--1054578414664 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Pat I wonder if you can assist me? My 2xgreat grandfather, William Taylor, in the 1851 census, living in Street, Brampton Bierlow, WRY, gave his birthplace as West Wold, Lincs. I cannot find it in any source. Since you are from Lincs, I wondered if you migh know of its location. George Regards George Toth of Stockport, UK Some names being researched: CASE worldwide TOTH - Europe/USA AREOFF & variants ALGER West Ham & Lincolnshire. GREENHOFF Barnsley HORS*MAN Bucks & London SALKELD Brampton Bierlow, Wath upon Dearne TAYLOR Brampton Bierlow & Barnsley, Yorks (pre 1896) & Canning Town, (post 1895) THORPE & NICHOLLS (Yorks & West Ham) NB - This digital cable Television system accepts text emails rejecting many other formats. It ADDS the truncated original message as an ATTACHMENT when replying. It does not have a cut & paste or address book. George On Fri, 30 May 2003 12:14:49 +0100 patsmith21@ukonline.co.uk wrote: --1054578414664 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com ([207.40.200.39]) by smtp.cwctv.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.447.44); Fri, 30 May 2003 12:11:52 +0100 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id h4UBErqF016725; Fri, 30 May 2003 05:14:53 -0600 Resent-Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 05:14:53 -0600 X-Original-Sender: patsmith21@ukonline.co.uk Fri May 30 05:14:53 2003 Message-ID: <1054293289.3ed73d297af8d@myaccount.ukonline.net> Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 12:14:49 +0100 From: patsmith21@ukonline.co.uk Old-To: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROTH] FROST & Mary YEARDLEY References: <1c6.a5e3963.2c07393b@aol.com> In-Reply-To: <1c6.a5e3963.2c07393b@aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1.1-cvs X-Originating-IP: 62.254.0.11 Resent-Message-ID: <fq4gNB.A.DFE.t0z1-@lists2.rootsweb.com> To: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/427 X-Loop: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L-request@rootsweb.com Return-Path: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L-request@rootsweb.com Hello Sheila The Wentworth Woodhouse papers (an extensive collection!) are held at Sheffield Archives, in Shoreham Street, Sheffield. You would have to visit the archives to view them. Some of my Wentworth family seem to have worked on the Estate and I am trying to find their records, but it is not easy. I have started to look at the papers myself, and it will be a long job to get through them all. They are indexed, and the staff at the archives would advise you where a list of employees is like to have been recorded; having an idea of the date would help them too. If you go into Google search engine and type in Sheffield Archives, the site should come up and you can get their contact e-mail address and more details. Regards Pat Smith Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire gQuoting KhanSheila@aol.com: > I would also be interested to know if there are any records of Wentworth > Woodhouse. > > If anybody knows could they please reply to the list. My G G Grandfather, > John Staceywas a woodman in Wentworth and I have wondered if he could have > been > employed at Wentworth Woodhouse. > > Sheila (South Wales) > > I transcribe for FreeBMD at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com > Website: http://sheilakhan.topcities.com > > > ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== > Remember to say 'please' and 'thankyou' in your postings - both go a long way > to getting responses. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== Please do not use the list as a source of advertising for personal or business use - this includes adding company names to your signature. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --1054578414664--

My grandmother Gertrude Sybil Newsum lived at 94 Clough Rd, Rotherham at time of 1891 census. She also referred to it as "Osborne Villa" and described it as having 3 stories. Could anyone tell me more about the area, please. In a modern directory Clough Rd listed businesses of the motor type. What would it have been like in 1891? Is there a site where I could find a photo of the area? TIA Pat Bloemfontein, South Africa

There was a Joseph Platts who was active as an architect in Rotherham in the earliest years of the 20th century. He designed Imperial Buildings (at the top of the High Street), the former Rotherham Co-op building opposite and the shops at the corner of Doncaster Gate and Wellgate (now Disreali's Bar) Tony Munford Rotherham England -----Original Message----- From: David ABDY [mailto:dhabdy21wood@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 30 May 2003 20:57 To: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROTH] Wentworth and Tankersley Dear Listers. Can anyone assist?? 1. I wish to know who commissioned the building of Tankersley Manor. Anybody got any ideas?? 2. Does anyone know of any READERs or PLATTs living in the Mexborough, Swinton and/or Rotherham area around 1870 to 1910? 3. Does anyone have any knowledge of any ABDYs who may have resided in Swinton/Mexborough around 1895 to 1910? Many Thanks for your time if you can help. Regards David H Abdy 21 Woodhall Road Calverley Pudsey LEEDS LS28 5NL ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== Do not post unsavoury material or anything which may upset others to the list. Anyone doing so will be removed - as will those who reply to such material - the listowner will deal with such issues off list. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

From the 1851 Census CD (only one family) Henry Higgitt County: Derby Relation to Head of House: Head Place of Birth: Derbyshire, England, Shipley Gender: Male Age: 53 Marital Status: Married Occupation: Coal Wharf Labourer Enumeration District: Shipley Address at Time of Census: Shipley Common Family Number: 4337 Anne Higgitt County: Derby Relation to Head of House: Wife Place of Birth: Derbyshire, England, Ilkeston Gender: Female Age: 52 Marital Status: Married Enumeration District: Shipley Address at Time of Census: Shipley Common Family Number: 4337 Anne Higgitt County: Derby Relation to Head of House: Daughter Place of Birth: Derbyshire, England, Shipley Gender: Female Age: 24 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Dress Maker Enumeration District: Shipley Address at Time of Census: Shipley Common Family Number: 4337 Elijah Higgitt County: Derby Relation to Head of House: Son Place of Birth: Derbyshire, England, Shipley Gender: Male Age: 17 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Tailor App Enumeration District: Shipley Address at Time of Census: Shipley Common Family Number: 4337 Hannah Higgitt County: Derby Relation to Head of House: Daughter Place of Birth: Derbyshire, England, Shipley Gender: Female Age: 20 Marital Status: Unmarried Occupation: Dress Maker Enumeration District: Shipley Address at Time of Census: Shipley Common Family Number: 4337 Richard Saunders Woburn, MA Looking for Saunders from Rotherham

Dear John, I'm afraid the information is very sketchy. The only reference we have to the TAYLOR surname is from a family tree typed up many years ago by an unknown person, where my g grandmother appears to have a sister, Mary TAYLOR, which we have taken as evidence that she married a Mr TAYLOR (christian name unknown). I suppose I should see if I can find their marriage in the St Catherine House Index. Below are the full details of Mary's family that we know of so far: George KAY (my gg granfather), 23 son of ? KAY & ??, m. Ann CASSON, 23 on December 25 1846 by Banns in the Parish of Sheffield (NOTE: this family was living at Low Winkobank at the time of the 1881 Census, Ann's widowed mother Ann CASSON aged 90 & blind was living with them then). Emma KAY (my g grandmother b. Nov 16 1848 Grenoside or Shire Green?, Yorkshire, d. Nov 21 1925 Methven, New Zealand) m. William CARR Ann KAY, b. bet. 1857-58 at Ecclesfield, warehouse assistant (1881 Census), m. ? WHITBREAD (I think ?) Mary KAY, b. ? at ?, m. ? TAYLOR (I think ?) Sorry, the information is so vague on the TAYLOR side, and so may not be much use to you. Will let you know if ever I come up with anything more detailed. Kind regards Malcolm Carr (Christchurch, New Zealand)

Pat (and other Listers) You asked if any of the FROST and YEARDLEY names married a SMITH of Wentworth, but I'm afraid that my so far very incomplete research hasn't come up with any. I think I have identified the siblings of my FROST ancestors, but there are only two marriages of which I am aware: Emma FROST b. 1844 (daur. of Joseph FROST & Mary YEARDLEY) married Henry WALLER. On the 1891 and 1901 censuses they are shown living at Spittle/Spittall Houses, Wentworth. My grandfather Fred FROST and his elder brother William Joseph FROST married two sisters from Hamilton, Lanarkshire - Jane and Mary TWADDLE. My father's cousin tells me that they met at a conference of the Brethren Church in Carlisle. Both brothers were miners in the Wentworth area in 1891. Later William kept the post office and greengrocers in Thorpe Hesley, and my grandfather eventually (I don't know when) became a nurseryman at Ackworth, Pontefract. He had left the Brethren Church in the early 1900s after having spent some time as a missionary in Barbados. This hasn't been any help for you with the SMITH name, but I would be interested if anyone on the list has any information on the Brethren Church on the Rotherham area. Thanks for all the contributions which have made me very keen to spend some time exploring around Wentworth - the Wentworth website is very informative. Regards to all Graham Frost Bedford

I'm researching HIGGITT and SHAW from Kimberworth. Terry Foxcroft Khancoban Australia

Hi David: Checked on the 1901, these seem to be the only ABDY's with connections to Swinton (where my Grandmother still lives today): James Abdy 27 Yorks Misson Yorkshire Rotherham Carter Blast Furnace 46493923 25158938 Sarah Abdy 25 Yorks Swinton Yorkshire Rotherham 46493923 25158939 Gertrude Abdy 1 Yorks Swinton Yorkshire Rotherham 46493923 25158940 And also found a young George ABDY staying with his mother's family: Elizabeth Platts 45 Yorks Chapeltown Yorkshire Swinton Midwife 46493692 25178638 Martha Platts 27 Yorks Swinton Yorkshire Swinton Laundress 46493692 25178639 St Stephens Platts 20 Yorks Swinton Yorkshire Swinton Stove Grate Moulder 46493692 25178640 Elizabeth Platts 14 Yorks Swinton Yorkshire Swinton 46493692 25178641 John Platts 12 Yorks Swinton Yorkshire Swinton 46493692 25178642 Ann Platts 10 Yorks Swinton Yorkshire Swinton 46493692 25178643 George Abdy 3 Yorks Swinton Yorkshire Swinton 46493692 25178644 Here is William Platts from the 1901 census - for whatever reason he wasn't enumerated with the family: William Platts 51 Yorks Sheffiled Yorks Swinton Moulder Stove Grate 48198402 34393672 If you can afford it, I highly recommend purchasing census scans of the above from the PRO. Hope this helps you out. Belinda Robinson London Ontario Canada

Dear Listers. Can anyone assist?? 1. I wish to know who commissioned the building of Tankersley Manor. Anybody got any ideas?? 2. Does anyone know of any READERs or PLATTs living in the Mexborough, Swinton and/or Rotherham area around 1870 to 1910? 3. Does anyone have any knowledge of any ABDYs who may have resided in Swinton/Mexborough around 1895 to 1910? Many Thanks for your time if you can help. Regards David H Abdy 21 Woodhall Road Calverley Pudsey LEEDS LS28 5NL

Hello Steve I have in the Rotherham area Alfred Mathewman b1881 and his brother Samuel. Regards John

Hi, I am reseaching the following : Michael Skehan married Elizabeth O'Connor at St Bedes Catholic Chapel in 1854, both Irish & for both this was a second marriage. Elizabeth lived in Westgate in 1854. They live in Tinsley and then after Michael's death the family lived in and about Attercliffe. They had numerous children and numersous ways of spelling their name Skain, Skeen, Skane etc. Would love to hear from anyone connected. Paul Whitaker

Thanks Jim for this lovely Wentworth village site, of which I was unaware! I hope it will help others too to know what a lovely village it is. My Smith family seem to have come from Tankersley, when John Smith married Ann Balmforth in 1823 and are listed on the 1841 census and 1851 census, which reveals he was born in 1797 .John died in 1857 - and Ann is listed as a Widow and a launderess on subsequent census records until her death. My great grandfather, one of John's sons, Joseph, lived at Barrow Field Gate, but John and Ann lived at Spitalhouses. I have visited Wentworth on numerous occasions in recent years, as my second cousin still lives in the cottage in the main street where my great grandfather and family went to live about 1891. Pat Smith Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire Quoting Ericthelad@aol.com: > Graham- > For pictures of Wentworth, take a look at > > http://www.wentworthvillage.net/index.shtml > > As well as pictures, this also has an interesting family tree of the > Fitzwilliam family. For older pictures, I can commend (not just because it > includes > photographs of my grandfather and great-grandfather!) the excellent book "The > > Big House and The Little Village" by Roy Young, published by Wentworth Garden > > Centre in March 2000. > > I'm not sure if Hood Hill Lodge still exists as it is some years since I was > > in Wentworth. It was situated at the end of what was called 'The Coach Road' > > which ran from Hague Lane in Wentworth to the Sheffield - Leeds turnpike (now > > the B6135) at Hood Hill. I believe that the lodge was used by the NCB > Opencast > Executive at some stage. The area around the Coach Road and Spitalhouses was > > taken over by them in the 1940's and 1950's and accomodated the screening > plant > for coal taken from the opencast mines in Wentworth Park and around the > village. > > Spitalhouses was a hamlet fairly remote from Wentworth village itself. The > houses were Fitzwilliam houses and hence for workers, or retired workers from > > the Fitzwilliam Estate. > > Jim Sykes > Researching: PEPPER (Wentworth, Wath and the lands between), FROGGATT > (Wentworth), KITCHEN (Wentworth and Brampton), EVANS (Elsecar), CUSWORTH > (Wath and > Elsecar), GARTON (Cheshire and Wentworth), MOUNTAIN (Flockton, Wath and > Greasbrough) and SYKES (Hoyland and Birdwell) > > > ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== > Visit ENG-ROTHERHAM archives for past postings: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ENG-ROTHERHAM > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net

Hello Sheila The Wentworth Woodhouse papers (an extensive collection!) are held at Sheffield Archives, in Shoreham Street, Sheffield. You would have to visit the archives to view them. Some of my Wentworth family seem to have worked on the Estate and I am trying to find their records, but it is not easy. I have started to look at the papers myself, and it will be a long job to get through them all. They are indexed, and the staff at the archives would advise you where a list of employees is like to have been recorded; having an idea of the date would help them too. If you go into Google search engine and type in Sheffield Archives, the site should come up and you can get their contact e-mail address and more details. Regards Pat Smith Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire gQuoting KhanSheila@aol.com: > I would also be interested to know if there are any records of Wentworth > Woodhouse. > > If anybody knows could they please reply to the list. My G G Grandfather, > John Staceywas a woodman in Wentworth and I have wondered if he could have > been > employed at Wentworth Woodhouse. > > Sheila (South Wales) > > I transcribe for FreeBMD at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com > Website: http://sheilakhan.topcities.com > > > ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== > Remember to say 'please' and 'thankyou' in your postings - both go a long way > to getting responses. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net

Hello I have often seen the names you are researching on the records I am researching at Rotherham archives, which are at Rotherham library - well worth a visit, but you have to book in advance to get on a film reader. If you go into the search engine Google and type in Rotherham Family History Society, you should get onto the site where there are some photos of Wentworth Woodhouse. It is supposed to be the largest stately home in England with 365 rooms. I wonder if any of your Frosts and Yeardleys married any Smiths of Wentworth, as my great grandfather was one of a large family. He was Joseph Smith, baptised in 1832 in Wentworth and married Emily Dobson, but I have as yet not located their marriage. I still have a second cousin, who shares my great grandfather, still living in the family home, which has been their home since about 1891. Of course, the house is owned by the Wentworth Park Trust. It is a lovely unspoiled village as no modern development has been allowed. Regards Pat (Smith) Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire Quoting Graham Frost <g.frost@ntlworld.com>: > Many thanks to Chris and Gail for their information. > > I have the following as children of Joseph and Mary FROST with birth dates: > > Sarah abt. 1838 > Frederick 1840 > Emma 1844 > Arthur (my G Grandfather) 26 May 1847. His birth certificate has mother's > name as "Mary FROST formerly YEARDLEY" > Frank 1849 > > Some of my information on the FROST name has come from censuses, but I > haven't seen all of the censuses yet, and haven't looked for Mary YEARDLEY > there yet. Also I don't have a record of when Mary YEARDLEY died. > > The death certificate for Joseph shows that he died at Spital Houses, > Wentworth 1 Sep 1889 age 79. Occupation: gardener. He may well have worked > on the Wentworth Woodhouse estate as my G Grandfather was born at Hoodhill > Lodge, Wentworth. > > Can anyone tell me where I might find records and photographs from Wentworth > Woodhouse? and does Hoodhill (or Hood Hill) Lodge still exist? > > Graham > Bedford > > > ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== > Visit ENG-ROTHERHAM archives for past postings: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ENG-ROTHERHAM > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net

Hi Pat Thanks for the info. I will look into it and hopefully be able to get to Sheffield myself one day soon. Sheila (South Wales) I transcribe for FreeBMD at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com Website: http://sheilakhan.topcities.com

Graham- For pictures of Wentworth, take a look at http://www.wentworthvillage.net/index.shtml As well as pictures, this also has an interesting family tree of the Fitzwilliam family. For older pictures, I can commend (not just because it includes photographs of my grandfather and great-grandfather!) the excellent book "The Big House and The Little Village" by Roy Young, published by Wentworth Garden Centre in March 2000. I'm not sure if Hood Hill Lodge still exists as it is some years since I was in Wentworth. It was situated at the end of what was called 'The Coach Road' which ran from Hague Lane in Wentworth to the Sheffield - Leeds turnpike (now the B6135) at Hood Hill. I believe that the lodge was used by the NCB Opencast Executive at some stage. The area around the Coach Road and Spitalhouses was taken over by them in the 1940's and 1950's and accomodated the screening plant for coal taken from the opencast mines in Wentworth Park and around the village. Spitalhouses was a hamlet fairly remote from Wentworth village itself. The houses were Fitzwilliam houses and hence for workers, or retired workers from the Fitzwilliam Estate. Jim Sykes Researching: PEPPER (Wentworth, Wath and the lands between), FROGGATT (Wentworth), KITCHEN (Wentworth and Brampton), EVANS (Elsecar), CUSWORTH (Wath and Elsecar), GARTON (Cheshire and Wentworth), MOUNTAIN (Flockton, Wath and Greasbrough) and SYKES (Hoyland and Birdwell)

Hello Listers I am new to the list and haven't posted my names before. If anyone has links to these names I would like to hear from you. George Smith NEWSUM was born between 1837 & 1839 according to varying ages provided at census and marriage. I have not found him on BMD. He married Mary Jane WALKER (2nd wife) 5 Sept 1881 at Parish of Eastwood, Rotherham. Mary Jane (b. abt 1850) was the dau of Robert Turner WALKER and Sarah. >From this marriage were born: Henry Darnley 1884 (Dec qtr) Gertrude Sybil 24 Jan 1887 (my gmother) Arthur Cecil 1890 (Sept qtr) His first marriage was to Jane BRAMHAM and I know of 3 children: Kate b. 1866 (June qtr) George b. 3 Oct 1872 (have birth cert) William b. abt 1875 If SKS has access to 1871 or earlier census could they check whether there were any children born before 1866? I have info from 1881 & 1891 census. Could someone shed some light on an apparent duplication of these children in 1881 census: the children are listed as living with their father at Doncaster Gate 1 Court 3 where George is called "John". They are also listed as niece/nephew living with Jane Hollingshead at 18 Eastwood Lane??!! In 1891 Robert & Sarah WALKER were living with their dau and son-in-law. Robert was b. abt 1820 Balby, Yorks. Sarah b. abt 1818 in South Kirby, Yorks. I do not have her maiden name. TIA Pat Daubney in Bloemfontein, South Africa

Graham Rotherham & Sheffield archives have photo's & records, more from Sheffield than Rotherham. Also you can buy a book called in & around Thorpe Hesley & Wentworth which as plenty of pictures of the village & of the people who lived there. As for Hoodhill lodge, I'm not sure. regards Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: Graham Frost <g.frost@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: [ROTH] FROST & Mary YEARDLEY > Many thanks to Chris and Gail for their information. > > I have the following as children of Joseph and Mary FROST with birth dates: > > Sarah abt. 1838 > Frederick 1840 > Emma 1844 > Arthur (my G Grandfather) 26 May 1847. His birth certificate has mother's name as "Mary FROST formerly YEARDLEY" > Frank 1849 > > Some of my information on the FROST name has come from censuses, but I haven't seen all of the censuses yet, and haven't looked for Mary YEARDLEY there yet. Also I don't have a record of when Mary YEARDLEY died. > > The death certificate for Joseph shows that he died at Spital Houses, Wentworth 1 Sep 1889 age 79. Occupation: gardener. He may well have worked on the Wentworth Woodhouse estate as my G Grandfather was born at Hoodhill Lodge, Wentworth. > > Can anyone tell me where I might find records and photographs from Wentworth Woodhouse? and does Hoodhill (or Hood Hill) Lodge still exist? > > Graham > Bedford > > > ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== > Visit ENG-ROTHERHAM archives for past postings: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ENG-ROTHERHAM > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Many thanks to Chris and Gail for their information. I have the following as children of Joseph and Mary FROST with birth dates: Sarah abt. 1838 Frederick 1840 Emma 1844 Arthur (my G Grandfather) 26 May 1847. His birth certificate has mother's name as "Mary FROST formerly YEARDLEY" Frank 1849 Some of my information on the FROST name has come from censuses, but I haven't seen all of the censuses yet, and haven't looked for Mary YEARDLEY there yet. Also I don't have a record of when Mary YEARDLEY died. The death certificate for Joseph shows that he died at Spital Houses, Wentworth 1 Sep 1889 age 79. Occupation: gardener. He may well have worked on the Wentworth Woodhouse estate as my G Grandfather was born at Hoodhill Lodge, Wentworth. Can anyone tell me where I might find records and photographs from Wentworth Woodhouse? and does Hoodhill (or Hood Hill) Lodge still exist? Graham Bedford

I would also be interested to know if there are any records of Wentworth Woodhouse. If anybody knows could they please reply to the list. My G G Grandfather, John Staceywas a woodman in Wentworth and I have wondered if he could have been employed at Wentworth Woodhouse. Sheila (South Wales) I transcribe for FreeBMD at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com Website: http://sheilakhan.topcities.com