Whinfield House Stone Gateposts

Whinfield House Stone Gateposts


The only evidence remaining of Whinfield House are a pair of stone gateposts that are still in situ


Whinfield House was originally the home of Henry Newsham Peddar.  The house was later occupied by Edmund Robert Harris.  The only evidence remaining of Whinfield House are a pair of stone gateposts that are still in situ.  They currently look like this.


Whinfield House Stone Gateposts
Whinfield House Stone Gateposts



Whinfield House Stone Gateposts
Whinfield House Stone Gateposts



Whinfield House Stone Gateposts
Whinfield House Stone Gateposts



Whinfield House Stone Gateposts
Whinfield House Stone Gateposts



It is likely that they have been moved slightly from their original position.  The road was widened along Pedders Lane.  The Ordnance Survey Six inch scale maps from the end of the nineteenth century show a benchmark.  This is possibly on the gates.  Georeferenced maps, comparing a modern day satellite image to the maps, appear to have the benchmark in the middle of the modern road.  That being the case, it seems that they have been moved further up the former Whinfield House driveway in a north-westerly direction.


Whinfield on a Late Nineteenth Century Ordnance Survey Map
Whinfield on a Late Nineteenth Century Ordnance Survey Map


The Pedders of Preston


Henry Newsham Pedder circa 1860 - Copy of Preston Camera Club photograph
Henry Newsham Pedder circa 1860

The history of the Pedder family of Preston is important for two reasons.  Firstly, the family opened the town’s first bank in 1776, a year before the first cotton mill, and managed it for nearly a century until its collapse in 1861, during which time it helped finance the rapid growth of the cotton industry in the town. Secondly, the family provides a case study for the preservation of privilege across generations.


I have also included an image from the Red Rose Collections taken in 1862 looking the other way, to show their proximity to the River Ribble before it had its course diverted.  


View looking east from Whinfield House in Ashton taken in 1863
View looking east from Whinfield House in Ashton taken in 1863


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Further reading and sources of information

The Pedders of Preston from the Preston History website

https://prestonhistory.com/people/the-pedders-of-preston/

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The Ashton area of Preston on late nineteenth century maps.  Ordnance Survey Six inch scale maps courtesy of the National Library of Scotland

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16.3&lat=53.76477&lon=-2.74399&layers=6&right=ESRIWorld

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Henry Newsham Pedder - Copy of Preston Camera Club photograph
From the Lancashire County Council Red Rose Collections

https://redrosecollections.lancashire.gov.uk/view-item?i=214089

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View looking east from Whinfield House in Ashton taken in 1863 from the Preston Digital Archive

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rpsmithbarney/4151009583/

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The Ribble from Whinfield House 1862. An illustration of how close the old course of River Ribble came to the house. From the Preston Digital Archive

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rpsmithbarney/4121879623/

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Location: 5 Pedders Grove, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston PR2 1NS, UK

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