Acornley in Lancashire in or near Foulridge parish and near Skipton

[AlanBoyd]

Here is a compilation of maps of the Accornley site.

upper panel is the 1848 OS map, Acornley Hall labelled
middle panel is the 1842 tithe map
lower panel is a late 19th century OS map which is where I got the names Accornlee Farm and Hall from.

On the tithe map the following are of interest:
(for both, landowners are James & Thomas Sunderlands [sic])
Acorn Ley Buildings and Fold [492]
occupier: Alice Fort

Acorn Ley Farm (Cottages Buildings Fold &c.)
occupier: David Brown [498; plus Joseph Robinson, John Hartley who pay rent to Alice Fort]


1841 census
Accornlee
John Parker 80 farmer Y
Ann Fort 65 FS Y
Henry Rushton(?) 25 MS Y
Ellen Bolton 15 FS N
David Brown 35 Labourer N
Betty Brown 10 Weaver N
David Brown 5 N

Accornley
Robert Fort 65 farmer Y
Alice Fort 45 Y [Alice Binns d 1875; m Robert Fort 1829]
Hannah Fort 25 N
Richard Fort 15
William Fort 15
John Fort 13
George Fort 11
Ann Fort 9
Betty Fort 7
Mary Fort 5
[same address separate household]
Joseph Robinson 35 cotton weaver [see tithe map notes]
plus his wife and 5 children

Also
Robert Fort, bapt. Colne, 02 Nov 1771; father Richard Fort of Acornley; mother Jennet
Robert Fort m. Alice Binns 1829
Alice Fort, widow, at Accornlee 1851, 1861, 1871
Alice Fort died 1875

[AlanBoyd]

From ‘The Buildings of England; North Lanacashire’ N. Pevsner, 1969.
MHLG is Ministry of Housing and Local Government. I think the brackets indicate that the house wasn’t actually visited for the purpose of NP’s survey.

The reference to an H-plan fits with the Hall being the eastern range on the site.

[AlanBoyd]

Here is a GM view from the A56, looking south across the range of buildings, with what I take to be the Hall in the distance. Incidentally, in getting this image I have realised that the Acorn Lea that I referred to in my original reply is actually a different site, although it is nearby, lying  a little further south off Skipton Old Road.