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| nicky derrett Quote | Reply | | church farm posted on: 12/30/2005 7:15:39 PM hi does anyone know of church farm of morley the hunt family lived there in the 1800s or 1900s?? and also who lives there now |
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suzard
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replied on: 12/31/2005 11:03:19 AM Church Farm still exists in Mapperley today=although not as a farm, the farmhouse is now, and has been for many years, a private dwelling. It is situated on the corner of Church Lane and Main Street. What was once the farmyard (older villagers remember it being a farmyard) now has a house built on part of it(called Pembroke), the other part is the garden of Church Farm. In front of Pembroke is a large tree planted in a small piece of land-that is the site of the old well yard,which served the farm and part of the village too.A little further up Church Lane are the village stocks (not original ones). I don't know who lives there now, but about 5/6 years ago the Kenny family lived there, Mrs Kenny was a midwife and Mr Kenny was a doctor (but not a local G.P.). Before them the Davenport family (they were restauranteurs) lived there for quite a number of years-and before them "Amy" resided there for many years, until she died. If you ask any older villager, it is Amy they will remember-she was the local fortune teller, and people used to come from miles around for consultations. The local doctor used to hold a surgery 2 or 3 times a week in one of the "front rooms"- the surgery was held there for many years-from early 1950's and probably much further back than that, and was held there until Amy died-probably 1970's. I remember Dr Michael Skinner telling me how he loved holding the surgery there-and at the end of surgery Amy would always make him ham sandwiches and fruitcake. Church Farm is reputedly haunted by "Little Mary"-who would be seen in an upstairs window supposedly to forwarn whoever saw her of an impending death in the family-I know someone who "saw" her 15 or so years ago -and a death did occur. Amy used to see Little Mary and apparantly would talk to her "Go away, Mary, Stop being naughty"-but I don't know who Little Mary was supposed to be. I don't remember Amy's surname, but I know she lived there for many years- she had no children-and I don't think she had been married. Her death signalled the loss of a doctors surgery in the village and I believe all Amy's worldly goods were left to her niece who lived in London- all the beautiful old farmhouse furniture was cleared out -and it really signified "the end of an era". |
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suzard
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replied on: 12/31/2005 11:06:48 AM Sorry-just noticed it is Church Farm Morley you are enquiring about!!!!I don't know anything about that one-but at least it's got a bit of the Mapperley Church Farm history recorded !!!!! |
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TimBirkin
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replied on: 1/11/2006 5:27:30 PM Amy's Surname was Morgan ..... Amy Morgan |
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