Kelly's Directory of 1897 states :-"CHAIRMAN LOCAL BOARD COUNTY
MAGISTRATES.
Believed to be on Urban District Council (Due to retire 1898).
Believed to have lived at SOUTH END HOUSE, THIRSK ROAD".
Rev. George Saywell's "HISTORY and ANNALS of NORTHALLERTON"
shows a list of Past Masters of the "ANCHOR LODGE" of FREEMASONS
"1873 Christopher Palliser P.P.G.S.W."
"1880 Christopher Palliser P.P.G.S.W."
"1881 Robert S. Palliser" (son of above)
Note:- In 1871 the Masonic Lodge met at the "Pack Horse" where
now stands the Wesleyan Chapel (now used as a warehouse) . On Thursday 12th
January 1875 they held their first meeting in the large assembly room of
Durham House, which then became known as the Freemasons Hall, having moved
from a room behind the Golden Lion Hotel.
Chistopher Palliser was also the owner or part owner of quite a few
properties, as can be seen from the transactions found in the Registry Of
Deeds (To be seen in the County Records office)
They include property in Linthorpe (Middlesborough) , Kirkleatham (Redcar),
Brompton (Northallerton).
Indentures in the Northallerton Area include :-
"A sixteenth part of an area of land with eight dwelling houses and
premises, with R.S. Palliser" (son). (The way this Indenture was
written leaves the actual location of the land vague, but I have my
theories. (Research for a later date maybe!)
"South Cottage Estate" 22/1/1885 with a George Holt (Bank
Accountant) I believe this to be the same property as the one referred to in
the last one.
Picture of
Southlands
This is a picture of "Southlands" a large residential building
at the very south end of Northallerton high street. Sadly, no more as it was
demolished, along with other property to the left, in the 1960’s to make
room for the High Street/East road link road and the North Yorkshire County
Library Headquarters. I firmly believe that this is the property that was
referred to as "South Cottage Estate"
"The Malpas" a 4 acre piece of land with a James Bellwood
(Cattle dealer).
An idea of how important the Palliser family were at that time is shown
by the fact that there are two stained glass windows in The Northallerton
Church dedicated to the Pallisers.
These are situated immediately to the left and right
of the door of All Saints Church seen here in 1786.
The left
window can be seen in detail . The inscription under it reads:-
" THIS WINDOW WAS ERECTED AD 1873 BY CHRISTOPHER AND ELIZABETH
PALLISER IN MEMORY OF THEIR PARENTS MICHAEL PALLISER WHO DIED JUNE 16 1869
AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE WHO DIED OCT 11th 1859 AGED 66 YRS. ALSO OF THEIR
SONS MICHAEL WHO DIED AUGst 1st 1868 AGED 18 Yrs AND HARRY WHO DIED OCT 30th
1871 AGED 14 Yrs"
The Right window
reads:-
"IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH MOFFIT WIFE OF CHRISTOPHER PALLISER OF THIS
TOWN WHO DIED AUGUST 22nd 1892
ALSO OF THE ABOVE CHISTOPHER PALLISER BORN JULY 5 1819 DIED JANy 14th
1900"
The inscriptions in the window itself read:-
(Left Pane) "GIVE HER THE FRUIT OF HER HANDS"
(Center Pane) "THIS WOMAN WAS FULL OF GOOD WORKS AND ALMS DEEDS
WHICH SHE DID"
(Right Pane) "LET HER WORKS PRAISE HER IN THE GATES"
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THE PROGRESSIVE PALLISERS
ROBERT
SHOTTON PALLISER 1853-
Robert Shotton Palliser was Christened on the 11th August 1853
(the actual birth dates were not usually recorded in those days) the second
son of Christopher and Elizabeth Palliser (see earlier chapter).
Robert followed in his father’s footsteps in so much as he was involved
in property, (I have over 40 Indentures listed, ) sometimes he was listed as
an Estate Agent living in Harrogate, as in the will of Christopher Palliser
dated 30th September 1899 (Christopher died 14 January 1900 but
the Will was not registered at the North Riding Registry of Deeds until the
3rd of March 1900 (at 10.20 AM).
Sometimes as an Architect, as a copy of a Deed Poll, dated 16 June1902
shows. This Deed Poll will need some investigation as I am not sure exactly
what it is stating. It starts by saying " TO ALL WHOME THESE PRESENTS
COME" so it seems he is GIVING away some land that is mentioned in an
Indenture of Lease dated the 3rd May 1760 (93 yrs BEFORE he was
born) what land? and to whom? And why? (If only they had written it so it
could have been easily understood!)
He seems to have moved a lot as I have found different address in
Harrogate, and in November of 1905 he has his address as Copdock, Ipswich,
Suffolk. This address was shown in a series of transactions With an
Elizabeth Glaister Davidson (Widow of Lt. Col. (Ret.) Thomas Rend Waugh
Davidson of Yatton Court, Kingsland, in the County of Hereford) to do with
seven lots of land (with property) which are now the first houses on Thirsk
road, Northallerton. Each of these transactions has three named parties, the
first two names are the same on each, Elizabeth Davidson (see above) and R S
Palliser. The other name is then different for each property, so whether
Robert was buying from the first named and immediately selling on to the
third, or he was just acting as agent in the transactions I do not know !
(If he was acting as agent it seems a long way to come (from Ipswich) just
to act as agent). A plan showing the different plots also shows that Robert
already owned the land immediately to the East and South !
An interesting note is that although all these transactions are dated 27th
November 1905, the page numbers are spread out, in that:-
Lot No 1 is page 1021 entry 358,
No 2 is page 1140 entry 397,
No 4 is page 1144 entry 398
No 3 is page 1310 entry 454,
No 5 is page 1370 entry 477,
so I wonder why they are so many pages apart and why entry 398 is 4 pages
past entry 397?
Another interesting (to me, anyway) transaction by R.S. Palliser is an
Indenture dated 17th June 1902 with an Albert De Laude Long of
Crosby Gate, Northallerton, involving a locally well known yard called New
Row. In it 24 occupants of the "Cottages or Dwelling Houses, Workshops
and other outbuildings" are listed by name. I assume that they were the
head of the households as the 1891 census showed 109 people living in 22
houses, A record of 1851 showed a man, his wife and six children slept in
one room.
New Row.
As can be seen in this copy of a photograph, the eastern (Back Lane)
entrance to the New Row was by way of an archway, wide enough to allow
transport (presumably for the movement of products to and from the
workshops) to pass through. The western end , which opened onto the High
Street, was by way of a narrow passage, which is still in existence though
the rest of the yard has gone to make way for modern shops.
Note:- I have found three people,
Bertie W Palliser (1882)
Violet M Palliser (1885)
Mildred E Palliser (1886)
who, I believe, were the children of RS Palliser .Who and where they are
has yet to be found.
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NOTES
NOTE 1
"The Vestry" was, and in some places still is, a group of 24
local gentry and prominent trades people, known as " The Four and
Twenty", and headed by the local Vicar, who's job it was to run the
Parish in a similar way to the Parish Council of today, but with a wider
spectrum.
The people on the "Vestry" took it on themselves to select
replacements on the "Four and Twenty", often this was a case of
son taking over from father, or a close friend of one of the group being
asked to join.
They met regularly , every week or two weeks, depending on the urgency of
the business, in the Vestry of the church. ( Whether they got the name from
that part of the church, or that part of the church was named from those
meetings is not known ). All manner of official business was conducted at
those meetings , like choosing and supervising officials such as the Church
Wardens, Constables, Overseers of the poor, and the surveyor of highways,
Deciding how much tax to levy, and how that money was spent.
Some of the spendings were :- Maintaining and renting property to house
the poor and destitute
Any poor and destitute people could approach The Vestry, they would then
decide what action, if any, was to be taken. A few examples of this are:-
1818 "That Joe Sanderson be allowed 5/- (25p) instead of 3/6 during
the present severe cold weather only"
1830 " Thomas Milner, a Whitesmith, given a pair of shoes + 5/- to
enable him to go to Birmingham to procure work."
1831 "Christopher Robinson + wife + 6 children £10-00 passage to
America - only to be paid on board ship at Liverpool"
As time went on The Vestry lost some of its powers and authority. The
care of the poor was taken over by The Poor Law Unions which was set up in
1834. (1837, depending on source) This Union covered fourty parishes with an
overall population of 12,460. Christopher Palliser was obviously very
involved with this work as he is shown to be Vice Chairman in 1890.
An obvious priority of this Union was to update the workhouse. From 1720
the workhouse had been in an old building at the northern end of the high
street, (formally a meeting place for the North Riding Quarter Sessions) But
this was a damp and cheerless place and very prone to flooding by the waters
of the Sun Beck Which ran alongside,
The
Old Workhouse
so, in 1857, (and opened in 1858) a new workhouse was built (at a cost of
£5000) on Friary Fields (The site of an old Carmelite Friarage) at the town
end of Bullamoor road. This was a much bigger building providing
accommodation for 125 inmates . (This building is now the day unit, a small
part of the large complex of the Friarage Hospital.
The
New Workhouse
