 1872\/73 amounted to \u00a31 19s. 3d., signi\ufb01cantly less than paid in local poor and highway rates. A principal domestic cost was for butcher meat. There are payments for the services of Mr Robinson the miller at Greystoke and Mr Moffat of Laithes Mill, Mr. Pears the veterinary surgeon and Mr Graham the blacksmith. Entries record stock sold at market at Hawick.<\/p>\n

\"Little<\/a>
Little Blencow Farm Accounts Income January 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 1871 Census recorded\u00a0Adam<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Barbara<\/span>\u00a0Wannop<\/span>\u00a0and their children in residence at Little Blencow together with Mary Jane Little as a 21 year old general servant, and Joseph Bainbridge as a 17 year old domestic servant. The two live-in servants\u02bc combined wages are recorded in the farm accounts as \u00a313 at May 1871 and \u00a316 15s at November 1871; these appear to have been the wages for six months, apparently paid twice yearly. John Elliott the farm servant was comparably paid 10s. a week in 1871 rising to 13s 6d a week by 1871.<\/p>\n

\"Little<\/a>
Little Blencow Farm Accounts Expenditure January 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Excluding from the accounts what seems to be domestic rather than farming expenditure, it appears that in 1872\/73 there was a net return of about \u00a31 16s. an acre for the 130 acres of Little Blencow. It is interesting to compare this with accounts for an Essex demonstration farm of 175 acres, which has been assessed as making a net income of between \u00a32 10s. and \u00a33 an acre over the period 1865-69.<\/p>\n

The record of income and expenditure for 12 month periods May to April inclusive shows:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Income\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Expenditure
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 s\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 s\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 d
\n1870\/1871\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 446 \u00a0\u00a06 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 438 \u00a0\u00a0 13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a05
\n1871\/72\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 534 \u00a0\u00a07 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 454 \u00a0\u00a0 6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8\u00bd
\n1872\/73\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0625 \u00a0\u00a013 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a09\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 469 \u00a0\u00a0 11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a08\u00bd
\n1873\/74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0686 \u00a0 17 \u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 549 \u00a0\u00a0 16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a05\u00bd
\n1874\/75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0647 \u00a0\u00a07 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 366 \u00a0\u00a0 18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01
\n1875\/76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0644 \u00a0\u00a017 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 602 \u00a0\u00a0 11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a06
\n1876\/77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0931 \u00a0\u00a012 \u00a0\u00a0 9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 702 \u00a0\u00a0 13\u00a0\u00a0 10
\n1877\/78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0794 \u00a0\u00a04 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0698 \u00a0\u00a0 13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0<\/p>\n

Little Blencow was originally tenanted from Ennim Estates but wholly acquired after\u00a0Thomas Wannop\u00a0<\/span>died in 1930, leaving his one-fourth share in the business of Little Blencow Farm -carried out in partnership with his son\u00a0Adam<\/span>\u00a0– to his trustees\u00a0Esther Ann, Adam and Arthur Wannop.<\/span>\u00a0After the death of\u00a0Esther Ann<\/span>, her share was to be divided equally between her children\u00a0Adam, Isabel and Mary Railton Wannop<\/span>.\u00a0Thomas\u02bcs<\/span>\u00a0interest in Longthwaite Farm at Warwick Bridge was left to\u00a0Arthur Robson Wannop<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Mary Railton Wannop<\/span>\u00a0in equal shares. His interest in cottages at Milton, near Brampton, was left to his widow\u00a0Esther Ann Wannop<\/span>, and after her death to\u00a0Mary Railton Wannop<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/a>
Thomas Wannop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Recorded at Little Blencow Farm at the 1901 Census were the\u00a0Wannop<\/span>\u00a0family of\u00a0Thomas (36), Esther Ann (33), Adam (4), Isabella (3) and Arthur (8 months),<\/span>\u00a0to-gether with Frances A. Thornthwaite (19) a domestic servant and four farm servants, John Buckle (29), Richard Noble (18),Thomas Ridley (15) and Frederick Newton (14).<\/p>\n

Blencow Grammar School, which\u00a0Adam (Addie), Isabel (Billie) and Arthur Robson Wannop<\/span>all attended was founded by Thomas Burbank, who in 1577 endowed it with land at Culgaith near Penrith and at Brixworth in Northamptonshire. Much of the endowment was subsequently squandered by bad investment, but the school was rebuilt in 1793 with the founder\u02bcs name over the door. As well as Wannops, former pupils included a former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Ellenborough, and George Whitehead the notable Quaker.\u00a0Arthur Robson Wannop<\/span>\u00a0was one of the last pupils, leaving for Penrith Grammar School when the small Blencow school closed in 1911.<\/p>\n

\"Arthur,<\/a>
Arthur, Billie, Mollie and Addie Wannop at Little Blencow. Ca. 1960<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wannop<\/a>
Wannop and Robson Families of Blencow and Johnby ca. 1915<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Arthur<\/a>
Arthur Robson Wannop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Irthington and Crosby\u00a0 The earliest records of Wannops in Cumberland come from the Crosby area in the later 1500\u02bcs, from a heartland centred on Warwick Bridge, reaching into Crosby, Irthington, Hayton and Wetheral parishes. The direct line of the branch of the family down through\u00a0Arthur Robson Wannop\u00a0is unclear before the mid 1600\u02bcs. A clue lies … Continue reading “The Wannop line from John of Lowhouse”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wannop.info\/WAN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wannop.info\/WAN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wannop.info\/WAN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wannop.info\/WAN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wannop.info\/WAN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/wannop.info\/WAN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258,"href":"https:\/\/wannop.info\/WAN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wannop.info\/WAN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}