Maryport

[Geoff-E]

If the numbering hasn't changed, it's a big house http://tinyurl.com/3dchek4

[Lizzie1977]

Thanks for that. I had looked on streetview, was wondering whether that was the same house that would have been there at the time my relatives lived there. If it is, its the only house still standing belonging to my relatives that i've found so far , most of my ancestors houses between 1861 and 1911 were demolished so it would be lovely to be able to see one thats still there ! many thanks for taking the time to reply 

[angel9262]

Facebook page has now been set up for the Netherhall mansion estate and the senhouse family, find it here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Netherhall-Mansion-and-the-Senhouses-of-Maryport-Cumbria/237582756316023
Its getting pretty heated on there, with calls for volunteers to help clear the existing follies in the grounds of overgrowth and weeds, and for tradesmen to offer services to help protect the buildings! and an amnesty call for plundered items still in the area to be returned to their rightful owners......
and its featuring images that have never been seen before, plus a lot of informative news on the past lives of people who lived there..... Hit the link, join the group and become a part of something that isn't just about talk, but about action!!! this place is buzzing right now!!!

[angel9262]

and if anybody on this forum has any stories, images, or general info about the mansion or the Senhouse, De Eglesfield or De Sheftling families who have lived there, please feel free to share with the community.

Personal stories of life in the hall by ex servants or visitors - there must still be some survivors around??? are really wanted, as these will feature on the main website that will follow this pages launch later in 2012.

If you have something, anything!!, no matter how insignificant you may think it is, it may be important to the site, so please, please, post it to the site or contact the admins on there for info on how to submit personal recounts.

Thanks

Steve

[sylviac]

Hi, I used to live in Maryport - albeit briefly - the house I lived in always intrigued me, it was rumoured that a surgeon or doctor lived there and operated from the cellars.... this theory was backed up by a number of old balms and medicines / pills found in jars in the cellars back in the 70's.
Is there any way anyone can find out who lived in the house?
It is Georgian and stands at no 11 High street - so has been standing for well over 200 years now, is a little disheveled as I just stalked the house on google maps, and is now possibly empty
The owner did have a groundsman working there full time, as denoted by the cottage set aside for them in the grounds, also had a number of servants working there, as there were 6 rooms on the attic floor and one master chamber for the head servant on the 2nd floor, asecret staircase to the kitchen with access to the main residence and bedrooms, external wash house and a very large coach house that easily fit 6 modern day cars.... so whoever built the house was very much a high flyer of his day to live this close to the original norman settlement and yet so close to the port and town centre.
Can anybody find out from any old census who possibly lived there and their occupation?

I am also in the process of revitalising the memory of Netherhall mansion.... dismayed to know it is no more, and even more dismayed to find no evidence or websites on the Senhouse manor which they inhabited - until the death of the last remaining son in 1952, for almost 400 years
Nobody seems to remember it, it is in danger of being completely forgotten and most people don't actually seem to care either way.... so I am now gathering information in order to put up a website about the old place - keep its memory alive and also the name of the Senhouse's (desevenhouse) too.
If anybody has anything about this property - images, items purchased / acquired before its final demise, i would love to work with you and include these into my finished memorial to the manor and family name that Maryport was built on.
have all the names of the Senhouses (all 10 generations of them) that lived in the house from the late 1500's, but if anyone has information on the previous lords / owners, please feel free to share
thanks in advance

[sylviac]

Hi, I used to live in Maryport - albeit briefly - the house I lived in always intrigued me, it was rumoured that a surgeon or doctor lived there and operated from the cellars.... this theory was backed up by a number of old balms and medicines / pills found in jars in the cellars back in the 70's.
Is there any way anyone can find out who lived in the house?
It is Georgian and stands at no 11 High street - so has been standing for well over 200 years now, is a little disheveled as I just stalked the house on google maps, and is now possibly empty
The owner did have a groundsman working there full time, as denoted by the cottage set aside for them in the grounds, also had a number of servants working there, as there were 6 rooms on the attic floor and one master chamber for the head servant on the 2nd floor, asecret staircase to the kitchen with access to the main residence and bedrooms, external wash house and a very large coach house that easily fit 6 modern day cars.... so whoever built the house was very much a high flyer of his day to live this close to the original norman settlement and yet so close to the port and town centre.
Can anybody find out from any old census who possibly lived there and their occupation?

I am also in the process of revitalising the memory of Netherhall mansion.... dismayed to know it is no more, and even more dismayed to find no evidence or websites on the Senhouse manor which they inhabited - until the death of the last remaining son in 1952, for almost 400 years
Nobody seems to remember it, it is in danger of being completely forgotten and most people don't actually seem to care either way.... so I am now gathering information in order to put up a website about the old place - keep its memory alive and also the name of the Senhouse's (desevenhouse) too.
If anybody has anything about this property - images, items purchased / acquired before its final demise, i would love to work with you and include these into my finished memorial to the manor and family name that Maryport was built on.
have all the names of the Senhouses (all 10 generations of them) that lived in the house from the late 1500's, but if anyone has information on the previous lords / owners, please feel free to share
thanks in advance

[sylviac]

Hi, I used to live in Maryport - albeit briefly - the house I lived in always intrigued me, it was rumoured that a surgeon or doctor lived there and operated from the cellars.... this theory was backed up by a number of old balms and medicines / pills found in jars in the cellars back in the 70's.
Is there any way anyone can find out who lived in the house?
It is Georgian and stands at no 11 High street - so has been standing for well over 200 years now, is a little disheveled as I just stalked the house on google maps, and is now possibly empty
The owner did have a groundsman working there full time, as denoted by the cottage set aside for them in the grounds, also had a number of servants working there, as there were 6 rooms on the attic floor and one master chamber for the head servant on the 2nd floor, asecret staircase to the kitchen with access to the main residence and bedrooms, external wash house and a very large coach house that easily fit 6 modern day cars.... so whoever built the house was very much a high flyer of his day to live this close to the original norman settlement and yet so close to the port and town centre.
Can anybody find out from any old census who possibly lived there and their occupation?

I am also in the process of revitalising the memory of Netherhall mansion.... dismayed to know it is no more, and even more dismayed to find no evidence or websites on the Senhouse manor which they inhabited - until the death of the last remaining son in 1952, for almost 400 years
Nobody seems to remember it, it is in danger of being completely forgotten and most people don't actually seem to care either way.... so I am now gathering information in order to put up a website about the old place - keep its memory alive and also the name of the Senhouse's (desevenhouse) too.
If anybody has anything about this property - images, items purchased / acquired before its final demise, i would love to work with you and include these into my finished memorial to the manor and family name that Maryport was built on.
have all the names of the Senhouses (all 10 generations of them) that lived in the house from the late 1500's, but if anyone has information on the previous lords / owners, please feel free to share
thanks in advance

[sylviac]

If the numbering hasn't changed, it's a big house http://tinyurl.com/3dchek4

I remember this house from when I was about 14 or 15 years of age. It would be about 1950. His name was Dr. Crerar - not very tall with white hair. He saw me in the front sitting room and I was told he had a car and chauffeur. At that time it cost 2s6d. for a visit to a doctor.

[angel9262]

He did have a car, he owned the very first one in Maryport a 1902 3 and a half horse power Swift - it reached the break neck speed of 20mph and his Chauffeur lived in the rear house at the back of king street for almost all his life - 55 years working as his driver.. his name was Claude Mann.
If you get hold of a copy of Keith Thompsons book entitled Maryport - Amazon as a copy or two, there is a wonderful image of him driving the car with his chauffeur sitting aside him .

I hope the 2 shillings and sixpence were well spent and your ailments cured
He was also the doctor for the Senhouse family and a historian as well. I have found out a lot about him in the past few months that I have had time to set aside to research the families of the area.

I have set up a facebook page that is dedicated to the lost treasures and memories of Maryport.... go take a look, its getting very interesting with almost 500 members joined in 2 weeks.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Netherhall-Mansion-and-the-Senhouses-of-Maryport-Cumbria/237582756316023

We'd love to see you there
Steve