kildwick, unusual request

[little meg]

To all Kildwickians, past and present, I have an unusual request to put to you.

I live in Australia and have ancestors from the village of Kildwick.  I have been sent some great photos of the village with more to come.
I plan to do a large painting of this.

I thought it would be a good idea to take it back in time to 1851, and include my Blacksmith ancestor, John Simpson.
Then I got another bright idea and thought how good would it be to include other Kildwickians (is this a word?) ie Vicar.

So, keeping this in mind, can anyone out there provide me with the following details for the village of Kildwick in 1851 - Who was the proprietor of the White Lion hotel, who was the post master, the vicar at Kildwick parish church (John Fawcett?).  In the 1834 directory there was a butcher, draper, grocer and shoemaker amongst others, can anyone add these to my 1851 list.  Also any
'general public' welcome.
I would probably need their ages to be realistic.

My next request is for anyone descendant of those people in 1851 to possibly provide a photo of their ancestor (I do realise photography came a bit later).

Does anyone know what a vicar wore in 1851? Or for that matter, clothing of any above occupations.

I know I have a large project ahead of me and hopefully I can live up to the challenge and do it justice.
This project is my way of combining two of my main interests: Art and genealogy.

Any help appreciated and thankyou for taking the time to read this. 
Regards
Margaret.

[dennford]

Have you seen this, it may be of some help

http://www.ateal.co.uk/family/


                             denn

[little meg]

Thanks Denn,
I have put it in my favourites, will study in detail.
thankyou, off to a flying start. 
margaret

[little meg]

Thought I would share one of my findings in case they are of interest to other researchers:
Rev. J. I. C. Fawcett was Vicar at Kildwick parish church  from 1843 to 1868.
regards Margaret

[Jean Price]

Hello Margaret,
The Rev John Turner Colman Fawcett is a several times great uncle of mine. I have only just started doing serious research on him.
Regards
Jean

[little meg]

Hi Jean,

wow, you will find some interesting bits on him I am sure.
I have a huge amount of information now on the church and it mentions all the reverends and when they were there and a bit about each.
If you don't have this I am happy to provide.
I think I even have a pic of him.
Your ancestor was the reverend who married  some of mine, thats pretty amazing I think

I never had much response to my 'unusual request' but have since found a couple of neighbours and I am getting a great image of the life around Kildwick during that era. I had almost decided to rethink the painting.

Anything you can offer me would be fantastic.
Margaret

[Jean Price]

Hello Margaret
Here is a physical description of Rev JTC Fawcett:
tall in stature, upright as a soldier, he always wore a shepherd plaid slung Scotch-fashion over his shoulder: the clear cut face, the hawk nose, bushy eyebrows, and keen eyes marked him as a man of strong will.

From "History of the Ancient and Historic Church of St Andrew Kildwick-in-Craven". by Rev E W Brereton, pub 1909. Page 81.

Do you think you can translate that in oils?
Regards,
Jean

[little meg]

Hi Jean,
I think I must be related to you, you just described my family traits.  Yes, lucky me I got them too. 

thanks for that, I think we both have the same details of the church records, I knew about the shepherds plaid but didn't know about the others.
I actually have a pic of him somewhere, do you?
will pass on if you want, it shows lots of different rev. that were at Kildwick at some time or another.
Thanks again,
Margaret