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Description: | Built 1773, in surroundings of great beauty by Thomas Broadbent founder of the Sheffield Bank. Other owners included George Bustard Greaves and James Dixon. The estate was then bought in 1874 by Mark Firth, part of which he donated by "deed of gift" to the Sheffield Corporation for the people of Sheffield for a Public Park" for ever". The Park was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales in 1875. The Hall has also been used as an orphanage for girls, then flats and its present use Abbey Grange Nursing Home.(2002) Taken from Lea's Vols. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ |
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01 Sheffield Firth Park |
Rights holder: | Laurence F. Peacock | Subjects: | Sheffield | Source: | Sheffield Images | Creator: | Picture Sheffield Administrator | Identifier: | http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend... | Go to resource |
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