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Wales described in 1900

Wales, the Square c1955
Wales, the Square c1955. (Neg. W519009) © Copyright The Francis Frith Collection 2008. http://www.francisfrith.com
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

Wales 1086 (Domesday Book). (Settlement of) the Britons. Old English walh (plural walas). This place-name is thus identical in origin with Wales, the name of the principality. Source A Dictionary of British Place-Names in Names & Places

History

William le Gras gave the Manor of Wales to the canons of Bradenstoke between 1199 and 1219.

The Manor of Wales was granted to John Pope at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. He then alienated it to Sir George Darcy of Aston in whose family it remained until sold by Robert, the last Earl of Holderness to Thomas Duke of Leeds in 1775. It then descended in the same way as the Manor of Conisbrough.

Described in the late 1800's as being 2 miles from Kiveton Station and 9 miles SE by E of Sheffield and W by NW of Worksop, a pleasant area near the Chesterfield Canal and the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, has in its parish about 350 souls and 1950 acres of land, including the hamlets of Norwood, Redgreave and Waleswood.

Map Details

St. John the Baptist Church

Wales, the Church c1955
Wales, the Church c1955. (Neg. W519013) © Copyright The Francis Frith Collection 2008. http://www.francisfrith.com
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
The simple church built by the Norman's and altered in the 15th century, is now the north aisle of a modern one in 500 year old style, with an outside wall of the mediaeval tower now in the new nave. The Norman chancel arch has zigzag and cushion capitals, and the old doorway, set in new walling has rich ornaments, strange faces and a tympanium with chessboard pattern. The massive font is a Norman relic. There is a 1st World War memorial window in the old chancel, and a marble wall monument to Sir Thomas Hewett (1656-1726), the architect and landowner, who died at his home, Shireoaks Hall, Nottinghamshire, and was buried here; also his wife Frances (1668 -1756).

Wales described in 1900

Websites

Wales High School

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