My great x4 grandfather, David Binns, was born in Cowling in West Yorkshire c1816.
In the 1851 census he is listed as living at Gill Bottom, Cowling, as a widower with his children, Ann, John (my great x3 grandfather), Sarah, Isabelah and Jane. I was intrigued and wanted to know where Gill Bottom was in Cowling. I decided to search for it on Google maps but accidentally clicked the search the web, so instead I got lots of images and web links. There was quite a lot of interesting stuff coming up...
I discovered that Gill Bottom was on Shop Lane in Cowling and that it is currently a Grade 2 listed building, it was listed in 1984. It was a c1800 farmhouse with 3 cottages.
There was a mill at Gill Bottom also known as the "weaving shop" which was sadly lost to a fire in November 1870.
I also found some images on the Cowling Web website, which I have included the direct links for the images below:
Beckside (Gill Bottom Cottages) 1961 - I wonder if it was one of the cottages on this photo in which my ancestor lived in 1851
Old Mill at Gill Bottom 1911
Gill Bottom, Cowling
Information from:
British Listed Buildings - Gill Bottom, Cowling
Moon-Rakers
Moon-Rakers - Gill Bottom Mill Fire
My ancestors also lived at Gill Botton and were there on the 1841 census John Bradley and his wife Nancy are my 3 x great grandparents their daughter Sarah was my 2 x Great Grandmother. John Bradley was a weaver.
ReplyDeletePerhaps our ancestors knew one another! Thanks for sharing
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