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Mary Ann Askwith (b. March 05, 1850, d. date unknown)

Mary Ann Askwith (daughter of Thomas Askwith) was born March 05, 1850 in Bishop Wilton 10 miles from York, England, and died date unknown.

Notes for Mary Ann Askwith:
The answer to your other enquiry is that the Askwiths in Bishop Wilton were mainly farmers, certainly through to the late 1800s, so Flora
Jane would have been very used to living on a farm in one of the delightful villages that are to be found throughout this area, known as the
Yorkshire Wolds. Even now, in the year 2000, many of these villages are still relatively isolated, certainly from main traffic flows, and have a sleepy appearance to the casual observer. Of course, farming is still the main means of livelihood in these areas, though other smaller industries are creeping in as well, particularly in the former market towns which were the local "capitals", coming to life once a week for a day when the livestock and produce market would be held, drawing in crowds from all the surrounding villages.

I don't doubt that she found Canada very different from Yorkshire in all sorts of ways. Our present assistant curate is a Canadian, and
my mother has a cousin who emigrated to Canada some 25 years ago, and all we have heard about it suggest that it is a wonderful country - but probably not for a country lass from Yorkshire! We have reached the point of having to take smallish steps to establish the
precise line of descent, but I have no doubt that we will soon find out the whole story. I am working on a number of lines at present, all
of which are fairly close to each other in terms of distance, which is very helpful as this sort of scenario usually means fairly close kinship as well. This is very useful when a batch of information does come through, since it is then often possible to draw together all of the separate strands on to one large tree. I have sent for the Ripon parish register microfiche and hope that this will be through soon - unfortunately I don't have a reader, so will have to go into the reference library again to use theirs!

Orig. registration was probably a relation, John Askwith, most likley Mary Anne's uncle.

Transcript of the entry for the Post Office, professions and trades
for BISHOP WILTON in Bulmer's Directory of 1892.

found a Mary Ann Askwith who as of 1889 was the postmistress/shopkeeper for Bugthorpe.

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BISHOP WILTON-WITH-BELTHORPE TOWNSHIP.
BELTHORPE, in the township and parish of Bishop-Wilton, Wilton-Beacon division of Harthill, liberty of St Peter; 4 miles from Pocklington, 12 from York, 13 from Malton. --Pop. included in Bishop-Wilton.

Post, Money Order, Savings Bank, Annuity and Insurance Office, Bishop Wilton; William Henry Cook, sub-postmaster. Letters through Wilberfoss, via York, arrive at 9-30 a.m., and are despatched at 4-0 p.m. in summer, and 3-30 p.m. in winter. Nearest Telegraph Office at Pocklington (four-and-a-half miles).
Miscellany of trades

Adamson Charles, cattle dealer
Anderson George, shopkeeper
Bailey Robert, joiner, &c.
Banks Mrs. Hannah
Bramley Harry, schoolmaster
Brown George, tailor
Cook William Henry, grocer and postmaster
Cullum Robert, shopkeeper
Drury James, blacksmith; and at Givendale
Duggleby Fred., grocer
Eldridge Rev. John Adams, M.A., The Vicarage
Elsworth John, vict., Fleece Inn
Etty Mrs. Jane
Fryer Mr. George, Rose villa
Garforth William, butcher
Gowland William, blacksmith
Harrison John, grocer
Jebson William Henry, veterinary surgeon
Knowlson John, shoemaker & vict., Cross Keys, Skirpenbeck
Serginson Henry, shoemaker
Smith Richard, horsebreaker
White James, cowkeeper
Carriers.

Anderson George, to White Swan, Pavement, York (Saturday)
Cullum Robert, to Horse Shoe, Pocklington (Saturday)
Foster Thomas, to White Swan, Pavement, York (Saturday)
Hardwick Geo., to Cross Keys, Pocklington (Sat.) Richmond John B., to Feathers hotel, Pocklington (Saturday)
Farmers.

Adamson Henry Quarton
Askwith William, Calaiswold
Barker James, Low Belthorpe
Brigham Richard, Garrowby lodge
Dales Mrs. Mary, Westfield
Davey George, Marrow green
Donkin Henry
Fawcett Henry (and landowner), Belthorpe Stud farm
Featherstone John, Calais wold
Harrison John
Hutty Bell
Lett Frederick Charles
Lockwood Thomas, Withy Hill, Garrowby
Loft Robert
Matthews Charles
Newby James (and butcher)
Readman John
Serginson Alfred
Singleton James Richard, Greenwick farm
Topham John, Beacon lane
Wilkinson Quarton, Manor house
Wilson Richard, Cautley farm
Wilson Thomas, Highfield house
Wilson Williamson George, Cot nab
Wilstrop John & William, Beechwood house

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BOLTON TOWNSHIP.

Letters by foot post from Wilberfoss, via York. Wall Box cleared at 4-50 p.m. No collection on Sunday. Nearest Money Order and Telegraph Office, Pocklington (three miles).
Miscellany of trades

Bardwell Thomas Newman Frederick, J.P. and D.L., Bolton hall
Clough Mr. Robert
Hart John, shopkeeper
Park Rev. George Edward, B.A. (Durham), curate of Fangfoss, Spode cottage
Pickering Robert, junr., pig dealer
Shields John, coachman, The Lodge
Stevenson Mr. Michael
Waterson Robert, joiner &c.
Farmers.

Brigham James, Bolton grange
Campbell James
Kell William, Bolton Manor farm
Nicholls John
Pickering Robert, senr.
Rudd William
Sampson William, Bolton house
Tindale George Henry, Bolton villa

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YOULTHORPE-WITH-GOWTHORPE TOWNSHIP.

Letters by foot post from Wilberfoss, via York. Nearest Post and Money Order Office, Bishop Wilton (two miles). Nearest Telegraph Office, Stamford Bridge (four-and-a-half miles).
Miscellany of trades

West Thomas, tailor, Youlthorpe
Farmers.

Allison Thomas William, Gowthorpe
Beedham Mrs. Mary, Gowthorpe
Dalby John Gowthorpe
Dales John
Hawkin George Christopher H., Manor house
Walls The Misses J. & S.
Wilson Amos, Youlthorpe
Wilson Robert, Youlthorpe

Thanks Holly,It sounds as though we will be related or, infact, must be. I am
not qite sure who is the common ancestor yet and since my mother died, just a
year ago, I have to pester my brother's to look for pictures and documents.
My Great Grandfather was Thomas Askwith,my Grandfather's name John Wilson,
and my Mother's was Mary Askwith. I am trying to get a little more clarity
with the dates etc so that it makes more sense to me. I also get the
bulletins from Wales and I want to read my last one again to see if there are
any common threads. I have a picture of Thomas and his wife and children (my
grandad was the youngest) the picture was probably 1888-90. While I think of
it, there are Askwiths from the BW clan buried in what is known as the
Northern Cemetery on the corner of Chanterlands Ave. and Cottinham Rd in Hull
E. Yorks which is not far away (40Miles) from BW.I have a fairly good tree of
the Askwiths since Thomas and will try and scan it and send it and if the
photographs scan I will send them and s
end them. My brother has a picture of Great Great Grandmother who maybe Jane
but at the moment I am scared that I have confused it with the other side of
the family named Moody. I may take a little time to clarify that. I will be
in Yorkshire during May and I plan a visit to the graves as it is so long
since I went there as a small child. My plan is to try and find out the names
of the Askwith's at the cemetery in Hull by talking/writing to the warden
there. Any how I must thank you for all your exciting news as this has been a
project of mine for a while and as I stay very busy working it gets put to
the side a lot.
Talk with you later, John M. Cixipuyi@aol.com

Just a note to say thatrecords of my family name in England have at least 73 different spellings between 1500 and present. Nearly all spelling variations were made by illiterate clerics who, without having a dictionary to refer to(they hadn't been invented!!), wrote the names phonetically as they were wont to do in those days. For one hundred and forty years Moorhouse was spelled Morris in Lancashire simply because that is how they pronounced it there. Never put too much weight on a spelling as virtually all names that phonetically sound the same are in fact the same surname. The differences in spelling also began to really show when the general populace became more educated and had to sign their names more often. If the accepted spelling for your little town was eg. Askwith but in your cousin's town it was accepted as Asquith then each line of descendants usually adhered to their particular spelling. It is also noticeable that when families moved to the Americas especially USA the name spelling quickly became standardised to which ever was most predominant at the time, much the same as spelling like eg sulphur (English) became sulfa (American).
I have often been saddened to meet people who have spent years looking for lost relatives only to point out to them that their "lost ones" were sitting right in the parish registers that they had painstakingly searched through, but with a spelling variation. One of my close friends with the name Moreton blithely ignored all Morton entries for years, claiming they were English and not Scottish Moretons. Four trips to England later the penny dropped and all the research she had done had to be repeated over again. And we live in New Zealand so it was no small expense as you can appreciate.
Currently my surname is spelled Moorhouse, Morehouse or Moorehouse yet by far the most dominant spelling in the USA is Morehouse. The names derives from the "house on the Moors" of northern England so I could argue that my spelling is right, but in fact we are all related.
Your Askwith spelling is absolutely correct for your family. If the articles you read on H.H.Asquith had the spelling Askwith its really no big deal. Three or four generations back down your lines you will find the two names mingle and merge and eventually get back to a whole range of strange spellings. In fact one of the most popular spellings in the 1600-1700's was Ashquith which possibly belies its true origin ( To do with the Ash trees).

In Bishop Wilton I stayed at High Belthorpe Livery, Bishop Wilton, York YO421SB Tel 01759 368238. A single was 23.50 per night, served breakfast. Although a wonderful rural retreat it is not professional. If you are going to BW, better off staying at the Fleece Inn which is 25.00 for a single and 40.00 for a double (their prices include breakfast too and it was very very good).
The Fleece Inn is where I ate my lunches and dinners and the food was good. (Fleece Inn, 47 Main Street, Bishop Wilton, York YO42 IRU Tel: 01759 368251).

The church in BW is called St. Edith and when I went there I found 3 Askwith gravestones:

In affectionate remembrance of John Askwith of Kirby Underdale
Who died July 10, 1873 aged (8?)7 years and Esther Mary wife of the above who died January 10, 1885(?) 81(?) years. This gravestone had carvings of ivy and berries and had more written at bottom which was illegible.

Here lieth interred the mortal remains of Thomas Askwith of Greenwick in this parish who died August 6, 1833 aged 67 years. Also Jane daughter of the above who died an infant. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. Also Elizabeth wife of the above Thomas Askwith who died March 9, 1859 aged 87 years. For I know my Redeemer liveth. JobXIX.25:

In loving memory of William Askwith of Calliswold born July 11, 1837 died August 21, 1902. His end was peace.

The area around, Bishop Wilton, Bugthorpe, Great Givendale and Kirby Underdale is under Lord Halifax. I called the estate (368-219)and found out that they don’t keep records for more than 50 years and anything older would be found in the Borthwick Institute in York. I learned that Calliswold is a Halifax farmhouse, but I don’t think Little Greenwick is owned by Halifax. Calliswold is 3 ½ miles E/NE, it formerly belonged to the 5 Sisters of York.

Also I ran into a wonderful older woman who invited me into her home for tea. She had a very old Kelley’s Directory from 1889 (there have a wonderful amount of info by the way), from that I found the following:

·
William Askwith of Caliswold, Bishop Wilton (I was told the farm is now habitated by one Mark Stringer)
·
John Asquith, Yearsley, Easingwold
·
Thomas Asquith, Oulston, Easingwold
·
George Wells, Harker, Kirillington, Bedale
·
Thomas Mitchel, Kirby Underdale (could this be from the infamous Mitchel family?)
·
Mrs. Askwith, Weaversthorp
·
William E. Askwith, 4 Belgrave Terrace, Scarborough.
·
Mrs. Mary Ann Askwith, shopkeeper and post receiver, Bugthorpe

This wonderful woman who was in her eighties said she remembered a Mrs. Askwith that may have been out of the Scarborough area and may have had some type of affiliation with the Jebson family and met her many years ago through a Bertha Beedham.

I went to the churchyards of Great Givendale, Kirby-Underdale and Bugthorpe….no tombstones with Askwith name, however, I am told a lot of the stones have sunk or broken.

Another woman I ran into (85 years old,cleaning St. Ediths), said that in the earlier part of century a man came to town talking all the young men into moving to Australia and Canada and she felt sure that the Askwith men may have disappeared if not by death then moving from the country.

Last Friday I attempted to go to Pocklington to the registrar’s office, a Mrs. Mary Dove 01759-303614, however as I arrived at 12:30pm, I was most disconcerted to find out they are only open on Fridays from 9:30 – 12 noon. For anyone else doing research, this is their hours:
Monday 10-12noon, 2pm-4pm
Wednesday 9:30am to 12 noon
Friday 9:30am to 12 noon Saturday, by appointment only.

The vicar for that Bishop Wilton area is James Finnemore (368-230).

I tried to visit Naburn, however, for those of you that didn’t hear, York in 2000 had the worse flooding since the 1600’s and Naburn unfortunately was underwater. So I continued on to Askwith. Askwith is such a pretty little hamlet, but with no church of it’s own. I asked around and found out that a lot of the residents of Askwith are buried in Weston.

Weston –s just a little southeast of Askwith, apparently one of churchyards that people from Askwith are buried in. – None by Askwith family name buried there. However you will run into gravestones saying William of Askwith and such.
Next to church is a large home owned by Colonel Dawson called Weston Hall. The church was built in 1686. Some of the recurrent names on tombstones were Greenwoods, Crooks, D(P)awsons, Atkinson, Proctor, Smith, Whitaker, Simpson, Illingworth, Skirrow, Moss & Farmer.

That’s all to report for now folks. When I get a chance I will load up the pictures I have of the 3 Askwith gravestones.
Dwelling: Census Place: Bishop Wilton Cum Belthorpe, York, England
Source: FHL Film 1342143 PRO Ref RG11 Piece > > 4731 Folio 10 Page 13
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
William LAZENBY M 53 M Acklam, York, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Builder Clark Labr
Sarah LAZENBY M 47 F Huggate, York, England
Rel: Wife
Flora Jane ASKWITH U 9 F Bishop Wilton, York, England
Rel: Boarder
Occ: Scholar

More About Mary Ann Askwith and <Unnamed>:
Other-Begin: Not married, illegitimate.

Children of Mary Ann Askwith are:

+Flora Jane Askwith, b. May 06, 1871, Bishop Wilton 10 miles from York, England, certificate signed by John Askwith, d. Bet. 1929 - 1931.