Richard Crombleholme [103] of Crumbleholme Fold - Goosnargh

Note : Records in date order for Goosnargh generally at at bottom of this section

Crombleholme Fold :

Location : OS Grid Ref : SD 56272 42149; [Lat : 53.873688 Long -2.6665525] ; Postcode PR3 2ES

This former Crombleholme family home is in the parish of Goosnargh, Lancashire. "It is located in the former named Threlfall or Whitechapel tithing of the parish on the southern approach to Beacon Fell. Beacon Fell is now a local tourist vantage point in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty [AONB] complete with walks, a visitor centre and a circular road around the high ground.

The Fell summit is 266 metres above sea level with its beacon first recorded in 1002 AD and used as a signalling link during the Spanish Armada in 1588. It was formerly known as Trelfall Beacon and Beaton Fell. The order of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitallers) owned extensive areas of Threlfall or Whitechapel having been given gifts of land here by Robert, Lord of Goosnargh in 1190. Richard de Catterall was a tenant of lands in Whitechapel in 1255 and the family later held several properties in the area.

It is possible that it was part of the nearby Wolf Hall Estate that belonged to the Sherburne family. Two members of the family, Margaret Crombleholme [Cro0111] and her brother William Crombleholme [Cro0390] had married into the Sherburne family in the early 1600's.

It appears that William Crombleholme [Cro0390] moved to Goosnargh late in life and in 1635 not only organised a seat in the local church but bought for 12d, the right to have his body buried inside the church. He died and was buried as he wished in 1639.

The Threlfall family were staunch catholics and probably took their name from the tithing where they lived - it was recorded in Doomsday as "Trelefelt". They lived at Ashes Farm and a John Threlfall was living here in the early C16th. It was a medieval homestead with a wide moat and obviously built with defence in mind. Being a Roman Catholic family, it is thought that they had a private place of worship at Ashes at one time. They were supporters of the Jacobites in the C17th and Edmund Threlfall was slain by militia sent to arrest him after the Lancashire plot in 1688. Cuthbert Threlfall succeeded him to the estates in 1690. His sister Jane married a farmer in the Hazelhead / Bleasdale area who was also taken prisoner during the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion. Another member of the family from the Ashes sniped at King George's troops from a window of the house during a fight in 1715. (Source : Lancashire Fair face - Lofthouse p289-291)

The present St Giles Church at Whitechapel was rebuilt in 1738 on the site of an earlier chapel recorded before the Reformation. In 1581, it was referred to as the "new" chapel or Threlfall chapel belonging to the tenants, inhabitants and dwellers of the township of Goosnargh.

There are two farmhouses on the site : Lower & Higher Crombleholme Fold as well as a number of old and new barns. Higher Crombleholme is the original building and is now Listed Grade II - a full description of the listing and building can be accessed using the link below : http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-185926-higher-crombleholme-farmhouse-goosnargh-#.Vf2v1rQT-OI

The original building is thought to be a C17th building and the constructional details do seem to bear this out. It also ties in with Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] having lived here making his will in 1683 (see below) and noting that he was Richard Crombleholme of "Crombleholme Fold". It is possible that he built the house although, of course, this will probably never be proved. He does note in his will of 1683 a "new building" but this probably relates to the older dwelling.

The place name Crombleholme Fold could have a couple of derivations :

Fold is a pen/enclosure for livestock especially sheep - this seems the most likely as sheep were kept in great numbers in this area. It has been suggested however that sheep were not kept on the fells before wolves were eliminated (about C1500 ?).

Fold is a community with shared aims - a possibility although only the family lived here.

Fold in England is a slight hollow in the ground - not likely given the landscape.

The original Higher Crombleholme Farmhouse :

Left side photographs were taken in September 2012 (RC) Right side photographs were taken in 1981 (RC)

(note all painted rendering has been removed and gable windows opened up)

Note : At September 2015- this farmhouse was for sale at just under £500,000 !

The Family :

Richard Crumbleholme [103] is highlighted below :

The chart below illustrates the rather complex relationships and Will legacies between the Crombleholme family, the Sherburne family into which Margaret C [603] and William C [390] married and the Benson family. The Benson family lived at Kidsnape just to the south of Crombleholme Fold and George Benson married Katherine (nee Sherburne) [111] after William C [390]'s death.

Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] of Crombleholme Fold, Goosnargh (b1625 - d1689) is the earliest member of the family that can be linked with this site. It is uncertain when he moved to the area and whether he built the property. He was born Long Preston and descends from the Crombleholme of Dutton family.

c1585 : Birth date of his father, William Crombleholme [Cro0390] who was born in Dutton. He moved and lived in Long Preston. He was a brother of Richard Crombleholme [Cro0064] who built or altered Huntingdon Hall in Dutton in the early 1600’s.

William Crombleholme's [Cro0390] second marriage and Richard C's [103] mother was Katherine (nee Sherburne) [Cro0111]. His sister Margaret Crombleholme [Cro0063] had married Robert Sherburne, the son of Roger Sherburne of Chippingdale & Wolfhouse in about 1600. Both these marriages gave the family some good connections.

c1615 / 20 : The probable date that William Crombleholme [Cro0390] (c1580 - c1635) had married his first wife Jane (nee ?? ) [Cro0391]. Little is known about Jane and it does not appear that they had any children. William was about 30 years old in 1615.

1623 - 2nd May : Jane (nee ??) [Cro0391] (1st wife of William C [390]) died in Long Preston and was buried there. (Source : Long Preston Par Reg)

1625 - No mention of Crombleholme name in taxation for Goosnargh (Source : Hist of Goosnargh Fishwick p 177)

Note : This is probably due to the family not moving to the area until about 1635 Note : George Benson is recorded in Kidsnape Tithe for "(Source : Hist of Goosnargh Fishwick p 68)

c1624 : William Crombleholme [Cro0390] remarried - record not found as yet but his second wife was almost certainly Katherine (nee Shireburne) [Cro0111] (1604-1645) the daughter of Roger Shireburn of Buckley. William Crombleholme [Cro0390] would have been about 39 years old and his wife Katherine (nee Shirburne) [111] much younger at about 20 years old. This marriage would explain legacies left to both Richard & Roger by Richard Shireburne later in 1673. (see below)

1625 - 30th March : Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] son of William Crombleholme [Cro0390] of Long Preston (Anglian) West Riding baptised (Source : N Yorks Record Office Ref N-PR-PRL1-1)

c.1633/34 - A younger brother Roger Crombleholme [Cro0097] was born. Roger Crombleholme [Cro0097] later lived in the Long Preston area. A court case in 1667 stated that he was about 5 years old and living outside Yorkshire when his father died in 1639.

Note : This suggests that the family had moved to Goosnargh (across the border in Lancashire).

1635 - William Crombleholme [390] : 12d collected from William Crombleholme [Cro0390] by William Barnes & Robert Parkinson for a burial in the body of the church. William is also mentioned in a pew allocation scheme (in Goosnargh) (Source Hist of Goosnargh Fishwick)

Note : This would appear to be William C [390] buying his own place in the church. He died four years later in June 1639.

c.1639 - Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] 's father William Crombleholme [Cro0380] dies aged about 50. Richard Crombleholme [103] would have only been 10 years old and his brother Roger [97] about 5 years old. They must have lived with their mother Katherine [111] and then within the Benson household when she remarried in 1640.

1639 - 9th June : William Crombleholme [Cro0390] - " in temple (??) buried was William Crombleholme [Cro0390] ye nynth day. (Source Hist of Goosnargh p104 Fishwick)

1640 - 21st April : Elizabeth Cromleholme [Cro0197] "in templu" Buried was Elizabeth ye daughter of William Crombleholme [Cro0390 ?? ] the one and twentith day at Goosnargh (Source : Goosnargh Par reg 1639-1812 - via Ancestry + Hist of Goosnargh by H Fishwick p 105)

Note : There was a legacy left by James Benson in 1685 to his "half sister", her married named being given as Stirzaker. This cannot be this Elizabeth C [197]

1640 - 12th July : Katherine Cromleholme [Cro0111] marriage to George Benson at Goosnargh - Married was George Benson and Katherine Crombleholme the Xij (12th) day. (Source : IGI + Hist of Goosnargh by H Fishwick p 105 )

Note : This was William Crombleholme [390]'s widow Katherine (nee Shirburne) [Cro0111]. It is presumed that Richard C [103] & Roger C [97] remained with their mother.

George Benson lived Kidsnape (Source : Hist of Goosnargh p68 - records him contributing to the tithe here - Seaven pence halfe peny") - this is just south of Crombleholme Fold and the families must have known each other well. The above source also notes (p88) that in 1634, he was a Captain in the "royal army". It would appear that the date is incorrect as "royal army" would suggest the Royalist side during the Civil War. He is noted as Capt Bensone in 1646 (see below)

George & Katherine had two sons & a daughter :

1641 : James Benson (1641 - 1685) See The Legacies (2) below - James Benson's will of 1685

1642 - June : Ann Benson (1642 - ) She married William Whitmore on 4th March 1674 at St Peters Petersham, Surrey (Source P Reg)

1643 : George Benson (jnr) - Jan 1646 "in templu" Buried was an infant of Capt Bensone the xvj (16th) day (Source : Hist of Goosnargh p108)

1645 - Katherine Benson (Crombleholme / nee Shireburne) [111] dies (aged 41). Her sons Richard C [103] would have been 20 years old and his brother Roger [97] about 15 years old.

"in templu" Buried was Katherine [111] the wife of George Benson 16th Day (1645) (Source : History of Goosnargh p108)

c1648 - George Benson marries 2nd wife (possibly ?? nee Stirzaker) and they have a daughter Ann Benson born about 1650.

The Legacies :

There are two later legacies which appear to make the above relationships correct.

1) 1673 : Richard Shireburn son of Roger Shireburne of Buckley and brother of Katherine (nee Shirebirne) [Cro0111] wife of William Crombleholme [Cro0390] in his will of 1673 (in the absence of own issue) left legacies to his nephews & niece : Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] & Roger Crombleholme [Cro0097] and also to James Benson* and Ann Benson.

2) 1685 : James Benson* in his will (probably unmarried) leaves legacies to his step sister Ann Benson, to half brothers Richard C [103], Roger C [97] plus Sherborn C [ ] son of Richard C [103] and Sherborn C [ ] son of Roger C [97]

Note : James Bensen was a half brother of Richard C [103] & Roger C [97] via their mother Katherine (nee Sherburne) [111] ; Ann Benson was sister of James Benson and the half sister of Richard C [10] & Roger C [97] via her father George Benson's second marriage.

1654 - Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] recorded as a Churchwarden for Goosnargh (Source : Hist of Goosnargh p90) (age 29)

1655 - 22nd December : Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] of Goosnargh yeoman and Elizabeth Clitherall* [Cro0104] of Much Eccleston** in Michaelle (i.e. St Michaels on Wyre) parish spinster were (according to the form of the late act of Parliament made in that behalf) this 22nd day of December 1655 at Preston declared to be husband and wife together by me :

[Signature of minister]

These persons being present :

Richard Shireborne gent

Richard Leckonby gent

Francis Parkinson widower (abbrev)

Source : Marriage Records of St John's Preston Ref Pr1433 (transcribed from Ancestry record by Mike Murtha BC Canada)

*Note : Elizabeth Clitherall [104] was possibly the daughter of John Clitherall of Clifton. Richard C [103] would have been 30 years old when he married and as he is given as "of Goosnargh" was living

**Note : Much Eccleston appears now to be part of Great Eccleston in the Parish of St Michaels on Wyre. Records usually rare during Cromwell's interregnum 1649-1660. Interesting to see two "gents" as being present : Richard Shireburne & Richard Leckonby. Actual record below :

Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] & Elizabeth (nee Clitherall) [Cro0104] had four children (see 1-4 below) Their names are also noted in their father Richard Crombleholme's [Cro0103] Will (Will Ref NR 19) :

1) 1657 - 10th September : Sherborne Crombleholme [Cro0105] son of Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] baptised at St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh. (Source : CFI/LDS ref 1470930 & LPRS Vol 64 & Par Reg copy MM) NB : "This entry was made in the left margin and written vertically “ - perhaps added later ??

Sherburne Crombleholme [Cro0105] - their eldest son married three times & died in 1727 aged 70. The Rev Richard Cromleholme [Cro0116] vicar of St Michaels on Wyre was his eldest son.

2) c. 1660 : Richard Crombleholme [Cro0106] No baptism found as yet; the second eldest son. He married Ellen (nee Rodes) [Cro0107] of Chipping at Goosnargh on 21st October 1690. He died intestate in 1691 but an inventory of his estate had been made on 16th February 1690 (Ref NR 18) (perhaps as part of an intended will ??). His infant son, another Richard Crombleholme [Cro0108] , had been born after his death but sadly died within a month, it would appear likely that his mother was pregnant when married.

3) c. 1661 : William Crombleholme [Cro0109] - No baptism found as yet ; married prior to 1694 to Margaret (nee Parkinson) [Cro0173] daughter of John Parkinson of nearby Fairsnape; William Crombleholme [109] died in 1729 - his will is ref NR 16.

They had four children :

Richard C [123] b 1694;

Elizabeth C [127];

Tabitha C [128]

John C [505] - moved to London

4) c. 1663 (or after) : Ellen Crombleholme [Cro0110] born after 1663 - under 21 in father's will; no other dates known.

1671 - Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] of Crombleholme Fold is recorded amongst the number of principal inhabitants holding property in the Threlfall tithing. (Source : Hist of Goosnargh Fishwick p177 & 203)

Note : On pages 200-206 of Hist of Goosnargh (Fishwick) there is a list of all the 7 tythe areas of Goosnargh

Church Tythe; Longley Tythe; Aspenhurst Tythe; Beesley Tythe; Threlfall Tythe *; Whittingham Tythe; Alley Tythe. The 1671 record of Richard C [103] in Threlfall is the only Crombleholme listed.

1679 - Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] recorded as a Churchwarden for Goosnargh (Source : Hist of Goosnargh p92)

1680 - Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] recorded as a Churchwarden for Goosnargh (Source : Hist of Goosnargh p92)

1683 - Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] makes his will (Ref NR 19) in 1683, but died some six years later when he was buried at Goosnargh on 2nd September 1689 and his will proved later that year. Full transcription : please use this link .

Will NR 19

Summary : Richard C [103] leaves his houses and lands to his two younger sons Richard [106] & William [109] for a term of 99 years who are to pay his eldest son Sherburne Crombleholme [Cro0105] or his heirs one peppercorn annually at "St Martin the Bishop in Winter" with the remainder after 99 years to Sherburne or his heirs for ever. His estate from a long inventory amounted to £ and included 'one desperat debt due from Mr John Clifton late of Faresnape deceased £74 10s 0d"

Note : John Clifton's widow, Elizabeth Clifton [Cro0123] (of the Blackburne family of Orford Hall) married Roger Crombleholme [Cro0097] in 1699 (his second wife). Roger [97] was an elder step brother of Richard C [103]. Roger C [97] took out letters of administration to her effects after her death in 1702 (Source : History of Goosnargh Chap X p177).

1684 - 2nd March - Mr Richard Crumbleholme [Cro0103] at a meeting of ye Twenty-foure present..........That whereas their is lately erected a school-house near the south style of the Parochial Chapel of Goosnargh. It is ordered that from henceforth the said school house be repaired by ye chapel - wardens of Goosnargh and Whittingham out of ye Church lay and kept in good, decent and comely repair from years to year. And for so doing this shall be their warrant. And therefore we desire the chapewardens (sic) that shall be years to years to take especial notice of this our order and doe as herein is required and desired. (Source : "The Vestry Book of the 24 sworn men of Goosnargh" by Rev E D Banister BA Vicar of Goosnargh 1898)

1689 - 2nd September - Richard Crombleholme of Crombleholme Fold [Cro0103] buried at Goosnargh Lancashire. (Source Parish Register 1639-1812 LDS Film 1470930 p31 entry 3) Note - see his will above - proved in 1689)

1690 - 21st October : Richard Crumbleholme [Cro0106] of Goosnargh married Ellen Rodes [Cro0107] of Chipping at St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh (Source : LDS Film 1470930 Marr 1683-1730 p36 entry 3) Note : Richard C [106] s/o Richard C [103] of C fold died 1691 Will NR18.

1691 - 5th February : Richard Crombleholme [Cro0106] (s/o Richard C [103]) of Goosnargh buried St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh (abode : Goosnrh) (Source Parish Register & LDS ref 1470930 p37 entry 7)

1691 - 23rd March : Richard Crumbleholme [Cro0108] - posthumous (i.e. born after father's death) son of Richard Crumbleholme [Cro0106] (abode Goosnargh) buried at St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh. (Source : Par reg Burials 1683-1730 p37 entry 8 + LDS ref 1470930)

1691 - 5th July : Elizabeth (nee Houghton) [Cro0112] wife of Sherborne Crombleholme [Cro0105] of ye parish of Stid : Burial at Ribchester (Source : Hist of Ribchester Smith & Shortt Ch VII p202) Note : Sherborne C [105] was Richard C [103] eldest son and Elizabeth was his first wife

c.1694 - William Crombleholme [Cro0109] married Margaret (nee Parkinson) [Cro0173] daughter of John Parkinson of Fairsnape prior to 1694.

They had sons Richard C [123]; John C [505] and daughters Elizabeth C [127]; Tabitha [128]. (Margaret [173] died in 1713).

1695 - William Crombleholme [Cro0109] youngest son of Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] of Crombleholme Fold and the administrator of his elder brother Richard [Cro0106] (who died intestate in 1691) disposed of part of the estate to John Green by a deed dated 23rd April 1695. (not seen) The remaining portions were disposed of by William's [Cro0109] son Richard Crombleholme [Cro0123] in 1761 - this Richard [123] was still alive in 1773. (Source : History of Goosnargh p178) Note : The Green family sold this portion to John Parkinson in 1725 and in turn his descendant Richard Parkinson sold it to Richard Reynolds in 1801.

The Sundial :

The existence of a sundial was only known about due to a short account in the History of Goosnargh published in 1871 : "A relic of the family still remains at Crombleholme Fold in a sun dial on a stone column in the garden of one of the houses bearing the inscription”

"R x C x I x C x 1697" (Source : History of Goosnargh Fishwick pub 1871 Chapter X p 178)

A recent publication stated that it was there up to about 1925. When I first visited Crombleholme Fold in 1981, I was told by the then occupier that the sundial had been taken from the site some time ago and its location was not known. In December 2017, I contacted the British Sundial Society with the above information but they have no records relating to this sundial.

However in January 2019, Mr John Bretherton contacted me by email having viewed this website. He lives near Crombleholme Fold and his family has been involved in the property for many years. He managed to locate the sundial in another property in Goosnargh and has very kindly sent the photographs below. It has been agreed not to disclose its current location as theft of such architectural pieces is sadly all too common.

This horizontal type sundial stands on a stone plinth and has a hexagonal stone column (presumed of local sandstone) with a hexagonal stone table and metal gnomon. (Note : the gnomon is the inclined, usually triangular metal piece, set into the dial and the sun casts a shadow on the dial to give the time - the angle of the gnomon should be as its latitude - in this case 53 degrees). The actual dial was not photographed. The raised stone inscriptions on the column are set in recessed panels with one letter or figure to each face. The inscriptions are in very good condition considering they are over 320 years old.

Unfortunately, it appears that although the date of 1697 is as Fishwick’s account, the initials appear to be R G I G rather than R C I C. The “G" appears to be quite distinct and almost certainly relates to the members of Green family who had purchased part of the estate two years before the inscribed date in 1695.

This is borne out by the following marriage record (found on Ancestry by my co-researcher Mike Murtha) :

1696 - January (Church year ie 1697) : Richard Green married Izabell (nee Cunley) at All Saints Church, Wigan.

Richard Green was baptised in July 1673 at St Mary Magdalene in Clitheroe, the son of John Green who purchased part of the estate in 1695 (see above).

The sundial was presumably commissioned to commemorate their marriage with their initials RG x IG.

(All photographs by John Bretherton Jan 2018)

To date the only Green / Crombleholme relationship :

Richard Crombleholme [Cro0187] of Haighton married Elizabeth [Cro0188]( widow of Robert Green ??) in about 1650. He was a church warden in Goosnargh in 1654 and died before 1670 when his will (Ref NR 22) was proved. Details of this family can be seen on the Whittingham section. Whittingham is in the southern part of Goosnargh parish.

On the north slope of Beacon Fell near the road to Bleasdale overlooking the Brook valley there is an area once known as Paradise where in the C15th Morocco or Paradise seeds (Grana Paradisa) were grown. (Source : History of the Parkinson family by Richard Ainsworth)

From pp134-5 of the History of Longridge:

" Captain Hothersall married Margery, daughter of James Wall, of Preston, Esq., by Isabella, daughter of William Travers, of Nateby Hall, Esq., and after he was slain in 1645, his widow married at Woodplumpton, Feb. 13, 1647, Robert Haydock, of Cottam, gent. His only surviving son and successor, Thomas Hothersall, Esq., born May 10 1644, married, Jan. 9, 1688, Catherine Lancaster, of the family seated at Rainhill Hall, but she was, perhaps, a second wife. He died in Jan, 1719. His oldest son, John, was taken prisoner at Preston, Nov. 13, 1715, after the defeat of the Chevalier de St. George, but affected his escape, and, being outlawed, lived in retirement with his sister, Mrs. Leckonby, at Great Eccleston, where he died unmarried, between 1740 and 1750.

Besides a younger son, George, who died in his youth, there were five daughters : Anne, Isabel, Margery, Sarah, and Grace. Of these, Anne was the wife of William Leckonby, of Leckonby House, Great Eccleston, Esq. Margery married Edward Winstanley, of Pemberton, gent. These two eventually became co-heiresses to the estates, the Manor of Hothersall falling to the share of Mrs. Leckonby.

One of the witnesses at the 1655 marriage of Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] and Elizabeth Clitherall [Cro0104] was a Richard Leckonby. So yet again evidence of the close intermarriages between the Catholic families in the region.

Other records for Goosnargh :

(Note : at present, these are also duplicated in the Whittingham section)

1535 - 19th January : Anna Crom [Cro0170] now wife of William Crom [Cro0169] and late wyffe of Brian Singleton - deposition regarding "cotage Gosenargh" (Source Hist of Goosnargh Fishwick p213)

1634 - George Benson recorded as a churchwarden for Goosnargh tithing (Source : Hist of Goosnargh)

1635 - William Crombleholme [Cro0390] : It is ordered that the said William Barnes and Robert Parkinson shall collect from William Crombleholme [Cro0390] 12 pence for a buriall in the body of the church (Source Hist of Goosnargh Fishwick p71) Note : William was obviously looking ahead ! He was buried "in temple" ie inside the church later in June 1639 - see below.

1635 - William Crumbleholme [Cro0390] gent and Ann Threlfall occupied ye fift (seat) on the south syde of ye aforesaid north isle next to the Middleton Chapel (in Goosnargh church) (Source Hist of Goosnargh Fishwick p71) Note : Ann Threlfall was the widow of Edmund Threlfall of Ashes and daughter of Cuthbert Hesketh of Whitehill.

1639 - 11th August : Thomas Cromleholme [Cro0199] baptised son of Thomas Cromleholme [Cro0508] at Goosnargh (Source : Goosnargh Par reg 1639-1812 - via Ancestry)

1639 - 9th June : William Crombleholme [Cro0390] "in temple" Buried William Crombleholme gent. ye ninth day. (Source : Hist of Goosnargh by H Fishwick p 104) Note : in temple : inside the church - is there a memorial stone in the floor ?? He had paid 12 pence for his buriall in the body of the church earlier in 1635 (see above)

1640 - July : Married was George Benson and Katherine Crombleholme (widow of William C [390] nee Sherburne) [Cro0111] (Source : Hist of Goosnargh Fishwick p105)

1643 - 25th June : Thomas Cromleholme [Cro0199] Christened was Thomas [Cro ] the sonne of Thomas Cromleholme [Cro0508] the xxv day at Goosnargh (Source : Goosnargh Par reg 1639-1812 - via Ancestry + Hist of Goosnargh by H Fishwick p 106)

1645 - 11th April : George Cromleholme [Cro0201] buried son of Thomas Crombleholme [Cro0508] at Goosnargh (Source : Goosnargh Par reg 1639-1812 - via Ancestry+ LPRS Vol 64)

1652 - 2nd September : Edward Crombleholme [Cro0] at Goosnargh s/o Richard Cromblehoulme[Cro0] (Source : IGI)

1654 - 24th July : Thomas Cromblane [Cro ] buried at Goosnargh (Source : via CC History of Goosnargh H Fishwick p110)

1664 - 6th October : ??? Cromleholme [Cro0] buried - the widow of Thomas Crombleholme [Cro0] at Goosnargh (Source : Goosnargh Par reg 1639-1812 - via Ancestry)

1682 - Thomas Crombleholme [Cro ] is requested to say whether he will discharge himself, or give his reason for not doing so; and as he was to be written to, it is probable that he had left the parish. (Source : Hist of Goosnargh Fishwick p53) Note see 1684 below

1682 - 17th October : Richard Crombocke married Mrs Clemence Bushell (Source Hist of Goosnargh Fishwick p111)

1684 - That William Waen the younger be of the number of the 24 for Whittingham in the place of Thomas Crombleholme removed out of ye said Township having no lands there. (Source : Hist of Gossnargh Fishwick p 78)

1687 - 1st February : Anne Crumbleholme [Cro0194] of Barton married Thomas Newsham of Goosnargh at St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh (Source : LDS Film 1470930 Marr 1683-1730 p22 entry 3) Note : Anne C [194] d/o Richard C [187]

1689 - September : Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] of Crombleholme Fold dies (Will NR 19)

1713 - 31st October : Margaret Crombleholme (nee Parkinson) [Cro0173] wife of William Crombleholme [Cro0109] buried at Chipping (Source : Par Reg Chipping via MM)

1716 - 11th December : Thomas Rishton of Green Gore Co Lanc gent. saith Ric Sherburn late of Preston, gent. outlawed for high treason was seized of an estate called Bayley Hall in the hamlet of Bayley in parish of Mitton and that the said Ric Sherburn made his escape from Preston after the battle there, and it is pretended conveyed his estate after his escape to one William Crombleholme [Cro ] to prevent its forfeiture ......and that an estate called Stidd .... belongs to John younger brother of Ric Sherburn - prays the benefit allowed by Act of Parliament for his discovery. (Source : Record of English Catholics 1715 : John Orelan Payne p144)

1772 - ..........? : William Crombleholme [Cro0] baptised at Goosnargh (Source IGI)

1772 : Crombleholme Family had a silk mill at Inglewhite ? .... Crombleholme had many years previously (to 1772) disposed of his interest in Crombleholme Fold and probably urged by the requirements of his rising family and with a view to embarking in a manufacturing business had removed to the neighbouring village of Inglewhite. (Source : History of Garstang Old Series Vol 105 - via Mrs CC) Note there is a silk mill bridge in Inglewhite.

1797 - 12th June : William Crombleholme [Cro0512] married (Nancy Coupe*) [Cro0513] at Goosnargh (Source IGI & Boyds Marriages* 428 p248)

1797 - 19th December : Thomas Crombleholme [Cro0710] baptised at St Francis and Hill Chapel RC, Goosnargh son of William [512] & Ann [513] C (Source : Cath Rec Soc Reg of Goosnargh + IGI) Note : Thomas was the son of William C [512] and Nancy (nee Coupe) [513]. He married his cousin Elizabeth Crombleholme [Cro0690] in Whitwell in 1823, children : William C [712]; John C [713]; Richard C [735] and Jane C [912] - possibly stepdaughter (illeg) Jane C [471]. Thomas C [710] died in 1856

1799 - 14th February : William Crombleholme [Cro0] baptised at St Mary RC, Goosnargh (Source IGI)

1799 - 21st August : Richard Crombleholme [Cro0734] baptised at St Francis and Hill Chapel RC, Goosnargh son of William & Ann Sponsors John Coup & Cath Forrest; Rev Charles Willcock (Source Cath Rec Soc Reg of Goosnargh p179 + IGI)

Churchwardens

Date Goosnargh Whittingham Hist of Goosnargh

1607 Richard C [181] p86

1614 Robert C [182] (sidesman) p87

1618 Richard C [181] p87

1631 Thomas C [183] p88

1648 Thomas C [183] p89

1654 Richard C [103] p90

1679 Richard C [103] p92

1680 Richard C [103] p92

(Note : no more Crombleholmes 1680 - 1800)

Some more recent C19th & C20th occupiers of Crombleholme Fold :

1856 - 16th December : Dorothy Strickland aged 25 of Crumbleholme Fold married John Haighton at St james, Whitechapel Goosnargh. (Source Lancs OPC reg transcription)

1862 - 26th October : Thomas Strickland aged 49 farmer of Crumbleholme Fold married Mary Ann Greenal at St james, Whitechapel Goosnargh. (Source Lancs OPC reg transcription)

1863 - 28th January : Agnes Robinson aged 23 of Crumbleholme Fold married Thomas Smith at St james, Whitechapel Goosnargh. (Source Lancs OPC reg transcription)

1870 - 26th April : Alice Robinson aged 23 of Crumbleholme Fold married Richard Clegg at St james, Whitechapel Goosnargh. (Source Lancs OPC reg transcription)

1889 - 1st February : John Clegg aged 27 of Crumbleholme Fold married Nancy Collinson at St james, Whitechapel Goosnargh. (Source Lancs OPC reg transcription)

1899 - 18th October : William Clegg aged 27 farmer of Crumbleholme Fold married Alice Fisher at St james, Whitechapel Goosnargh. (Source Lancs OPC reg transcription)

1907 - 25th May : Maggie Hayes aged 21 of Crumbleholme Fold married Thomas Gardner at St James, Whitechapel Goosnargh. (Source Lancs OPC reg transcription)

1923 - 18th August : Andrew Sanderson aged 28, farm labourer of Crumbleholme Fold married Mabel Park at St James, Whitechapel Goosnargh. (Source Lancs OPC reg transcription)

1931 - 23rd November : Andrew Sanderson, widower, farmer aged 37 of Crumbleholme Fold married Mary Parker at St James, Whitechapel Goosnargh. (Source Lancs OPC reg transcription)

1939 - 8th April : Duillia Singleton aged 23 of Crumbleholme Fold married William Henry Riding at St James, Whitechapel Goosnargh. (Source Lancs OPC reg transcription)

1940 - 20th January : Mary Singleton aged 27 of Crumbleholme Fold married John Seed at St James, Whitechapel Goosnargh. (Source Lancs OPC reg transcription)

1943 - 12th January : Richard Singleton farmer aged 25 of Crumbleholme Fold married Doris Winder at St James, Whitechapel Goosnargh. (Source Lancs OPC reg transcription)

1945 - 21st February : John Bretherton aged 29 soldier (R.A.) of Crumbleholme Fold married Ada Pye at St James, Whitechapel Goosnargh. (Source Lancs OPC reg transcription)

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