peter herrin Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 can anyone please give information as to how PAGE HALL got its name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 The name comes from the big old house that was called Page Hall, the land belonging to which became the Page Hall estate.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter herrin Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Where Was The Old House(page Hall) Situated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Where Was The Old House(page Hall) Situated there are old maps in the local studies library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat631 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 http://www.picturesheffield.co.uk/cgi-bin/zoom.pl?picture=http://www.picturesheffield.com/jpgh/s05776.jpg Page Hall was the home of Mark Firth the steelmaker and is a few hundred yards to the north of Bolsover Road. There is a Page Hall still there, an apartment block but I don't know if it's the original house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuppie Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 "Oakbrook" at Ranmoor was the home of Mark Firth, He made a present to the city 35 acres of land which were part of the Page Hall Estate and this is now known as Firth Park. Tuppie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 "Oakbrook" at Ranmoor was the home of Mark Firth, He made a present to the city 35 acres of land which were part of the Page Hall Estate and this is now known as Firth Park. Tuppie The Firths also lived at Tapton Cliffe, which was a nursing home in the mid eighties; one of the places where I worked. (It became the local centre for Guide Dogs For The Blind about 15 years ago.) The Firths also owned the Georgian house at 85 Wilkinson Street, at one point. This building was acquired by Sheffield University, and was used as the Department Of Adult And Continuing Education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Page Hall was built around 1773 By Thomas Broadbent a banker of Hartshed, on land called Page field and or Page greave i do not know the origin before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat631 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 "Oakbrook" at Ranmoor was the home of Mark Firth, He made a present to the city 35 acres of land which were part of the Page Hall Estate and this is now known as Firth Park. Tuppie http://www.heritagewoodsonline.co.uk/Wincobank.pdf If you scroll down towards the end of this intesting site to the heading, 'Hind Common and Brushes Wood' it tells more about Firth Park , Mark Firth and the places he lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segasonic Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 http://www.picturesheffield.co.uk/cgi-bin/zoom.pl?picture=http://www.picturesheffield.com/jpgh/s05776.jpg Page Hall was the home of Mark Firth the steelmaker and is a few hundred yards to the north of Bolsover Road. There is a Page Hall still there, an apartment block but I don't know if it's the original house. The picture you link there is of the building that's currently there, as you say it's now apartments. It's behind the odd-numbered semis on Firth Park Road, just past where Bolsover Road branches off. When I was a kid we used to go up to Page Hall (then empty and boarded up) and play on the croquet lawn, which was still there, mallets, hoops and all. You could get onto the grounds through our back garden. Going up Bolsover Road, a short way up on the right is a newish building which I think is a home for the elderly or something - when I was little this was the stables for Page Hall. They were demolished and replaced with the current building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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