Jingling End, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria One Place Study

Date: 1829
Location: Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Surnames/tags: One_Place_Studies England Cumbria

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Contents 1 Jingling End, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria One Place Study 1.1 Introduction to Jingling End 1.2 Location 1.3 Chronological history of Jingling End 1.3.1 Construction 1.3.2 1841 census 1.3.3 1851 census 1.3.4 1861 census 1.3.5 1860s: new neighbours and ankle-deep mud 1.3.6 1871 census 1.3.7 1881 census 1.3.8 1891 census 1.3.9 1901 census 1.3.10 1911 census 1.3.11 1921 census 1.3.12 1927: Help wanted 1.3.13 1939 register 1.3.14 1940s onwards 2 Research notes 3 References

Jingling End, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria One Place Study

Introduction to Jingling End

The house now known as Jingling End was formerly known as Prospect Cottage and was built in 1829 for a local joiner, Thomas Garnett. It is a Grade II listed building and sits at the corner of Jingling Lane and Back Lane, with entrances from both (the house is technically on Jingling Lane but often appears on Back Lane on census forms). It is a short walk down Jingling Lane from Kirkby Lonsdale's market square and enjoys views of the surrounding Cumbria hills.

Throughout much of it's history Jingling End was inhabited by members of the Smith family who operated a joinery business in the joinery workshop behind the house (now a separate domestic property).

The name Prospect Cottage was presumably given with reference to the fine views from the house. At some point in the 20th century it was renamed as Jingling End (date not known but the first documented use appears to be on the 1921 census). The property should not be confused with the separate property now known as Prospect Cottage which is further along Jingling Lane.

A chronological history of the property is given below, with links to appropriate references. Further information about individual inhabitants of the house can be obtained by clicking the named link to go to the WikiTree profile for the individual.

For general information on the market town of Kirkby Lonsdale see the town website, British History Online and Wikipedia.

• Wikidata: Item Q26605049
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Kirkby Lonsdale (1857) with Prospect Cottage marked

Location

Continent: Europe

Sovereign State: United Kingdom

Country: England

County: Cumbria

GPS Coordinates: 54.201861, -2.595149

Elevation: 64.0 m or 210.0 feet

Chronological history of Jingling End

Construction

The house was built in 1829. It is a stone property with slate roof. There are 2 principal floors and additional rooms in the attic and cellar. More detail on the construction and features of the property are available in the entry on the listed buildings register. ^[1]

1841 census

At the time of the 1841 census ^[2] the house was occupied by joiner Thomas Garnett (for whom the house was constructed) and his wife Ellen (nee Smith). Also in the household were a young female servant and a surgeon William Batty. William's wife had died several years earlier and possibly he was living in the household as a lodger instead of running his own household as a single widower.

1841 Census transcript (recorded as Back Lane):

Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place- in this county?
Thomas Garnett	M	45	Joiner	Y
Ellen Garnett	F	50		N
William Batty	M	50	Surgeon	N
Ann Martindale	F	15	F.S.	Y

Only a year later in 1842 Thomas sold the property by auction in the local Green Dragon Inn. The auction listing in the local paper described the house as 'well calculated for the Residence of a Genteel Family' ^[3] The 1851 census shows that having sold the house Thomas & Ellen Garnett moved to West View Farm, Preston Patrick.

1851 census

Sir John Holker (1851 resident) in later life

In the 1851 census ^[4] the head of household was another joiner, James Smith. As Thomas Garnett's wife Ellen was a Smith by birth and both James and Ellen are recorded as being born in Liverpool within a few years of each other it is possible that James and Ellen were related e.g. brother and sister. If so James would have been the brother-in-law of former owner Thomas Garnett. However as the name Smith is so extremely common this may just be coincidence with no actual connection between the 2 families.

In 1851 James Smith was living at Prospect Cottage with his wife Elizabeth and 4 adult and teenaged children. All 3 sons appear to be working in the family joinery business. Another adult daughter (Mary Ann) who will later appear in multiple censuses at Prospect Cottage does not appear with her family in this census as she is working at a separate address in Kirkby Lonsdale for spinster and landed proprietor Anne Cragg.

The family in 1851 have 2 servants in their household and 3 solicitor's clerks are lodging in the household. One of these clerks (John Holker) would later have a very high profile legal and political career as a conservative MP, solicitor general and attorney general for Benjamin Disraeli. Another of the solicitor's clerks listed (John Preston) married into a wealthy local landowning family (the Craggs of Arkholme) before sadly dying of epilepsy aged only 33 years old in 1862.

1851 Census transcript (recorded as Prospect Cottage):

Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
James Smith	Head	Married	M	61	Joiner & cabinet maker (employing 2 men & 2 app)	Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth Smith	Wife	Married	F	54		Tatham, Lancashire, England
Ellen Smith	Daughter	Unmarried	F	25	House maid	Ky Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Thomas Smith	Son	Unmarried	M	24	Carpenter (journeyman)	Ky Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
John Smith	Son	Unmarried	M	19	Joiner (app)	Ky Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
James Smith	Son	Unmarried	M	16	Joiner (app)	Ky Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Elizabeth Atkinson	Servant	Unmarried	F	15	House servant	Hutton Roof, Westmorland, England
James Sharples	Servant		M	14	Errand boy	Farlton, Westmorland, England
Mary Elizabeth Briscoe	Lodger	Unmarried	F	20	Milliner & dress maker	Ingleton, Yorkshire, England
John Preston	Lodger	Unmarried	M	23	Solicitor's articled clerk	Ky Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
John Holker	Lodger	Unmarried	M	23	Solicitor's articled clerk	Bury, Lancashire, England
Richard Wilkinson	Lodger	Unmarried	M	28	Solicitor's managing clerk	Sedbergh, Yorkshire, England

1861 census

1862 hymn book by Oswald Allen

In the 1861 census ^[5] the household was still headed by James Smith and his wife Elizabeth (aka Betty). Their sons were no longer recorded living at home but daughters Ellen and Mary Ann were both part of the household. Ellen was now recorded under her married name (Bownass) and her baby son was also present N.B. the name of the baby seems to be recorded incorrectly on the census form, he is recorded as Richard but per the next census and baptism records was actually Robert.

Immediately after the family members and servants on the census form are recorded 3 single/ widowed men who are all heads of single person households. These appear to be lodgers in the Smith household (although not clearly described as such on the form) and include the widowed surgeon William Batty who appeared at the house previously in 1841, now retired. Another lodger in both 1861 and 1871 was Oswald Allen, a bankers clerk who was also a writer of hymns. His collection 'Hymns of the Christian Life' was published in 1862 and may have been written at Prospect Cottage.

1861 Census transcript (recorded as Prospect Cottage):

Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
James Smith	Head	Married	M	71	Joiner builder employing 4 men and 2 boys	Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Betty Smith	Wife	Married	F	63		Tatham, Lancashire, England
Mary Ann Smith	Daughter	Unmarried	F	38	Housekeeper	Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Thomas Dawson	Servant	Unmarried	M	19	Joiner apprentice	Tewitfield, Lancashire, England
William Mattocks	Servant	Unmarried	M	16	Joiner apprentice	Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Christiana Booth	Servant	Unmarried	F	17	House servant	Casterton, Westmorland, England
Ellen Bownass	Daughter	Married	F	34	Butchers wife	Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Richard Bownass	Grandson		M	0		Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
John G W Smith	Head	Widr	M	26	Solicitors managing clerk	Surrey, Stockwell
Oswald Allen	Head	Unmarried	M	45	Bankers clerk	Westmorland, Kirkby Lonsdale
William Batty	Head	Widr	M	75	Retired surgeon	Lancaster, Lancaster

1860s: new neighbours and ankle-deep mud

In the 1860s there was a major change to the area immediately adjacent to Jingling End with the construction of a stone turretted and crenellated mansion known as Lunefield. The house was built for Bradford banker Alfred Harris. It was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (who also designed Manchester Town Hall and the Natural History Musem in London) and featured stained glass windows produced by William Morris and Company. The construction of the mansion would have dominated the local area and in 1869 an article in the local press ^[6] described how Jingling Lane had become "ankle deep in mud and filth" as a consequence of "the large number of heavily-laden carts frequenting the lane with stone etc for the new building at Lunefield". Lunefield is no longer standing having fallen into disrepair and been demolished in the 1950s.

1871 census

1867 receipt from Smith joinery business

James Smith died in 1867 and at the time of the 1871 census ^[7] his widow Elizabeth was the head of household, living with her children, grandchildren, 2 servants and a boarder. N.B. one of Elizabeth's granddaughters is listed as Elizabeth Ellen Smith but there is no record of any girl of this name being born in the right timeframe. This is likely to be Elizabeth Alice Smith but with her middle name recorded incorrectly.

The 8 year old boy listed on this census (James Smith Bownass) sadly died less than a year later, a few days before his 9th birthday, of enteric fever (aka typhoid fever, a bacterial infection which was a relatively common cause of death before antibiotics were available).

1871 Census transcript (recorded as Back Lane):

Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
Elizabeth Smith	Head	Widow	F	73	Farmer and lodging house keeper	Tatham, Lancashire, England
Mary Ann Smith	Daughter	Unmarried	F	49		Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Ellen Bownass	Daughter	Married	F	46		Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Thomas Bownass	Son-in-law	Married	M	50	Butcher	Middleton, Westmorland, England
Elizabeth Ellen Smith	Granddaughter		F	11	Scholar	Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Robert Bownass	Grandson		M	11	Scholar	Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
James S Bownass	Grandson		M	8	Scholar	Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Agnes Ann Dean	Servant		F	13	General servant	Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Henry Lodge	Servant	Unmarried	M	62	Farm servant	Park House? Lancashire, England
Matthew Hayhurst	Boarder		M	14	Joiner &c	Sellet Mill, Lancashire, England
George William Cole	Lodger	Unmarried	M	28	Curate	Cambridge, Ely
Richard B Cragg	Lodger	Unmarried	M	20	Attorney's articled clerk	Westmorland, Kirkby Lonsdale
Oswald Allen	Lodger	Unmarried	M	55	Bankers clerk	Westmorland, Kirkby Lonsdale

1881 census

Elizabeth Smith died in 1879 and the 1881 census ^[8] shows her daughters Ellen and Mary Ann living at the house, with Ellen's husband Thomas recorded as the head of household. Also in the household are Ellen & Thomas's son Robert, 2 boarders and a servant.

1881 Census transcript (recorded as Back Lane):

Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
Thomas Bownass	Head	Married	M	60	Farmer of 28 acres 2 men	Middleton, Westmorland, England
Ellen Bownass	Wife	Married	F	55		Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Robert Bownass	Son	Single	M	19	Farm servant (indoor)	Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Mary A Smith	Sister in law	Single	F	59	Property owner	Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Benjamin C Davies	Boarder	Single	M	24	Printers compositor	Manchester, Lancashire, England
Margaret E Fisher	Servant	Single	F	13	General serv domestic	Whittington, Lancashire, England
James Atkinson	Boarder	Single	M	41	Annuitant	Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England

1891 census

By the time of the 1891 census ^[9] the household had become considerably smaller. Ellen Bownass (nee Smith) and her family had moved to Catholes Farm just outside Kirkby Lonsdale, leaving Ellen's sister Mary Ann alone in the household with a young relative, Elizabeth Mary Metcalfe. Elizabeth is recorded as being Mary Ann's niece but was actually her great niece. Mary Ann's age is recorded incorrectly in this census, she would actually have been around 10 years older.

1891 Census transcript (recorded as Back Lane, Prospect House):

Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
Mary Ann Smith	Head	Single	F	60	Living on her own means	Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
Elizabeth Mary C Metcalf	Niece	Single	F	2		Bradford, Yorkshire, England

1901 census

In the 1901 census ^[10] Mary Ann Smith was again recorded living alone with a young relative, this time John Gibson Metcalfe who was the younger brother of Elizabeth (who appeared with Mary Ann on the previous census). Mary Ann's age is again recorded incorrectly as she was around 10 years older. This is the last of 5 census entries for the property on which Mary Ann Smith was to appear as she died 3 years later in 1904.

1901 Census transcript (recorded as 5 Back Lane):

Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
Mary Ann Smith	Head	Single	F	69	Living on own means	Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England
John G Metcalfe	Visitor	Single	M	9		Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England

1911 census

Slightly confusingly the death of Mary Ann Smith led to the head of household in the 1911 census ^[11] being the very similarly named Mary Smith. This Mary Smith was the sister-in-law of Mary Ann Smith, widow of Mary Ann's brother James. Mary's 5 children are living in the household, with her 3 sons working as joiners in continuation of the family tradition. Unusually none of Mary's 5 adult children had married, meaning that there would be no direct heir of this branch of the family to inherit the house in future. Also present in the household in 1911 is Mary Metcalfe (the same Elizabeth Mary Metcalfe who appeared in the household as a toddler 20 years earlier). Mary Metcalfe has initially been recorded on the census form just as 'relative' then this has been crossed through and replaced by 'grand daughter'. The correction is wrong as she was actually Mary Smith's great niece.

1911 Census transcript (recorded as Prospect House):

Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
Mary Smith	Head	Widow	F	75	Private means	Kirkby Lonsdale Westmorld
James Smith	Son	Single	M	48	Joiner and cabinet maker	Kirkby Lonsdale Westmorld
John Smith	Son	Single	M	46	Joiner and cabinet maker	Kirkby Lonsdale Westmorld
Mary Smith	Daughter	Single	F	40		Kirkby Lonsdale Westmorld
Joseph Smith	Son	Single	M	37	Joiner and cabinet maker	Kirkby Lonsdale Westmorld
Eleanor Smith	Daughter	Single	F	35		Kirkby Lonsdale Westmorld
Mary Metcalfe	Grand daughter	Single	F	22		Dudly Hill Bradford Yorks

1921 census

Agnes Burnett at Jingling End

By the time of the 1921 census Mary Smith and 2 of her children (James and Eleanor) had passed away. The remaining 3 children were the owners of Jingling End but had rented it to tenants. The Smith siblings are still living nearby at 2 Jingling Lane. As 2 Jingling Lane is the property now known as Prospect Cottage it seems likely that the Smith siblings took the name Prospect Cottage with them when they moved on, leaving Jingling End with it's new name.

Living in Jingling End in 1921 was Millicent C Mathews who was the widow of the local doctor. She had moved from the local doctor's surgery to Jingling End after her husband's death and was living with her mother (also a widow). Also in the household was a servant, Nellie Hodgson, who appears to have moved with the widows to Jingling End having previously been recorded working for the family at the doctor's residence in 1911.

1921 Census transcript (recorded as Jingling End):

Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
Millicent C Mathews	Head	Widowed	F	50	Home Duties	Scotby Cumberland
Agnes Burnett	Mother	Widowed	F	86	Home Duties	London
Nellie Hodgson	Servant	Single	F	28	General domestic servant	Hutton Roof Westmorland

1927: Help wanted

In December 1927 an advertisement in the Morecambe Guardian ^[12] stated that Mrs R G Mathews at Jingling End had immediate need of an experienced general cook for a doctor's house, for a family of 2.

Dr R G Mathews was the son of Millicent C Mathews, the doctor's widow seen on the 1921 census. His wife was Frances Croft Mathews (nee Helme) and they had married only a couple of months earlier in Lancaster. The couple may have been living at Jingling End as tenants, like Dr Mathews' mother before him. After a short period they moved to the doctor's house and surgery at nearby Green Lane. This was the surgery where Dr Mathews' father had previously been the GP. Another doctor had run the surgery for just a few years between the death of the older Dr Mathews and the younger Dr Mathews being qualified and ready to take on the practice.

1939 register

The 1939 register ^[13] shows another family living at the house as tenants. Margaret Massy was a divorcee. The 3 rows immediately below her on the 1939 register are redacted for privacy reasons at the time of writing and are presumably 3 of Margaret's children with former husband Wing Commander Derek Fitzgerald Massy OBE. A girl called Dorothy Faith who is visiting the household is likely a friend or relation. Dorothy appears to have died young only 3 years later which would explain why her record on the register is not also redacted for privacy.

Margaret Massy was the cousin of Frances Croft Mathews who was the doctor's wife living at Jingling End in 1927. Possibly Margaret may have come to live at Jingling End after her divorce on her cousin's recommendation?

The 1939 register also shows that Mary and Joseph Smith who were at Jingling End in the 1911 census are still living nearby at 2 Jingling Lane. Their brother John who was living with them in 1911 & 1921 had passed away in 1937. Also living in their household was another younger Mary Smith.

Name	Status	Sex	Birth Date	Occupation
Margaret V Massy	F	Divorced	19 Jan 1898	Unpaid domestic duties
This record is officially closed.
This record is officially closed.
This record is officially closed.
Dorothy Faith	F	Single	27 Jan 1928	At school

1940s onwards

The 1939 register is the latest available census information at the time of writing, however legal paperwork from the following decades ^[14] indicates that the house changed hands multiple times in the next 20 years.

in 1945 Mary Elizabeth C L Smith was the last of the group of 5 siblings in her generation to die, none of the 5 siblings having married or had children. Following her death Jingling End was purchased by John Gibson Metcalfe who had been recorded at the property on the 1901 census as a 9 year old boy visiting his great aunt. At the time of the purchase he was recorded as being of Ackworth, Pontefract and a draper. The legal documents state that the house was still tenanted by Mrs M V Massy at the time of the sale.

John G Metcalfe only owned the property for a few years. The house then sold several times (in 1948, 1952, 1955 & 1957) with each of the purchasers also only owning Jingling End for a few years before selling it again. Some of the purchasers appear to have bought the property to live in themselves while others had tenants in the house. After 1957 the ownership appears to have reached a more stable period with the house remaining under the same ownership until the 1980s.

• Owners of Jingling End 1948-1952: John Mason Parrington (1912-1984) and Betsy Wharton (Atkinson) Parrington (1915-2004)
• Owners of Jingling End 1952-1954: John Dick Brierley (1877-1953) and Eleanor (Gaitskell) Brierley (1876-1954)
• Owner of Jingling End 1955-1957: Emily Howson (1907-1999)
• Owner of Jingling End 1957-1982: Donald Kennard (1898-1984)

Research notes

I have not been able to identify the following individuals recorded at Jingling End with any degree of certainty:

• 15 year old servant Ann Martindale on the 1841 census. The 1841 census did not record people's exact birthplaces (just whether or not they were born in that county) and the ages are frequently wrong by a couple of years as they were often stated to the nearest 5 years. There is more than 1 individual named Ann Martindale born in Westmorland in about the right timeframe and it is not possible to say which was the Ann Martindale who is recorded as a servant in 1841.
• John G W Smith, solicitor's managing clerk on the 1861 census. As the name John Smith is so very common it is difficult to research men with this name, especially in the absence of any further information such as names of parents, siblings, spouse etc.

References

N.B. Ancestry Record links require a subscription to ancestry to view, however links labelled as Ancestry Sharing Link can be viewed free of charge by non-subscribers.

1. ↑ Jingling End on the register of listed buildings
2. ↑ 1841 Census: "1841 England Census"
   Class: HO107; Piece: 1161; Book: 9; Civil Parish: Kirkby Lonsdale; County: Westmorland; Enumeration District: 15; Folio: 46; Page: 28; Line: 11; GSU roll: 464191
   Ancestry Record 8978 #11184195 (accessed 23 August 2022)
   Thomas Garnett (45) in Kendal registration district. Born in Westmorland, England. Ancestry Sharing Link
3. ↑ Kendal Mercury, Saturday 26 November 1842, page 1. Accessed at www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk Sep 2022
4. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 England Census"
   Class: HO107; Piece: 2441; Folio: 534; Page: 39; GSU roll: 87123-87124
   Ancestry uk Record 8860 #15294192 (accessed 23 August 2022)
   James Smith (61) head of household in Kendal registration district. Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Ancestry Sharing Link
5. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 England Census"
   Class: RG 9; Piece: 3968; Folio: 13; Page: 20; GSU roll: 543214
   Ancestry uk Record 8767 #13337271 (accessed 23 August 2022)
   James Smith (71) head of household in Kendal registration district. Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Ancestry Sharing Link
6. ↑ Lancaster Gazette, Saturday 02 October 1869, accessed at www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
7. ↑ 1871 Census: "1871 England Census"
   The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 5284; Folio: 31; Page: 56; GSU roll: 848426
   Ancestry uk Record 7619 #28897014 (accessed 23 August 2022)
   Elizabeth Smith (73) head of household in Kendal registration district. Born in Letham, Lancashire, England. Ancestry Sharing Link
8. ↑ 1881 Census: "1881 England Census"
   Class: RG11; Piece: 5210; Folio: 115; Page: 48; GSU roll: 1342256
   Ancestry Record 7572 #23005608 (accessed 24 August 2022)
   Thomas Bowness (60), married, Farmer Of 28 Acres 2 Men, head of household at Back Lane in Kendal registration district. Born in Middleton, Westmorland, England. Ancestry Sharing Link
9. ↑ 1891 Census: "1891 England Census"
   The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 4331; Folio: 95; Page: 45; GSU roll: 6099441
   Ancestry Record 6598 #15489929 (accessed 24 August 2022)
   Mary Ann Smith (60) head of household in Kendal registration district. Born in Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England. Ancestry Sharing Link
10. ↑ 1901 Census: "1901 England Census"
    Class: RG13; Piece: 4911; Folio: 25; Page: 41
    Ancestry Record 7814 #31389237 (accessed 24 August 2022)
    Mary Ann Smith (69) head of household in Kendal registration district. Born in Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England. Ancestry Sharing Link
11. ↑ 1911 Census: "1911 England Census"
    The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
    Ancestry Record 2352 #31656234 (accessed 24 August 2022)
    Mary Smith Smith (75), widowed, Private Means, head of household at Prospect House. Born in Kirkb Lonsdale, Westmorland, England. Ancestry Sharing Link
12. ↑ Morecambe Guardian - Saturday 31 December 1927 accessed at www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
13. ↑ 1939 Register: "1939 England and Wales Register"
    The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: Rg 101/3122g
    Ancestry uk Record 61596 #18950332 (accessed 24 August 2022)
    Margaret V Massy (born 19 Jan 1898), divorced, Unpaid Domestic Duties, at Jingling End, South Westmorland, Westmorland, England. Ancestry Sharing Link
14. ↑ Notes made on the original legal paperwork by a later resident of Jingling End and seen by Helen F