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Description: | Osgathorpe Cottage, Osgathorpe Road, Sheffield 4 Owner and Occupier at the time of the survey: P. Heard Stone-built: many gables with fine barge boards; curved corbals; drip moulds. Extensive outbuildings, the history of which is little known Past owner: wake Family 1750-1900 Photos: Mrs S. Cooper & Mr. R.E.Wilson Mr.T. Fearnehough To the South of Shiregreen, near Firvale, lies Osgathorpe, an old Norse name meaning, "Osgar's outlying farmstead". Here existed Osgathorpe Cottage, a house built on the site of a much older building. The Wake family were owners of much of the land in this area from 1750 to 1900.Most of Osgathorpe was built over in the nineteenth century. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ |
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Rights holder: | Mr. R.E. Wilson | Subjects: | Sheffield | Source: | Sheffield Images | Creator: | Picture Sheffield Administrator | Identifier: | http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend... | Go to resource |
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