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This message was updated on 9/2/2008 9:44:44 AM by Jennypeg

Codnor Hall
replied on: 8/29/2008 11:48:24 AM

1963
Ripley Heanor News
CODNOR HALL FARM
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Another old Codnor landmark is fast disappearing with the demolition of the Hall Farm, which has been a familiar feature of the Market Place scene for close upon 200 years. The building was a typical farmhouse of the 18th century and was for many years owned by the Stirland's, owners of considerable land and property in the village.
It has an interesting link with the Pentrich Revolution for in 1817 as the revolutionaries marched through Codnor, Brandrith, their leader, called at Hall Farm and demanded men and weapons. He succeeded in getting two farm labourers to join him and they took pitchforks for weapons.
Another unusual feature of the farmhouse is that many of the windows are bricked up, as the result of a tax, which was imposed on the number of windows.
After the death of Mr Stirland, a Dr Woolley of Heanor, bought the house and fields and turned it into a doctor’s residence. It was used as a surgery by various doctors for over 70 years.
Following Dr. Woolley the house was tenanted by a farmer named Gill, followed about the turn of the century by Matthew Steeples and the Parrs, who farmed there until 1947, when the Butterley Co Ltd, the owners, took over the farm for their own use.
When the farm has been pulled down, the site will be used for the rebuilding of the French Horn Inn, which now stands a little further down the road.
Jenny

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