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Memories of Skeeby
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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.
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
North Yorkshire memories
Picnics
I lived across the field from Easby and as a child spent many Sundays down on the river bank at Easby with my parents and siblings picnicing. My aunts and cousins used to visit from Northumberland and we had fishing nets and jam jars on strings in which we collected our 'tiddlers'. We paddled in the river and in the 1950s many afternoons after school we cycled to Easby to play by the River Swale. Both my parents are buried at Easby.
Madame Le Terrier?
Watching the Wainwright Walks programme this week, which covered the Swale valley part of the coast to coast route, I was reminded of Brompton on Swale. My best friend's sister and her husband went to Brompton on Swale in the 1950s to work at a local hall/big house for a lady named (what sounded to me at the time, like) Madame Le Terrier. They lived in a cottage nearby and grew their own vegetables etc. My friend and I were invited to stay with her sister and family at the cottage and we spent an idyllic week roaming around the local countryside. We came from Middlesbrough and although we lived in houses which had gardens, we did not have the beautiful countryside on our doorsteps and Brompton on Swale seemed like heaven. I would love to know whether the hall/big house is still standing and whether anybody remembers Madame Le Terrier and could tell me more about her and the family.
The Grange (the Hall)
Hello, in reply to your memory about the Hall which I know as The Grange, the present owner is now a Mr Valance who has lived there for over three years, before him it was a Mr John Meakin and his family, they lived there for a long time. The field next to the Hall is now a small housing estate. Do you know the name of your friend's sister and husband? As my dad was born in the village and he is now the grand age of 80 plus, he is called Stan Hugill and still lives next to the King William pub. Hoping to hear from you, Yours, Sally Hugill.
The Grange
The Grange always brings back memories of our life growing up in the village. We are the Blackburn family and we lived at 11 Curtis Drive. We used to play in the field at the front of the big house as we called it but if 'madame la la" as we knew her caught us we got into big trouble. Many memories of the village and the people there. Coming up in the new year and always stop in the village to look around and to have a drink in the King Willie or the Sun Inn, sometimes go up to the Farmers Arms. Lovely days.
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.
