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Thornbridge Hall (Derbyshire)

Description: Address: Ashford in the Water / Derbyshire / DE45 1NZ / Telephone: 01629 640 617 / A private stately home available as ... more

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... was needed. The history of Thornbridge Hall begins in the late 12th century when it was the seat of the Longsdon family. It remained in this same family's hands until 1790 when it was sold to a man called John Morewood for a price of £10,000. John Morewood had made his money in the textile trade selling linen out of his outlets in Manchester to St Petersburg in Russia. The Morewood family enlarged the existing house considerably. In 1859 it was enlarged further with the addition of a new front in the Jacobean style and...more

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Thornbridge Hall is a large stately home in Derbyshire. It dates from the 11th century but in more recent years was purchased by Sheffield City Council in 1945 who continued to own it until 1997. During its ownership by Sheffield City Council it was used for educational purposes and I spent a weekend here when I was thirteen years old. A trip to Thornbridge Hall was something that was offered to every Schoolchild in Sheffield and those that took up the offer still speak of it fondly today. In 1997 Sheffield City Council, strapped for cash, sold this magnificent house and once again it went back into private ownership, denying future generations of ... Read the complete review