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The Common Room / Re: Looking for the parents of the Reverend John Harrop, Holmfirth.
« on: Wednesday 12 February 25 19:53 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, I'll keep on looking.
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The Common Room / Re: Looking for the parents of the Reverend John Harrop, Holmfirth.
« on: Wednesday 12 February 25 16:39 GMT (UK) »
Thank you. I do have some concerns about his father being Benjamin as there are no children or grandchildren with this name. Family names seem to be John, James, Thomas and Joseph but I won't rule Benjimin out!
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The Common Room / Looking for the parents of the Reverend John Harrop, Holmfirth.
« on: Wednesday 12 February 25 15:37 GMT (UK) »
I am looking for the parents and ancestors of my 5 x great grandfather, the Reverend John Harrop of Holmfirth, born about 1720 and married to Sarah Wilson. His monument in Holmfirth is inscribed in Latin which seems unusual.
Church records show that he was originally from Ashton under Lyne but I am unable to find any concrete evidence of family for him in Lancashire or Cheshire, although I do have records of his descendents in Yorkshire. Working backwards I have hit a brick wall!
"Harrop" does seem to be quite a common name in Lancashire around this time.
I would be grateful for any information you might have.
Thank You,
Heather.
Church records show that he was originally from Ashton under Lyne but I am unable to find any concrete evidence of family for him in Lancashire or Cheshire, although I do have records of his descendents in Yorkshire. Working backwards I have hit a brick wall!
"Harrop" does seem to be quite a common name in Lancashire around this time.
I would be grateful for any information you might have.
Thank You,
Heather.
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The Common Room / Re: Mc Stinson (?) Private School, Blackpool 1920
« on: Friday 05 April 24 15:26 BST (UK) »
Thank you all so much for this. Unfortunately I only splashed out on a FindMyPast transcription - I might have done better to pay the extra pound and viewed the image! They are an unusual family - Jesse's father was an occult scientist! So I now have a more complete picture of their lives.
Many thanks,
Erica.
Many thanks,
Erica.
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The Common Room / Mc Stinson (?) Private School, Blackpool 1920
« on: Friday 05 April 24 14:49 BST (UK) »
On the 1921 register, 79 Hornby Road, Blackpool, I have found an ancestor, (Jesse Hardacre, born 1897, Keighley), teaching at the Mc Stinson Private School, Blackpool. The name of the school may have been mis-transcribed but I can't find any school with this or similar name in Blackpool in the 1920s. He was a musician, so presumably taught music! Can anyone help find where this school might have been? I did wonder if it was the now Rossall Boarding School but the history is not conclusive.
Thank you for looking.
Erica
Thank you for looking.
Erica
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The Common Room / Re: "The Retreat or Licensed Asylum for the cure of Insane Persons". Leeds.
« on: Saturday 05 August 23 14:40 BST (UK) »
The pictures and maps are great, thank you - they really bring the "stoy" to life. It sound as though my ancester was lucky to be in there.
Erica.
Erica.
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The Common Room / Re: "The Retreat or Licensed Asylum for the cure of Insane Persons". Leeds.
« on: Saturday 05 August 23 14:39 BST (UK) »There's an advert in the Leeds Intelligencer, 23 Aug 1845, for the "Retreat, Castleton Lodge" for persons afflicted with disorders of the mind.
Situated "on rising ground, at the opening of Airedale, little more than a mile from the town of Leeds."
Possibility?
This certainly sounds right - although on both the 1841 and 1851 census the superintendant was Robert Peck and the advert states that it was Samuel Smith in 1845! Nice to see that the male inmates were provided with activities - I wonder what the women were supposed to do! Thank you for this information which does shed more light on the establishment.
Erica.
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The Common Room / "The Retreat or Licensed Asylum for the cure of Insane Persons". Leeds.
« on: Saturday 05 August 23 13:38 BST (UK) »
I have found a distant ancestor on the 1841 census in "The Retreat or Licensed Asylum for the cure of Insane Persons". The location is Wortley - Parish of Leeds. There are 16 patients, a superintendant, matron and 6 staff. This makes up the entire census so there are no clues as to the roads around the establishment to show where it is.
On the 1851 census it seems to have become "Castleton House Asylum", having the same superintendant, but Inmates are now referred to as "lunatics" rather than "patients" as in 1841, when it seems they were treated much more sympathetically. Looking at the census it seems to be in the Botany Bay area of Wortley.
I have tried google and can only find the "Retreat" in York - a Quaker establishment, created for the care of individuals with mental health issues. I assume that the two are connected but can find no records for the Leeds asylum or Castleton House.
I wondered if anyone could provide more details?
Thank You.
On the 1851 census it seems to have become "Castleton House Asylum", having the same superintendant, but Inmates are now referred to as "lunatics" rather than "patients" as in 1841, when it seems they were treated much more sympathetically. Looking at the census it seems to be in the Botany Bay area of Wortley.
I have tried google and can only find the "Retreat" in York - a Quaker establishment, created for the care of individuals with mental health issues. I assume that the two are connected but can find no records for the Leeds asylum or Castleton House.
I wondered if anyone could provide more details?
Thank You.
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The Common Room / Re: Lunatic Asylum and bigamous marriage. Help please!
« on: Saturday 29 July 23 10:21 BST (UK) »I will try and get hold of the asylum records.
Thank you all for your positive help.
Erica