syrup Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Hi fellow SHs A fellow drinker in my local Public House would like to find out the History of his house it was built around 1750 acording to local knowlege and is known as Cromwel Cottages its location is Thornwell Lane Thorpe Hesley. Hope some one can help.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 On further investigations in my Local it seems these Cottages were named Thornwell hill Cottages with the address of Thornwell Hill There were either 5 or 6 in total and more than likely belonged to the Wentworth Woodhouse Estates and the date could have been mid 1800s rather than 1750 as i stated in my previous post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest magaloof Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 hi syrup. re cromwell house. i lived at no2 thornwell hill with my parents in the 60s and 70s.there were 4 cottages in total. members of my family the Spurrs occupied three cottages and the Bennett family in one other. it was a beautiful place to live. in 1973 the estate evicted every one so they could sell them off .my ma and pa moved to a council house in harley. hope this is of interest to you dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 hi syrup. re cromwell house. i lived at no2 thornwell hill with my parents in the 60s and 70s.there were 4 cottages in total. members of my family the Spurrs occupied three cottages and the Bennett family in one other. it was a beautiful place to live. in 1973 the estate evicted every one so they could sell them off .my ma and pa moved to a council house in harley. hope this is of interest to you dude. Hello magaloof and welcome to the Site, I was trying to find the History of said Cottages for a fellow drinker in my local who is living there now, i have put him on course and he is now traceing the History himself now, thank you for your information and i will pass it on to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest magaloof Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 hello again. my grandad was born in 1884 and lived at no3 thornwell hill all his life. he told us the cottages were originally nail makers cottages.there was a disused well in our garden which had serviced nearby houses .it was filled in as apparrently it was the source of some disease in the 1900s.hope this is of interest to the owner of cromwell house. i am new to the internet so this is so fascinating for me to read .kind regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent 20 Feb 1858 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest magaloof Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 how interesting! has anyone got any old photographs of the cottages ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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