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Thanks Paul, that is fantastic.

Where did you say you had found the poem? Was it a newspaper and was  Mr Joseph Stevenson the author? Was it written specifically for them?

Sorry for lots of questions it is so nice to hear the background to how it came about

Kind regards
Sarah

Hi Parrott team, this is so exciting...

I am on the Croft side of the family from Winestead. My great grandma, Everhila Parrott married Thomas Croft formerly of Masham, North Yorkshire but then moved to Winestead, Park Farm (next to the White Hall) from Field House Patrington Haven.

My mother has just visited the Tate Gallery archives in London to see the work of Harry Watson, which was Everhilda's cousin ( I think). He was very talented and famous painter. So if you are related to the Parrotts, then you have links to some serious artistic heritage.

See link.
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=2123&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=default&tabview=bio


I also live in Patrington, near the church and have seen all the Parrott gravestones - Everhilda and Thomas are buried at Winestead church with all their children including my Grandad, Richard Croft and his wife Elizabeth Croft (formerly also of Park Farm Winestead). I can tell you some interesting storied about life at Patrington Haven as Everilda passed these stories onto my Grandma and then her to me. I also have some pictures from the time of Patrington Haven including the Haven and the ladies gathered around the old watering pump on the main street. The Haven did eventually silt up around 1856 which is why they moved the fishing smack to Stoney Creek. Lots to tell...

Regards
Sarah