SKELTON - IN - CLEVELAND
IN HISTORY
1901 ~ 1902

Rigwood, Saltburn Lane, Skelton.
1901 - 16th December. North Skelton Mine. George Gill a back overman, aged 64, died as a result of an accident on the 9th December. "He was pushing at a set to get it to land at an incline bottom, when he slipped by the side of the tubs and got his arm jammed between the edge of a wheel and switch, and it was severely lacerated."

Rigwood was occupied at this time by Edward Hamilton, a bachelor aged 44, who was land agent to Skelton Castle Estate.
In the national census of this year he classed himself as a "Gentleman". He occupied Rigwood with 2 single aunts, Elizabeth and Augusta Dyason. They had 6 servants:-
Annie Hardwick, 30 year old cook;
Eliza Taylor of Boulby, parlourmaid, aged 32;
Annie Sanderson of Grinkle, housemaid, aged 22;
Betsy Sanderson of Grinkle, kitchenmaid, aged 19;
Henry Surtees of Norton, coachman, aged 30 and Richard Smytheyman of Redcar, groom, aged 27. Surtees lived in Rigwood Cottage with his wife Annie from Cumberland and their two babies. Smytheyman was a boarder with them.


Farmworkers houses, High St, Skelton.
The houses pictured, 137 to 145 High St, were built at Home Farm by the Whartons of Skelton Castle for their farmworkers, about the same time as the Wharton Arms, 1878.
They appear on the census for 1881.
In 1901 the farm house to the right was occupied by the Farm Bailiff, Jeremiah Wilks from Castleton, a widower age 66 and his daughter Ellen.
Number 143 by George Bannister from Suffolk, a waggoner age 39, with his wife and 5 children.
141 by John Hudson of Loftus, a cartman age 48, with his wife and daughter.
139 by Alonzo Tate, a horseman age 53, with his wife and 4 children.
137 by Thomas Wood of Borrowby, a shepherd age 46, with his wife and 7 children.
John Beagarie of Richmond, aged 22, is boarding at Bridge House Guisborough Rd with head gamekeeper, William Agar and his wife. He is a "Wesleyan Evangelist lay preacher."

Skelton Castle is occupied by William H A Wharton, aged 48, his wife Elizabeth aged 46 and their daughter Margaret aged 6.


Estate farmworkers pay office,
Home Farm. High St, Skelton.
They had 20 servants in the castle:-

Butler - Frederick Stonor, aged 37 from Holborn, Middlesex.
Valet - Dennis Toyn, aged 33 from Rosedale.
Governess - Celia C Hood, aged 21 from Kirkby Fleetham, Yorks.
Housekeeper - Jessie C Collins, aged 43 from Stovington, Sussex.
Lady's maid - Sarah J Lewis, aged 30 from Ricardine Glos.
Cook - Lilly Winnall, aged 27 from Bradford.
4 Housemaids - Janet Messer, aged 33. Mary Foster, aged 25 from Stockton. Mary Trevor, aged 24 from Malton. Jane Blenkinsopp, aged 20 from Stockton.
2 Kitchenmaids - Mary Mclow, aged 25 from Berwick and Mary A Leadsome, aged 22 from Penby, Salop.
Scullerymaid - Eliza Mothersill, aged 17 from Stockton.
3 Laundrymaids - Eleanor Pritchard, aged 33 from Reading, Berks. Ellen Millington, aged 22 from Flint. Florence Blackwell, aged 17 from Sheffield.
Schoolroom Maid - Jessie Greenwell, aged 19 from Dudley, Worcs.
2 Footmen - John Mellor, aged 29 from Ireland and Daniel Livingstone, aged 19 from Scotland.
Hallboy - John J Elliott, aged 14 from Nenthead, Cumberland.

High St, Skelton. Chemists Corner about 1901.
[Photograph kindly donated by Alan Ward, the great grandson of the old gentleman standing on the corner.]
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