he bought a house and land at Nether Leck. He became a lawyer and in 1755 married a wealthy heiress, Mary Trotter, who was the daughter of Richard Trotter of High Hall. The couple had eight children. He died in 1773, while Mary lived for another fifty years and died at the age of 96. Edward Tatham (1763-1842) her eldest son was the next owner of the Hall. He married in 1786 Susanna Gibson and had three children. She died in 1819 and in the following year he married Elizabeth Preston but they had no more children. The 1841 Census records him and Elizabeth living at Hipping Hall with four servants. In 1840 his younger brother Richard died and left him Summerfield House which was near Kirkby Lonsdale. This house then came into the Tatham family of Hipping Hall and both properties were passed down through the generations. Edward’s eldest son by his first marriage was Edward Tatham (1787–1863). He died unmarried in 1863 and left the property to his nephew John Swainson, a manufacturer. He sold the property in 1868. The Wearing family The Hall was bought in 1868 by Richard Wearing (1824-1890) who was described as “a gentleman”. He was born in 1824. In 1865 he married Agnes Hyde Parkes the daughter of Rowland Parke of Leck Villa. The Couple had two sons. When St Peter’s Church in Leck was rebuilt in 1879 Richard presented three bells to the Church. Then in 1889 when his eldest son Richard Rowland Parke Wearing came of age two more bells were given to the Church. When Richard died in 1890 his eldest son inherited the Hall. He became a lawyer. He did not marry and when he died 1927 the house was passed to his brother William Thomas Wearing, a retired medical practitioner. References External links Hotels in Cumbria