Location: Keenley

Keenley - February 1981

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

Burnlaw - Circa 1885

Annie Hinde (1862-1931).  Sister-in-law of Sarah Walker Wigham of Coanwood, who married her elder brother.   Annie is recorded in the 1891 census as a visitor of the Shield family at Burnlaw, Keenley. After her mother’s death, Annie married Joseph Teasdale later in life. Original photo inscribed: Annie Hinde ( Teasdale)

Burnlaw - 1872

Photograph has initials of some of group members below – mainly surnames are ‘S’ – Shield.  Group is thought to include Janie Hall, Emma Shield, Janet Harkness, Eliza Shield, Alice Harkness, Ann Shield, and at front Ebenezer Small. Back row: Unknown, Elizabeth Shield (1860-1958), Joseph Shield (1859-1950), HH, Hugh Thirlwell Shield (1858-77), Jane Shield (1864-1936) … read more

Keenley - Circa 1884

Family group associated with Hilda Ann Eliza Wigham (1884-1898), the babe-in-arms in the blurred right-foreground. Back, l to r:   Hugh Thirlwell Shield (uncle, 1858-87), Emma Wigham (mother, 1850-85), Matthew T Wigham (father, 1855-1920). Front, l to r: Hugh Shield (grandfather, 1814-1888), Ann Shield (grandmother, 1816-99), Eliza Shield (aunt holding baby, 1854-1933), baby Hilda Ann … read more

Burnlaw - Circa 1895

Hindes and Shields. Although they lived in Cumberland, William and Sarah Hinde visited Sarah’s close relations at Burnlaw. Front row: Sarah Walker Hinde (née Wigham, b.1846), Elizabeth Shield (b.1860), William Shepherd Hinde (b.1848) Back row: unknown, unknown, Jane Shield (b.1864)

Burnlaw - Circa 1898

(Back row) Elizabeth Shield (1860-1958), George Wigham, Joseph Shield (1859-1950) holding his daughter Dora (1897-1933) (front row) Alice Pickering (front left), Ethel Shield (1893-1983) and Hannah Shield (1821-1904)

Keenley - Date Unknown

The old and the new bridges over the Crockton burn, Keenley. This bridge is situated near Burntongues on the Thornley Gate – Whitfield road. As this photo shows, the old bridge used to have a much steeper approach down to it on either side until this work raised the bridge significantly to the general level … read more