Bell House was owned by David and Issac Hartley Known as the Cragg Coiners.  

The 'Coiners' were led by a man know as 'King David' Hartley who lived at Bell House a medieval farmhouse. The gang got together because their lives were ones of living close to great need. Most were already having to work long hours keeping their families alive by weaving in their lonely farms as well as keeping animals  to produce the provisions needed to keep body and soul together. Some of the men were also having to do jobs for others to keep their families alive by working in quarries and mills in truly terrible conditions, so hours were long and hard.