Yealand Manor, Yealand Conyers, Lancashire One Place Study

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Yealand Manor, Yealand Conyers, Lancashire One Place Study

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Name

Geography

Continent: Europe

Sovereign State: United Kingdom

Country: England

County: Lancashire

GPS Coordinates: 54.164961, -2.76492

Elevation:

97.0 m or 318.2 feet

History

In 1713 Thomas and Katherine Fletcher sold the manors of Yealand Conyers, Yealand Redmayne and Yealand Storrs to Charles Gibson of Preston, whose family retained them till 1791, when they were sold to Thomas Rawlinson of Lancaster. The vendor was Charles Gibson of Lancaster, nephew and heir at law of Robert Gibson of Yealand Conyers, who had succeeded under the will of Sarah Gibson, spinster (d. 1778). For pedigree see Fishwick, Goosnargh, 159.

In 1816 his heirs sold the manors with other estates in Yealand to John Ford, John Ford was cousin of Thomas Rawlinson. See the pedigrees of the families in Foster's Lancs. Pedigrees. from whom they have descended to his grandson Mr. John Rawlinson Ford, the present lord of the manors. No courts are held, and all the lands have long been enfranchised. (fn. 56)

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The property is understood to have been built in 1813 and is attributed to Francis Webster. It was initially named Morecambe Lodge and retained this name until 1914 or later.

By 1934 latest the property was known as Yealand Manor.

By 1936 Yealand Manor had become a Quaker Guest House.

By September 1939 Yealand Manor had become a Quaker Evacuation School. The school closed in July 1944.

The property has been a Grade II Listed Building since 2 May 1968 and its List entry number is 1146968.

Ownership

1841: Mary Ford nee Lawson

1851: Mary Ford nee Lawson

1871: Hutton Rawlinson Ford

1881: Elizabeth Sarah Ford

1887: May 26 - Elizabeth Sarah Ford late of Morecambe Lodge died at Yealand Conyers. ^[2]

1934: John Rawlinson Ford died 21 October 1934 aged 90. He was buried in the Quaker burial ground at Yealand Conyers and his headstone states 'of Yealand Manor'.

1955: The property was acquired by the Provincial Insurance Group and used as a Training Centre for many years. The first Bursar was Archibald 'Archie' Douglas and he was later succeeded by Antony 'Tony' Clarke.

Population

1841= 7 | 1851= tbc | 1861= tbc | 1871= tbc| 1881= 14 1891= tbc | 1901= tbc | 1911= tbc | 1921= tbc

Sources

1. ↑ 'Townships: Yealand Conyers', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1914), pp. 177-180. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol8/pp177-180 [accessed 9 December 2022].
2. ↑ Will with five codicils proved July 18.