of Grane
The word 'grane' or 'grain' means a gathering ground for water to feeda stream and this is precisely what the elevated valley to the west ofHaslingden is.
The B6232 road direct from Haslingden to Blackburn runs through it andthe valley contains three reservoirs made by damming the river Ogden.
It was cleared of inhabitants when these reservoirs were made early inthe 20th Century.
A lot of the land was waste or 'high moor' until the reign of Philipand Mary, i.e. 1550-1558, when it began to be leased to thecopyholders of the Forest of Rossendale and thus it became settled bymainly younger sons of Rossendale families in search of land.
Before the clearances there were farms known as 'Higher and LowerOrmerods' on the far side of the valley from the present road andtheir foundations are still there.Is possibly the same John as John (4G1) of Gambleside.
In the 1550's the Court Rolls mention a John Ormerod, junior, inaddition to the John Ormerod, senior, of Gambleside.
The latter was certainly John (3G1), son and heir of George (2,1) andfather of Peter (4G1) who succeeded to the Gambleside land.
Milton Ormerod feels that there is a good chance that John is eitherJohn (3G1)'s son, or his grandson.
He also feels that this is strengthened by the regular use of the nameOliver and Robert amongst the Ormerods of Grane.Will proved in 1608.
John is the earliest Ormerod of Grane to be mentioned.
He was the pinder for Haslingden according to the Court Roll of 1594.He leased a messuage and nine acres of land from Edward Rawsthorne in1596 for the lives of himself, his wife, Margery, and eldest son,John.
John was not a rich man and his bequests were mainly his clothes.
His inventory shows that he was a farmer, mainly concentrating onsheep.
of Grane
Innkeeper.Received land in 'Ugden in the parish of Bury', of yearly rent 6d in1723 but surrendered it back to his elder brother, John, in return fora bigger piece in Grane of yearly rent 4/3d.
In 1724 a child "Oliver, the son of Oliver Ormerod of Grane Post andMary Duckworth of Uglow in Bolton Parish" was baptised at Haslingden.
By 1725 Oliver and Mary Ormerod of Grane were having apparentlylegitimate children and Oliver was described as an innkeeper.
Whether his wife, Mary, was the former Mary Duckworth is not revealed.
of Uglow
Baptised in August 1724.
of Grane
Innkeeper.Received land in 'Ugden in the parish of Bury', of yearly rent 6d in1723 but surrendered it back to his elder brother, John, in return fora bigger piece in Grane of yearly rent 4/3d.
In 1724 a child "Oliver, the son of Oliver Ormerod of Grane Post andMary Duckworth of Uglow in Bolton Parish" was baptised at Haslingden.
By 1725 Oliver and Mary Ormerod of Grane were having apparentlylegitimate children and Oliver was described as an innkeeper.
Whether his wife, Mary, was the former Mary Duckworth is not revealed.
Baptised in July 1725.
Baptised in May 1727.
Baptised in August 1729.
of Liverpool
The sixth owner of the Grane land, now of yearly rent 11/9d.
Was involved in the cloth trade and was mortgaging his land to raisecapital through the agency of his brother, George.
In 1734 he described himself as "late of Haslingden but now ofLiverpool" when making over his power of attorney to his brother,George.
Liverpool was then a thriving port where woollen cloth was beingexported to West Africa in exchange for slaves.
'of the towne'
This George may be a younger son of John (6Gr) or one of the Ormerodswho had drifted there from Gambleside or Goodshaw.
Baptised in 1641.
Junior
of GraneBaptised in 1636.
Buried in 1670.Married to Alice prior to his marriage to Margaret.
of Haslingden
Butcher.Only had land of yearly rent 1d, i.e. his shop.
Chapman.
Described as son of John Ormerod of Grane, in a court roll transactionin 1744 and as "of Alford in Lincolnshire, gent.", but in 1745, whenhis brother, John (9Gr), appointed him as his lawful attorney, he wasdescribed as "of Haslingden, chapman", i.e. an itinerant seller ofcloth.
Buried a pauper in 1700.
Buried a pauper in 1694.