Click here for a report on the year’s final society gathering: Annual General Meeting; a talk on land ownership, occupancy and values in the 19th century; and an exhibition of Peter Osborne’s watercolours of local out-barns.
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Colin Miller looks back to his childhood living beside the Hindburn River at Mill Farm (now Millhouse Farm), and to riverside walks to visit his grandparents at Spens farm.
Transcript of an article published in the Lancaster Guardian and Observer on 16 November 1956; it was part of a series by Bill Heald, ‘Down your way’, with photos by Harry Hodgson. Our thanks to Mary Staveley for loaning the cutting.
Following the Society’s House History event in May, Mike Winstanley has brought together the information on possible research sources into one handy guidance article, with links to many helpful websites.
Place: St. James the Less church, Low Tatham.
Time: 2.00 – 4.30pm
Find out how to research the history of your house.
Short talks on specific houses and sources; display of photos and documents.
We would be delighted to hear of – or see – any information or documents you may have on your house – old photos, deeds, memoirs, etc.
All welcome. Light refreshments.
There was a Tatham Fell (no ‘s’) School before the present-day “Old School” was built. Mike Winstanley has looked into what is known about the “Old Old School”, and the circumstances that led to its replacement in 1863. He has also investigated a turbulent period following the 1870 Education Act, which led in 1875 to the addition of a new classroom (now the OS kitchen) and the placing of the school under full government inspection, along with the commencement of the School Logbook. Mike’s fascinating article concludes with changes up to 1916, including the addition of a cloakroom, new toilets, and a new name.
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Mike Winstanley has been continuing his research into unhappy episodes in Tatham’s past, as revealed by the local press, clearly as keen then to horrify its readers as it is today!
A wonderful Lancaster Guardian article, published October 2018, written by a former pupil, and describing his daily walk to school from his home at Millhouses.
DCI Mike Winstanley has been investigating a shocking crime (even by today’s standards) committed in 1858, and has written a report.