Genealogy Chat

Hello

I am trying to find out the previous owners /history of this house:-
Chestnuts
Hut Green
Whitley Bridge ]
Yorkshire

Please can anyone help me at all ?

Thank you

'Previous' to when?

..............and what is the reason for this search?

oops sorry....previous to the 1970's and as far back as possible.

susan

Do you know when it was built?

Has it always had the same name?

What is your connection to the property?

You could visit the main library for the relevant area, and look at ER's............

Censuses are searchable by address on FMP

Hello Reggie
I would gladly visit the libraries but now live in the very north of Scotland. The house was my Grandfathers and I have close emotional ties to it. I would like to find out something about it.

susan

the land registry hold all the detail on land and property, but it will cost you to get the information you require

The Land Registry only has records for houses which have changed hands since its inception

Susan............

You haven't answered my questions relating to the property

Have you considered purchasing credits on FMP?

.............IF.......the house was built before 1911, and was ALWAYS identified by the name under which you knew it

Susan
I have sent you a pm.Sorry can't find the address on 1911.
Von

Hi Susan,

Have you tried to find it on Google Earth? If you can remember the road it was on or the rough location, you can go down to street view and maybe find if it still there.

It might now just be a numbered house or have a different name. Then I'd suggest writing to the present owner and also see if there is a history society which would cover the area.

I have travelled to so many places when I find addresses on the census'..

Hope you find. Jill

Hi Susan,
Depends on your Planning Office, you may be able search their records back to 1948 or even further back. The land Registry only goes back to 1925 when the new act came in. There are Poor rates Taxes that go from c1934 - 1948 [this will depend on the area you looking at] prior to this 1910/1911 Poor rates act. The Census's back from 1911 -1841. Land tax documents between these periods. 1840 Tithe register and before that land Tax again, 1811 -1808 Kings Tax more land tax back to Window Tax c1750 and then the Hearth tax 1660 - [ although you may have only names of people paying with no connection to house name or number].
Best of luck
Gaffa

Hi Susan

This family are living at The Chestnuts in 1911.

1911 England Census about Elizabeth Hall
Name: Elizabeth Hall
Age in 1911: 62
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Burn Nr Selby, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: Eggborough Kellington
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street Address: Whitley Bridge
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Independant Means
Registration district: Pontefract
Registration District Number: 505
Sub-registration district: Whitley
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Piece: 27456
Household Members:
Name Age
Elizabeth Hall 62
John Harold Heywood 31
Lilian May Hall 20


Presume Elizabeth was married before as both the above are her children.

The record is from Ancestry and there are 2 images relating to it. The 2nd image is the household Schedule and the address is:

The Chestnuts
Hutt Green
Whitely Bridge
Yorkshire

Took a while to locate because there is a mis spelling of Hut.

In 1901 the same family are there and The Chestnuts is shown as being along Selby Road.

In 1891 they are in the same village but no house name or road is given.

Julie

1901 Census

Name: Elizabeth Hall
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Burn, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: Eggbrough
Ecclesiastical parish: Kellington St Edmund
Town: Low Eggbrough
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Registration district: Pontefract
Sub-registration district: Whitley
ED, institution, or vessel: 1

Household schedule number: 101
Piece: 4295
Folio: 12
Page Number: 16
Household Members:

Elizabeth Hall 50
Harold Heywood 21
Lilian M Hall 9

1891 Census

Name: Harrold Hall
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Matthew Hall
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Hall
Gender: Male
Where born: Cheetham; Hill; Manchester, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Egbrough
Ecclesiastical parish: Kellington
Town: Egbrough
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England


Registration district: Pontefract
Sub-registration district: Whitley
ED, institution, or vessel: 1

Piece: 3758
Folio: 12
Page Number: 17
Household Members:
Name Age
Matthew Hall 62
Elizabeth Hall 43
Alice Hall 22
Carrie Hall 18
Rose Hall 14
Harrold Hall 11
Lillian M Hall 10/12

Lillian is the only Hall child. The others are all Heywood on the image.

Hope this helps/is of interest


Julie

If you google ' planning applications Eggborough' you might find something useful.

Happy hunting

Julie

Thank you everyone for your help and advice. I appreciate your time and efforts

Regards
susan

Here you go Susan - a photograph. It appears that you can contact the photographer by clicking on his name. If he knows it's one of the oldest houses I presume he knows something of it's history.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2750234

Julie

It's a lovely building. I looked at it via Google Earth. I 'stood' on the main road that runs along the side of it. That brickwork is old and amazing as is the 'out building' attached to it.

It is a lovely building...I have very happy childhood memories. The garden used to be full of snowdrops in Winter.
Thank you Julie..and thank you Jill for alerting me.

susan