Sandra I think thats right Slade Hooten. You probably know Bullatree Farm. My great aunt left the farm when Mr Yardley died and she died at the grand old age of 98. I remember she used to draw water from a well. One of the rooms was a smoking room that had a lot of brass artifacts like hunting horns and bed pans on the walls and there was a chest for dirty monk habits lol. The barns were still standing hat had been built in Roman times. I hwas bequeathed the agreement of tenant farmer with Earl of Scarborough should frame it. Was also given a silver chalice from the Thorne Agricultural Fair where Mr Yardley predecessor won a prize for the best pen of gimmers. Took me ages to find out what gimmers were. Steven > > From: "S.Todd" <todd@todd55.fsnet.co.uk> > Date: 2003/03/04 Tue AM 10:29:45 GMT+13:00 > To: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ROTH] Roche Abbey Stones > > Hi Steven, > Do you mean Slade HOOTON. > There are others - HOOTON Levitt - HOOTON Pagnell - HOOTON Roberts. All > very close but as a contender I still put my money on Laughton (pronounced > Lorton). If you imagine a small circle then Maltby, Laughton, Hooton > Levitt, Roche, Stone are all on the circumference, with the brook running > through the valley bottom as the diameter. I live about 1000 yards from the > brook almost exactly opposite Hooton Levitt and as the crow flies from > Laughton. > Sandra > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <steven.montgomery@xtra.co.nz> > To: <ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:18 PM > Subject: Re: [ROTH] Roche Abbey Stones > > > > G'day > > > > Could have been Slade Houghton > > > > S > > > > > > From: "S.Todd" <todd@todd55.fsnet.co.uk> > > > Date: 2003/03/02 Sun AM 05:33:04 GMT+13:00 > > > To: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: [ROTH] Roche Abbey Stones > > > > > > Hi Steven, > > > I think the name you are looking for is Laughton or as it should be > > > Laughton-en-le-Morthen. There has always been a link between this > village > > > and Roche. I think that the original grant of land for the Abbey came > from > > > a resident of Laughton. > > > As to the building at Laughton being from stones ransacked from the > Abbey, > > > this is indeed possible. The following is taken from the book "The > Voices > > > of Morbath" -if anyone has an interest in the Reformation I can > recommend > > > this book -..... > > > "The attitudes of the man and woman in the pew towards the Dissolution > are > > > hard to assess, and must often have been ambivalent. But Morebath's > > > acquisition of a window from the spoil of Barlinch should not be taken > as a > > > sign of approval. In the 1560's, a generation after the dissolution, a > > > Yorkshire yeoman who had been part of a syndicate which had bought up > the > > > timber and bells from the steeple of Roche Abbey was asked by his son > > > 'whether he thought well of the religious persons and the religion that > was > > > then used.' When he replied that he had indeed thought well of the > monks, > > > having had no occasion to think otherwise, his son asked 'then how came > it > > > to pass you was so ready to destroy and spoil the thing you thought well > of? > > > What could I do, he said: might I not as well as others have some profit > of > > > the Spoil of the Abbey? For I did see all would away: and therefore I > did > > > as others did." > > > > > > It would have to be a very early building if the abbey stones were used. > It > > > is quite common here abouts to say that anything that looks old 'was > built > > > with stones from Roche Abbey'. This mostly is not the case - I speak > from > > > experience as I live in a cottage built in 1754 - which everyone in the > > > local areas presumes was built with these stones. Although the cottage > does > > > have flagstone floors they are not from the abbey - nor the stone used > in > > > the walls. Usually you can tell where the stone came from -there were > > > numerous quarries in the area and the further west you go from the abbey > the > > > stone turns from white to cream and then to a reddish tinge. Although > the > > > quarry that was used for the abbey building is still there I doubt that > any > > > stones have been taken from it for many hundreds of years. > > > Sandra. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <steven.montgomery@xtra.co.nz> > > > To: <ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 1:08 AM > > > Subject: [ROTH] Roche Abbey > > > > > > > > > > Kia Ora to all > > > > > > > > Funny how ghost subjects come out. My great aunt Catherine O'Brien was > > > house caretaker of Bullatree farm at Stoughton Houghton (spelling?) > working > > > for a Mr Yardley who was a tenant farmer for the Earl of Scarborough. > > > Apparently the manor was built from some of the remains of Roche Abbey > after > > > Ollie Cromwell ransacked it, so the story I was told goes. Don't know > how > > > true it is but it was a colourful story. Only visited the farm once > yonks > > > ago but I was shown a photo of then. > > > > > > > > Must have been a showpiece when in bloom > > > > > > > > Steven from Downunder NZ > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== > > > > The listowner for ENG-ROTHERHAM is Tracy, born and bred in Rotherham. > > > > To contact me off list please use this address: > > > > tlh@party7.fsnet.co.uk > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== > > > Do not post unsavoury material or anything which may upset others to the > list. 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