At  this  time  Wheatley  Hall  was  in  the  occupation  of  his  kinsfolk,
the  Ellis  family,  who  afterwards  removed  to  Hollin  Hall.  William
Boiling,  in  conjunction  with  his  brother  Edward,  was  in  the  tobacco
business  in  Ilkley,  which  he  appears  to  have  given  up  on  the  death
of  Edward  in  1760.      He  married  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Thomas

*  Dr.  Collyer  writes  that  when  Ben  Rhydding  was  building-  in  1846  and  the
founders  were  casting  about  for  a  name,  the  matter  came  up  for  discussion  one  evening
in  the  **  Pint-Pot  Parliament,"  which  had  sat  at  the  Wheat  Shea/ in  Ilkley  time  out  of
mind.  Mr.  Hamer  Stansfeld  (the  founder)  wanted  a  *'good  and  ancient  name,"  and
was  particularly  wishful  to  know  what  the  upland  was  called  in  the  old  times  on  which
Ben  Rhydding  is  built  Nancy  Wharton,  our  hostess,  said  she  knew,  and  gave  us  the
name  Ben  (not  Bean)  Rydding.  It  had  passed  out  of  the  common  memory,  but  had
survived  by  some  good  hap  in  Nancy's  mind,  and  it  was  from  this  little  seed  the  name
sprang  again  which  has  became  famous.
