OVER KELLET - A BRIEF HISTORY
The excavation of the Bronze Age burial site near Manor Farm, Borwick in 1982 suggests there may have been settlements hereabouts then. With an ever present water supply from the several springs (hence the Norse name Keld or Kellid) in the village, a prime requirement was met.
In the Parish the oldest dated building is Birklandbarrow. 1663 is the date of it's rebuilding, but it had been a working farm attached to Cockersands Abbey for centuries before. There is an early reference to Berchlundberg (Birchcopse Hill) circa 1250. In Capernwray and Over Kellet there was considerable rebuilding in the late C17th and early C18th, as the wattle and daub buildings were replaced by stone. Houses probably continued to be thatched for a short time. Hall Garth, as we know it, is the site of an earlier manor house, possibly built of brick. One interesting farmhouse is Capernwray Old Hall. It was the seat of the Martons before the building of the 'new' Capernwray Hall. The frontage dates back to circa 1700, but some of the rear goes back much earlier to the C 13th and has very substantial walls. |
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