Hi Geoffrey
My gt gt grandfather was George Phipps who married Charlotte Kear. My gt grandfather was Elijah who was the youngest of their children and moved to Sheffield in the early 1900's.
I have the parents of Thomas Phipps as George Phipps born abt 1748 who married Isabella James on 4 August 1777 at Newland.
I have also enjoyed reading about the early days at Stone Cottage which I found on this site and would like to know more about Rennie.
Regards
Anne