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The Birtwhistles of Craven and Galloway |
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Carleton - in - Craven: the final
chapter Until her death in 1852, Anna appears to have made extended summer visits to Skipton, arriving around Whitsun time, and staying for several months. The 1841 census shows both Anna and her daughter staying with the King family, next to Skipton Parish church, but in 1851 it was only Anna who was at Mill House. The Bristol census of 1851 shows Agnes Niven then head of household at 3 Dowry Parade, Bristol, her guest being Sarah, the youngest daughter of the Skipton corn miller. We might
have expected Agnes to have memorialised her mother in Somewhat
surprisingly, on 11th November 1852, only 5 months after her
mother’s death, 27 year old Agnes Niven made a will which left her real
estate to John Robinson of Skipton, the banker who had managed the
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Figure 36 The memorial to Anna Jane Vardill
in Carleton church and the Carleton alms house endowed in her name, and the
names of her mother and daughter |
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