Guest Gramps Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Out of curiosity I had a look in Rev. W. Odom's Hallamshire Worthies for Bernard Wake, but although several Sheffield lawyers have biographies there, Bernard Wake is not amongst them. Perhaps because he was a Roman Catholic ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 From Sheffield Records online 1873 Land Owners Index There were 2 matches owner address acres roods poles £ s. Bernard WAKE Pitsmoor 61 1 3 217 18 William WAKE Sheffield 24 - 36 66 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest annebe9554 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 If I have read this right this is the Grandson of Bernard Wake. Hello, this is great, thanks for posting the info. Philip Wake is my great, great uncle. My maternal grandmother Edith was his niece. By the way, there were several Bernard Wakes, Bernard was a name that cropped up in every generation of the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Hello, this is great, thanks for posting the info. Philip Wake is my great, great uncle. My maternal grandmother Edith was his niece. By the way, there were several Bernard Wakes, Bernard was a name that cropped up in every generation of the family. Hello and Welcome Annebe9554, hope you get to post lots of questions, we have a variety of knowledgeable people here in all sorts of subjects. Even if we can't answer your question, we welcome it (and all Sheffield related stuff) and we put in a good effort, the best we can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 If I have read this right this is the Grandson of Bernard Wake. I am curious to know which book these are from. Is it 'Sheffield at the opening of the 20th Century'? Hugh :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gramps Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I am curious to know which book these are from. Is it 'Sheffield at the opening of the 20th Century'? Hugh It is. Mr. Wake on page 196. I'm curious as to how this branch of the family came to be Roman Catholic. According to Alfred Gatty, Bernard Wake attended Ecclesfield parish church for many years before he bought Crowder House, and was a generous benefactor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 It is. Mr. Wake on page 196. I'm curious as to how this branch of the family came to be Roman Catholic. According to Alfred Gatty, Bernard Wake attended Ecclesfield parish church for many years before he bought Crowder House, and was a generous benefactor. Not sure about that but I was interested to learn that the Roman Catholic Chuch of St Charles, Attercliffe was dedicated in memory of William Wake's eldest son Charles (whose death is reported in a cutting I posted above.) The land for the Chuch was donated by William Wake with £500 coming from the Duke of Norfolk and a similar amount from Miss Wake and family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siren Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I am curious to know which book these are from. Is it 'Sheffield at the opening of the 20th Century'? Hugh The book I got the picture from is Edwardian Biography: Sheffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gramps Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 The book I got the picture from is Edwardian Biography: Sheffield You mean this one ? Dictionary of Edwardian Biography: Sheffield-Reprinted From "Sheffield at the Opening of the Twentieth Century: Contemporary Biographies" by Pike, W. T. Pub. Peter Bell, 1984 The original also has a section by S. O. Addy on the history of Sheffield which includes a number of photographs of the larger houses around Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skeets Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Just out of interest I came across Bernard Wake's signature on will on one of my ancestors. HI Dunsbyowl . Wqke -Smith was my solicitor in the 50ties , the solicitor who dealt with my stuff was Mr MacKinder, he was an old man in those days, and very nice too , his office was the most untidy place you could imagine ,boxes on every inch of floor space, big bundles of papers tied with string piled high on shelves on every inch of the walls , but he knew where every thing was, he had an oil painting half covered with hangiing bits of paper, hung on the wall, of the founder of the business he told me. So l assume this was the same man. Skeets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 HI Dunsbyowl . Wqke -Smith was my solicitor in the 50ties , the solicitor who dealt with my stuff was Mr MacKinder, he was an old man in those days, and very nice too , his office was the most untidy place you could imagine ,boxes on every inch of floor space, big bundles of papers tied with string piled high on shelves on every inch of the walls , but he knew where every thing was, he had an oil painting half covered with hangiing bits of paper, hung on the wall, of the founder of the business he told me. So l assume this was the same man. Skeets Cheers Skeets - sounds like my office but I can't find anything!! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trefcon Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Re Gramps post 31. Wake grave. From St. Mary's Ecclesfield.( Didn't take a pen so will get an inscription next week) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trefcon Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 This plaque is at the entrance to the Priory and Ecclesfield Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 And did you know? Bernard Wake played Cricket for Yorkshire ( as did his nephew!) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wake_(cricketer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BOXHAMMER Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I remember the house as a kid ...It has taken me 40 odd years to find out about the place ...I recall it being quite a scary place , sort of semi derelict but there was always a single light bulb on in a hallway which stopped us going any closer than a few yards ........i was only about 5 yrs old and people told us spooky stories about the house ...perhaps just to keep us out ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wallace25 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Wake Family History - Sheffield I have recently acquired a large suitcase full of unusual Victorian Sheffield Books - Photographs - Photo Albums - Scrap Books - Postcards from the Wake family Is this the place to look for a buyer ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wallace25 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Before the arrival of suburbia there were three large properties at Osgathorpe. Osgathorpe Hills became the De la Salle RC Grammar School on Scott road. Osgathorpe House was demolished and submerged under the development of Sturton and Gayton roads. Osgathorpe Cottage, which was much more than a cottage, lasted until about the late 60s/early 70s. An old peoples home now occupies the site. Osgathorpe Cottage was probably the oldest of the properties, some of the outbuildings looked distinctly Elizabethan in style. The site should really have received some archaeological attention before it was redeveloped as the name suggests it was a homestead long before the Normans arrived. OSGATHORPE HOUSE & ABBEYFIELD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 More details, descriptions please - price - PM me or email SheffieldHistory:gmail.com I've been known to buy "stuff" ... OSGATHORPE HOUSE & ABBEYFIELD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 On 20/12/2008 at 13:08, dunsbyowl1867 said: You are indeed correct Dean! Nos. 9, 10 and 11, Pass Houses and Nos 14 and 16, Passhouses Roads18596 Information with the photograph: Passhouses Road, Pitsmoor takes its name from the Pass Houses, originally the farm attached to the Abbeyfield Estate. A Batchelor named Pass was the owner in 1830's. Mr. Mosely became eventual owner of the farm portion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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