Census info for 'Eighteen Acres'

[pat fowles]

Re. previous post. Does anyone know how I can find the census info for 'Eighteen acre' farm in Horwich for 1841-1871. I have my Robert Lowther there in 1881 & 1891. On these censusis, censusi, census' ?the civil parish/town is Horwich, Reg District is Bolton, ED is 1.
I have Robert in all the other census years and he is a labourer so I can't see why he'd have a farm all of a sudden. Rumour has it this farm was supposed to have been inherited. Thankyou.

PS The map of Eighteen acres is awesome

[Sue Mackay]

Well he doesn't appear to have been there in 1851. If you go to the address search in FMP and enter Horwich in the Residential Place and Lancashire as the County, then change the Sort Results menu to Districts A-Z, you will get a list of places come up. Sometimes you need to click on Other Establishments for farms, but in the case of 1851 you get "Acres" coming up. Clicking on it leads you to a family living at 18 Acres. HO107/2207/317

ETA: If you can't find (18) Acres in later years, try above method and look for Hole Bottom, which was the neighbouring farm in 1881.

[LancsLass]

I have Robert in all the other census years and he is a labourer so I can't see why he'd have a farm all of a sudden. Rumour has it this farm was supposed to have been inherited. Thankyou.

PS The map of Eighteen acres is awesome

Hi Pat

something of a lateral approach but do you know enough abou this life to know when he died? It would be worth looking at for a probate record - if he acquired such a substantial piece of land he probably had something left of it by the time he died this would give you a bit of a clue.

Sarah

[Peter Goodey]

18 acres sounds a lot to 21st century townies but I don't think it would have been considered very substantial in the past particularly when you remember that modern techniques were only just being introduced in the 19th century (for those who could afford the investment).

I think we're only talking subsistence farming here.

From the information Pat provided, it seems that Robert Lowther died in 1895. There is no entry in the National Probate Calendar.

[pat fowles]

Thanks everyone. I think the family myth about Robert being related to the Lowthers of Lowther in Westmorland is just that 'a myth'.