Present day houses in HATHERSAGE

[Keith Sherwood]

Hi, Everyone,
Have had a great deal of help and exciting new discoveries on here re my COCKER family recently.
I'd now like to know whether any of the following houses connected with the family in the 19thC still exist today:
Broom Cottage, Park House, Belle Vue...All in Hathersage..
Very best wishes,
keith

[John Whysall]

For what it's worth, I noticed this transcription in http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/DBY/Hathersage/MIs.html:

The following MI added 21st August 2004, and provided by Michael Edgoose via his site of EDGOOSE and related families of England &c..
In Loving Memory of
John Armstrong COCKER,
of Belle-Vue, Hathersage,
The beloved husband of Harriet COCKER,
and only son of Joseph Robert,
and Margaret COCKER,
born.November 15th 1851,
died December 14th 1887

[Keith Sherwood]

John,
Thanks so much for spotting that for me!  I'm thinking of a visit to the Hathersage area some time later this summer, so need to prepare myself as much as possible...
Keith

[John Whysall]

Keith:

Further testing your patience, but ...

Are you aware that the Hathersage Parish Records have been, in very small part, transcribed at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dusk/hathersage_pr.html ? The brief extract seems to show two Cockers. The "Hathersage strays" extract also throws up a couple of Cockers.

I hope the transcriber and/or the host website can be encouraged in their sterling effort

[Keith Sherwood]

John,
No, I've not come across this before - and yes, I do hope they continue this excellent transcription!
Not testing my patience at all, simply adding to my local knowledge of this COCKER family - thanks so much for your time and effort...
Very best wishes,
keith
N.B I think it was about this time last year that I was talking on a Herefordshire thread about a forthcoming family history visit to Hay on Wye, and Clyro just across the border in Wales.  I had all sorts of helpful suggestions and tips before I went, and even ended up looking up gravestone inscriptions for a fellow Rootschatter - only to discover that she'd given me the wrong names to look up.  Patience is the name of the game, isn't it?

[walkerpete]

I was born in Hathersage and my cousin still lives in the next village. Mailed her last night and got this response.

".........I have heard of Park house and I think I know Broom Cottage. I will go to the Post Office or ask the retired Post man  He or they should know .Wont have time today  us retired folks have a very full calender!!!!!!!........"

Will keep you posted!!

Pete

[Keith Sherwood]

Hi, Pete,
I very much look forward to hearing from you again through the enquiries of your busy cousin re Hathersage in the not too distant future.  Having retired from work myself about five years ago I realise how difficult it gets to fit everything in!
Very best wishes,
keith

[walkerpete]

Hi

Some progress with Broom Cottage.

........."went to the post office "relief Post Master" they looked up on some sort of sorter they have no luck. Also in a book again failure except I was sure Broom cottage was up the Dale.  Don and I went up and found and it is the last house on the right out of Hathersage.I will keep enquiring about the others."

On OS maps The Dale, nowadays refered to as Dale Bottom runs N and then E from the A625. I estinate the location is around 241816. There are slightly more buildings shown on older maps than the current 1:25000.

Further news as and when!

Pete

[Keith Sherwood]

Pete,
This is great, and a tremendous help for when I make my trip to Hathersage - possibly in about a month's time.  Am presently reading "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte which apparently she set in Hathersage - little bit more background atmosphere before my trip there...
Very many thanks,
Keith