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Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer – 2nd March, 1867

 

SALES BY AUCTION.

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 VALUABLE WATER CORN MILL FOR SALE AT THORALBY, 

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TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by Mr RICHARD HOLMES, at the house of Mr Joseph Lambert, Innkeeper [George Inn], in Thoralby, in the County of York, on WEDNESDAY the 6th day of March next, at seven o'clock in the evening, subject to such conditions as will be then produced and read,

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ALL that Well and Substantially Built WATER CORN MILL, situate at Thoralby aforesaid, and commonly called "Thoralby Mill," with the drying kilns, gear and machinery therein, and the pieces or parcels of land, weirs, dams, and mill-race, together with the outbuildings and appurtenances thereto adjoining and belonging. And also all that CLOSE, Piece, or Parcel of PASTURE LAND near thereto, and separated therefrom by the raid from Thoralby to Kettlewell, and known by the name of "Batts," and containing by admeasurement half-an-acre or thereabouts, be the same more or less.

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                  Messrs ROBINSON & CHAPMAN, Solicitors, Leyburn.

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[Joseph Lambert and  John Sarginson can be viewed in the 1861 census for Thoralby].

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Richmond & Ripon Chronicle  - 9th March, 1867

 

WENSLEYDALE. 

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PRESENTATION OF A PORTRAIT TO DR. WRAY. ... It may interest our readers to know that Mrs. Fraser, "The Heroine of Cawnpore," was Ann Fawcett, eldest daughter of Octavious, who was the eight son of George Wray, of Thoralby, Townhead [now known as The Old Hall, Thoralby], and that she lived for some years in Richmond. Captain Mowbray Thompson, one of the only two survivors of the garrison, in his "Story of Cawnpore," (chap. 11.) says of this lady "that she deserves rather to be commemorated for her virtues than her sufferings. During the horrors of the siege she won the admiration of all our party by her indefatigable attention to the wounded. Neither danger nor fatigue seemed to have power to suspend her ministry of mercy. Even on the fatal morning of embarkation, in the thickest of the deadly vollies poured upon us from the banks, she appeared indifferent to danger; while with perfect equanimity and imperturbed fortitude she was entirely occupied in the attempt to sooth and relive the agonized sufferers around her, whose wounds scarecely made their condition worse than her own. Mr. Fraser was one of the party recaptured from the boats ..." 

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"Memorials at Aysgarth church reveal many connections with India, including the “Heroine of Cawnpore” – Ann Fraser who, before her marriage, was Ann Fawcet Wray. Also remembered among the Wray Memorials in the Lady Chapel of that church (see below) is her uncle, Lieutenant Thomas Fawcet Wray, who was killed during the storming of Badajoz in Spain in 1812, 17 years before she was born. ...

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Octvious's, widow, Sarah, was only 35 years old, when her husband died, and by the time of the 1841 census the family had returned to England. Daughter, Ann Fawcett Wray, must have returned to India, as Ann married Lt. George William Fraser in November, 1850, at Benares, West Bengal, India, aged 20. Lt. George William Fraser, survived the massacre, marrying twice more and became a General, dying in England in 1898, aged 71.

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"The Siege of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian rebellion of 1857. The besieged Company forces and civilians in Cawnpore (now Kanpur) were unprepared for an extended siege and surrendered to rebel forces under Nana Sahib, in return for a safe passage to Allahabad. However, their evacuation from Cawnpore turned into a massacre, and most of the men were killed. As an East India Company rescue force from Allahabad approached Cawnpore, 120 British women and children captured by the Sepoy forces were killed in what came to be known as the Bibighar Massacre, their remains being thrown down a nearby well in an attempt to hide the evidence. Following the recapture of Cawnpore and the discovery of the massacre, the angry Company forces engaged in widespread retaliation against captured rebel soldiers and local civilians. The murders greatly embittered the British rank-and-file against the Sepoy rebels and inspired the war cry "Remember Cawnpore!"" [Wikipedia]

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Yorkshire Post – 5th April, 1867

 

SALES BY AUCTION.

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At the IMPORTANT SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD PROPERTY in the Townships of THORALBY, and AYSGARTH,  in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

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TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by Mr GEORGE TERRY, on WEDNESDAY the 17th day of April, 1867, at the George Inn, in Thoralby aforesaid, at Seven o'clock in the evening (subject to such conditions as will be then read), and in the following or such other lots as may be agreed upon at the time of sale: - 

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Lot 1. ALL that MESSUAGE or DWELLING HOUSE [Rose Cottage], with the Barns, Stables, Outbuildings, Garden, Garth, and CLOSE OF LAND, situate in the village of Thoralby aforesaid, and containing by admeasurement 1A. 2R. 33P., be the same more or less, and numbered respectively 205, 206,207, and 208, on the Tithe Commutation Plan for the said township of Thoralby.

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Lot 2. All those CLOSES or PARCELS OF LAND called Lopsey Beck Close or Lopsey Kell Foot, Corn Close or Watergalls, Little Roods or Ploughing Field, containing by admeasurement 9A. 0R. 0P., be the same more or less, and numbered respectively 360, 359, 380, and 381 on the said Tithe Commutation Plan.

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Lot 3. All those CLOSES or PARCELS OF LAND called Roods, or High Roods Skellicks Brea and Plantation, New Close, Skellicks and Allotments, containing by admeasurement 12A. 2R. 4P., be the same more or less, and numbered respectively on the said plan 378, 376, 375, 377, 372, and 392. 

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Lot 4. All that ALLOTMENT called Side Allotment, containing by admeasurement 12A. 0R. 13P., be the same more or less, and numbered 563 on the said plan.

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IN THE TOWNSHIP OF AYSGARTH.

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Lot 7. All that ALLOTMENT formerly forming part of Aysgarth Pasture, and containing by admeasurement 12A. 3R. 28P., more or less, and now in the occupation of James Heseltine, as tenant thereof.

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         Messrs ROBINSON & CHAPMAN, Solicitors, Leyburn.

  Leyburn, March, 1867.

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[John Duckitt can be viewed in the 1861 census for Thoralby].

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Sheffield Independent – 26th April, 1867

 

MARRIAGE OF MISS RIDER. - ​Unusual excitement prevailed at Ecclesfield yesterday morning, the occasion being the marriage of Miss Sarah Amelia Rider, youngest daughter of the late George Rider, Esq. of Greno House, near Ecclesfiled, to Thomas Francis Rider Hammond, Esq., solicitor, West Burton, Wensleydale, Yorkshire. The party arrived in four carriages, each drawn by two grey horse, adorned with wedding favours. The bridesmaids were Miss Ellen Rider, sister of the bride, and Miss Wingfield. The groomsmen were Robert Sadler, Esq., of Thoralby and John Wingfield, Jun., Esq., of Butterthwaite Hall, and amongst the company present were the Missies Rider, Broomhall Park, Jno. Hammond Esq., of West Burton, and Mrs. Hammond; Barnardd P. Broomhead, Esq., and Mrs Broomhead; Henry Wingfeld, Esq., and Jno. Rider., Esq., of Middleton Green. The dress of the bride consisted of a handsome robe of white rep silk, with wreath of orange blossom, and lace veil, and those of the bridesmaids of white grenadine trimmed with blue. The bride was given away by her brother-in-law, Charles Macnally, Esq., of Durham, and the service was preformed by the Rev. Alfred Gatty, D.D., vicar of Ecclesfield and subdean of York. A wedding march was played by Mr. Hedgeman, organist of the church, and bells rang out a merry peal in honour of the event. After partaking of the wedding breakfast at Miss Rider's, Broomhal Park, the bride and bridegroom will spend the honeymoon in Scotland.

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Richmond & Ripon Chronicle  – 29th June, 1867

 

THORALBY.

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WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. On Sunday, June 23rd. the anniversary in connection with the above school was held at Thoralby, [Now known as the Old Chapel House]. Sermons were preached to large congregations - in the afternoon by Rev. J.B. Dawson, of Middleham, and in the evening by Mr Longstaff, of Carlton. After each sermon a number of interesting pieces and dialogues were recited by the scholars, in a manner highly creditable both to themselves and the teachers. On Monday the annual festival was held. There was a procession of the children, who afterwards sat down, along with their teachers and friends, to an excellent tea. After tea a public meeting was held, over which Mr Green presided, when addresses were delivered on the benefits of accruing from Sunday schools by the Rev. J.R.J. Binns and other friends. 

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At one time there were three chapels in Thoralby. The oldest chapel is the Old Wesleyan c. 1821 and built by the efforts of the Pickard family. The school room was a later addition. At Thoralby, a Primitive Methodist Society held a fort-nightly service from 1822, building a chapel in 1849 [now a farm building]. This chapel, was replaced by the building of a new one in 1889, West End Methodist Chapel. These two chapels have also closed and have both been converted into houses. [Now know as Old Chapel House and the Old Chapel.]

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Richmond & Ripon Chronicle  – 17th August, 1867

 

THORALBY.

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FATAL ACCIDENT. - On Monday last an inquest was held at Fawcett's inn [Volunteer Inn], Thoralby, before Mr J.S. Walton, coroner, on the body of Mr William Heseltine, of Beddings [Riddings]. Deceased had been climbing over a wall last Saturday, and it is believed that the wall had fallen, for deceased fell forwards, and his head came into contact with some stones, causing concussion of the brain. He was picked up insensible, and died the same evening Verdict, "Accidental death." Deceased was in his 75th year.

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[William Heseltine, occupation, farmer and cooper, can be seen in the 1861 census for Thoralby].

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York Herald – 21st September, 1867

 

HORSE STEALING.  

 

On Saturday last, at the Town Hall, Leyburn, before Lord Bolton, Alfred Parkinson, of Redmire, was charged with stealing a horse, value £18, the property of Mr. John Shields, of Redmire. It appeared that on or about the 17th of June last, Mr. Shields sent by Parkinson a horse to be depastured for the summer in a field in the occupation of Mr. Coates, of Thoralby [Thomas Coates, Spickles Farm]. On the 12th of August last. Parkinson went to Thoralby, and told Mr. Coates that Mr. Shields had sent him for a horse. Coates, believing the statement to be true, allowed Parkinson to take it away. The prisoner was next found dealing with the horse at West Witton. In the first instance he offered it in exchange to a dealer of the name of Preston, and afterwards sold it to Preston for £6 5s., and Preston in half an hour re-sold it to another dealer named Iveson for £7 5s. Parkinson decamped with the money, and was last week found in Lymm, in Cheshire, where Superintendent Walmsley took him into custody. The prisoner in defence had nothing to say beyond stealing it was all through drink; he had been drinking for 2 days, or he should never have thought of such a thing as taking the horse. The prisoner, who is a young man of good abilities and is respectably connected, was committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions at Northallerton.

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[Thomas Coates can be viewed at Spickles Farm in the 1861 census for Thoralby].

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Richmond & Ripon Chronicle  – 18th January, 1868

 

TIMBER FOR SALE AT NEWBIGGIN IN

BISHOPDALE.

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MR G. TERRY will SELL BY AUCTION, on Monday, the 27th JANUARY, 1868, at One o'clock in the Afternoon precisely, 50 Lots of TIMBER TREES, comprising Ash, Elm, and Sycamore, growing in the hedge-rows on the respective farms occupied by Mr John Sayer, Mr George Heseltine, and Joseph Yeoman, at Newbiggin, aforesaid.

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[John Sayer, and George Heseltine can be seen in the 1861 census for Newbiggin, and Joseph Yeoman and Messrs J.and R. Fawcett, Thoralby, can be seen in the 1861 census for Thoralby.]

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Richmond & Ripon Chronicle  – 25th January, 1868

 

DEATHS. 

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... HAMMOND. On the 17th inst., at Thoralby, Ellen [Varley], infant daughter of Mr Jeffrey Hammond. 

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Richmond & Ripon Chronicle  – 1st February, 1868

 

DEATHS. 

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... SADDLER. - Jan. 20th, at Thoralby, John, son of the late Mr. Bywell Saddler, aged 22.

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[John was the son of John Bywell and Jane Sadler of Thoralby.]

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[John can be seen in the 1851 and 1861 census for Thoralby.]

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Richmond & Ripon Chronicle  – 7th March, 1868

 

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LEGAL APPOINTMENT. - The Right Hon. Sir William Bovill, Knight, Lord Chief-Justice of Her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, has appointed Mr John Saddler, of Thoralby, in the county of York, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgements of deeds to be executed by married women for the West Riding of the county of York. 

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[John Sadler, occupation, solicitor can be seen in the 1861 census for Thoralby.]

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Richmond & Ripon Chronicle  – 18th April, 1868

 

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TEA FESTIVAL. On Good Friday afternoon the Primitive Methodists of Thoralby held their annual tea festival, when about 350 persons sat down to an excellent repast. After tea the chapel was crowded to excess by an attentive audience, which was addressed by the Rev. G. Stout, F. Rivers, Mr W. Scurrah, and Miss Ann Anakin. 

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The Primitive Methodist Chapel was founded in 1849, when sixteen property owners, gave written consent “to the Primitive Methodist Connexion at Thoralby to erect a meeting house or chapel, undisturbed on the plat of ground where the poor houses formerly stood and to make use of the stones on the place for the same, adjoin the street near Mr. George Rider’s” [Now Viking House.] Thoralby Primitive Methodist Chapel, closed as a place of worship in 1832. [Now a farm building.]

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The Primitive Methodists, were the first group of Methodists to meet in Thoralby, building one of the three chapels. At Thoralby, a Primitive Methodist Society held a fort-nightly service from 1822; and the Wesleyans started one in 1824, apparently on alternate Sundays. The oldest chapel is the Old Wesleyan c. 1821 and built by the efforts of the Pickard family. The school room was a later addition. This chapel, was replaced by the building of a new one in 1889, West End Methodist Chapel. These two chapels have also closed and have both been converted into houses. [Now know as Old Chapel House and the Old Chapel.]

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[Images of all three chapels can be seen in Thoralby Postcards.]

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Richmond & Ripon Chronicle  – 7th November, 1868

 

WENSLEYDALE.

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THORALBY TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY. A public meeting was held in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Thoralby, on Tuesday, the 27th ult. The chair was taken by Mr. James Dinsdale of Redmire, and the meeting was most earnestly and effectively addressed by Messrs. David Plews, of Redmire, and Ralph Horn and John Plews, of Castle Bolton.  At the close of the meeting sixteen names were added to the pledge book.

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Richmond & Ripon Chronicle  – 17th April, 1869

 

WENSLEYDALE.

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BAINBRIDGE UNION WORKHOUSE. - The following guardians have been elected for different parishes in the above union: - Abbotside High, Mr. John Balderston and Mr. C. Moore, farmers; Abbotside Low, Mr. Clement Thompson, farmer; Askrigg, Mr. James Thwaite and Mr. George Winn; Aysgarth, Mr. William H. Tomlinson; Bainbridge, Me. George Chapman and Mr. William Metcalfe, farmers; Bishopdale, Mr. Richard Thwaite, farmer; Burton-cum-Walden, Mr. William Purkiss [Purchas?]; Carperby, Mr. John Willis, farmer; Hawes, Mr. R.C. Allen, and Mr.Ralph Metcalfe, farmer; Newbiggin, Mr. Phenix Sare [Felix Sayer], farmer; Thoralby, Mr. Thomas Sadler; Thornton Rust, Mr. John Chapman, jun. Mr. William Routh and Mr. Christopher Percival were elected overseers for the township of Bainbridge.

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[Thomas Sadler, occupation, farmer, landowner can be seen in the 1871 census for Thoralby.]

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York Herald – 20th February, 1869

 

DISTRICT NEWS.

WENSLEYDALE.

FORMATION OF A NEW POOR-LAW UNION.

 

The Poor-Law Board, under the authority of an Act passed last session, recently issued an order for the dissolution of the Bainbridge (Gilbert’s) Incorporation, which comprised the townships of High and Low Abbotside, Hawes, Bainbridge, Askrigg, Burton-cum-Walden, Thoralby, and Aysgarth, and they have subsequently issued another order, forming those townships, with the addition of the townships of Carperby, Thornton Rust, Bishopdale, and Newbiggin into a union under their control, to be called “Aysgarth Union.” The elections of the first guardians for the various townships were completed last week, and on Monday the new board met for the first time, at the Workhouse, Bainbridge, when the Poor-Law inspector of the district was present. Mr. Wm. Purchas, of West Burton, was elected chairman, and Mr. Geo. Winn, of Askrigg, vice-chairman, until the termination of the current year; and Mr. Geo. Winn, jun., solicitor, Askrigg was unanimously elected clerk to the guardians, Mr. T. Hammond, solicitor, of West Burton, who had offered himself for the office, having retired without contest.

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Richmond & Ripon Chronicle  – 5th June, 1869

 

LEYBURN. - FRIDAY. 

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(Before the Hon. A.C.O. Powlett, chairman, Lieut.- Col. Wade, and the Rev. Jno. Winn.) - Superintendent Walmsey charged James Thwaite, of Thoralby, grocer, with having in his possession on the 27th ult. five weights, all of which were too light and unstamped. Thwaite, who did not appear, was fined 50s., and 12s. 6d. costs. ...

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[James Thwaite, occupation, shopkeeper, grocer can be viewed in the 1871 census for Thoralby.

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Richmond & Ripon Chronicle  – 19th June, 1869

 

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.. LAMBERT. - June 11th, at West Burton, Mr. Joseph Lambert, late of Thoralby, innkeeper, aged 78.

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[Joseph Lambert, The George Inn, occupation, innkeeper, shoemaker can be viewed in the 1861 census for Thoralby.]

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Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer – 17th July, 1869

 

TEACHERS, GOVERNESS, &c.

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GOVERNESS WANTED, in a farm-house, to instruct five children (under 13). Must be able to impart a sound English education in all its branches - French, music, and needlework. Must be willing to make herself generally useful (nothing menial required). Good reference. Reply, stating age, salary, &c., to A.B., Post Office, Thoralby, Bedale.

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Richmond & Ripon Chronicle  – 30th October, 1869

 

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TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by MR. JOHN HARKER, on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4th, 1869, at the House of LEONARD HESELTINE, Innkeeper, Thoralby, at Six o'clock in the Evening, subject to such conditions as will be then read, in one Lot, all that Excellent CLOSE of LAND called "Tom Garth," situated at the west end of the Town of Thoralby containing 2 Acres, more or less.

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[Leonard Heseltine, The George Inn, occupation, ​blacksmith, innkeeper, can be viewed in the 1871 census for Thoralby.

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Tom Garth field, is on the right hand side of the lane to Littleburn House, for its precise location see the 1840 Tithe Map for Thoralby.]

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