Grandy's Knowe (Thorngrafton)

Also known as The Knowe, Ye Knowe and Knowe.  Knowe means "hill".

An early C18 farmhouse built onto the east end of an earlier bastle.  The bastle, which is roofless, is rectangular in shape and measures 9.15m by 6.7m externally with walls of large roughly squared blocks up to 1.3m thick.  The walls of the bastle stand to an average height of 1.5m.  The eastern wall and the eastern end of the north wall stand considerably higher as they have been incorporated into the adjacent farmhouse.  See this link.

Source:
Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerants
Ryder, P., 1998. Archaeology in Northumberland 1998-99, 34-5.

Around 1705, Grandy's Knowe was occupied by the Armstrong clan, descendants of the Armstrongs of Gilnockie, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.

 

1757/58
Feb 17   Margaret Lowes of Grandy's Know buried.

 

1769
Feb 11   Nicholas Lowes of Ye Know buried.

 

1776
May 26   Elizabeth Lowes of Grandy's Know, wife of Robert, buried.

 

1811
Sarah Hudspith of The Knowe born.

 

1814
Thomas Hudspith of The Knowe born.

 

1826
Alexander Hudspith of Knowe died.

 

6 Jun 1841
William Atkinson, Aged 59, Farmer, Yes
Mary Atkinson, Aged 55, , Yes
Thomas Atkinson, Aged 25, , Yes
Elizabeth Atkinson, Aged 20, , Yes

George Sterling, Aged 25, Coal Miner, Yes
Jane Sterling, Aged 25, , Yes
John Sterling, Aged 20, Stone Mason Inmate, Yes
Gabriel Sterling, Aged 20, Stone Mason Inmate, Yes

 

30 Mar 1851

 

7 Apr 1861

 

2 Apr 1871
John Dickenson Jun., Head, Unm, Aged 15, Farmer of 87 acres, NBL Thorngrafton
Jane Dickenson, Sister, , Aged 10, Scholar, NBL Thorngrafton
Dixon Dickenson, Brother, , Aged 1, , NBL Thorngrafton
George Ridley, Boarder, Unm, Aged 58, Retired Draper, NBL Haltwhistle
William Dickenson, Servant, Unm, Aged 24, Farm Servant Indoors, NBL Chesterwood
Rachel Hewitson, Servant, Unm, Aged 24, General Servant (Domestic), NBL Haltwhistle

 

3 Apr 1881
Robert Thompson, Head, Mar, Aged 38, Coal Miner & Shepherd of 68 acres, WES Banton
Mary Thompson, Wife, Mar, Aged 39, Coal Miner & Shepherd's Wife, LAN Liverpool
Isabella Thompson, Daughter, Unm, Aged 11, Scholar, NBL Haltwhistle
Mary E. Thompson, Daughter, Unm, Aged 9, Scholar, NBL Haltwhistle

 

5 Apr 1891
Robert Thompson, Head, Mar, Aged 50, Coal Miner, WES
Jane Thompson, Wife, Mar, Aged 54, , NBL
Robert Thompson, Son, Single, Aged 15, NBL

 

31 Mar 1901