boginspro Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 On eBay, but I can't place it, ------- https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YORKSHIRE-SHEFFIELD-CROOKES-TROITCH-HILL-HALL-TILES-ON-ROOF-MISSING-PHOTO-CARD/363042105324?hash=item5486fee7ec:g:GAUAAOSwv6lfBJ~l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest leksand Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Not sure whether this is helpful or not, but when glancing at the writing to the side initially thought I read Daniel Hill. Could it possibly be a corrupted version of a scrawled note which fortuitously became recognisable again through reading at a peculiar angle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopman Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Is it Twitch Hill Hall? There's a Twitch Hill in Horbury, but I don't know of any reference to Crookes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, Hopman said: Is it Twitch Hill Hall? There's a Twitch Hill in Horbury, but I don't know of any reference to Crookes. Thanks, Yes I can now see Twitch but likewise don't understand the reference to Crookes. 11 hours ago, leksand said: Not sure whether this is helpful or not, but when glancing at the writing to the side initially thought I read Daniel Hill. Could it possibly be a corrupted version of a scrawled note which fortuitously became recognisable again through reading at a peculiar angle? Thanks , but I can't see Daniel in it, I tried to think of all the hills in the area that it may be but came up with nothing. I now think Hopman is correct with the word Twitch, if so it is now a question of the link with Crookes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_1981 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 There is also a Twitch Hill in Hope. I found reference to a Twitch Hall Farm in newspapers from late 1880s to 1920s. The postcard seems to show a collection of buildings rather than a 'hall'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_1981 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 This article about the derivation of the word gives some alternative spellings that might be useful in your search @boginspro: https://yorkshiredictionary.york.ac.uk/words/twitchel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 5 hours ago, Stu_1981 said: There is also a Twitch Hill in Hope. I found reference to a Twitch Hall Farm in newspapers from late 1880s to 1920s. The postcard seems to show a collection of buildings rather than a 'hall'. Thanks, I didn't know about that one so that area is a strong possibility, though there is still the difficulty with the Crookes reference. There is a house called Twitch Hill, grade 2 listed, near the top of Twitch Hill in Horbury but I can't see any resemblance to the old photo'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rover1949 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 I see Troitch is the handwriting, looking at the r and o in Crookes> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 "Twitch" seems to be related to winding roads on hills. On June 21st 1568 Richard Stanyfurth attended the Manor court to arrange rental of a parcel of land called Twytchill to John Shirtcliffe for six years. The west end of it contained three acres within the soke of Southey. Twitch Hill Farm near Hope is mentioned here in 1879: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartshome Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Hia all, just to add another name to the mix. I have spoken to my friend who grew up in Crookes, where her Gran had a shop till the '50s. She remembers the name ' DROICH' and this spelling, but has no idea where it was. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_1981 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 On 14/07/2020 at 20:38, Heartshome said: Hia all, just to add another name to the mix. I have spoken to my friend who grew up in Crookes, where her Gran had a shop till the '50s. She remembers the name ' DROICH' and this spelling, but has no idea where it was. Very interesting @Heartshome. There could be many alternative spellings of this too: Droich, Droicht, Droitch.... I found this article about the a possible meaning of Droich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichK Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 On 08/07/2020 at 11:24, Stu_1981 said: There is also a Twitch Hill in Hope. I found reference to a Twitch Hall Farm in newspapers from late 1880s to 1920s. The postcard seems to show a collection of buildings rather than a 'hall'. Twitchhill Farm is still there, it's on the track up to Win Hill. It too is a collection of buildings from my memory of running past it. This is the best I can get of it: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Win+Hill/@53.3571228,-1.7357808,194a,35y,39.34t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x487a2b44aef9ce55:0x9aa18e84d646310e!8m2!3d53.3625368!4d-1.7204466 Feels very tenuous. Presumably the photographer would have written the location on the postcard, and they often made mistakes? Are there other "crookes" around the country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichK Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 The only hall listed anywhere near Crookes on the 1855 map is Lydgate Hall, which I've tried to convince myself the Troitch was trying to be. A non native sheffielder, on a photography trip might struggle with "lyd-gate" or "ligget", but.....nah even I can't get that past myself. Could that T be an L? Nah. I can't find many pictures of Lydgate Hall but it looks like a single large building. Nah again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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