Ferniehurst

Ferniehurst was built by Edward Salt in the early 1860s. Edward Salt married his first wife Mary Jane Susan Elgood on July 10 1861; and it therefore seems likely that the house was built for her. The land belonged to Titus Salt who had wanted to build a house on the Knoll site but had changed his mind and sold that land to Charles Stead. There are no known pictures of the house and no building plans However maps of the area do show the basic plan of the house and of the glasshouses and other buildings. Edward Salt had one of the foremost collections of orchids in the country and the Odontoglossum House at Ferniehurst was considered a model of perfection. Edward Salt lived at Ferniehurst until 1893 when as a result of the restructuring of the family firm he left the area. His collection of orchids had been sold in 1892 and the house had been mortgaged to the Bradford Bank. The estate was offered for sale in 1892. The house was described as having 12 bedrooms, a tower, and a billiard room with a separate staircase. There were also outbuildings including a carriage house for 6 carriages, a separate laundry, a gardener's bothy, 3 vineries and a mushroom house. The estate failed to reach the asking price and was withdrawn from sale. It was eventually bought by George Camille Waud. His family owned Britannia Mills in Bradford. His great interests were growing roses and breeding hackneys; he built a hackney stud at Ferniehurst. In the 1920s he started selling off land from the estate. Temple Rhydding Drive etc. were built on Ferniehurst land. In the early 1930s the house was offered to Baildon Council who declined to take it. The house and grounds were then sold to a quarrying company who are said to have used stone from the house to build the houses in Rockliffe Avenue. Baildon Council eventually acquired the grounds and laid them out as recreation grounds complete with a playground.

Related

• Ferniehurst Dell
• Ferniehurst First School
• The Ferniehurst and Baildon Green Walk
• Woodbottom

1891 Census Data

Dwelling: Fernihurst

Name	Age	Relationship	Gender	Birthplace	Status	Occupation
Edward Salt	54	Head	Male	Bradford, Yorkshire	Married
Sarah A Salt	44	Wife	Female	Bradford, Yorkshire	Married
Robert Walker	24	Servant	Male	Carnforth, Lancashire		Footman
Mary Jane Agar	35	Servant	Female	Danby Yorkshire		Waiting Maid
Annie Snell	39	Servant	Female	Thorpe Nottinghamshire		House maid
Bessie E Luxton	20	Servant	Female	Farway Devon		House maid
Sabina Carnaby	20	Servant	Female	North Kelsey Lincolnshire		kitchen maid

Dwelling: Farm, Ferniehurst

Name	Age	Relationship	Gender	Birthplace	Status	Occupation
John Wm Badland	32	Head	Male	Baildon Yorkshire England	Married
Henrietta Badland	32	Wife	Female	Pool Yorkshire England	Married
Thomas Badland	5	Son	Male	Baildon Yorkshire England
Annie Badland	2	Daughter	Female	Wilsden Yorkshire England

Dwelling: Gardens, Ferniehurst

Name	Age	Relationship	Gender	Birthplace	Status	Occupation
Annie Grange	39	Head	Female	York Yorkshire	Married	Laundress
Jane Grange	12	Daughter	Female	Harrogate Yorkshire	Single
Harry Grange	10	Son	Male	Harrogate Yorkshire	Single

Dwelling: Gardens, Ferniehurst

Name	Age	Relationship	Gender	Birthplace	Status	Occupation
George Russell	37	Head	Male	Cliffe Yorkshire	Married	Garden Labourer
Harriet Russell	29	Wife	Female	Ryther Yorkshire	Married
Frances Russell	4	Daughter	Female	Ryther Yorkshire	Single
Arthur Russell	2	Son	Male	Ryther Yorkshire	Single
Harry Russell	6mo	Son	Male	Baildon Yorkshire	Single
Martha Ann Shepherd	25	Sister in Law	Female	Ryther Yorkshire	Domestic

Dwelling: Gardens, Ferniehurst

Name	Age	Relationship	Gender	Birthplace	Status	Occupation
Donald A Bremner	30	Head	Male	Ambleside Westmorland	Married	Domestic Gardener
Lucy Bremner	25	Wife	Female	Aberford Yorkshire	Married
Jessie Bremner	10mo	Daughter	Female	Baildon Yorkshire	Single
Mary Bremner	60	Mother	Female	Penrith Cumberland

Dwelling: Bothy, Ferniehurst

Name	Age	Relationship	Gender	Birthplace	Status	Occupation
Edward Self	27		Male	Leiston, Suffolk		Gardener Dom Servant
John Allerston	25	Male	Sowerby. Yorkshire

Dwelling: The Lodge, Ferniehurst

Name	Age	Relationship	Gender	Birthplace	Status	Occupation
Henry Newton	54	Head	Male	East Ayton Yorkshire		Coachman
Amelia Newton	25	Daughter	Female	Scarborough Yorkshire
Emily Freeman	34	Neice	Female	Bridlington Yorkshire		Dressmaker

1911 Census Data

Dwelling: Fernihurst

Name	Age	Relationship	Gender	Birthplace	Status	Occupation
George Camille Waud	41	Head	Male	Bradford, Yorkshire	Married	Mohair Spinner
Ethel Sarah Waud	40	Wife	Female	Barnsley, Yorkshire	Married
Noreen Majorie Waud	10	Daughter	Female	Baildon, Yorkshire	Single
Ethel Dimetle	29	Servant	Female	Dublin	Single	Governess
Walter Henry Halder	38	Servant	Male	York, Yorkshire	Single	Butler
Charles Ford Ford	26	Servant	Male	Pickering, Yorkshire	Single	Footman
Annie Pickersgill	41	Servant	Female	Pontefract, Yorkshire	Married	Cook
Edith Rose Weay	23	Servant	Female	Malton, Yorkshire	Single	Lady's Maid
Rachel Smeaton	24	Servant	Female	Hickleton, Yorkshire	Single	Housemaid
Flavell Mary Laude	19	Servant	Female	Hornby, Yorkshire	Single	Housemaid
Hamel Gertude Lord	19	Servant	Female	Balne, Yorkshire	Single	Kitchen Maid (Domestic)

Dwelling: The Farm, Fernihurst

Name	Age	Relationship	Gender	Birthplace	Status	Occupation
Emmanuel Waite	43	Head	Male	Bingley, Yorkshire	Married	Farmer
Hannah Waite	44	Wife	Female	Baildon, Yorkshire	Maried
Harold Waite	13	Son	Male	Baildon, Yorkshire	Single
Emily Waite	21	Daughter	Female	Baildon, Yorkshire	Single	Milliner

Dwelling: Cottage, Ferniehurst

Name	Age	Relationship	Gender	Birthplace	Status	Occupation
William Taylor	36	Head	Male	Great Sneaton, Yorkshire	Married	Head Gardener (Domestic)
Susan Taylor	38	Wife	Female	Scampston, Yorkshire	Married
Mary Edna Taylor	9	Daughter	Female	Baildon, Yorkshire	Single
Alice Maud Taylor	8	Daughter	Female	Baildon, Yorkshire	Single

Dwelling: The Lodge, Fernihurst

Name	Age	Relationship	Gender	Birthplace	Status	Occupation
George Johnson	38	Head	Male	Arkley, Herts	Married	Chauffeur (Domestic)
Emily Johnson	38	Wife	Female	Croydon, Surrey	Married
George Hewitt Johnson	15	Son	Male	Caterham, Surrey	Single	Mill Clerk
Emily Mary Johnson	9	Daughter	Female	Baildon, Yorkshire	Single

Dwelling: Ferniehurst Gardener's Bothie

Name	Age	Gender	Birthplace	Status	Occupation
John Curwen	26	Male	Grange, Lancashire	Single	Gardener
James Milton	26	Male	Chapelthorpe, Yorks	Single	Gardener
Wilfred Johnson	23	Male	Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire,	Single	Gardener
Smith Viney	26	Male	Tadcaster, Yorkshire	Single	Gardener
William Peal	26	Male	Fleetwood, Lancashire	Single	Garden Labourer (Domestic)
Arthur Holbeck	18	Male	Baildon, Yorkshire	Single	Garden Labourer (Domestic)
Walter Lambert	18	Male	East Stockeston, Lincolnshire	Single	Garden Labourer (Domestic)