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family I have traced back to 1797. Thomas Sayles was born at Owston,
27th Feb 1797 and Christened 7th May 1797. Thomas married Mary Belwood
30th Aug 1825 at Campsall nr Doncaster. In 1828 they had a son John, he
was Baptised at Owston Parish Church 8th Jan 1828. John was my
GrGrGrandad. He married Mary Ann Clough and they had six children Fred
born 1858, Edwin 1859, Mary 1861, Thomas 1862, Benjamin Clough 1867 and
Sidney Clough born 1868. On the 3rd May 1870 aged 37 Mary Ann died and
is buried in Kirk Bramwith Churchyard. John got remarried to Hannah and
they 5 children Arthur born 1875, John 1878, Caroline 1880, Annie 1882
and Fanny 1884. John’s first four children were born in South Kirby
the others were all born in Thorpe in Balne. On the 1851 census John was
a journeyman blacksmith, and when he became a master blacksmith he was
living in Thorpe in Balne. Edwin and Arthur were both blacksmiths with
there father. Fred was a houseman on farm and married Mary Walker from
Moss. Thomas and Benjamin both worked as Agricultural Servants (indoors)
for a local farmer called William Denby. John’s son John also worked
on a farm aged 13 years. Sidney my Great Grandad was a farm labourer and
working and living at Haywood near Moss. He married Christabel Salter
who was from Chelsea in London, 5th February 1901 he was 31 and she was
26. I don’t know how long they lived at Haywood, but they went to live
at Park Lane which is now called Dunsville. Sidney and Christabel had
two children Gladys and Dorothy (Dolly) both born at Park Lane. Both
Gladys and Dolly worked on the land as farm workers, but for a while
Dolly worked at Park Lane Hall now called Wyndthorpe Hall. Sidney also
worked there. Gladys had a daughter Jean. Jean married Gordon Farmer see
there story on the Farmer page. Dolly married Charlie Brown.
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Christabel
and Dolly outside Park Lane Cottages
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Gladys
and daughter Jean
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Dolly
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Gladys
working in the fields. The man on the end next to Gladys is Don Hill the
owner of Park Hill Farm Dunsville
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High
Street, Dunsville
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Mrs
Parkinson
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Mr and
Mrs Sanderson
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Mrs
Deable
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Sayles
Family
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MrsWilson
and Cowboy
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Park Lane
Cottages as they might have looked in around 1925. The residents
from Number One Park Lane to Number six Park Lane around 1940
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The
name Sayles is associated with the Tales
of Robin Hood. The name Sayles is retained by a plantation on the
eastern side of the A1 (or Great North Road) fly-over adjoining the
village of Wentbridge. It was once a small tenancy in the parish of Kirk
Smeaton. In 1852, the site was identified, by Revd Joseph Hunter, as
the Saylis, to where the Geste
says Robin Hood sent Little John in order to get a good view over
Watling Street, otherwise known as the Great North Road. Its value as a
look-out post is evident even today.
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View
of Sayles Plantation today with the A1 flyover.
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Sidney
Clough Sayles front row to the left.
Sidney
Clough Sayles
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Inside
the Sayles Plantation
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Sidney's
wife Christabel Salter
Sidney
Clough Sayles. In the latter years of his life he
was a road sweeper in Hatfield
A
lovely photo of Jean on the right, and her best friend
Gwen and husband Tom Hodson |
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