The name in English: Lowis, from Lodowicus a Norman personal name composed of the germanic elements hlod - fame and wig -War. Also recorded as Chlodevechus the latter form becoming Clovis and the former into the german Ludwig. The name was introduced into England at the time of the Norman Conquest. Lowis le Briton 1166. Walterus fullus Lowis 1209. Geoffrey Lowis 1202
The Bentleys first appear in the registers in 1861. Tom and Hannah Bentley are recorded as living at Shap Lodge. Tom is described as a labourer. Tom was born about 1828 at Reigate in Surrey. Hannah was born at Melkinthorpe.
The first Edward Hawksworth who brought his family to New Inn Farm as it was then called was born in Kendal. Baptised on 9 th March 1788 he was the son of William and Agnes Hawksworth. The Hawksworth family seemed at the time to be mostly found in Yorkshire and Lancashire, although they are mentioned in Lincolnshire and probable came into Lancashire with the agricultural and industrial revolutions .
