Hello, All these letters about Roche Abbey reminded me that on the Census 1901; My great great aunt Elizabeth is stated as being born at Roche Abbey, Yorks. Is it a place or a registration district too? Edward BURGIN and his wife Mary A., with Elizabeth were living at Longley Bridge, Shiregreen, Yorkshire. (RG13 Place 4332 Folio 74 Page 7 Schedule Number 48) Edward BURGIN Head M 52 Notts, Newark Farm bailiff Mary A wife 52 Aberystwyth, Cardigan, Wales Elizabeth dau 17 Roche Abbey, Yorks The letters so far seem to only relate to it as a ruined abbey. Can anyone help? Sue Mann Toowoomba, Queensland Research interests: BURGIN; SIMPSON; COLLINS - Lincoln BURGIN; SARGESON; HARGREAVES; HUTCHINSON - Yorks. WOODHEAD; NUTTER; - Lancs THOMSON; MCCONNACHIE; DAVIE; PRYDE; CRAIK - Lanark, Midlothian

Hello Sue, There used to be houses at Roche, about four possibly five in a terraced row. I can just about remember them before they were demolished. How can I explain what they looked like to you? If you have never been to the abbey it will be difficult but here goes.......As I recall (and I do want to stress I was a very young child so may have missed some obvious things) the houses were situated at the bottom of a small limestone cliff, reached along the same path that took you to the Abbey ruins. The path was just a dirt track that went off through the woods to the right eventually coming out at Maltby Village. The path went up along the cliff to the main road between Maltby Village and Stone Hamlet and also a third section went a few hundred yards further along to the left to the Abbey ruins. The houses had windows on one side only as the back of them abutted upto the path which ran quite high - in other words the ground floor of the houses was a lot lower inside than the path outside! The front of the houses faced south and looked across the stream and over to the far side of the valley. This gives the impression of a vast landscape but it is quite the opposite. The stream is exactly that - just a little brook and the otherside of the valley is a lot less than half a mile. The houses had a little stone bridge in front that crossed the brook and as I recall there were apple trees. I don't remember if they had a communal yard or individual gardens. The fruit trees and the little bridge are still there but the houses are long gone. On the other side of the Abbey, a few hundred yards from Stone there were (they are still there) some larger houses, farms and what used to be a water mill. I don't know if these dwellings would be classed as Stone or Roche. Today they are within the boundary of the field at the back of the Abbey. Although the field is now private property it has a public footpath through it and is used a great deal by the general public. One of the best views of the abbey is to be had from the top end of this field! Sandra. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue & Richard Mann <suemann@enter.net.au> To: <ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 7:08 AM Subject: [ROTH] Re: Roche Abbey > Hello, > All these letters about Roche Abbey reminded me that on the Census 1901; > My great great aunt Elizabeth is stated as being born at Roche Abbey, > Yorks. Is it a place or a registration district too? > Edward BURGIN and his wife Mary A., with Elizabeth were living at Longley > Bridge, Shiregreen, Yorkshire. > > (RG13 Place 4332 Folio 74 Page 7 Schedule Number 48) > Edward BURGIN Head M 52 Notts, Newark Farm bailiff > Mary A wife 52 Aberystwyth, Cardigan, Wales > Elizabeth dau 17 Roche Abbey, Yorks > > The letters so far seem to only relate to it as a ruined abbey. > Can anyone help? > > Sue Mann > > Toowoomba, Queensland > Research interests: BURGIN; SIMPSON; COLLINS - Lincoln > BURGIN; SARGESON; HARGREAVES; HUTCHINSON - Yorks. > WOODHEAD; NUTTER; - Lancs > THOMSON; MCCONNACHIE; DAVIE; PRYDE; CRAIK - Lanark, Midlothian > > > ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== > When posting to the list, please remember to add at least your christian name and the area or country where you live. This helps those who want to help you give you the best source of information. > > ============================== > 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 > >