melthebell Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 interesting article on his death / grave / mauseleum the bit about his house being left empty for 20 years then used for youth groups / conservetives then demolished was a tad sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelT Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Judith Hanson's book on "Crosspool" confirms that Horatio married a 25-year old actress and had three more children, and shows a fascinating picture on page 35 of Lydgate Hall Crescent half-built, with Lydgate Hall still in situ. The caption says that after Horatio's death in 1906, Lydgate Hall was left empty, although spasmodically occupied by tennants. It was finally demolished in the 1930s and the crescent completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I happened to be out walking at Moscar this morning, and I decided to have a look at the mausoleum. It used to be easily visible from the road, but now it is almost completely surrounded by small trees and rhododendron bushes. I managed to get near enough to the building to take a photo - http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/MoscarMausoleum.jpg In the lower left corner of the photo can be seen the chimney cowl that used to be at the apex of the roof - the hole is covered by a tarpaulin-type sheet but in general the roof seems to be in a good state of repair. Alastair notes that the reason for the January 1983 break-in might have been the belief that valuables had been interred with the deceased. When I was growing up at Stannington in the 1950s there was indeed a persistent local rumour that Horatio Bright's wife had been buried with her jewels, and a well-known local character (now long deceased) had made an unsuccessful attempt to break into the mausoleum in the 1930s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotrock Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Wow what a fantastic story Alastair. & thanks for posting pic Hillsbro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjallen Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 This is a longshot, but I am looking for guidance and info on the Bright Family of Sheffield. I am the 3rd great granddaughter of Maurice De Lara Bright. Maurice was the elder brother of Horatio (what a character). I have found an abundance of family history through my own research and with the help of a geneologist. Any suggestions from vast group of Professional Sheffielders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckweed Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 http://www.sheffieldindexers.com/ This is a great site for family history research. http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/ And this for Sheffield History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I just found this web page which is part of the site that ceegee linked in post #9 - there are photogaphs of the inside of the Bright mausoleum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I just found this web page which is part of the site that ceegee linked in post #9 - there are photogaphs of the inside of the Bright mausoleum. Thanks for posting the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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