52 residents #2 Mary Ann Ashworth
10/01/15 00:10
Mary Ann was the second daughter of John Ashworth (52 residents #1), b 15 Sept 1809.
Her obituary stated that she was educated in Rochdale, about 8 miles over the moor. Presumably she boarded, either at the school or with friends. The Ashworths were close friends of the Royds family, major players in Rochdale, so perhaps she stayed there. I have been unable to trace the school but there was a school for the children of gentlemen in Rochdale so it could have been that.
She inherited most of her father’s estate including the lands around Springhill and the interests in the collieries and turnpikes. Census data and her marriage certificate suggest that she never actually did a day’s work.
She married Charles Patrick in 1855 at the age of 46, the ceremony being followed by their funding supper for their tenants at the Red Lion. There was no issue. Their marriage certificate is here. Thankfully for a OPS researcher she had all her properties written into Trust before her marriage, a copy of which is included in the deeds…
Patrick rapidly set about developing the estate, enlarging the house, developing the farm and employing a coachman, gardener and groom. Strangely, Mary Ann saw no need for these as a single lady.
Mary Ann Patrick inherited land in Edgeside from her mother. In 1872 she donated land for the development of a school in Edgeside. This opened in 1873 and was licensed for worship in 1876. Mary Ann laid the foundation stone ‘with full masonic ceremonial’. She also identified land for a church and parsonage and willed money for their construction. The church was consecrated in 1885, still unfinished, leading a somewhat grumpy Bishop to amend his sermon accordingly.
Mary Ann Patrick nee Ashworth died in 1883 aged 74. She is commemorated in St Anne’s church, Edgeside, by a stained glass and less obviously by half the roads in the area being named Ashworth Lane, Ashworth Road etc. She and her sister also erected a memorial to their father in St Nicholas’ Newchurch.
Her will is complex and poorly drafted resulting in a land dispute between her nieces which had not been settled 15 years later.
Details
baptism Mary Ann Ashworth b 15 Sept 1809, bap 29 Oct 1809 Newchurch St Nicholas.(Bap LDS film 950353 via Lancs OPC)
m 9 Oct 1855 Newchurch St Nicholas certificate
buried 21 Sept 1883 Newchurch St Nicholas (Burials 1871-1886 p 248 entry 1981 Original Parish Register via Lancs OPC)
will
Her obituary stated that she was educated in Rochdale, about 8 miles over the moor. Presumably she boarded, either at the school or with friends. The Ashworths were close friends of the Royds family, major players in Rochdale, so perhaps she stayed there. I have been unable to trace the school but there was a school for the children of gentlemen in Rochdale so it could have been that.
She inherited most of her father’s estate including the lands around Springhill and the interests in the collieries and turnpikes. Census data and her marriage certificate suggest that she never actually did a day’s work.
She married Charles Patrick in 1855 at the age of 46, the ceremony being followed by their funding supper for their tenants at the Red Lion. There was no issue. Their marriage certificate is here. Thankfully for a OPS researcher she had all her properties written into Trust before her marriage, a copy of which is included in the deeds…
Patrick rapidly set about developing the estate, enlarging the house, developing the farm and employing a coachman, gardener and groom. Strangely, Mary Ann saw no need for these as a single lady.
Mary Ann Patrick inherited land in Edgeside from her mother. In 1872 she donated land for the development of a school in Edgeside. This opened in 1873 and was licensed for worship in 1876. Mary Ann laid the foundation stone ‘with full masonic ceremonial’. She also identified land for a church and parsonage and willed money for their construction. The church was consecrated in 1885, still unfinished, leading a somewhat grumpy Bishop to amend his sermon accordingly.
Mary Ann Patrick nee Ashworth died in 1883 aged 74. She is commemorated in St Anne’s church, Edgeside, by a stained glass and less obviously by half the roads in the area being named Ashworth Lane, Ashworth Road etc. She and her sister also erected a memorial to their father in St Nicholas’ Newchurch.
Her will is complex and poorly drafted resulting in a land dispute between her nieces which had not been settled 15 years later.
Details
baptism Mary Ann Ashworth b 15 Sept 1809, bap 29 Oct 1809 Newchurch St Nicholas.(Bap LDS film 950353 via Lancs OPC)
m 9 Oct 1855 Newchurch St Nicholas certificate
buried 21 Sept 1883 Newchurch St Nicholas (Burials 1871-1886 p 248 entry 1981 Original Parish Register via Lancs OPC)
will
