History of Thurcroft
Newhall Grange
Newhall Grange was one of the holdings of Roche Abbey.
In 1606 George Spencer, born 1586, son of William Spencer and Ann Staniforth of Bramley Grange, married at Ecclesfield, Dorothy, born 1590, the daughter of Thomas Brownell of Hooton Levitt.
They lived at nearby Newhall Grange with their son and daughters:
- George born about 1607
- Catherine born about 1609
- Alice born about 1611
- Anne born about 1613
- Mary born about 1615
- Elizabeth born about 1617
The Manor of Newell or Newhall Grange, in 1771 covered 301 acres of land was in the parish of Laughten-en-le-Morthen, and the townships of Laughten-en-le-Morthen and Maltby, and was owned by the Earl of Bessborough, devisees of Joshua Walker and George Henry Strutt.
Joshua Walker (17//-1815) of Clifton House and Blythe Hall, Worksop, was son of Samuel Walker, Iron Founder, who married Susannah Need; their daughter Susannah Walker (1792-1846) married Jedediah Strutt, son of George Henry Strutt a descendant of Jedediah Strutt (1726–1797), the inventor and partner of Richard Arkwright.
In 1771 William Ponsonby(1704-1793), was 2nd Earl of Bessborough. He married Lady Caroline Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire and Catherine Hoskins, on 5 July 1739. He was buried All Saints Church, Derby, Derbyshire. His sister Lady Charlotte Ponsonby was married to William 4th Earl FitzWilliam.
After the death of Jedediah Strutt, the Newell Grange Estate passed on to his children and devisees, by 1851 Newhall Grange Farm was leased to John Foster.
It is recorded that Edward Nicholson was living here in 1899:
The wedding took place on the 1st August 1889 at St. Alban's Church by the Ven. Archdeacon Brooke, Vicar of
Halifax, assisted by the Rev. Canon Sowden, Vicar of Hebden Bridge, uncle of the bride, of Edmund Nicholson of Newhall
Grange, Maltby, and Brough, Derbyshire to Mary Radcliffe, the only daughter of the Rev. F. Freeman.
John Foster, a Merchant and Farmer was born at Lingodell, parish of St. John, Laughton, about 1825.
Lingodell Farm was in parish of St. John, Dinnington and part of the Firbeck Hall Estate and this along with other properties was offered for sale by auction at the Lion Hotel, Worksop, on 9 May 1934, by Jackson, Stopps and Staff and Harrods Ltd.
He was son of John and Elizabeth Foster of Brampton-en-le-Morthen who was son of Joseph Foster, of Bentley, par. Arksey, Yorks. He was nephew, heir and devisee of Thomas Foster, and eldest great grandson and heir of Thomas Foster, formerly of Bentley, yeoman, and Elizabeth his wife.
He was married to Emma (Nee Durham) from Thorne, Yorkshire. Emma had a brother, Frederick Durham from Thorne who emigrated to Texas in 1883.
The 1871 census records their children, all born Laughton :
- Fred D. aged 20, also born at Lingodell
- Edith, 17
- Blanche, 14?
- Ida, 10
- James R., 8
- Constance, 6
- Maud, 3
- Katherine, 1
The 1881 census records 2 of their daughters, Blanch, born about 1857 and Kathleen born about 1870, living with their parents; there were eleven servants which included a Farm Bailiff, Groom, Cow Man.
Their daughter Edith married Albert Vickers(1838–1919) of Sheffield , in 1875. They had a son and two daughters, Vincent Cartwright (1879-1939), Edith Dorothy (1878-1949) and Izme (b. 1885).
Albert Vickers was the son of Thomas Edward Vickers (1833–1915), of Naylor Vickers, one of the leading crucible steel makers in Sheffield. By 1873 Albert Vickers was playing a significant part in the business, now incorporated as, Vickers, Sons & Co. Ltd. He had joined the firm in 1854, gaining experience in the American market; his first wife was Helen Horton George (d. 1873) of Boston, Massachusetts; they had three children.
Albert was Chairman of the company from 1909 until 1918.
By 1914 Vickers UK workforce was 22,000, and its average annual profits since 1897 had been £589,391.
Albert died at Eastbourne in 1919.
Ida Foster married Thomas Wright Badger (b.1848), a solicitor, in 1881 when he was 34, and she was 20.
Thomas Wright Badger was the son of Henry Parkin Badger (1823-1864) and Esther Sarah Wright. He succeeded to his father’s business, Badger, Rhodes & Co. Solicitors. He was also a Wine & Spirit Merchant with his brother, Alan Badger, trading as Hutchinson Badger & Co. He built Red House Moorgate, Rotherham, where he was living in 1882.
The marriage didn't last and in 1886 Ida won a divorce case and gained custody of their only child.
Whilst inspecting some new premises in Moorgate, John Foster, Ida's father, met with an accident. Stumbling over a plank, he fell into the excavations and was seriously injured, this eventually causing his death.
It appears that the Fosters were at some stage (about 1796) of Brampton-en-le-Morthen, and before that had connections to the Manor of Bentley, Yorkshire, as reference from Crewe Mumiments show. Read More » :