Moorsholm
To the south of Kilton, Moorsholm village is attractively set on high ground between the dales of Hagg Beck and Liverton Beck. Under a mile to the South is the main moorland road from Whitby to Guisborough and the curiously shaped Freeborough Hill, 821 ft high and a grand view point, to the west the road runs past the large reservoir at Lockwood. Moorsholm is a farming parish, the village has a few shops, a post office and two inns. The small church is chapel of ease to Boosbeck church and there is a Methodist Church Hall. At the time of the Doomsday survey, there were two manors here, held by the Earl of Marton.
William I granted them to the family of de Brus.
(Information available at Skelton Library)
1891 Census
1891 census Moorsholm cum Gerrick
Little Moorsholm
John Archibald / head / M / 60 /Scotland
Jane A. L. Archibald / wife / M / 62 / Scotland
Alexander Archibald / son / S / 24 / Scotland
Annie N. Archibald / daug / S / 19 / Scotland
Agnes M Archibald / grdaug / S / 8 / Scotland
David Archibald / Head / M / 26 / Scotland
Annie P Archibald / wife / M / 34 / Scotland
William H Archibald / stepson / S / 14 / Scotland
Fanny I Archibald / step daug / S / 12 / Moorsholm
John Archibald / stepson / S / 11 / Moorsholm
Sidney Archibald / stepson / S / 9 / Moorsholm
George Archibald / stepson / S / 7 / Moorsholm
Herbert Archibald / stepson / S / 5 / Moorsholm
Annie Archibald / ? / 1 / Moorsholm
William H Armstrong / serv / S / 19 / Moorsholm
West Throstlenest Farm
Henry Atkinson / head / M / 66 / Danby
Elizabeth Atkinson / wife / M / 66 / Moorsholm
Margaret A Wilson / S / niece / 21 / Skelton
East Throstlenest Farm
John Young / head / M / 47 / Skelton
Mary Young / wife / M / 43 / Moorsholm
Johanna Young / daug / S / 21 / Moorsholm
Mary J Young / daug / S / 19 / Moorsholm
Margaret Young / daug / S / 17 / Moorsholm
Annie Young / daug / S / 15 / Moorsholm
Robert Young / son / 12 / Moorsholm
William G Young / son / 9 / Moorsholm
Elizabeth A Young / grdaug / 5 months / Moorsholm
Ness Hagg
Uninhabited
Moorsholm Ness
David Johnson / head / M / 65 / Moorsholm
Jane Johnson / wife / M / 50 / Moorsholm
Robert Johnson / son / 9 / Liverton
George Dobson / serv / S / 15 / Marton
John Robson / visitor / M / 24 / Loftus
Elizabeth Robson / visitor / M / 23 / Liverton
John B Robson / visitor / 3 / Loftus
Hankhill
William Cockerill / head / M / 52 / Cloughton
Sarah J Cockerill / wife / M / 35 / Staithes
Primrose Villa
Robert Richardson / head / Wid / 60 / Felixkirk
Emily B F Richardson / grdaug / 5 / Rosedale
Elizabeth Pickering / Wid / 57 / Whitby
Helm Head
Michael Slater / head/ M / 53 / Danby
Jane Slater / wife / M / 53 / Loftus
Christian Slater / son / S / 23 / Hinderwell
Annie Slater / daug / S / 21 / Hinderwell
Metcalfe Harland / gdson / 6 / Moorsholm
North Lane
Richard Bell / head / M / 33 / Skelton
Elizabeth Bell / wife / M / 29 / York
Ernest Bell / son / 7 / Brotton
Plough Hotel
Thomas Brown / head / M / 55 / Middlesbrough
Isabella Brown / wife / M / 55 / Thornton Le Dale
Thomas Brown / gdson / 10 / Skelton
Ann Rooks / mother in law / Wid / 74 / Loftus
Hannah E Rooks / niece / S / 19 / Danby end
Margaret Dale / head / Wid / 71 / Moorsholm
Hannah Dale / grdaug / 9 / Westerdale
High Street
Robert Baker / head / M / 39 / Pickering
Rachel H Baker / wife / M / 36 / Setterington?
Edgar W Baker / son / 13 / Middlesbrough
Beatrice M Baker / daug / 11 / Middlesbrough
Gertrude A Baker / daug / 9 / Stokesley
Harold E Baker / son / 6 / Brotton
Arthur O Baker / son / 6 months / Moorsholm
High Street
Mary Cass / head / Wid / 68 / Westerdale
High Street
Newark Legg / head / M / 47 / Moorsholm
Mary Jane Legg / wife / M / 33 / Moorsholm
Rachael Ann Legg / daug / S / 11 / Moorsholm
Thomas N Legg / son / S / 5 / Lingdale
George Wm Legg / son / 3 / Lingdale
High Street
John Dale / head / M / 47 / Moorsholm
Margaret Dale / wife / M / 42 / Durham, Barnard Castle
George Wm Dale / son / S / 19 / Marske by sea
James Dale / son / 15 / Moorsholm
High Street
Robert Robinson / head / M / 37 / Skelton
Rachael Robinson / wife / M / 37 / Middlesex, London
Dorothy Robinson / daug / 14 / Moorsholm
Annie Robinson / daug / 12 / Moorsholm
Mary E Robinson / daug / 10 / Moorsholm
John R Robinson / son / 7 / Moorsholm
High Street
Francis Hodgson / head / M / 45 / Egton
Ann Hodgson / wife / M / 40 / Glaisdale
Mary Ann Hodgson / daug / S / 18 / Fryup
Ada Hodgson / daug / S / 16 / Fryup
William Hodgson / son / S / 11 / Loftus
Thomas Fletcher / nephew / S / 17 / Rosedale
Dorothy A Harrison / niece / S / 7 / Stanghow
High Street
John Glover / head / M / 30 / Loftus
Mary Ann Glover / wife / M / 27 / Lazenby
Caroline A Glover / daug / 6 / Moorsholm
Mary E Glover / daug / 5 / Moorsholm
Rebecca Glover / daug / 3 / Moorsholm
Eliza Glover / daug / 6 months / Moorsholm
John Breckon / boarder / S / 16 / Dunsley
High Street
George Thompson / head / M / 40 / Fryup
Hannah Thompson / wife / M / 40 / Whitby
Harry Thompson / son / S / 20 / Houlsyke
Hannah M Thompson / daug / 15 / Skelton
George Thompson / son / 11 / Skelton
John Thompson / son / 9 / Moorsholm
Jane Ann Thompson / daug / 5 / Moorsholm
High Street
Susannah Parkin / head / S / 74 / Loftus
Jane Parkin / sister / S / 78 / Loftus
High Street
David Shaw / head / Wid / 55 / Moorsholm
Margaret Swinton / Wid / 44 / Eckerby
Dorothy Shaw / daug / S / 16 / Moorsholm
Jane C Shaw / daug / 14 / Moorsholm
Ellen Shaw / daug / 11 / Moorsholm
Robert Swinton / boarder / 11 / Dorestshire, Cornforth
Mary A Swinton / boarder / 6 / Loftus
Isabella Shaw / grdaug / 2 / Dunsdale
Annie Knaggs / visitor / 10 / Grosmont
Mary E Knaggs / visitor / 8 / Grosmont
High Street
John Jackson / head / M / 58 / Brotton
Mary Jackson / wife / M / 50 / Middlesbrough
John Jackson / son / S / 22 / Moorsholm
David Jackson / son / S / 20 / Moorsholm
Mary E Jackson / daug / S / 19 / Moorsholm
Joseph Jackson / son / S / 14 / Moorsholm
Ann Jackson / daug / 12 / Moorsholm
Elizabeth Jackson / daug / 9 / Moorsholm
High Street
Ann Shaw / head / Wid / 77 / Moorsholm
High Street
3 uninhabited
High Street
William Williamson / head / M / 42 / Westerdale
Jane Ann Williamson / wife / M / 40 / Glaisdale
John Williamson / son / S / 20 / Glaisdale
Robert Williamson / son / S / 17 / Moorsholm
Thomas Williamson / son / S / 14 / Moorsholm
Annie J Williamson / daug / S / 11 / Moorsholm
Elizabeth Williamson / daug / S / 2 / Moorsholm
High Street
1 uninhabited
High Street
George Swales / head / S / 39 / Moorsholm
High Street
William Slater / head / M / 46 / Glaisdale
Elizabeth Slater / wife / M / 46 / Eskdaleside
Fred Slater / son / S / 18 / Glaisdale
Anne J Slater / daug / 11 / Glaisdale
Elizabeth Slater / daug / 9 / Glaisdale
Jenny Slater / daug / 7 / Glaisdale
Lilley Slater / daug / 5 / Moorsholm
William Slater / son / 3 / Moorsholm
Thomas John Slater / son / x / Moorsholm
Richard Carter / serv / Wid / 64 / Moorsholm
High Street
Thomas B Shaw / head / M / 57 / Moorsholm
Mary Shaw / wife / M / 43 / Staffordshire, Bilston
Thomas R Shaw / son / S / 21 / Moorsholm
Robinson C Shaw / son / S / 14 / Moorsholm
Harriet Shaw / daug / 12 / Moorsholm
David Shaw / son / 10 / Moorsholm
John Shaw / son / 7 / Moorsholm
Elizabeth J Shaw / daug / 3 / Moorsholm
Edith Shaw / daug / 9 months / Moorsholm
High Street
Miles Harding / head / M / 46 / Moorsholm
Jane Harding / wife / M / 46 / Scotland
James Harding / son / S / 20 / Moorsholm
Jaber Harding / son / S / 18 / Moorsholm
Miles Harding / son / 14 / Moorsholm
Smith Harding / son / 10 / Moorsholm
Joseph Harding / son / 8 / Moorsholm
Hannah M Harding / daug / 6 / Moorsholm
Robert Harding / son / 6 months / Moorsholm
High Street
Martha Harding / head / Wid / 67 / Liverton
Thomas Harding / son / S / 28 / Moorsholm
Eliza M Harding / grdaug / S / 17 / Middlesbrough
Elizabeth Harding / grdaug / S / 15 / Moorsholm
William Harding / stepson / S / 56 / Moorsholm
High Street
John Hodgson / head / M / 20 / Fryup
Mary H Hodgson / wife / M / 21 / Whitby
John W Hodgson / son / 2 months / Moorsholm
High Street
2 uninhabited
High Street
John Jeffels / head / M / 55 / Danby
Mary Jeffels / wife / M / 55 / Moorsholm
Mary E Jeffels / daug / S / 16 / Moorsholm
High Street
Jane Ann Johnson / head / S / 34 / Moorsholm
High Street
John William Harding / head / M / 23 / Moorsholm
Edith Harding / wife / M / 20 / Cornwall, Redruth
John Wm Harding / son / 2 / Moorsholm
Cecilia Harding / daug / 1 / Moorsholm
High Street
Robert Robinson / head / M / 66 / Stockton on Tees
George Robinson / son / S / 26 / Moorsholm
Elizabeth Robinson / daug / S / 20 / Moorsholm
High Street
Isaac Bradley / head / S / 22 / Yearby
Elizabeth Bradley / sister / S / 25 / Guisborough
High Street
William Middleton / head / M / 40 / Middleton Tyas
Mary J Middleton / wife / M / 36 / Gilling
Mary A Middleton / daug / S / 14 / Durham, Darlington
Dorothy Middleton / daug / 11 / Gilling
George E Middleton / son / 8 / Gilling
Albert Middleton / son / 5 / Durham, Barton
Orlands Middleton / son / 2 / Durham, Barton
Samuel H Middleton / son / 2 months / Moorsholm
High Street
John Fletcher / head / M / 42 / Danby
Jane Fletcher / Wife / M / 39 / Moorsholm
High Street
Newrick J Ditchburn / head / M / 42 / Moorsholm
Jane H Ditchburn / wife / M / 40 / Skelton
Robert Ditchburn / son / S / 20 / Moorsholm
Louise Ditchburn / daug / S / 18 / Moorsholm
John R Ditchburn / son / S / 17 / Moorsholm
Ernest Ditchburn / son / 12 / Moorsholm
Edith Mary Ditchburn / daug / 11 / Moorsholm
Fredrick Ditchburn / son / 8 / Moorsholm
Eleanor Ditchburn / daug / 6 / Moorsholm
Martha Ditchburn / daug / 4 / Moorsholm
Eva Lily / daug / 1 / Moorsholm
High Street
1 uninhabited
High Street
John Brotton / head / M / 66 / Lofthouse
Margaret Brotton / wife / M / 74 / Ayton
JohnW Brotton / gdson / S / 15 / Moorsholm
High Street
Robert Walton / head / M / 24 / Acklam
Annie Walton / wife / M / 20 / Moorsholm
High Street
2 uninhabited
High Street
George Johnson / head / M / 40 / Moorsholm
Jane Johnson / wife / M / 34 / Moorsholm
Emily R Johnson / daug / 13 / Moorsholm
Benjamin R Johnson / son / 12 / Moorsholm
Alfred Johnson / son / 9 / Moorsholm
Hannah J Johnson / daug / 7 / Moorsholm
Evelina C Johnson / daug / 1 / Moorsholm
High Street
John Harding / Head / M / 58 / Moorsholm
High Street
1 uninhabited
Ward Street
2 uninhabited
Ward Street
John Brookes / head / M / 40 / Danby End
Margaret Brookes / wife / M / 35 / Moorsholm
Wilbert Brookes / son / S / 18 / Castleton
Thomas R Brookes / son / S / 15 / Danby End
Mary A Brookes / daug / 11 / Loftus
John Wm Brookes / son / 9 / Loftus
James Brookes / son / 5 / Loftus
Fredrick Brookes / son / 2 / Moorsholm
West Street
William Hudson / head / M / 45 / Harewood
Sarah Hudson / wife / M / 47 / Isle of Man
Fredrick Hudson / son / S / 18 / Cumberland, Ulverston
Jane Hudson / daug / 10 / Boosbeck
Frances Looney (Lewney) / step daug / 14 / Barrow in Furness
Emily Looney (Lewney) / step daug / 10 / Barrow in Furness
Freeboro’ Road
Hannah Scott / head / Wid / 71 / Lofthouse
Robert Brotton / Brother / S / 63 / Moorsholm
Francis R Liddell / son in law / M / 35 / Pickering
Mary Ann Liddell / daug / M / 32 / Moorsholm
Robert Wm Liddell / gdson / 8 / Moorsholm
John B Liddell / gdson / 5 / Moorsholm
Beatrice J Liddell / grdaug / 3 / Moorsholm
Freeboro’ Road
Robert Liverseed / head / M / 43 / Roxby
Catherine Liverseed / wife / M / 39 / Moorsholm
Laura A Liverseed / daug / 12 / Moorsholm
Florence M Liverseed / daug / 9 / Moorsholm
Ruth Jane Liverseed / daug / 4 / Moorsholm
Freeboro’ Road
5 uninhabited
Charlton’s Street
2 uninhabited
Charlton’s Street
William Barwick / head / M / 56 / Lofthouse
Elizabeth Barwick / wife / M / 50 / Lofthouse
Robert Barwick / son / S / 23 / Brotton
Preswick Barwick / son / S / 21 / Loftus
Mary E Barwick / daug / 11 / Loftus
Titus Barwick / son / 7 / Moorsholm
Walter Barwick / son / 5 / Moorsholm
Charlton’s Street
Dinah Borrow / head / Wid / 73 / Houlsyke
John Borrow / gdson / 4 / Skelton
Charlton’s Field
George Wood / head / M / 30 / Lingdale
Sarah Ann Wood / wife / M / 35 / Moorsholm
George Thos Wood / son / 4 months / Moorsholm
James Wood / brother / 22 / Lingdale
Charlton’s field
8 uninhabited
Cliffe Street
18 uninhabited
Guisboro’ Road
3 uninhabited
Guisboro’ Road
John Bonas / head / M / 26 / Danby
Mary Ann Bonas / wife / M / 32 / Crome
Maria Smithson / visitor / S / 27 / Durham, Sherburn Hill
Sidney Smithson / visitor / 1 / Yarm
Guisboro’ Road
Richard Stevenson / head / M / 25 / Guisborough
Mary Stevenson / wife / M / 22 / Moorsholm
Arthur Stevenson / son / 10 months / Moorsholm
Guisboro’ Road
Robert Shaw / head / M / 44 / Moorsholm
Elizabeth R Shaw / wife / M / 42 / Middlesbrough
Mary J Hoggarth / daug / M / 22 / Moorsholm
Margaret A Barwick / M / 20 / Moorsholm
William H Shaw / son / S / 19 / Moorsholm
George M Shaw / son / 12 / Moorsholm
Isabella S Shaw / daug / 9 / Moorsholm
Thomas J Barwick / son in law / M / 19 / Loftus
Robert W Hoggarth / gdson / 1 / Moorsholm
John T Hoggarth / gdson / 6 months / Moorsholm
Guisboro’ Road
James Young / head / S / 33 / Norfolk, Norwich
Lucy Young / sister / S / 22 / Brotton
Ann E Young / sister / S / 17 / Brotton
Scurill Young / brother / S / 12 / Moorsholm
Guisboro’ Road
1 uninhabited
Camden Street
1 uninhabited
Camden Street
George Ellis / head / M / 28 / Rillington
Jane Ann Ellis / wife / M / 22 / Guisborough
Camden Street
Sarah Breckon / head / Wid / 51 / Hull
James Breckon / son / S / 25 / Ayton
Thomas Breckon / son / S / 19 / Moorsholm
Mary Ann Metcalfe / daug / M / 21 / Ayton
Sarah Ann Metcalfe / grdaug / 3 months / Moorsholm
Back Lane
Martha [bold on[Ditchburn / head / Wid / 72 / Moorsholm
John Thos Ditchburn / gdson / S / 29 / Moorsholm
Emily Hunt / grdaug / 10 / Skelton
Red Hall
Ann Raw / wife / M / 68 / Rosedale
John Raw / son / S / 27 / Moorsholm
William Halliday / serv / S / 18 / Liverton
Mary J Britton / serv / S / 18 / Grosmont
Barracks
2 uninhabited
Barracks
Thomas Dixon / head / S / 58 / Saltersgate
Barracks
James Metcalf / head / M / 25 / Westmoreland, Kendal
Elizabeth J Metcalf / wife / 21 / M / Moorsholm
John Ward Metcalf / son / 3 / Moorsholm
Emily L B Metcalf / daug / 1 / Moorsholm
Elizabeth T Metcalf / daug / 6 months / Moorsholm
Barracks
John Ward / head / M / 48 / Seamer
Jane Ward / wife / M / 49 / Moorsholm
Mary Ward / daug / S / 18 / Moorsholm
Isaac Ward / son / S / 16 / Moorsholm
John G Ward / son / S / 13 / Moorsholm
Chapel Street
Jane Jackson / head / Wid / 61 / Sinnington
Soloman Scarth / gdson / 11 / Norfolk, Colteshall
William Cork / lodger / 36 / Norfolk, North Walsham
Chapel Street
John Cook / head / S / 57 / Moorsholm
Ann Stevenson / housekeeper / S / 58 / Whitby
School House
Thomas Brooks / head / M / 43 / Cheshire, Bollington
Annie Brooks / wife / M / 43 / Robin Hoods Bay
William B Brooks / son / S / 16 / Robin Hoods Bay
Thomas Brooks / son / 13 / Moorsholm
John H V Brooks / son / 11 / Moorsholm
Reginald Brooks / son / 9 / Moorsholm
Moorsholm Grange
John Smith / head / M / 71 / Danby
Anne S Smith / wife / M / 41 / Lythe
John Smith / son / 8 / Moorsholm
Anne Smith / daug / 8 months / Moorsholm
William W Leng / father in law / Wid / 81 / Glaisdale
Jane Chapman / serv / S / 21 / Great Ayton
William Hiberan / serv / S / 47 / Liverton
Moorsholm Mill
Robert Gallway / head / M / 60 / Danby
Hannah Gallway / wife / M / 49 / Stanghow
Swingdale Farm
Fredrick Suckling / head / M / 46 / Norfolk, Gaywood
Elizabeth Suckling / wife / M / 41 / Kildale
Hannah E Suckling / daug / 16 / Skelton
Caroline Suckling / daug / 14 / Boosbeck
Charles W Suckling / son / 9 / Stanghow
Fredrick Suckling / son / 7 / Moorsholm
John J Suckling / son / 4 / Moorsholm
Elsie Suckling / daug / 2 / Moorsholm
Haredale Farm
William Marsay / head / M / 26 / Moorsholm
Jane Marsay / wife / M / 25 / Moorsholm
Mary E Marsay / daug / 7 / Moorsholm
Arthur Marsay / son / 3 / Moorsholm
Ann Marsay / daug / 1 / Moorsholm
Hagworm Hall
John Sanderson / head / M / 52 / Skelton
Jane Sanderson / wife / M / 57 / Stanghow
John Sanderson / son / 18 / Guisborough
Stephen Sanderson / nephew / 14 / Boosbeck
Jolly Sailors Inn
Eli Wotton / head / M / 44 / Devonshire, Torquay
Susan Wotton / wife / 42 / Lincolnshire / Grimsby
Eliza Wotton / daug / 13 / Skelton
William Hy Wotton / 9 / Skelton
Minnie S Wotton / daug / 7 / Skelton
Arthur Wotton / son / 5 / Moorsholm
Edith A Wotton / daug / 4 / Moorsholm
Charles B Wotton / son / 2 / Moorsholm
Frank H Wotton / son / 9 months / Moorsholm
John Hitchen / stepfather / Wid / 75 / Lincolnshire, Grimsby
Moorside
Isaac Ward / head / Wid / 80 / Bilsdale
William Ward / son / S / 34 / Moorsholm
Elizabeth Ward / grdaug / S / 16 / Skelton
John Longstaff/ son in law / M / 30 / Durham, Grahamsley
Elizabeth Longstaff / daug / M / 28 / Moorsholm
John Longstaff / gdson / 8 / Moorsholm
Elizabeth Longstaff / grdaug / 3 / Moorsholm
Isaac W Longstaff / gdson / 2 / Moorsholm
Harry A Longstaff / gdson / 8 months / Moorsholm
Moorside
Henry Armstrong / head / Wid / 47 / Moorsholm
Elizabeth Armstrong / daug / 19 / Moorsholm
Henry Armstrong / son / 18 / Moorsholm
Hannah M Armstrong / son / 16 / Moorsholm
Moorside
1 uninhabited
Moorside
Thomas Coulson / head / M / 72 / Hawsker
Sarah Coulson / wife / M / 70 / Barnby
Joseph Coulson / son / S / 36 / Hawsker
Mary E Coulson / daug / S / 24 / Barnby
Moorside
James Smith / head / M / 69 / Housley
Jane Smith / wife / M / 46 / Wanpley
James Smith / son / S / 29 / Moorsholm
John Smith / son / S / 23 / Moorsholm
Louisa Smith / daug / 22 / Moorsholm
James J Johnson / gdson / 7 / Brotton
Moorsholm Lodge
William Moore / head / M / 48 / Reeth
Dorothy Moore / wife / M / 55 / Crakehall
Margaret A Moore / daug / S / 24 / Langthorne
Henrietta Moore / daug / S / 21 / Langthorne
William H Moore / son / S / 19 / Langthorne
James E Moore / son / S / 19 / Worsell
Robert Moore / son / S / 15 / Worsell
South Lane
John Gail / head / M / 74 / Durham, Cockerton
Elizabeth Gail / wife / 77 / Thornton
Hillocks Farm
Matthew Marsay / head / M / 32 / Egton
Mary Marsay / wife / M / 28 / Moorsholm
Esther J Marsay / daug / 8 / Moorsholm
Mary A Marsay / daug / 5 / Moorsholm
Isabella Marsay / daug / 2 / Moorsholm
Hillocks House
Jonathan Marsay / head / M / 33 / Houlsyke
Martha A Marsay / wife / M / 31 / Castleton
Edith A Marsay / daug / 12 / Moorsholm
John Marsay / son / 9 / Moorsholm
Ethel Jane Marsay / daug / 6 / Moorsholm
Ida M Marsay / daug / 3 / Moorsholm
John Marsay / father / Wid / 62 / Hinderwell
Hillocks House
Peter Bales / head / M / 51 / Castleton
Elizabeth Bales / wife / M / 50 / Danby End
Arthur G Jeffels / nephew / 4 / Moorsholm
Hillocks View
1 uninhabited
Gerrick
John Scarth / head / M / 50 / Fryup
Ann Scarth / wife / M / 39 / Loftus
Thomas I Scarth / son / S / 20 / Danby
Maria Ann Scarth / daug / S / 16 / Commondale
Frank Scarth / son / S / 18 / Danby
George H Scarth / son / 11 / Commondale
Minnie Scarth / daug / 3 / Moorsholm
Harry M Scarth / son / 3 months / Moorsholm
Gerrick
John Potter / head / M / 42 / Roxby
Ann Potter / wife / M / 44 / Loftus
Mary Ann Walker / cousin / S / 16 / Easington
George Parker / serv / 30 / Suffolk, Sadbury
Gerrick
John Brown / head / M / 61 / Stockton
Jane Brown / wife / M / 63 / Hutton Henry
Mary Brown / daug / S / 24 / Skelton
Sarah J Brown / daug / S / 21 / Skelton
Levi Foalks / gdson / 12 / Skelton
Eliza Leng / serv / 21 / Glaisdale
John W Clark / serv / S / 16 / Loftus
Gerrick
1 uninhabited
Far Gerrick
Michael Potter / head / M / 32 / Moorsholm
Edith H Potter / wife / M / 33 / Scarboro’
James Wm Potter / son / 8 / Moorsholm
Edith Jane Potter / daug / 7 / Moorsholm
Ann E Potter / daug / 6 / Moorsholm
John T Potter / son / 4 / Moorsholm
George M Potter / son / 4 months / Moorsholm
James Potter / father / 71 / Eberstone
Hannah M Longhorn / sister in law / 20 / Pickering
Thomas H Dobson / serv / S / 16 / Danby End
Far Gerrick
Robert Harland / head / M / 41 / Easington
Jane R Harland / wife / M / 30 / Hinderwell
Robert Harland / son / 4 / Moorsholm
Mary H Harland / daug / 2 / Moorsholm
Annie Harland / daug / 1 / Moorsholm
Fredrick Taylor / serv / 21 / Easington
James E Shaw / serv / 14 / Moorsholm
Laura Oliver / serv / 27 / Stonefield
END OF MOORSHOLM CUM GERRICK
(transcribed by Administrator)
Moorsholm 1913
Taken from Kelly's North & East Riding of Yorkshire Directory 1913
MOORSHOLM or Moorsham is a township 5 1/2 miles east form Guisborough and south-by-west from Lofthouse (or Loftus) station, on the branch of the North Eastern Railway from Saltburn and in Whitby county court district. The Chapel of ease here in connection with Boosbeck Church is a building of stone in the Norman style, erected in 1892, at a cost of £1,500 at the sole expense of the late J.T. Wharton esq. (d.1900), and consists of chancel, nave and a western tower containing 2 bells; the church clock was given Dec 3, 1902, by the late R.P. Petch esq. in honour of the coronation of His Majesty King Edward VII,; the church will seat 100 persons. The church and burial ground were also given by the late R.P.Petch esq. There are also Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and a room for meetings and a club in connection with the church, W.H.A.Wharton esq. D.L., J.P. of Skelton Castle and the trustees of the late J.P.Petch esq. of Loftus, are the principal landowners. The acreage is (with Gerrick) 4,358; rateable value £2,963; the population in 1911 was 605.
Post office, Great Moorsholm - Newrick J. Ditchburn, sub postmaster. Letters arrive from Boosbeck at 9.45 a.m.; dispatched at 3.45 & 7.35 p.m.; no Sunday delivery. Lingdale , 3 miles distant is the nearest money order & telegraph office.
Public Elementary School (mixed) erected in 1876 for 180 children; average attendance 18, Wm. Jeckell, master.
(Information available at Skelton Library)
Gerrick 1913
Taken from Kelly's North & East Riding of Yorkshire Directory 1913
GERRICK 1/2 miles south east is a joint township with Great Moorsholm.
Wall letter box, cleared at 11.15 a.m. weekdays only.
(Information available at Skelton Library)
Richardson and Youngs of Moorsholm
000026
Photograph and information kindly contributed by Irene Jameson.
Moorsholm County Infant & Junior School
000417
Mixed age group
Back Row: L-R:
Mr G Rex, ? Shaw, Hazel Liddel, Bruce Skidmore, Allen Jackson, Leslie Smith, Peter Smith, Brian Snowdon (age 6 years), Margaret Whitwell, June Thompson, Mrs Barker.
Middle Row: L-R:
Brenda Skidmore, ? Spencley, Edith Gibson, Anne Curtis, Heather Harding, Derrick Taylor, Sheila Bunting, Joan Harding, Jean Johnson, Mary Shaw, Shirley Robinson.
Front Row: L-R:
Pat Pyle, Barry Johnson, Brenda Wood, Brenda Whitwell, Shirley Greensmith, Leslie Greensmith, Margaret Benn, ? Smith, Gordon Harding, John Rex, Billy Farndale.
Photograph and Information kindly contributed by Maud Snowdon.
Fletcher family of Jolly Sailors Inn, Moorsholm
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Photograph and information kindly contributed by Joan Haigh
Jolly Sailors Inn Moorsholm
Landlord John (Jolly Jack) Fletcher with his wife Lucy Jane Fletcher holding one of their children (either John William Briggs Fletcher or Cecil Thomas Fletcher) The other woman in the photograph is possibly Florence J Emms (shown as a servant on the 1901 census).
August 1962
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Taken at Bob's Farm at Little Moorsholm
Audrey, Rosetta Suckling (nee Pringle), Elizabeth (Bob's Wife), Bob Suckling & Phil
Paul, Betty, Heather, Roland, Nigel
Kindly contributed by Mick McCarthy.
The Station at Moorsholm
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Kindly contributed by Paula Miller (nee Rix)
Moorsholm 1949
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Kindly contributed by Maud Snowdon
July 09
George Wiles
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George at the top of a haystack at Little Moorsholm Farm, sadly he fell from the haystack and broke an arm, which resulted in his losing the job and having to move back to Lingdale, where our oldest sister Ida remembers that we lived for a time in the basement of a butchers shop on the High Street.
Photograph and information kindly contributed by Charles R Wiles.
Moorsholm Church
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Kindly contributed by Paula Miller (nee Rix)
Moorsholm School about 1945
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names are:
Back row L-R: Frank Holliday, Margret Bell, unknown, Frank Boyes.
Middle Row L-R: Cliff Dove, Mavis Wilson, Nancy Boocock, Colin Wilson, Connie Talbot.
Front Row L-R: John Bell?, Unknown, Unknown, Louise Wilson.
Another slice of Moorsholm History
Photograph and information kindly contributed by Mike Holliday.
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Laurie Snowdon in Liverton Lane
Photograph & information kindly contributed by Maud Snowdon
Laurie & Maud Snowdon
August 1947, Laurie Snowdon PC13 was posted to be the Village Constable at Moorsholm; he had a wife Maud and two small sons. A daughter was born in 1949.
The Police house 41 High Street was down a lane opposite the Church. A Stone built three-bedroom house. With an outside pan toilet, and a copper built in the yard, (this was the only means of hot water, you had to fill it with water and, light a fire under it.) where from you may ask, well it had to be carried in buckets from a pump half way down the lane. As had all drinking water, this was a shock after living in a house with all mod cons.
Inside the living room was a huge black cast iron fireplace, and at the bottom of the stairs a telephone, we had two electric lights. One for the telephone and one in the living room. To use the phone, which was one of the originals, with a separate ear piece, you dialed 100 and a voice would come on and say, number please. this was from the exchange at Saltburn, this was for Police business only.
The area covered by the rural beat was from Loftus, via Liverton, Moorsholm, Lockwood Beck, up the Castleton road as far as White Cross, this marked the old Stokesley road, from Whitby to Stokesley. On to Scaling, down Ridge lane, and Grinkle, and back to Loftus, covering in all 22 square miles.
Laurie loved the work, if only we had a decent living accommodation. After 7 years it was decided to build a new Police house, no land was available at Moorsholm. So it was to be built at Liverton 2 miles away.
Councillor Ray Ditchburn, said we cannot have this, loose our Policeman, we need him. It was discussed at a council meeting, and the next week it was in all the national newspapers, '14 stone PC13 baths in a tin bath in front of the fire.'
We did move and he was still the Village PC for another 7 years, 14 in all. Traveling his beat on his trusty bicycle.
What was Moorsholm like in 1947? there was a pub The Plough Inn,
St Mary’s Church, The Methodist Chapel all well attended. The School,
headmaster Mr Rex, he lived with his wife and son John, in the school house, there were two classrooms one for infants, and a large hall for the rest. Mrs Barker the infant teacher lived at Skelton, she caught a bus each day to Lingdale, and then walked through the woods to Moorsholm, well over a mile, and went home the same way, nice in summer.
The school was also used by the village for functions, permission had to be given first, Whist drives and dances were very popular, sometimes a double whist drive was held.
Starting at 6:30 pm. 24 hands were played, then supper and another 24 hands. While in the main hall, the dance was being enjoyed.
1953 The Queens Coronation, was very special, in the infants classroom two televisions were set up, one at each end, with lots of forms for people to sit on. The main hall had tables full of food, to be enjoyed, given by all the villagers. It was a very memorable day.
There were two shops
The Post office and general store run by the Ditchburns, it sold everything, for daily living, and up the hill was Mr Ron Wrights shop.
Opposite this was a large house, built as a Hotel to be called The Queens, ready for the coming of the Railway; sadly Paddy Waddell’s railway never arrived. Although a tunnel was built near Gerrick. The butcher came from Lingdale, weekly.
Dr Stephenson held his surgery in a residents cottage, in the front room, a new baby arriving meant the Midwife coming from Boosbeck all babies were born at home in those days.
Joe Pearson from Boosbeck brought the mail, on his bicycle, Joe was also in a local dance band he played the Violin.
Miners also walked through the woods to work at Lingdale pit and also Kilton pit. Just imagine they worked a full days shift, and then had to walk all the way home again, a few worked at Skinningrove Iron works, but mostly it was farming.
The moorland bus service ran occasionally to Loftus, but if you wanted to go to Guisborough or Middlesbrough, you had to walk a mile to the Moor Road, or to Lockwood beck to get the bus that ran to Castleton.
Maud Snowdon
January 2006
Suckling family 1895
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A very early photograph of the Suckling family
back row:
Charles, Hannah, Caroline, Emily
Front Row:
Fred (father), John, Fredrick, Elsie, Elizabeth (mother) with Meggie on her knee, taken about 1895
June 2010
Charles Suckling
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Kindly contributed by Heather Thompson
July 09
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Elizabeth Walt with her mother Hannah (nee Nicols), father George Walt and brother George William Walt at home in Stokesley, lived in Moorsholm.
Kindly contributed by Heather Thompson
St. Mary's, Moorsholm BMD's
Baptisms
July 28 1907.
George William, son of Arthur and Isabella BARKER, Moorsholm.
Aug 4 1907.
Charles Norman, son of Thomas Arthur and Hannah Elizabeth SHAW.
Dec 23rd 1907.
Eric , son of Samuel and Hannah BOCOCK, Gerrick
Mar 16th 1908. Nora Ann, daughter of William and Emma Sarah SMITH, Lockwood Beck
Mar 16th 1908.
Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Robinson and Mary Elizabeth SHAW, Moorsholm
July 5th 1908.
Mary, daughter of Luther George and Lillian Maud BIRTWHISTLE, Moorsholm.
Burials
Dec 21st 1907.
David JOHNSON, aged 81 years, Moorsholm. B-E, 12
Jan 6th 1908.
Percy YOUNG, aged 3 years and 9 months, Moorsholm.
Feb 9th 1908.
John William YOUNG, aged 20 days, Lone House Farm, Moorsholm. B-F 20.
Feb 24th 1908.
Charles Arther JOHNSON, aged 9 months, Moorsholm. A-I, 3
July 19th 1908.
David SHAW, aged 28 years, Moorsholm, C-B, 7.
Parish Magazine entries 1907- 1908
December 1907
Moorsholm
On Monday evening, December 9th, an enthusiastic and well attended Home Missionary Meeting was held in the Church Room, Moorsholm, when a graphic and interesting Lantern Lecture was given on the Home Missionary Work of the C.P.A.S. in Sheffield, Liverpool and Bradford by the Rev. A. Victor Jones. In the course of his Lecture he spoke of the remarkable increase in the population of England and Wales during the last century. It has grown from less than nine millions in 1801 to more than thirty-two and a half millions at the present time, and the increase of population has taken place chiefly in the commercial centres and in the industrial and mining districts, there having been little or no increase in the agricultural population, if anything a decrease, and the consequences is that whereas a clergyman of a hundred years ago found himself in a parish of 1500 souls, the clergyman of to-day frequently finds himself alone in a parish of 15,000, 20,000 or 30,000, because the church has lamentably failed to keep pace with the times and therefore many a poor clergyman would almost die down into despondency and despair if it were not for such societies and the Church Pastoral Aid Society which seek to send help to the most needy of these parishes. The C.P.A.S. has a regiment of over 1,000 workers, working in 669 large poor parishes, and of these 738 are clergymen, but the number ought to be doubled.
January 1908
St. Mary's
The new lamp which has been erected at the South entrance of St. Mary's is found most useful. All fear of stumbling going in or out of the church on dark evenings has thus been removed. One is also much needed at the East entrance.
May 1908
Moorsholm
A Cantata entitled " A Trip to Fairyland" was given in the Council School, on Friday May 8th, by the children of Margrove Park Sunday School. The proceeds were in aid of the Moorsholm Church Band of Hope Fund. Our best thanks are due to Mr. and Mrs. Evans of Margrove Park, and to all who took part in making the entertainment a success. Out Thanks are also due to Mrs. Dale, Mrs. Potter, Mrs. Suckling, Mrs. Liddle, Mrs. Hodgeson and Mrs Jeckell for kindly providing refreshments for the children.
New Lamp Fund
The following is a financial statement of the fund for the new lamp, which has been erected at the South entrance of St. Mary's. Collected by Messrs. Suckling and M.Potter, £3 17s. 6d. Cost of Lamp, £3 10s. 0d. Fixing 2s. 6d. Repairs, 3s. leaving a balance of 2s.
St. Mary's, Moorsholm
It is proposed to hold the Annual Flower Service at St. Mary's on Sunday afternoon, July 19th. There will be the usual service in the evening at 6.30 p.m. the sermon will be preached on behalf of the Sunday School.
June / July 1908
Moorsholm
On Friday, June 26th, the Vicar, Churchwardens, Sidesmen and members of the choir, together with a few friends, met in the Councils school, Moorsholm, for the purpose of making a presentation to Mr. G. Johnson on his retirement from the position of organist after 23 years' service, and to Miss E. Johnson on her retirement from the choir. An excellent tea, supplied by Mrs. Arty, and at which Mrs. Dale and Mrs. Jeckell presided was partaken of, after which the Vicar presided and speaking of the faithful services rendered by Mr. Johnson asked him to accept a handsome marble clock as a token of the appreciation of the subscribers for his services. The clock bore the following inscription:- "Presented to George Johnson by the Vicar , Choir and a few friends in recognition of his faithful and punctual services as Sunday School Teacher and Organist of St. Mary's Church Moorsholm, from 1885 to 1908." Mr Johnson in a few well-chosen words expressed his thanks to the Vicar and subscribers, and then gave several interesting items of information in respect to the history of the parish during the twenty-three years he had held the post of organist. Messrs. Potter, W. Jeckell, F. Suckling and J.Marsay also spoke of the valuable work done by Mr. Johnson. The Vicar then presented Miss E. Johnson with a gold brooch in recognition of her services in the choir and Sunday School. On behalf of the choir, Miss M.A.Hodgson spoke as to the good services rendered by Miss Johnson during the number of years she had been a member of the choir and Sunday School Teacher. Miss Johnson suitably thanked the subscribers for their gift. During the evening songs were sung by the members of the choir and Mr. T. Bowden.
November 1908
St. Mary's, Moorsholm
Harvest Festival Services were held on Friday October 23rd and Sunday October 25th. The Services were bright and heartily rendered by the Choir. The congregation were good, on Sunday evening the Church was full at a quarter past six o’clock. The preacher on Friday evening was the Rev. W. Andrews, rector of Middleton-St.-George, and on Sunday evening the Rev. R. Hodgson. The Church was tastefully decorated by Mrs. Jeckell, Misses E Suckling, Potter, R. Liverseed, J. Fawcett, B. Liddle, E. Young, A. Knaggs and E. Jeckell., Mr. F. Suckling, Mr. G. Wood, Mr. J. Suckling, and Mr T.A.Shaw. Gifts of corn, flowers, fruit and plants were sent by Mrs. Wharton, Mr. Wm. Petch, Mr. M. Potter, Mr. F. Suckling, Mr. J. Williamson, Mrs. Featherstone, Mrs. J Hodgson, Mr. F. Hodgson, Mr. R. Fawcett, Mr. W. Smith. Mr. J. Marsay, Mr. Wm. Williamson, Mr. W. Jeckell, Mrs. Mealing. We offer our warmest thanks to all those who assisted either by decorating or sending contributions. The collections realized £2. 6s. 1½d. and the sale of vegetables £14s. 6d.
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Francis & Lillian Pringle (nee Snowdon) previously Walker
Kindly contributed by Heather Thompson
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Elizabeth (nee Walt) & Fred Suckling of Moorsholm. taken about 1871.
Kindly contributed by Heather Thompson
