Pit House Farm, Southowram

As the census returns illustrate, Pit House Farm at Coal Pit Lane, Southowram has been known by various names

• Pit House [1841]
  • Patience and John Brook [aged 30+] & 3 children
  • Susannah and George Naylor [aged 31] & 6 children (4 with surname Greenwood) 

    The four children shown with the surname Greenwood in 1841 were shown with the surname Naylor in 1851

• Pit House [1851]
  • Sarah and Jacob Naylor [aged 54] farmer of 20 acres, & 2 grandchildren
  • Susannah and George Naylor [aged 41] & 9 children

• Siddal Pit Farm [1871]
  • Mary and Jacob Naylor [aged 74] farmer of 20 acres, & 1 adult son
  • Susannah and George Naylor [aged 61] wheelwright/carpenter & 2 adult children & 1 grandchild

• Siddal Pit Farm [1881]
  • Harriet and Acquilla Greenwood [aged 32] farmer of 20 acres, & 4 children
  • Susannah and George Naylor [aged 71] wheelwright, 2 adult children & 2 grandchildren

• Pit House [1891]
  • Sarah and John Edward Milnes [aged 40] & 3 children
  • Isaac Alderson [aged 43]

• Coal Pit Farm [1901]
  • Elizabeth and Abraham Greenwood [aged 61] farmer (employer) 1 son
  • Isaac Alderson [aged 53]
  • Rebecca and Walter Bairstow [aged 30]

• Pit Hill Farm [1911]
  • Abraham Greenwood [aged 71] (widower) farmer & son and daughter-in-law
  • Isaac Alderson [aged 63]
  • Emma and Edgar Sykes [aged 30] & 2 children

See Pit House, Pineberry Hill

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles

Page Ref: MMP953

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