Guest ramseyclan Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 HI All My aunty sent me some of my nans belongings, in them were two old Xmas cards, dated 1926 & 1927 from Edith M North Manor Farm Darnall We are presuming nan was related to Enid But I cannot find any info on either Enid or Manor farm can anyone help please thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Samuel North, Farmer, Manor Farm, Owlergreave Road, Darnall (1919 & 1925) Edith's husband (presumably). Quite like to see them if possible please. HI All My aunty sent me some of my nans belongings, in them were two old Xmas cards, dated 1926 & 1927 from Edith M North Manor Farm Darnall We are presuming nan was related to Enid But I cannot find any info on either Enid or Manor farm can anyone help please thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ramseyclan Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Think it would be her father, I am guessing she would only be about 17 years old in 1926 you would like to see the xmas cards? Can I ask where you found the info and is there any more info on manor farm thanks much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 www.Sheffieldrecordsonline.org.uk Best wait on a few others "waking up from the grave" regarding other data. Love to see the cards, if possible, please. Think it would be her father, I am guessing she would only be about 17 years old in 1926 you would like to see the xmas cards? Can I ask where you found the info and is there any more info on manor farm thanks much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
History dude Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Owlergreave Road is the road coming up from the railway bridge, part of which turned into Prince of Wales Road. Farms sometimes have a habbit of changing names, so it's a tricky one to say where it is, but an O.S. Map of the area up from the railway bridge, before Prince of Wales Road was constructed in 1921, should show it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ramseyclan Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 RichardB will scan the cards and let you have a look at them thanks history dude I am trying to find the connection between Enid and my nana having the name samuel north will help I presume if I find his wifes name I might have the answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 HI All My aunty sent me some of my nans belongings, in them were two old Xmas cards, dated 1926 & 1927 from Edith M North Manor Farm Darnall We are presuming nan was related to Enid But I cannot find any info on either Enid or Manor farm can anyone help please thanks Samuel North Cottages Manor Farm Darnall Sheffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Not bad from a starting point of next to nowt, well done. Samuel North Cottages Manor Farm Darnall Sheffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
History dude Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 This map of 1795 clearly shows the area in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I presume the farm was not built until after 1906, as it does not appear on maps from that period. 1923 Link to Flash Earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Must have been living on borrowed time here, no mentions of it in the 1965 directory. Link to 1950's OS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ramseyclan Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 thank you all so much, for 1911 census and maps I am very grateful have found the link to my nan, ediths mother was nans aunty maiden name oliver thanks all much appreciated great help from just a little scrap of detail given Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S24 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Looking at that last, 1954 map, it must have been cleared soon after this, to make way for the playing fields for the Acres Hill -Littledale School. It is still a green space today, and a bowling green was built there, later on - now dis-used. I don't ever remember seeing a farm there when I was young, so it must have disappeared around 1954....when I was 6. I was always up and down Prince of Wales Road back then, because my Grandma lived at the bottom of it, just under the railway bridge. I do remember the farm, and the corn fields that stood where the Parkway Market is today, and there was a stream running through that area too. We used to race boats on it. You could walk over the fields from our house on Manor Park, down past that stream and the back of Acres Hill school, and it brought you out where the Dog Track used to stand, at the top of Poole Road, by the back of Cravens. You then cut through a gas lit tunnel under Darnall station, turned right, and followed the path down to the railway bridge at the bottom of Prince. There was a wooden, style-type gate to let you out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
History dude Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Have just compared that 1954 map with the current Google Earth image of the area and the Bowling green and buildings are smack bang on top of where the farm was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 "Samuel North" was the bit that got this rolling, however, http://www.forum.familyhistory.uk.com/showthread.php?p=105293 the find is stated to be from "Sheffield Forum" when we are, of course, SheffieldHistory.co.uk and the information was stated to have come from www.Sheffieldrecordsonline.org.uk Just a thought. Samuel North, Farmer, Manor Farm, Owlergreave Road, Darnall (1919 & 1925) Edith's husband (presumably). Quite like to see them if possible please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ramseyclan Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Thanks to you all, lots of great info sorry richard if I didnt add your forum right (will go and amend my posting) due to everyone involved the case was solved perfectly we could stamp it case solved good work by all (Richard not scanned the cards yet but not forgotten you want to see them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 We're most happy to have helped solve a bit of a Sheffield mystery - it's kind of what we are quite good at. Let your friends and family know we exist, we need more things to work on like this ... No rush with the cards, just nice to see what started the search off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ramseyclan Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hi Richard as promised the cards that set this venture off The little card saying Happy days is a calender of 1926 insert exactly the same as the one for 1927 but with 1926 on it regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ramseyclan Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 ps sorry for poor quality but at least you can see them :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Thank you for taking the time to post them here. Did many people personalise their cards back then, I wonder, instead of buying a "multi-pack" ? ps sorry for poor quality but at least you can see them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ramseyclan Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 These cards are really small about 4"x 3", to me they don't look like a card from someone who was poor, the one with EN on the front was obviously made for her or my her, the other with the little calendar inside even has postage rates for 1926 I wonder if they even had multi pack cards, I think these meant alot more than when we send out cards today glad you liked them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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