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Family history Müller - Humphreys
Abbots Reading, Haverthwaite, Ulverston, Cumbria, England    54.26° N Latitude  3.01° 'W Longitude
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Abbots Reading in 1869

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Abbots Reading in the year 1882

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Abbots Reading in the year 1932

Above: Abbots Reading in the year 2010(the left wing of the building is still there, though the photograph only gives a slight indication of it)

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2010

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The estate of Abbots Reading had been owned by the Postlethwaite family, churchwardens of Colton, for some generations. In 1809, when the last surviving member of this family, Janet Benson née Postlethwaite, died, her son Arthur Benson became the "5th of Abbots Reading". He died in 1827, his last surviving sister Frances in 1835, and all his siblings stayed without issue. Their nearest relative was their cousin

Sarah Willat

's only son

G.F.Dickson

who inherited the estate, He was followed by his son

Arthur Benson Dickson

. The estate stayed in the Dickson family until the second half of the 20th century. The last Dickson who lived here was Amy Dickson,

A.B.Dickson

's elder daughter who died in 1958.

2010

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2010

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Entrance to the Stables, Hay Loft:
in 1882 (right) and in 2010 (below, with descendant)

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Below:  Abbots Reading from the air

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Abbots Reading's
last Dickson  inhabitant,
Amy Dickson (1869 -1958)

Above: "Field with view towards Abbots Reading Farm"


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