Kendal Ward

Kentmere Index

1773

Land Tax Assessment Kentmere (film LDS 97327)

£

s.

d.

Edward RIGGE for the Halle

3

?

William COWPERTHWAITE

1

3

?

Geo. HOWRAY?

2

?

Mr. BROCKLEBANK

7

?

Edward RIGGE for Slate Garr?

?

9

Widow? HARRISON

7

6

Widow? DENNISON

7

6

Mr. BIRKETT

14

?

William BRAITHWAITE

2

5

Widow? COOKSON

9

John COWPERTHWAITE

7

?

Michael? BUSHER

5

2 ½

John NEWTON

17

9 ½

Leonard SHARP

6

? HARRISON

1

15

8 ½

John DIXON

12

6 ¾

Chris. GILPIN

1

5

11

Gawin GILPIN

7

4 ¼

Mrs.? ATKINSON

8

8 ¾

James AIREY

11

6 ½

John WALLAS?

15

101 ½

John MATHINSEY?

12

4 ¾

William GILPIN

1

½

Mathew BIRKETT

10

3 ½

Leonard COWPERTHWAITE?

1

17

½

Widow? COWPERTHWAITE?

10 3 ¾

Joseph SIMPSON

14

5 ½

Chris. GILPIN

14

7

Mr. WILLSON for High & Lowfolds

1

5

1 ½

? COWPERTHWAITE

8

7 ½

Stephen COWPERTHWAITE?

1

8

8

Mr. WILSON for Longhouses

19

6

M. ROBINSON of Crook

2

Mr. DONKAR?

8 ¼

Christopher AIREY Hill

3

Christopher GILPIN

1

4

William ATKINSON

2

¼

Henry AIREY

1

?

Stephen COWPERTHWAITE & Reginald SHARP

2

6 ¾

Robert BROOK

3

7

Gawine? AIREY

4

3 ¼

Mary HARRISON

1

TOTAL

24

2

3

1785

William BIRKETT, by will, in 1785, left £40, in trust for the poor of Kentmere.

1801

Population of Kentmere: 166 persons

1809

Land Tax – Township of Kentmere, Kendal Ward: An assessment made in pursuance of sundry Acts of Parliament for granting an aid to his Majesty by a land tax to be raised in Great Britain for the service of the year 1809. Signed 1 July 1809

Proprietor’s Names

Occupier’s Names

£

s.

d.

Christr. WILSON, Esq.

Edward RIGGE

3

18

?

John DOBSON

Self

3

10?

Rev. Jonan. HARRISON

James HUNTER?

11

8

Richard DENNISON

Self

9

8?

Rowland BIRKETT

Robt. RIGGE

18

3 ½

John SHARP

Self

11

7 ½

Rev. Sedgwick GARNETT

J.V.E. HUTCHINSON

6

4 ½

Mr. GARNETT

Chr. GILPIN

1

19

2 ½

Do. GARNETT

Do. GILPIN

2

7 ½

Ex. GAWIN AIREY

Wm. AIREY, Jr.

5

5 ½

Matt. GILPIN

Chr. GILPIN

1 3 ½

Exr. Jos. AIREY

John BLAND

1

1 ¼

Charles BIRKETT

Self

13

3 ½

Do. BIRKETT

Self

13

3 ½

Do. BIRKETT

Do.

1

9

Do. BIRKETT*

Do. 5.8

Gawin GILPIN*

Do. 1.11

John SHARP*

Do. 0. 9 ¼

Christr. GILPIN*

Do. 1 11 ¾

Henry DOUTHWAITE*

Do. 1 11 ¾

Exr. Jos. AIREY*

John BLAND 0 11 ¾

13

3 1/2

*late RICHARDSONs

Rev. John BOUSTEAD

James BIRKETT

9

6

Trustees R. HILL ?

John MELLRAY

5 3 ½

James SIMPSON

Wm. BIRKETT

18

7 ½

Gawin GILPIN

Self

1

12

6

Christr. GILPIN

Self

1

10

Exr. Jos. AIREY

John BLAND

4

Mr. J. BRAITHWAITE

Roger BARROW

?

1 ½

Christ. GILPIN

Self

1

3 ½

Mr. CARTMELL

Christr. HEWETSON

2

0 ½

Mr. RICHARDSON

James HARRISON

9 ½

Exr. Christr. GOAD

Robt. RIGGE

10

3 ½

Exonerated

Rev. Jon. HARRISON

James HARRISON

1

8

8 ½

James HARRISON

Self

9

8 ½

Rev. John SEDGWICK

J. HUTCHINSON

3

7 ½

Thomas PATTINSON

C. RIGGE

1

15

9 ½

Alderson HARRISON

John BLAND

2

6

0 ½

Rev. Gabl. HILL

Wm. SHARP

16

2 ½

Exr. Jos. AIREY

John BLAND

15

9 ½

Rev. Peter STRICKLAND

Wm. SHARP

9

3

Exr. Jos. AIREY

John BLAND

1

17

22

Trustees Judge WILSON

John SHARP

1

12

4

James GODMOND

Jos. GAWITH

1

10

Christr. WILSON, Esq.

H. DOUTHWAITE

11

2?

Trustees Judge WILSON

Wm. AIREY

1

5

?

Mrs. ROBINSON

---

Messrs. DAVIS & MOORE

?

1811

Population of Kentmere: 212

1815

The annual value of the lands and buildings in 1815, as assessed for the property tax is £1409.

1817

Photocopy of Article "The Shepherds' Guide" (CFHS newsletter) showing Kentmere John BLAND is at Brockstone.

1821

There are 39 houses, 39 families and 212 persons living in Kentmere.

1823

Land tax assessment (film LDS 97327) Signed sealed and allowed 30 day of May, 1823 by A? WILSON, G? deWILSON? And R.A. FISHER?

Names of Proprietors

Name of Occupiers

£

s.

d.

AIREY, Joseph, Exr.

John BLAND

2

5

BIRKETT, Charles

Self

15

0

D. part of RICHARDSON’s

self

5

8

BRAITHWAITE, Mr. John

Rodger BARROW

2

1

COWPERTHWAITE, John

Self

3

10

D. part of DENNISON’s

Self

6 ½

D. part of ? BIRKETTs

Self

8

CLEMENT, Mr.

John HARRISON

6 ¼

D. part of R. G. BIRKETTs

Do.

8

CHAMBY, Wm.

Self

8

DIXON, John

Self

11

8 ½

DOUTHWAITE, Henry

Self

1

11 ¾

GARNETT, W.L.

Daniel ATKINSON

1

19

2 ½

GILPIN, Gawen

Self

1

14

5

GILPIN, Christopher

Self

1

4

1 ¾

HARRISON, James

Self

5

9

D. part of Row (?) BIRKETT

Self

5

3

KILNER, Thos.

Matthew GILPIN

2

7

D. Matthew GILPINs

Do.

1

3 ½

LONG, Robert

Self

5 ¾

MARTINDALE, John

Lawrence DOWBIGGIN

10

3 ½

PATTINSON, Thos.

Edward HUTCHINSON (?)

8 ¼

D. Christopher RIGG

Do.

2

ROETHMELL, (?) Mr. Henry

John COWPERTHWAITE

1

RICHARDSON’s Ex.

James HARRISON

9 ½

SHARP, John

Self

12

4 ¾

De part of RICHARDSON’s

Self

?

SIMPSON, James

William BIRKETT

18

7 ½

THOMPSON, Wm.

Self

7 ¼

WILSON, Christopher Esq.

Edmund THOMPSON

3

18

Rev. Mins. Of Howgill & Firbank

John SHARP

6

3 ½

Trustees of ? Hill School

James BIRKETT

5

3 1/2

TOTAL not Exonerated (?)

15

9

8

1823

Exonerated

Proprietors Names

Occupiers Names

£

s.

d.

AIREY, Joseph

John BLAND

15

9 ½

Do.

Do.

1

17

2 ½

CARTMELL, Mr. Thos.

Henry DOUTHWAITE

2

½

DIXON, John

Self

1

8

6 ½

DIXON, William

Self

1

DIXON, Thos.

Self

1

WILSON, Christopher, Esq.

MARTINDALE & DOUTHWAITE

1

10

2 ½

HARRISON, James

Self

9

8

HARRISON, Mr. R.

William SHARP

2

5

½

PATTINSON, Thos.

Edward HUTCHINSON

1

15

9 1.2

ROBINSON, Wm.

John THWAITE (?)

5 ½

SHARP, John & MELRAYS (?)

Self

1

WILSON, John, Esq.

James HUTCHINSON

1

12

9 ½

WILSON, Christopher, Esq.

Henry DOUTHWAITE

11

22

WILSON, John, Esq.

John MARTINDALE

1

5

?

Mr. DAVIES & MOORE

WEBSTER ?

19

?

Rev. Min. of Staveley & Torver

John HARRISON

9

¾

Rev. Min. of HOWGILL

John SHARPE

3

?

Rev. Mins. Of Netherwasdale

Wm. SHARPE

15

?

Rev. Mins. Of Mardale

James BIRKETT

9

?

Total Exonerated

15

3

4

Not Exonerated

15

9

8

1828

Land Tax Assessment (photocopy of original record on microfilm) (Salt Lake)

1829

Directory of Cumberland and Westmorland

1830

Land Tax Assessment (film LDS 097328) Kentmere: Signed 14 of May by Wm. BIRKETT and John BLAND, assessors; Gawin GILPIN and William MARTINDALE, collectors:

AIREY, James

Rev. of Mardale

Self

MARTINDALE, J.

HUTCHINSON, J.

BIRKETT, Jas

House and land

house and land

15s. 9 ½ d.

9s. 6d.

Total collected £32 3s. 0d.

1831

Land Tax Assessment (photocopy of original record on LDS microfilm). Assessed by Gawin GILPIN and Wm. MARTINDALE. Collectors were James AIREY and John MARTINDALE.

Proprietors

Occupiers

Description

£

s.

d.

AIREY, James

Self

House

10

BIRKETT, Wm.

Self

House and land

12

1 ½

BIRKETT, James

Do.

Do.

3

8 ½

BRAITHWAITE, ? John

Rogar BARROW

Grasses

3

3

BROCKLEBANK, John

Self

House and land

10

COWPERTHWAITE, John

Self

Do.

4

3

C..MET?, Mr.

James RICHARDSON

Do.

5

?

CHAMLEY? Wm.

Self

Grasses

1

5

DIXON, John

Thomas DIXON

House and land

9

1

DIXON, William

Self

Grassing

4

2

DOUTHWAITE, Henry

Self

Grasses

1

8

GARNET, Mr. R.

Daniel ATKINSON

House and land

1

13

4

GILPIN, Gawin

Self

Do.

1

5

7

GILPIN, Christr.

Do.

Do.

1

--

5

Green Quarter Grasses

?

Grasses

--

--

10

HARISON, Jonathan

Self

House and land

-

5

?

HUNTER, James

Do.

Do.

10

JENKINSON, Thomas

Self

Grasses

7 ½

KILNER, ? Alex.

Wm. WILSON

House and land

3

3

LONG, Robert

Self

Grasses

5

MARTINDALE, John

John HARRISON

House and land

9

11

Do.

Wm. BARROW

Peat and moss

10

M………th? Mr. Henry

Gawin GILPIN

Grasses and land

3

10 ½

PATERSON? Thomas

Thomas BARROW

Land

7 ½

Trustees of ? GILPIN

Robert WALKER

House and land

8

ROTHMEL, Mr. Henry

John COWPERTHWAITE

Pasture

5

SHARPE, John

Self

House and land

13

2 ½

SIMPSON, James

Wm. BIRKETT

Do.

12

7

THOMPSON, Edmund?

James ABBA

Do.

9

11

THOMPSON, Wm.?

Self

Land

7 1/2

Trustees of R. School

James BIRKETT

Do.

2

10

The Rev. M. of Howgill

?

House and land

8

3

WILSON, Christopher Esq.

Wm. MARTINDALE

House, land and plantation

4

13

½

Do.

Do.

Copice Wood?

2

3 ¼

Do.

Do.

House and land

1

7 ½

Do.

Henry DOUTHWAITE

Land

3

1

Miss LAMBERT?

Self

Tythe?

8

3

(there are 2 transcripts of this section, differing slightly.

Not Exonerated

15

9

8

AIREY, James

Self

House and land

15

9 ½

Do.

Do.

Do.

1

17

2 ½

DIXON, John

Thomas DIXON

Do.

1

8

6 ½

DIXON, Thoms

Self

Land

1

DIXON, Wm.

Self

?

1

Harding & Co.?

Self

House and land

9

8 ½

HARRISON, Mr.

Self

Grasses

2

0 ½

DIXON, John

Wm. DIXON

House and land

2

6

½

PATISON, Thomas

Thomas BARROW

Ditto

1

15

9 ½

ROBISON, Mrs.

John THWAITE

Grasses

5 ½

WILSON, Christopher Esq

DOUTHWAITE & MARTINDALE

House and land

1

10

2 1/2

Ditto ?

Henry DOUTHWAITE

Do.

11

2 ½

WILSON, John Esq.

James HUTCHINSON

Do.

1

5

4 ½

Ditto?

John MARTINDALE

Do.

1

12

9 ½

Messrs. DAVIS & Co.

Thompson & Do.

Slate quarries

19

3 ½

The Rev. Strickland

Daniel ATKINSON

House and land

9

3 ½

The Rev. M. of Howgill

Anthony CRAGG

Do.

3

7 ½

The Rev. M. of Wasdale

Wm. SHARP

Do.

16

2 ¼

The Rev. M. of Mardale

Reginald SHARP

Do.

9

6

Exonerated

6

13

4

Not exonerated

15

9

8

TOTAL

32

3

--

1841

Census June 6

1843

The Register of Persons Entitled to Vote at any election of a MP between 30 Nov 1843 and 1 Dec 1844 showing Kentmere (film LDS 1472441)

THOMPSON, William

Kentmere

freehold land

In Kentmere, in his own occupation

1849

Directory of Westmoreland shows AIREY, Jas, Brockstone, Yeoman; and BLAND, Wm., Powt How, Farmer. (Also at Longsleddale Township is AIREY, Chpr(?), Schoolmaster.)

1850

The Register of Persons Entitled to Vote at any election of a Member of Parliament between 30 Nov 1850 and 1 Dec 1851 at Kentmere. (film LDS 1472441):

THOMPSON, Thomas

Staveley

Freehold houses and land

Browtop

1851

Census March 30/31

1852

The Act for inclosing lands in Kentmere was passed in 16 and 17 Victoria c. 11.

1855

BLAND, William, Kentmere Hall, farmer

1861

Census April 7/8

1871

Census April 2/3

1881

Census April 3/4

1889

Register of County Electors for Kentmere, Southern or Kendal Division of Westmorland, Staveley Polling District: List 1

SHARP, Jane (List 3)

Low bridge

Dwelling house (successive)

Dwelling house (successive)

Dwelling house (successive)

Dwelling house (successive)

Dwelling house

Low bridge

1891

Census April 5/6

1900 24 August

The Rural District Council wrote to the County Council for a contribution towards the cost of the erection of a new bridge at or near Low Bridge. On 5 June, 1903, it is reported that Low Bridge has been erected, and on 4 December it was resolved that the new bridge be accepted as a County Bridge. C.C. Minutes, 1903©1904. (Curwen's Record of Kendale p. 155)

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