Families of the Lyth Valley
Bridge End Smithy.
Tenants and Owners
| 1841 | (Census) William Brockbank family blacksmiths. |
| 1861 | (Census) William Brockbank family blacksmiths. |
| 1883 | Accounts for Messrs Edward Inman, Matthew Walling, and William Dickinson |
| 1884 | Accounts for Messrs James Trotter, George Taylor, Barrow Jackson,Joseph Shepherd, Johnathan Walling, Mrs Anne Prickett, Cottam brothers from Foulshaw and Richard Ormrod from Foulshaw. |
| 1905 | (Bulmer) George Brockbank blacksmith. |
| 1906 | Bridge End Smithy for sale or let. Three generations of the Fletcher family were next to manage the Smithy. |
| 1969 | 25th February - Joseph Fletcher died. |
| 2002 | 7th January – Peter Fletcher died. |
| 2002 | Smithy on the market, offers over £142,000. |
| 2003 | Taylors purchased Bridge End Smithy. Kendal Record Office – account book of Brockbank family |