Randlehow
Grid reference SD143998
Cottage (1)
(Note: right-hand half of
present building would almost certainly originally have been a barn.
Picture has been retouched to remove overhead cables, television aerials
and burglar alarm. )
1867 map. Picture taken in direction of arrow. Click on map
for larger area. |
Lintel marked JN 1679 with his blacksmith's tools |
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It appears that Randlehow had been split into two properties before 1578 and that two families lived there thereafter.
In 1578, The Percy Survey gives the following information (with acknowledgement to "Past Presented")
John Diconson-
Rondall Howe- tenement etc., moiety of croft adj. (1.5r), moiety of of the
New Close (1.5r), moiety of Farthwate (close, 1.5a), moiety of Hallow Myre [sic]
(close of meadow, 1a 1r), half of Bank Lands (1.5r), moiety "of certain wood
land" (2.5a), with sufficient common: rent 2/-, Bend garth (parcel of land):
rent 3d. Total 2/4 yearly
Robert Diconson- Rondall Howe- tenement etc., moiety of a croft (1.5r),
moiety of New Close (1.5r), moiety of Farthwater [sic] (close, 1.5a), moiety of
Hollow Myre (meadow close, 1a 1r), half of Bank Lands (1.5r), "and the" [blank]
i.e. there is only about three acres of land associated with Randlehow (but there would be grazing rights on the high land above the valley)
Thomas Atkinson had a daughter Jenet and Edward Atkinson a son Edward at Randal how, both in 1632
For the time being I will distinguish the two properties as Randlehow 'A' and Randlehow 'B'
Randlehow 'A'
John Diconson was tenant at the time of the General Fine of 1633.
John Nicholson was admitted as tenant to Randlehow in 1655 when his mother, Bridget was a widow. His initials over door 1679. He died in 1718. His wife Jenet died in 1721. They had no children and their house went to their nephew John Nicholson. At least his later children Sarah (1718) and Isaac (1720) were born were born at Randlehow. John's father-in-law, Robert Sherwen, died there in 1748. John paid to enfranchise the property from the Earl of Egremont on December 1st 1759. John himself died at Randlehow in 1765, also owning (sheep at) Hollowstones which was being farmed by his son , John Nicholson (1710-1779) who married from Randal how in 1738, moved to Hollowstones by 1740 but inherited Randalhow when his father died in 1765. This John's second son Isaac moved to Randalhow by the time of birth of the first of his twelve children who were all born at Randalhow. Hoever, Isaac bought the other house at Randlehow from his sister-in-law Dinah Sharpe in 1786 and is listed as the occupier there ('B') after this date.
Isaac's elder brother John Nicholson (1742 -1819) acquired the property ('A') from his father in 1788.
His son John Nicholson (1771-1833), born at Hollowstones, moved to Randlehow by 1820 (probably when he inherited on the death of his father), died there in 1833 and left the property in trust to his mother, daughter and then grandchildren, to be sold when the youngest grandchild child reached 21. (which could have been 1867). His daughter, Hannah, and her husband John Nichol lived at Randlehow till at least 1846
Moving back a generation, Stephen Nicholson (1711 - 1814!), brother of John above, was blacksmith at Randlehow - presumably the other property ('B'), owned by Nicholas Dickinson - in 1750 and his son Thomas was born there that year. (See below)
Stephen Nicholson (? - 1820) moved to Randlehow from Hollowstones about 1810. His daughter, Hannah, had two sons at Randlehow in 1838 and 1846.
Randlehow 'B'
Nicholas Diconson was tenant here at the time of the General Fine of 1633.
Nicholas Dickinson died here in 1674, leaving sons Nicholas (1644) and William (1656)
Henry Wilkinson of Randlehow died in 1719
Elizabeth, wife of William Dickinson, died at Randlehow in 1729. William Dickinson died (a pauper) in 1738 also at Randlehow.
Nicholas Dickinson (1691 - 1764), oldest son of William Dickinson (William?), born 1691, married Sarah and had a daughter Hannah born at Hows in 1719. His wife died at Randlehow in 1748 and he himself died in 1763 leaving the property to his grandaughter? / niece? Dinah - who married Samuel Sharpe and who sold it to her brother-in-law Isaac Nicholson in 1786.
Nicholas's younger brother William Dickinson (1697 - 1763) probably moved to Randlehow from Pyatt Nest after 1745 and died in 1763. It was his elder daughter Dinah who inherited Randlehow in 1764 from her uncle Nicholas. William's younger daughter, Sarah, married Isaac Nicholson around 1770 (see below).
(There is, as yet, no demonstrable link between these Dickinsons and Jonathon.
Jonathon Dickinson had four children born at Randlehow between 1744 and 1749 and then just possibly moved to Harmuthows.
Moving back a generation, Stephen Nicholson (1711 - 1814!), brother of John Nicholson (1710-1779) above, was blacksmith at Randlehow - presumably this other property ('B'), owned by Nicholas Dickinson - in 1750 and his son Thomas was born there that year. He was still there in 1779 when he is listed as churchwarden. At some point (1786/8?) he moved to Muncaster, where his son was curate. (Note there is no indication he ever bought the house he lived in - he was investing his money in Miterdale)
Isaac Nicholson (1744-1823), son of John Nicholson (1710-1779) above, baptised 12 children from Randlehow between 1770 and 1795 including John in 1791; he probably moved between the two properties around 1788. He died there in 1823. Under his will his share of the property should have been sold following the death of his wife in 1835. However the trustees of Isaac Nicholson sold their last holding at Randlehow in 1893 (to James Hall Rea)
Andrew Southward appears to have been farming the property in 1859.
More information on the later ownership of Randlehow from the Eskdale and
District Local History Society 'archive'
can be seen
here
and
here
1911 Land Tax
Randlehow from Land Tax 1911 map (Map revised 1898)
| No. of Assessment | No. of poor rate |
Christian Names and Surnames of Occupiers |
Christian Names and Surnames of Owners with their Residence |
Description of Property - If an inn, &c, the name or sign by which known |
Street, Place, Name and Precise location of property |
Poor Rate | ||||||
| No. of house | Estimated Extent | Gross Annual Value | Rateable Value | |||||||||
| Acres | R | £ | s | £ | s | |||||||
| 84 | 109 | John Kirkley | Hannah Hird | House and Garden | Randlehow | 8 | 7 | |||||
| 85 | 110 | Jos. Hird | James H. Rea | do | do | 6 | 10 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 86 | 111 | Jos. Tyson | James H. Rea | do | do | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 87 | 112 | Dinah Rodger | Esther Hird, Hollinghow | do | do | 9 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| 116 | 157 | Mrs Bewley | Mrs Bewley, Randlehow | House | Randlehow | 15 | 13 | |||||
Randlehow 'in the early 20th century' (Rea collection) - remarkably unchanged in 2004 (see above)
(Click on image for a larger version - 'originals' were not very good photocopies, I'm afraid)