The Tweddell's (George's maternal side of the family) were promiant and influential in the West End of Stokesley as seen in the map here -
Map showing the West End of Stokesley, from Paul Tweddell.
The West Green - Stokesley
George Markham Tweddell's great granddad on his mother's side was Horatio Tweddell (Tweddle on baptism), a Sailor, 1729 - 1806 married to Bethalina Chapman 1729 - 94. "Horatio undertook some heavy reading for example an English translation of the Greek historian - Josephus The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus published in Newcastle on Tyne in 1786 and the 1794 edition of A New Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammar of the World (14th edition), The French philosopher Voltaire, the most progressive personality of the Enlightenment, used this book as one source of the historical implausibility of the Biblical gospels, and thus questioned the veracity of Christ's existence. Is it possible that Horatio Tweddell chose to buy Josephus and explore Voltaire's ideas further?"
Earlier Horatio had shown independence of mind by leading the anti-Catholic 'Mass House riot' recorded in John Graves' History of Cleveland of 1808
More about this from North Yorkshire History site http://northyorkshirehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/a-time-line-for-stokesley.html
(War abroad and the Jacobite Rebellion at home doubtless played a part in the riot described below)
Last Tuesday, a number of Stokesley boys pulled some tiles off Mr. Pierson's mass-house, the damage of which might amount to eleven shillings.
The Papists could not see their place of worship thus insulted without resenting it; therefore got a warrant from Mr. Skottowe against one of the boys, (a sailor) who had been the most active in the affair. The constables apprehended the boy the next day; upon which his associates were called together to the number of near two hundred, and being joined by some young fellows, marched in order, (with drums beating and colours flying) to Mr. Skottowe's, at Great Ayton, and declared to him, that they all acknowledged themselves equally guilty with the boy charged with the fact. Mr. Skottowe could not forbear laughing at them; however, after giving them a gentle reprimand, he dismissed them, recommending it to the Papists to put up with the damage.
Upon this the boys went to Ayton, beating up for volunteers for his Majesty's service, and enlisted about thirty or forty boys; then marched to Stokesley Cross, fixed their colours upon it, and made large coal fires about it, the spectators all wondering what were their intentions to act next.
When they had completed the fires, they marched in a full body to the mass-house, got upon it, stripped off all the tiles, and beat down the ceiling; from whence they let themselves down into the chapel, pulled it all to pieces, and tossed the things out of the windows into the yard, where they had placed a guard to secure them.
When they had got everything out, not even sparing the doors and wainscot, they marched with their booty to the market cross, and set the things around the fires; then one of them put on a fine vestment and cap, with a mitre in his hand, and mounted the cross, called them all around him, and made them a speech, in the conclusion of which he told them, that in consideration of the great service they had done to their king and country, in destroying the mass-house that day, he presumed, from the great authority he was then invested with, to absolve them from all their past sins; but exhorted them for the future to lead a peaceful and godly life; upon which they gave a great huzza, - God save King George, and down with the Mass! then he put off his robes, and threw them into the fire; at the same time each hand was employed in burning the rest of the things laid ready for the flames; after which they dispersed, and went to their respective homes.
G M Tweddell's annotated copy of Ord's History in Northallerton Library records that "Horatio Tweddell" was "the boy (a sailor) who had been most active in the affair"."
Horatio's son and George's maternal granddad - John Tweddell 1770 - 1850 lived in the West End of Stokesley with his wife Camilla Rowntree 1774 -1849.
Paul Tweddell pointed out John Tweddell's 'mansion' at the back of the West Green, pictured here -
John Tweddell's mansion - it has obviously been altered since.
A close up - you can one of the windows now blocked in.
A view from West Green of the tunnel through to John Tweddell's mansion.
The 'mansion' is behind the trees on the Stokesley to Hutton Rudby road.
These cottages in the West End of Stokesley were built by the Tweddell's on John Tweddell's land.
Masonic hall Stokesley
George Markham Tweddell joined the Loyal Cleveland Lodge of Freemason in 1847 when it was first inaugerated in Stokesely. Back then the Lodge met at the The Golden Lion Hotel in Stokesley (now Chapters) but by1894 a purpose built Masonic Hall was built in the West End on land, I understand from Paul Tweddell, that belong previously to John Tweddell, who died in 1850. George was involved in disscussions about it's design apparently.
Paul Tweddell told me that John Tweddell has a Drapers and Grocers shop on West Green but was unsure where the shop was. At times George would live there, while working a Braithwaites print shop in 1840's and on return from his work with a Ragged School in Bury c 1860 for a short while before he moved to Middlesbrough.
I can't be sure but I think this picture shows John Tweddell's shop as being next to the Masonic Hall and incorporated into it. At the time of the picture the shop belong to John Butterwick but could well have been the John Tweddell's previously up to 1850.
In the corner of the West Green is a path going through to the Broadacres estate called The Stripe, previously known as Tweddell's Stripe. If you follow it through, the old path led eventually to Seamer and Middleton on Leven. (see the map).
The next location in the West End is Oakland's House but not directly related to the Tweddell family but it was the site of the biggest Printing and Publishing company in Stokesley in the 19th Century and it did start out at 30, The High Street, Stokesley (The Paper shop) where later,m under William Braithwaite, George Markham Tweddell served his printing apprenticeship.
Daphne Franks says, in her pamphlet Printing and Publishing in Stokesley
"The eldest son of William Pratt Senior (John Slater Pratt) was to become the most enterprising Printer / Publisher in Stokesley. When he inherited the business in 1832 on his father's death, John became wealthy enough to build a mansion at the west end of town which he named Oakland House. This more or less three acres of land was a symbol of his success. Built of fine stone in the Provincial Palladian style, with a frontage of four bays, separated by Ionic Pilasters, it exhibited an unusually sophisticated and expensive taste in the area where most houses were built of brick. In 1851 John Slater Pratt installed a Steam Engine, Printing Press, Warehouse and Gass Works (one of the earliest in Stokesley) and outbuildings on the premises. From his press poured books to serve every need and taste. By 1851 62 people were employed in the printing trade in Stokesley and the majority worked for JS Pratt."
Recently the building has been extended as can be seen in the photo.
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