Families of the Lyth Valley
Grassgarth
At one time there had been two separate farmsteads at Grassgarth
Occupants
| 1669 | Mr James Hodgson from Grassgarth had a seating allocation in the Chapel |
| 1669 | Mr William Garnett Grassgarth (Girsgarth) was also allocated seating in the chapel |
| 1841 | (census) Robert and Jane Philipson |
| 1841 | (census) James Lewis and family |
| 1851 | (census) Peter Moon |
| 1851 | (census) David Lewis |
| 1860 | (Kendal Mercury) advert Mr William Heaton will sell by auction cattle horses and implements at Girsgarth |
| 1861 | (census) John Wood farming 35 acres |
| 1869 | (Kendal Mercury ) report Richard Lewis of Lyth fined 5 shillings |
| 1871 | Argles purchased from William Henry Wakefield |
| 1931 | (Westmoreland Gazette) obituary report Mrs Edwards Grassgarth |
| 1933 | (Westmoreland Gazette) report about a cockfight at Grassgarth Ben Edwards Lint Inman John Otway and Birketts were fined £3 each for taking part |
| 1947 | Batten Edwards Grassgarth died |
| 1963 | 2nd November sale of farming stock and equipment for Miss Daisy Edwards |
| 1964 | William and Yvonne Sharp tenants |
| 1971 | Leslie and Ann Park tenants Mr Ken Harrison and family lived in the farm house |
| 1993 | Mr Denis Johnson purchased from the Argles the farmhouse buildings and adjoining land |
Deaths
Agnes Hodgson 1661
James Hodgson 1670
Son of Alice Preston 1690
Thomas Briggs 1718
Dorothy Robinson 1727
Jane Starnthwaite 1783
Baptisms
John Wilson 1711
Thomas Wilkinson 1759
Thomas Philipson 1766
Agnes Philipson 1769
John Moon 1771
Betty Moon 1774
James Moon 1779
William Moon 1784
Aggy Philipson 1787
Mally Moon 1788
Sally Philipson 1792
Thomas Philipson 1793
Stephen Philipson 1804
Betty Bainbridge 1811
Jane Philipson 1812
Isabella Philipson 1812
Thomas Gibson 1812