Langdale Locations
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Places where Griggs or Greggs lived in Great Langdale, shown on the 1862 map.
''A survey of the land conducted by the Earl of Cumberland in 1573 recorded ten farms in the valley. These were recorded as Wall End, Sidehouse, Ash Busk, Rossett, Whitegill, Thompson, Bowderston, Pye Howe, Robinson's and Thrang.'
Stile End, Style End, Steal End, Steel End, Stool End
Located at the foot of the The Band on Bowfell, Map Reference NY 276057.
A picture of Stool End today by Andrew Leaney©
- see theLakelandFells
Named 'Stile End' in 1710 when
John Grigg had a daughter Jane
Named 'Steal End' in 1764 when William Grigg was living there and made
his will
Named Steel End in Mary Armitt's book 'The Church of Grasmere' 1912
Named 'Stool End' on 1862 and 1966 OS map.
Stated to originally have been four farms at the end of the 17th century. One must have been Stang (See Michael Grigg). The four farms became one under the ownership of Bishop Richard Watson of Landaff in the early 19th Century. [George Macaulay Trevelyan 1876 - 1962] often stayed with friends at Stool End in Great Langdale . He acquired a cottage in Langdale shortly before the first World War. Stool End and Wall End farms and the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel (Middlefell Place) (400 acres) were bought by George Trevelyan and given to the National Trust in 1928. (His ashes lie in the churchyard of Holy Trinity, Great Landale.)
In 1664 John Grigg of Stangs, Stool End was presented as a
non-conformist (CRO WD K, 31 March 1664)
In 1700 Thomas Harrison was at the Stool End (Grasmere registers).
Michael Grigg married
Jone Harrison in 1680.
In
1716
William Grigge
of Stile End baptised a daughter, Jane.
In
1732
John Grigg of Wale-End sold a property at Stool End to (his
brother)
Joseph Grigg
In
1738/9 the executors of John Dixon of Steal-End sold a property at
Steal-End to
Joseph Grigg (Joseph Grigg would now appear to own three of
the four farms at Steal-End)
In
1739
Joseph Grigg sold land at Steal-End to John Grigg
(brother or son?) 1
In 1744 Joseph Grigg took out a mortgage on a property at Steal-End
2
In 1750
William Grigg conveyed a property at Steal-End to his son
John Grigg
In 1755 Bernard Grigg sold a property at Steal-End to Benjamin Wilson of
Monk Coniston
In 1764 the
will was proved of
William
Grigg of Steal End.
In
1776 John Longmire admitted to tenancy on surrender by John Grigg.
John Longmire also admitted tenant to Asbush/Ullocks and parcel of land
in Langdale common field.
in
1791 Style End for sale following death of John Longmire.
(1811
Bishop of Llandaff buys Middlesfell follwing the death of of James
Postlethwaite)
Half a mile away is:
Wall End
Map reference
NY283055
Named Wale-End in 1732 conveyance
In
1700 John Williamson was at Wall-End (Grasmere
registers)
In
1732 John Grigg of Wall-End sold a property at Stool End to (his
brother)
Joseph Grigg
Occupied by Ephraim Grigg, son of John Grigg, in 1750 but all his tenements, cattle etc to be sold upon his death. However his son John Grigg is named 'of Wall End' in a curation bond in 1763 but is presumably living with his step-father Jonathan Dixon, his 'curator'. Did Jonathan Dixon take on the lease when it would have been surrendered on the occasion of Ephraim's death? However Jonathan Dixon is only described as 'husbandman of Great Langdale', not as of 'Wall End'. He was probably the son of John Dixon of Steal End.
Another mile down the valley is Millbeck (NY295065)
William Grigg will 1801
Christopher Grigg 1829
Notes
1 Is this a re-arrangement of land between Steal End and Wall End?
2 Did Joseph Gregg overextend himself in buying the Steal End property in 1738?