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Description: | The mansion was built in 1805 by Stanton, and for many years was occupied by the Greenhalgh family. Together with the adjoining public park of 13 and a half acres, it was bought by the old borough council after WW1 to provide a memorial to the men of the town who gave their lives during hostilities. The monument was unveiled and dedicated in September 1924. The house and land were previously in the ownership of the Duke of Portland who in view of tributes envisaged, agreed to sell them to the authority for even then the low figure of £5,630 - which was only a quarter of the current value. An appeal was then launched for £10,000 to meet the cost of the memorial. Subsequently the building was converted to house various departments of the council. Mr Richard Green halgh and his family lived at Carr Bank from 1836-1907. He was the owner of Field Mill and was involved in the development of the sports field in Quarry lane, now the home of Mansfield Town FC - the warehouse of his company was still used as changing rooms and offices by the stags until after the last war. The family's links with the mansion ended with the death, at the age of 89, of his daughter, Mrs Clarke. | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | North East Midland Photographic Record | Subjects: | select Please | Source: | Picture the Past OAI feed | Identifier: | http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/fronten... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | Go to resource |
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