 In the years prior to his 1847 marriage, Francis Lupton was living with his mother Ann at Newton Green Hall which adjoined both Potternewton Hall and Newton Hall, the homes of his brother's Darnton and Arthur respectively.By the outbreak of the Second World War, Newton Hall and Potternewton Hall had been demolished and replaced by the city's largest private housing estate.Olive Middleton (née Lupton) grew up at Rockland in Potternewton.