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COWLING'S HISTORIC MANSION
AN OLD FAMILY'S INTERESTING CONNECTIONS
Farmers and other residents of the Cowling
and Glusburn districts gathered in large force at the Queen's
Hotel, Keighley, yesterday
afternoon, for the sale of the Carr Head estate.
The estate, which formerly belonged for many
generations to the Wainman family, passed
into the hands of a syndicate some twelve
months ago, and as a result of yesterday's sale
different parts of it now become the property of
tenants whose family connections with it go
back in some cases for generations.
On the estate is a fine old mansion known as
Carr Head, the history of which goes back
nearly 300 years. Henry Pighills, who rebuilt
Laverock Hall, Oakworth, in 1640, left four sons .
and a daughter, and one of these sons, Thomas, bought Carhead
House from Stephen Laycock. Nathan Pighills, who survived all his brothers,
inherited their property, and bought a portion
of Carr Green from William Wainman, who, by his marriage with
his cousin Mary, daughter of
Edmund Laycock,
 had obtained a part of Colling
Carr and the Manor of Cowling. Nathan
Pighills died in 1711, and left his estate to his
great nephew, John Bradley, whose son, also
named John, married Olive, daughter of
Edmund Garforth, of Steeton Hall, but died on
November 15, 1751, without issue. Elizabeth,
daughter of John Bradley, the elder, became
the sole heiress of her brother. She married on
May 4, 1740, Richard Wainman, of Boiling,
near Bradford, grandson of the before-named
William Wainman, and son of William Wainman,
of Bolling, who was married in 1702 to
Hannah Rawson, of Bolling Hall.
The last mentioned William Wainman sold Old
Carhead (formerly called Colling Carr) to
Edmund Laycock, of Horncastle, Lincolnshire.
Richard Wainman, by his marriage with Elizabeth
Bradley, became possessed of the Carhead
estate, and his son, William Wainman, re-purchased
the remainder in 1788 from Dr. Edmund
Laycock, of The Close, Lincoln. Stephen Lay-cook
in 1616 purchased Carhead (formerly Carr
Green) from Alvary Copley; Hugh Laycock
was the owner of Colling Carr (now Old Car-head)
in 1611, and Edmund Laycock bought the
Manor of Colling from Alvary Copley in 1630.
The following were the Wainman family in succession:
Richard Wainman, died February 21,
1790, aged 85; William Wainman, died April
5. 1813, aged 78; Richard Bradley Wainman,
died 1842, aged 59; and William Bradley Wainman,
who died February 17, 1872, aged 59.
The Coulthurst family of Gargrave became
associated with the estate by the marriage of
the late Mr. John Courthurst (who was chairman of the
Skipton Bench of Magistrates) to
Maria Amelia, eldest daughter and co-heiress of
William Bradley Wainman mentioned above.
The Wainmans were extensive property owners
in and about Bradford, and their name is
perpetuated in Shipley by Wainman Street.
When in 1815 the Lord of the Manor for
Shipley procured the passing of an Act of
Parliament for enclosing the common lands of
Shipley amongst the various freeholders of the
township, the Wainman family were at that
period the largest landowners. Mr. W. W.
Wilberforce resided at Carr Head while he was
Stipendiary Magistrate in Bradford, and up
to
recently Mr. George Green was the tenant.
Bradford Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 1923.
Further sections to be
included later.
Do you have any
interesting information relating to Carr Head, then please contact
Moonrakers on mail@moon-rakers.co.uk
or telephone Ken Edgar on 01535 630273
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