The building dates back to the late 17th Century and is a typical
Lakeland farmhouse with the original house being extended on two
occasions. The farm has been in our family since February 1801
when William Slater purchased "the Messuages, cottages. barns,
stables, cowhouses gardens orchards, seventy acres of land, twenty
acres of meadow and twenty acres of pasture" for one hundred
and twenty pounds. The Slaters built Parkergate and High Side and
have a long history in the village. evidenced by the headstones in
St Bega's church. The family tree has been traced by distant
relatives in Canada and in July 2000 there was a 'Slater reunion'
with some 30 relatives returning from Canada, Australia,
New Zealand and the U.S.
More recently, from 1938 the farm was occupied by a tenant, John
Mackereth, until he passed away in 1995. The family still farm
surrounding fields.
