shauny1962 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 On the left hand side directly below the castle (down manor lane towards harborough avenue or the sheffield parkway) on the bad bend in the road! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pressy Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Are those 2 ruins part of the village???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUFFEMS Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 My grandmother (by adoption) was born in 1865 supposedly in the castle/farm or in the vicinity as her mother was in service. My grandmother died in 1951, I can still vaguely remember her and, there is none of her family left. Can anyone tell me what was in the Manor Castle area in 1865 or thereabouts please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shauny1962 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 The ruins were part of the original village and by all accounts they were demolished by the council with the intention of straightening the road and getting rid of the bad bend. There were two rows of cottages (so I have been told) one row on Manor Lane with the post office etc. and the others behind them accessed through an 'entry' or 'gap'. Further back were the stone-built cottages that are now ruins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shauny1962 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Prior to 1865, the area around the manor castle was walled or fenced off and was a woodland and deer park. Much of the land was owned by the Duke of Norfolk, but some was owned by the Earl of Shrewsbury and the 'Talbot' family. There was very little else apart from woodland, fields and the odd farmhouse. Folklore suggests that there was a tunnel that went from Manor Castle direct to the Sheffield Castle (the only known remains of which are situated under the 'Castle Market'). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUFFEMS Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Thanks for that information shauny1962, very interesting. I often wondered why my grandmother was supposedly born there, I think I'll send for her birth certificate to see what it says for her address, probably nothing like Manor Caslte, you know how family tales get distorted over the years! Duffems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jemima B. Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I lived on Manor Lane in the 50's, I can remember Billy's shop very well. He was always so cheerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 The viitor manager at the new Discovery Centre at the Manor Lodge has been researching the Manor Castle Village and the families that lived there. There is now a whole section of the displays in the Discovery Centre (which is built on the site of the village itself) devoted to this archive. Anyone wishing to research this further or contribute to the ever growing archive shiould get in touch on 276 2828. There is a specially constructed Community Archive Room in the centre devoted to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack reacher Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) Hi Martine, All the people you mention I remember very well,Richard,Russ, Panch and myself used to do the London Road run at the weekends. I've not seen Pauline for a long time, I understand she's not very well these days.Hope you are well. Edited December 17, 2014 by jack reacher Wrong thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishall Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 My earliest memory of Manor Castle Village is accompaning my older brother as we walked over the fields from The Manor Estate, it was a sunny Sunday morning I think and we were heading for the sweet shop. I was about 4 years old and I remember feeling it was a medieval scene, in fact it felt very familiar, odd, I can still recall the feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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