The Ormerods of Gambleside

Notes


Alice Ormerod

Alice had two sons and four daughters.
Both sons and one of the four daughters married and had descendants.


Ormerod Crowther

Living at 2 Atherton St, Spotland, at the time of the 1881 Census.


Elizabeth Ormerod

Living at 2 Atherton St, Spotland, at the time of the 1881 Census.

Elizabeth had six children including twins, James and John, but herpresent descendents are the children of her youngest daughter, AliceAnn, who married Frank Precious.
They had five daughters and a son, Walter.
They were all brought up in Stacksteads but now live in the Gisburnarea.


Walter Crowther

1881 Census shows 'Walter E. Crowther'.
Living at 2 Atherton St, Spotland, at the time of the 1881 Census.


Ernest Crowther

Shown as 'Ernest J. Crowther' on the 1881 Census.
Living at 2 Atherton St, Spotland, at the time of the 1881 Census.


James Crowther

Twin brother of John.

Living at 2 Atherton St, Spotland, at the time of the 1881 Census.


John Crowther

Twin brother of James.

Living at 2 Atherton St, Spotland, at the time of the 1881 Census.


James Ormerod

The last Ormerod to live at Puss Height Farm.


George Ormerod

Baptised on 4 November 1810.
Died on 7 April 1872.

No issue.


Lawrence Ormerod

of Puss Height, Cowpe

The ruin of Puss Height Farm lies about the 400m contour line on thesouth, i.e. north facing, side of the Cowpe valley.
"Puss" is probably a euphemism for "Piss" since it lies not far from adeclivity known as "Piss Clough" and near a place called "Piss Yate".
The name probably came from the colour of the water, discoloured bythe moorland peat, which ran down the clough.

When "Little Lol" lived at Puss Height he supported himself and hisfamily by sheep farming.

Buried on 17 January 1831, aged 44.


Betty Rushton

of Sisclough

Probably died in childbirth.
Buried on 14 February 1816, aged 32, on the same date that heryoungest son, Lawrence, was christened.


Alice Ormerod

Baptised in February 1714.


Lawrence Ormerod

Baptised on 4 March 1704.


John Baron

of Cunliffeclough


Elizabeth Lord

Mentioned in the will of John (8Cp1) of Edgeside.

On their mother's death the Court Roll reported that the heirs to theproperty in Boothfold were her daughters, Mary, aged 19, andElizabeth, aged 12.
These two girls then elected their uncles George Ashworth of Lench andJohn Ormerod of Edgeside to take care of their bodies and copyholdestate until they were 21.


Lawrence Ormerod

of Holden Clough & Little London in Cowpe

Baptised on 3 December 1748?
Married by bishop's licence on 10 September 1771.

Lawrence's father bequeathed to him a leasehold at Little London inCowpe, but he was described as of Holden Clough, which lies belowLittle London on better land.
Lawrence's estate was sworn at a value of £90 by his widow, Mary, andhis son, Lawrence.

Buried on 13 January 1816.
Will proved in 1816.


Mary Lord

Baptised on 16 March 1749/50.
Buried on 4 April 1833 at Cowpe.

There was an oral tradition amongst the sons of Lawrence Ormerod(11Cp1) that they were brought up by their grandmother, Mary, and thatone night she went to visit another of her relatives, was overcome ina snowstorm and never made it back to Puss Height.

Mary had eight brothers and sisters. One of these, John Lord ofHoylehey, had a mill on the way from Bacup to Sharneyford.
He died unmarried and left a will, proved in 1826, in which Mary withmost of his brothers and sisters or their children benefited from hisestate of over £1000.


John Ormerod

Buried on 21 December 1776.


James Ormerod

Buried on 12 April 1792.


Betty Ormerod

Baptised on 4 June 1786.

Remained unmarried and was living with her mother at the time of thelatter's death in 1833.


Mary Ormerod

Baptised on 12 March 1789.


John Piccop

of Newhouse