Hi List members, I have been asked by my S.C. to forward this to my list. If anyy members can help this gentleman, please email him directly. Thank you, Dave Wallace > -----Original Message----- > From: Dr Paul Collins [mailto:CollinPH@hhs.bham.ac.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 5:30 AM > To > Subject: Wollaston Hall > > > Hello There > > I wonder if you can help me. I am Chairman of a local history group in > Wollaston, Stourbridge, West Midlands UK. We are trying to trace the > whereabouts of our former manor house - Wollaston Hall - which was > dismantled and sent to America, we believe to Eastern Pennsylvania, around > 1927. Wollaston Hall stood overlooking the works of John Bradley & Co where > the 'Stourbridge Lion' locomotive was made in 1828. So far we have been able > to substantiate that the hall - a timber Tudor building - was bought by an > American, dismantled, and exported to Eastern Pennsylvania, we believe, > sometime in 1927 or possibly in 1928. The Hall bears the date 1617, carved > into one of the main timbers over its front door. > > Would it be possible to have a message about our search posted somewhere so > that it could reach as many people as possible? It would also be helpful if > we could have addresses/contacts/e-mail addresses for History groups or > societies, especially ones in the Eastern part of Pennsylvania, to whom I > could forward this enquiry directly. > > I can supply photographs of the Hall by e-mail. > > I would be grateful for any help/advice you could give me. We find it > impossible to believe that, if there is any truth to this story, there is > not someone somewhere who may know something about this building. One of the > many stories concerning it is that is was the first such export of a > building from the UK to the USA. > > Could you also cc any e-mail to my home on:- paul.collins@yesit.co.uk > > Thank you in advance. > > Dr Paul Collins > The Ironbridge Institute > IGMT > Ironbridge > Telford > Shropshire TF8 7AW > > Tel: 00+44 1952 432751 > Fax: 00+44 1952 432237 >