Thorpe Hesley, Scholes & Wentworth Through TimeThe old village of Thorpe Hesley, once the home of nail-makers, coal miners, farmers and smallholders, has been engulfed by modern residential development. Its smaller neighbour, Scholes is now a dormitory village, referred to by some as 'millionaires' row'. In great contrast, the village of Wentworth owes its main features to its function as an estate village, in which workers on the Wentworth-Fitzwilliam estate were housed in close proximity to the big house, Wentworth Woodhouse.The photographs, old and new, selected for inclusion in the book are divided into four sections: village scenes, landmarks, the workplace and the people. They constitute a comprehensive pictorial record of the communities during a period of profound economic and social change. Thorpe Hesley, Scholes & Wentworth Through Time will be of lasting interest to long-established residents, relative newcomers and the many regular visitors to the area. |
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1st Marquis 2nd Marquis 5th Earl Fitzwilliam ash tree Barley Hall Barnsley Road brick Brook Hill building built Chapeltown Charles Wesley christening Clayfields Lane closed coal cottages Donatia Earl of Effingham early photograph shows eighteenth century estate village Farm feet Garden Centre George & Dragon Hesley and Scholes Hesley Bar Hesley Lane Hoober Stand Horse & Tiger John Keppel’s Column Kirkstead Abbey Grange landlord lefthand side links Rotherham M1 motorway mansion marble saloon Marquis of Rockingham modern photograph shows monument North Lodge old Ball old photograph opened Paradise Square park photograph above shows photograph below shows pub sign public house red deer residential Rockingham Arms Scholes Colliery Scholes Coppice shown South Yorkshire stable block stone stonebuilt style Sunday School Thorpe Hesley Thorpe Pit Thorpe Street Upper Wortley Road visitor wedding Wentworth Old Church Wentworth Parish Church Wentworth Park Wentworth Woodhouse Wesleyan Wild Beast Show windmill