FOXLEY OAKS

I have been trying to place whereabouts on Newbridge Lane the Newbridge Inn and Foxley Oaks colliery would be. There is nothing left of either on Newbridge Lane now but I think these photos are fairly close to the area. The first photo shows roughly where the colliery would be.

REVOLUTION HOUSE CIRCA 1920

Photo from Picture the Past showing the Revolution House circa 1920, when people were still  living in it.

 

MAPS

Further to my post re Samuel Hinde yesterday. As I mentioned he owned many pieces of land and wooded areas in Whittington in mid 1700. I have now been joined by my friend and fellow researcher Elizabeth Pemberton in trying to plot on old maps (both working from our separate homes !) where these pieces of land actually were.

Names like Far Dam Close, Piper Hole, Hollow Meadow, Near Brown Holme and many more have disappeared from recent maps.

It is difficult to imagine that the whole area around Whittington had very few houses at this time. However, the good thing is that the two rivers appear on all of the maps and are a good starting point to work from.

CO-INCIDENCES

 I am currently researching a gentleman called Samuel Hinde who lived in Old Whittington mid 1700's until his death in 1809. He owned much of the area on Newbridge Lane down towards the canal, including the Foxley Oaks area, many other pieces of land in Whittington and it is not a name I was familiar with.

Imagine my surprise yesterday when I visited the churchyard at Old Whittington to look for the Hinde graves and bumped into two ladies who were looking for the same graves. They are descendants of Samuel Hinde and we were able to exchange information about him. It was a coincidence that we should all have chosen the same time to visit the churchyard.

We found the graves and I hope to be able to post more information about Samuel Hinde and Foxley Oaks in the next week or so.

MURDER AT WHITTINGTON

 I came across this piece in the Sheffield Independent 29 March 1845 reporting a murder that had taken place at old Whittington.  

The report covers the murder, the trial and the verdict and can be read at Old Whittington One Place Study – Old Whittington War Memorial people places trades Sydall Swanwick (oldwhittingtonops.com)

It is quite a long piece to read full of detail and a very sad event for all concerned.

HATCHETS AND KNIVES

This piece taken from the Sheffield Daily Telegraph 15 September 1925, sounds as though it was only luck that stopped the event turning into something more tragic.

What is amusing is that the author of the piece notes that the parties are Welsh, which he seems to think explains their behaviour!

BULLS HEAD PART 2

Further to my recent post on the rebuilding of the Bulls Head I have found this drawing of the original Bulls Head which was posted in Old Chesterfield Pics in 2017 by Alan Taylor

There was a newspaper entry in the Derbyshire Times Chesterfield Herald on 17th January 1903 in the 'Notes by the Way' section which gives interesting details regarding some James II coins and human bones which were found at the site when the new Bulls Head was built.