Where are these places? (Completed)

[Dancing Master]

Kingstanding used to be Warwickshire, which now comes under West Midlands.

As I said before its a well known place to me.

http://www.saintlukeskingstanding.co.uk/

Driving down to Birmingham down the motorway,  M6 South

Birmingham is on your right and Kingstanding (all one word) is on the left of the Motorway - Sutton Coldfield.

http://www.saintlukeskingstanding.co.uk/Where%20to%20find%20us.htm

[Sandyq]

Hi again,

The Kingstanding in Birmingham is where I went to school -it has no connection with the Kings Standing near Hanbury. Since my previous posting I have put King Standing Hall in the search engine and it is up for sale " Only £1.4 million - bargain !.
Place name is given as Needwood which is correct - Needwood is close to Hanbury,
and is close to the other villages mentioned and also Barton under Needwood is only 1/2 miles away.
If my lottery numbers come up this week watch this space !!!

Sandra

[linnet27]

Hi Sandyq

Thankyou so much for that.  It all makes sense.  The last 2 children were shown as Abode - Kings Standing.  Their father, William Mosedale, was a gardener, so perhaps he worked at the Hall.  

One of the older children was entered in the baptism record as "Moseley" but the parents were correct.  I understand there was a large house at Rolleston owned by the Mosely family - I wonder if there is any connection!

I will have to make a trip over when the weather gets better and see all these places for myself.  Is there a graveyard in Rolleston?

Thanks for your help.

Lynne

[linnet27]

If mine come up, I might beat you to it!!

Lynne

[Sandyq]

Hi Lynne,
 Have just done a virtual tour of King Standing hall -looks lovely!
You are right about the Mosely family - they lived at the Old Hall in Rolleston.
There are several properties built in the grounds which occasionally come up for sale -it's just known as THe Old Hall Grounds- in fact about 10 years ago we were in the process of purchasing there when the sale of our own property fell through, and by the time we''d resold ours- it had gone -such is life.

There is a church and graveyard at Rolleston which is offically known as Rolleston on Dove, its a nice village and has two very good pubs The Spread Eagle and The Jinnie, also an excellent Farmhouse restaurant - The Brookhouse - and just down the road The Dovecliffe Hotel which I can see from my garden.so if you come over give me a shout and I'll join you !.
There are also graveyards at Hanbury and Rangemore which might be of relevance to you.

kind regards
Sandra

[Dancing Master]

I've come to the conclusion its not worth posting on this subject.  People try to help the best way they can.  The problem is we all do lookups that others could also do for themselves.

[derby girl]

My great grandfather worked at Kingstanding Hall as a gardener - it was pulled down during the last war - an aerodrome operated there.  It was quite close to Newchurch so sort of in the Newborough area.  It's nice to hear of someone else with Kingstanding links - I have photos by the way of the hall and servants - mind you I'm useless at posting photos.
Derby Girl.

[linnet27]

Hello Derby girl

I'm confused now as the post by Sandyq shows the Hall is currently for sale and I've seen the pictures online.  Is it likely there were two halls in such a small place?  I would love to see the pictures you have.  I obviously don't know for sure that my gg grandfather worked there, but there is a good chance.

Lynne

[derby girl]

Well I looked at the postcard (one of J S Simnett's) I've got - there's another photo I've got with the hall's staff - and it's a different house; a regency villa with a flat-roofed tetrastyle doric portico, built in front of another section of building which might well have been older, and a large wing on one side, possibly older.  Since my pa has told me that the hall was demolished during the war to make room for the aerodrome, I can only imagine the family moved to another house, and called that Kingstanding Hall.  I wonder if Lichfield Record Office could help here - unfortunately I'm living in Yorkshire at present, and have no car, so trips there are very difficult.
Regards   Derby Girl