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Pear Tree House Skeeby
After living in Richmond I bought and renovated Pear Tree House (on the right of this 1913 picture) in 1972. The previous occupants had died when I found the house it was covered in ivy and I understand at one time Funeral directors operated from the property.
It took eighteen months to renovate PTH into a double fronted Georgian Bay home. PTH had no foundation at the rear of the property, built straight onto the ground it stood on, under pinning with new foundations was required.
Inside PTH was a cellar that was used as an apple store, the apples collected from the orchard at the rear of PTH. On stepping out of PTH at the front you step onto common land that any one can walk on or feed their cattle. Also a wonderful beck runs through the village green and in my time local Chinese restauranteurs came to pick the watercress that grew in the running water.
The garden behind PTH, not bought... Read more
Jones Family of Skeeby
Does anyone have any information about the Jones family of Skeeby. They were born at Skeeby Grange and lived at Abbey Close Farm. My grandmother was Mary Theresa Jones 1883. Her father and grandfather were John Jones 1837 and Christopher Jones 1811.
Childhood Memories.
I have many happy memories of Melsonby as I visited regularly until the 1980's. My father's family (Healey) were from Melsonby and my aunt was a teacher at the C of E school for many years. My father and most of his family are buried in the churchyard in the picture. The right-hand cottage belonged to the Rennison family and as a child no visit to Melsonby was complete without a visit to them.
Although only 22 miles from Middlesbrough where I lived it took 2 and a half hours to get to Melsonby and 3 different buses.
Pubs in Whashton
The Hack a Spade Inn (what does the name refer to?) used to be owned by Thomas Frankland, how long was he runing the pub for?
Bay Horse Inn used to be owned by Thomas Heslop, according to some web sites on the net. I have the landlord listed from the national census as Thomas Alsop, how long was he the landlord?
Family Connections.
The premises on the left of the photograph were the house and business of Thomas Langstaff, a rope maker, between c1810 and c1900.
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