At last we know where the name Laykin comes from... we had assumed it was from the dialect meaning 'playful'. It seems not!
Here is the extract- not yet complete about the ownership of Laykin
LAYKIN
The house is 200 yards southwest of Nell Tom perched above Belle Isle
Cottage. The 1832 & surveys record a
house with 3 fields of 4.8 acres in total, 1843 nos 609,612 &615 ( 1912 nos
232,233 & 235a) . The land is in the Low Row section of HMR. There is no
mention in HMR of a house, the record being “Bracken Intack, Calf Close, West
Intack in Low Row”. The first record of
ownership is James Fryer in 1744 who sold to the Parke family in 1756. They
sold to Benjamin Sunter in1768 to son Joseph in 1770. He sold to Richard Laykin
in 1784 to his son Richard in1794 then to his son John in1832. John’s daughters
sold it on to James Harker in 1757. In
1832 Richard Laykin was recorded as owner and also in 1843. James Harker
was owner in 1877. He sold to Elizabeth Calvert in 1895 who was owner in 1910.
She died in 1939 and her executors sold to Dr Stabler & family.
House values in 1832 10/-; in 1877 70/-; in 1910 60/-.
The name Laykin does not appear in pre census church registers. So pre
1840 occupiers cannot be identified. First known occupier is George &
Elizabeth (nee Blenkiron) Clarkson 1825
1832?? 1843 & 1851; John & Mary Cherry 1861; Metcalfe &
Elizabeth Calvert 1871; John & Mary (nee Sunter) Pratt; empty in 1891. Elizabeth Calvert had returned by 1901 and
was there in 1910.After her the Petty family, and their children Harry, Mary
(Calvert) & Alf, lived there from 1928 to 1938.
