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Cocker House replied on: 4/17/2005 7:12:56 AM I'd always thought that too, but having just read "Eastwood through bygone ages," published by the Eastwood History Society around 1970, I'm no longer sure, as the book states that Cocker House "was demolished during opencast mining operations in the 1950's." The book also may assist on the original question. It states that the first occupants of Cocker House appear to have been John and Myra Day. By 1828, Myra was a widow, but still lived there. In 1833, Frederick William Farnsworth, son of John and Mira, a farmer of Cocker House, was christened at Eastwood. There are no earlier references to Cocker House than these, though there is reference to a Samuel Cocker in 1677, and there is also an area called Cockhagh in older documents. The last occupant of the house was a Mr Pedley, sub area manager for No 5 Area, NCB East Midlands Division, so it does look as though the house did belong to the Barber-Walkers.

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