At the time of the 1837 Rate Book both properties were owned by members of the Walters family. Wisbar House was owned by Thomas Walters, while Bank Farm, was the property of John Walters and remained in the Walters family until the 1880s.

Wisbar House was not named as such at that time. It was not until a retired sea captain, Lewis Barker, moved there in the early 1900s. He named the property by using the second syllable of Lewis and the first of Barker. He was a recluse and fearsome in appearance to the local children, being tall with a beard and often wearing a skull cap. He was actually a very gentle man.

On the back wall of Wisbar house is a large plaque depicting a lady with long dark hair. No-one is quite sure of its origin but there is a theory that it may have a connection with the Georgian coaching era when the main road would have been along Old Lane before the turnpike road from Deadman’s Green to the top of Church Lane was built.

New Road, at the side of Bank Farm did not come into existence until 1883 when the churchyard was extended.