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Hi All,
Could some kind soul please look up the following family on the 1841 Census. I hope I will find Robert's wife.
CENSUS: 1851 Household of Robert Lowes
Name Relation Status Age Occupation Place of Birth
Robert Lowes Head Wdr 58 Ag Lab Shawbush, Northumberland
Elizabeth Lowes Daug Unm 25 Craigs, Northumberland
Eleanor Lowes Daug Unm 21 ? Northumberland
Robert Lowes G`son 7 Woodhouses, Northumberland
Eleanor Lowes G`dau 3 Woodhouses, Northumberland
Heron Lowes G`son 1 Woodhouses, Northumberland
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Address: Woodhouse, Dewshill, Northumberland.
Dewshill is in the Chapelry of Holystone.
Oh and if anyone can find the Records Office Reference for the above on the 1851 Census I would be most Grateful.
Many thanks in advance.
Regards & Best Wishes
Andy Stuart
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Hi Andy,
Have checked 1841 parish of Holystone, sorry no Lowes at all. It's a small parish so didn't take long, but there are lots of neighbouring parishes, won't be able to check them all. I'll try Craigs in Eglington parish later, in case they were in that area. If you find out where Eleanor was born that might help.
More later,
Barbara
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Andy
I am also tracing Lowes in Northumberland - but mainly in the Preston / Tynemouth area. If you have any names in those areas I would be grateful if you could PM me!
Thanks
Sharon
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hi Andy
The spelling is 'Woodhouses' and 'Dueshill' , Woodhouse is near West Wood burn.
Has anyone come across a Benjamin or Nicholas in the 1841?
Cloe
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Sorry Andy, no Lowes in 1841 in the parish of Eglingham either
Barbara
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The ref for family of Robert Lowes at Woodhouses is..
Piece 2423 Folio 278 Page 10.
Eleanor ( aged 21 ) birth place was Craig*
On the front of Folio 278 ... page 9 ( page 10 is the reverse side of Folio 278)... was .....
Nicholas Lowes, widower, 55, Farmer of 900 acres, employing 4 labourers, born Shawbush.
Son Robert, son, unmarried 23 Farmer's son, b.Craig*
Dtr Mary, 14, scholar, b. " .
Son, Edward, 10, b. " .
Father, Benjamin, widow, 88, Whiteside.
Servant, Ann Wilkinson, u/m, 18, house servant, b. Bellingham.
On the top of the page ( 2423-278-9) was
John Bell, widow, 42, Farmer of 200 acres, b. Harbottle.
Son, william, 5, b. Dewshill*
Sister, Sarah, u/m, 30, b.Harbottle.
Servant, Thomas Lowes, u/m, 22, Farm Servant, b.Craig*
Servant, Mary Proudlock, u/m, 18, House Servant, ????**
About 20 folios earlier ( 2423-252-5 ) at Elsdon....
In the household of Robert Hall , farmer of 80 acres, b.Elsdon... was ... Servant, Nicholas Lowes, u/m, 19, Farm Labourer, b.Craig*
* I see from later responses that these places were Craigs and Dueshill ( but did not look like these to my (old) eyes)
** This birthplace look something like Yallowfield.
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Entry from Parson & White Trade Directory, Northumberland, 1824.........
"Benjamin Lowes, Farmer.. in Parish of Corsenside, Township of Corsenside, in the place of Craig ( This time "Craig" was typed, not handwritten")
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From " Index of Northumberland Marriages, 1813-1837" there were marriages of 5 Robert Lowes.... take your pick...
22/2/1813 Newcastle , All Saints.. Isabella Rutherford.
20/5/1815 Haydon Bridge, ... Catherine Johnson.
5/3/1817, N/C All Saints, Dorothy Brunton.
2/7/1818, Simonburn, Ellenor Bell.
15/12/1821, St John Lee, Ann Hetherington.
Taking clues from the geography and the Naming Pattern, then maybe Ellenor Bell is best candidate. Also interesting to see Thomas Lowes living/working with John Bell... his uncle??.
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In same marriage index, there were the marriages of 3 Nicholas Lowes.....
31/12/1818 Wark.. Ann Wilkinson.
7/12/1825 Chollerton, Hannah Leadbitter.
16/11/1833 N/C St John's.. Lucy Carr
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One Benjamin Lowes marriage...
8/2/1832, N/C All Saints... Elizabeth Brown
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Michael Dixon,
Blyth.
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Many thanks :D
NIcholas is my side of the Lowes family and I think it looks like Andy Stuart's
Robert and my Nicholas were brothers. ??? as they were both born at the same place, and their children were born at Craig. This then gives us the clue their father was Benjamin. :D
the wonders of the internet!!
cloe
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;D Many many thanks Micheal.
You have proved a family link between Cloe and myself.
The people on these pages have been a great help and have helped me uncover a large number of my Ancestors in recent weeks. So much so that I have not had a chance to get my filling up to date as yet and have a mountain of paperwork to get through. A better problem than looking at those brick walls that I have had for some time now.
Thanks to all for their help.
Regards and Best Wishes,
Andy Stuart.
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The Craig is SW of Holystone at NY937998
I believe the Woodhouses location mentioned is SW of the current Dueshill Farm NT960 014 south of Holystone village in the Upper Coquet valley - ie around 2km away.
I'd originally discounted the Haltwhistle connection to the Lowes in Bellingham/Rothbury area, but there is a Whiteside Farm N of Haltwhistle. But there's also several others, including near Falstone which I think must be in Bellingham parish.
As yet, I have no idea where Shawbush is. Any ideas?
Yallowfield may be Fallowfield, between Acomb and the Military Road.
Ordnance Survey's Get-a-Map is great albeit slow for finding locations.
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Gareth
Perth, WA
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OK. My father (who claims to know every farm name in the entire county, with some justification) confirms the old bastle house along the road from Dueshill SE of Holystone is called Woodhouses.
Shawbush is some 2km NE of Bellingham on the road to West Woodburn (NY 868 842). Not a big place, probably just a cottage these days. Maybe always was?
gareth
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the bastle is still there , have a nice photo.
the Woodhouses Farm and cottage is now called Holystone Grange on modern os maps. but its down as a farm on the maps of 1866 approx.
Have pictures of Craig , talked to the owners father and Colwellhill where Edward was a shepherd and the pub
Cloe
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Dear all
I came across this post. I also have ancestors called Lowe who link to the people above.
My direct ancestor was Mary Ann Lowes b1793 Bellingham d1878 Easington. Her parents were Benjamin Lowes and Elizabeth Heron. She was the sister to Nicholas Lowes who was the farmer of 940 acres at Woodhouses, Dueshill.
Christian
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Only just joined rootschat - didn't know it existed!
Really interested to see posts about the Lowes family - my ancestor is Nicholas Lowes 1792 - my paternal grandmother and grandfather both descend from him - my grandfather from his daughter Mary 1836 & my grandmother from his son Nicholas 1832.
I have a handwritten family tree that was given to my Dad many years ago by Brian Swan from Whitley Bay - that starts with Nicholas Lowes 1792 at the top. I've no idea who Brian is, where he fits into the tree, or how he tracked down my Dad - anybody on here know him?
I live in Hexham, but have never been to Corsenside - but plan to go next week to see if I can find any family graves.
Janet
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Welcome to Rootschat Coquetlass.
I am not related but have found some info on the Lowes;
St Cuthbert, Bellingham
Marriage;
09 Dec 1790 Eliz HERON/Benj LOWES Benj of Bellingham, Eliz of Shawbush
Witnesses, Thos BRECKONS/Jn HERON
Bapts of children; Some just have Fathers name Benj
ROB 13 Mar 1791
NIC 13 Jan 1793
MARY 21 Sep 1794
ELIZ 22 Sep 1799 born 5 Aug 2nd Daug of Bnej and Eliz nee Heron
BENJ 26 Dec 1797 (likely buried 20 Dec 1824 age 27, abode Cragg p. Corsenside)
Burial;
ELIZ 23 Nov 1843 age 78 abode Creag Showes p. Corsenside
Cant see one for Benjamin.
Banns of Marriage for ELIZ Lowes to Wm BOWIE 1823
Ok 1841 Census Benj still alive;
Benjamin Lowes 72 Farmer
Elizabeth Lowes 72
Mary Boe 17 F.S
Elizabeth Boe 11
Eppy Herdman 15 F.S
Looks like Bowie grandchildren with them..
1851 Benjaman Lowes born c 1763** Northd, Whiteside is with Son Nicholas
Death Reg;
LOWES, BENJAMIN age 90
GRO Reference: 1852 S Quarter in ROTHBURY Volume 10B Page 203
Trish :)
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This probably just confirms information referred to above, but in the 1846 Tithe Valuation, the Township of Dueshill in the Parish of Holystone had just four occupiers of land, recorded as:
John Bell, Dueshill, 484 acres
Benjamin Lowes, Woodhouses, 721 acres
John Weatherston, Harehaugh, 320 acres
John Ord, South Yardhope, 979 acres
On the tithe map the first three plots are contiguous, running north to south. South Yardhope lies to the west of Dueshill but is detached from the others, separated by Holystone Common. These are all still discernible on modern maps, although North Yardhope is more prominent that South Yardhope. (These two are separated by the Yardhope Burn, with North Yardhope not lying in the Township of Dueshill.)
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I would say Benjamin was bapt 1 Jul. 1764, Holy Cross, Haltwhistle to ROBERT/MARY
He has siblings bapt;
GEORGE 02 Jul 1752
EDWARD 29 Sep 1754
JOSEPH 10 Apr 1757
JAMES 04 Oct 1759
NICHOLAS 26 Oct 1761
MATTHEW 24 Aug 1769 abode Burnmoor
Parents Robert/Mary
+ Likely;
ELIZABETH 1 Jul 1770 Father Robert, abode Warden Waterside
ROB Lowes married Mary HATTON same Church 17 Apr 1752
Possible Burial of MARY Lowes 25 Jun 1816 age 63 (c 1753)
The only Burial Haltwhisle that could be possibly Robert was 28 Oct 1777, no age given, abode Grandy's know Beltingham (Bellingham?)
But if him Mary survived him for 40 odd years.
All the info I have posted was from FreeREG www.freereg.org.uk
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I am glad you are on here for local knowledge AlanBoyd.
Its a long way from where I live :)
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Looking at the tithe records more broadly I now realise that there are two separate entries for a Benjamin Lowes in the Northumberland tithe records dated seven years apart. These both relate to places discussed in the (much) older posts on this thread, which sometimes seem, to me at least, to consist of two different conversations. So, for clarity:
1) Benjamin Lowes in 1846 at Woodhouses, Holystone as detailed in my previous post
2) Benjamin Lowes in 1839 in the parish of Corsenside, at a place named as The Crag on the tithe map and also on later OS maps and corresponding to the modern Cragg Farm. This is WNW of Bellingham, and just a little south of West Woodburn.
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1841 at 'Craig'
Nicholas Lowes, Ag Lab, wife Ann, and family, 6 children including Benjamin, 20
Robert Lowes, Ag Lab, wife Heron and family, 2 children plus various labourers and their families
Benjamin Lowes, 72, farmer with wife Elizabeth etc as previously noted by trish in reply #15
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The only Burial Haltwhisle that could be possibly Robert was 28 Oct 1777, no age given, abode Grandy's know Beltingham (Bellingham?)
Just dropping in as a 'local' to say that Beltingham and Bellingham are two totally different places :D
Here is Beltingham, some ten miles west of Hexham https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14.8&lat=54.97076&lon=-2.33043&layers=6&right=ESRIWorld
And here is Bellingham, some 16 miles north of Hexham https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=13.8&lat=55.14430&lon=-2.25078&layers=6&right=ESRIWorld
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Only just joined rootschat - didn't know it existed!
Really interested to see posts about the Lowes family - my ancestor is Nicholas Lowes 1792 - my paternal grandmother and grandfather both descend from him - my grandfather from his daughter Mary 1836 & my grandmother from his son Nicholas 1832.
I have a handwritten family tree that was given to my Dad many years ago by Brian Swan from Whitley Bay - that starts with Nicholas Lowes 1792 at the top. I've no idea who Brian is, where he fits into the tree, or how he tracked down my Dad - anybody on here know him?
I live in Hexham, but have never been to Corsenside - but plan to go next week to see if I can find any family graves.
Janet
Hello, I am descended from Nicholas Lowes 1792 sister, Mary Ann Lowes b 1793 Bellingham. I have DNA matches confirmed from both Nicholas Lowes descendants and their brother Joseph too.
Father was Benjamin Lowes b 1764 Whiteside, Haltwhistle and mother was Elizabeth Heron b 1766 The Hole, Bellingham.
They married 5 Dec 1790 St Cuthbert, Bellingham
Benjamins parents were Robert Lowes and Mary Hutton
Elizabeth Herons parents were Nicholas Heron and Mary Milburn.
There is a helpful will of Nicholas Heron, and you can see he left substantial amount to daughter Elizabeth and son in law Benjamin Lowes.
I visited all these places last year. I am still unsure where at Holystone / Dueshill Benjamin Lowes lived. There is a beautiful grand house there (recently on Rightmove!) with a very intact Bastle House in the grounds. Were they in the big house, or the Bastle House? Either way, it’s an absolutely stunning location and well worth a visit. Any more information about Benjamin Lowes always welcome!
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2 August 1844: Newcastle Courant
NEWCASTLE & NORTHUMBERLAND ASSIZES
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REED v. ROBERT LOWES.
Mr Stephen Reed, one of the coroners for the county, sought by this action to recover the sum of £84 13s 8d, alleged to be due to him by Robert Lowes, as a party to an agreement between the plaintiff and Benjamin Lowes, the defendant's father. Benjamin Lowes formerly occupied a farm belonging to Mr Reed, at Woodhouses, near Rothbury. The tenantcy expired last year, and some dispute arising between the parties, Mr Nicholas Wright was called in as an arbitrator, and finally made an award in favour of the plaintiff for the amount named. Robert Lowes, the defendant, appeared in the agreement, together with his father and wo brothers.—Verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount: execution in a week.
[The tithe records for the Corsenside property ('The Crag') do indeed name Stephen Reed as the landowner.]
23 November 1844: Newcastle Journal
WHEREAS, BENJAMIN LOWES, of Woodhouses, near Rothbury, in the County of Northumberland, Farmer, being unable to pay his several Creditors their respective Accounts in full, hath, by Indenture bearing Date the 16th Instant, assigned all his Estate and Effects unto Trustees, for the equal Benefit of such of his Creditors as shall execute the same. Notice is hereby given, That the said Indenture is lodged at my Office in Hexham, for the Perusal and Execution of such of the Creditors, as wish to avail themselves of its Provisions.
JOSEPH CRAWFORD, Solicitor, Hexham. 20th November, 1844.
30 November 1844: Newcastle Journal
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
At WoodHouses, in the Parish of Alwinton, in the County of Northumberland, on Monday, December 2nd, 1844, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon,
By JOHN CHARLETON, Auctioneer,
ALL the FARMING STOCK and other Effects of Mr. Benjamin Lowes, consisting of Three Score of Sheep, Ten good Milk Cows, Nine Calves, Four useful Draught Horses, One Pony, Two Pigs, Five Stacks of Oats, One Stack of Barley, Two Stacks of Wheat and Barley, Four Stacks of Hay, Three Acres of Turnips, Carts, Ploughs, Harrows, &c. together with the Dairy Requisites and HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
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This looks to be the end of Benjamin Lowes' tenancy at The Crag. The family must have been newly arrived at Woodhouses in the 1841 census.
25 September 1840: Newcastle Courant
TO BE LET BY PROPOSAL,
For a Term of Years to be agreed on, and entered upon at May-day next,
THE FARMS of East and West Crag, near Woodburn, in the Parish of Corsenside, County of Northumberland, containing 372 Acres, more or less of Arable, Meadow, and Grass Land, the Tithes of which have been commuted. Mr Benjamin Lowes, the Tenant, will shew the Farms, and particulars may be on application to Leadbitter, Hexham. Proposals will be received at the Blask Bull Inn, Hexham, on the 27th Day of October, next.
TO BE LET,
The Cutting of extensive Drains on the above Farms. Proposals to be given in before November. Apply to Mr S. Reed, Solicitor, Newcastle.