Keenley - Circa 1920

Hunter Oak, Keenley. A likely 17/18th century farmhouse but with an older bastle structure existing in nearby buildings and within a field wall.

Keenley - Circa 1858

Hannah Shield (1822 – 1904).  Wife of Abraham Shield who farmed at Burnlaw, Keenley.  The Shields were Quakers who farmed there from at least the 1750s to the middle of the 20th century.

Burnlaw - Circa 1885

Ebenezer George Wilson Small (b.1864). Born, and orphaned at a young age, in Port Louis, Mauritius he grew up in Allendale from at least the 1870s as the adopted child of Abraham and Hannah Shield. As a Quaker, Ebenezer subsequently travelled as a young man to New Zealand.

Burnlaw - Circa 1881

Group – showing Shields and Wighams. (back) Jane Shield (1864-1936), John Hall Shield (1857-1950), AH (front) Sarah Watson Wigham (1848-1916), Ebenezer George Wilson Small (b.1864), Elizabeth Shield (1860-1958)

Keenley - Circa 1893

The Hudspith family Back – John (1845-1925) Front – Margaret Elizabeth (1878-1928, later Temperley), Alice Mary (1881-1960), Margaret (1857-1909), Thomas Henry (1886-1975)

Keenley - Circa 2000

Keenley Wesleyan Chapel has managed to survive – still in use in 2001. Built in 1750 after John Wesley’s visit to Keenley, it was later rebuilt in 1875.

Keenley - 1910

Keenleyside Hill, Keenley. The child at the door is Robert Lowdon (1908-1966) who was born there and lived at Keenleyside Hill with his parents Robert (b.1871) and Edith (née Laidler, b.1874) and sister Agnes.

Burnlaw - Circa 1895

Female relations at Burnlaw, Keenley. Rear: Elizabeth Shield (1860-1958),  Janet Shield (née Harkness, 1859-1928); Front: Eliza Shield (1854-1933), Ann Eliza Harkness (b.1868), Jane Shield (1864-1936) Elizabeth and Jane were the daughters of Abraham Shield of Burnlaw (1809-1888) and Janet Harness married their brother, Joseph Shield.  Ann Eliza Harkness was her younger sister.

Keenley - Date Unknown

Workers at Crockton bridge, Keenley.  This bridge is situated near Burntongues on the Thornley Gate – Whitfield road. The old bridge used to have a much steeper approach on either side until this work raised a new bridge significantly to the general level of the road on either side.

Burnlaw - Circa 1910

The Pickering family, grandchildren of Abraham and Hannah Shield of Burnlaw, Keenley. L-R Elizabeth (1899-1984), Hugh (1903-1993), Hannah (1894-1966), Alice (Elsie, 1891-1981) , (Joseph) John (1896-1971), Marian (1892-1973)

Keenley - February 1981

The Range at Low Howe, Leadgate,West Allen. Shop destroyed by fire in 1765 – John Clark

Keenley - Circa 1897

BR – Dora Ridley, John French (1848-1900), Hannah Ridley FR – John Ridley, Janet Shield (1859-1928), Fred Ridley, Dora French (John’s daughter, 1881-1963). Janet Shield holding her daughter Ethel Shield (1893-1983).

Keenley - Circa 1890

Janet Shield (née Harkness, 1859-1928).  Jane, her husband Joseph and their daughters lived at Westside, Keenley.

Burnlaw - Circa 1925

Haymaking at Burnlaw, Keenley. L-R. Ethel Shield (1893-1983), Dora Shield (her sister, 1897-1933), John Hall Shield (their uncle, 1857-1946), Hugh Pickering (their first cousin, 1903-1993), Joseph Shield (their father, 1859-1950).

Burnlaw - Circa 1897

(Back row) Margaret Wigham (Front row) Thomas Wigham (1840-1917), Hannah Shield (1822-1904), Ethel Shield (1893-1983 – granddaughter of Hannah)