Thorp Green Hall, Little Ouseburn, Yorkshire

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Thorp Green Hall was situated in the Parish of Little Ouseburn south of the village and about 12 miles west of York.

Owners of Thorp Green Hall

Mann Horsfield, before 1768 - 1796

Edmund Robinson 1796 - 1800, stepson of Mann Horsfield

Edmund Robinson 1800 - 1846, son of the first Edmund Robinson

Edmund Robinson 1846 - 1865, son of the second Edmund Robinson

Mr. Thompson bought Thorp Green Hall and its estate from the third Edmund Robinson in 1865.

Thorp Green Hall in the 1841 Census

Thorp Green, Township of Thorp underwoods, GBC_1841_1286_0045. findmypast

Edmund Robinson, aged 45, Clergyman, Y (Yes, born in Yorkshire)

Lydia Robinson, aged 41, N (No, not born in Yorkshire)

Lydia M. Robinson, aged 15, Y

Elizabeth Robinson, aged 14, Y

Mary Robinson, aged 13, Y

Edmund Robinson, aged 9, Y

& 10 servants

Advertisements Seeking Tenants for Thorp Green Hall

Yorkshire Gazette, 21 August 1847 page 4. findmypast

TO BE LET

FURNISHED or UNFURNISHED, with Immediate Possession,

THAT Commodious and Comfortable MANSION, at THORP GREEN, the Residence of the late Rev. EDMUND ROBINSON, with the Conservatory, Gardens, Coach-Houses, Stables, and requisite Conveniences, suitable for the Residence of a Family, with Eighty Acres of Superior GRASS LAND, or any less Quantity; together with the Exclusive RIGHT of SHOOTING over Nineteen Hundred Acres or thereabouts, well stocked with Game, and adjoining upon Manors strictly preserved.

Thorp Green is Twelve Miles West of York; Eight from Knaresborough; Five from Boro’bridge; Five from Alne Station on the Great North of England Railway; and Three from the Line connecting York and Knaresbro’.

For Tickets to View, and all further Particulars, apply to Mr. SEATON, YORK.

3rd March, 1847.

Note by Martin C. Styan: The website findmypast has many examples of this advertisement in newspapers around this time. It is dated 3 March 1847, but this example from 21 August 1847 is the earliest that could be found (9 Dec 2022). On 25 September 1847 the Leeds Intelligencer (page 5, findmypast) reported the withdrawal of the advertisement. Similar advertisements for tenants of the “Mansion at Thorp Green” appear in newspapers from the 1850s and early 1860s (findmypast).

York Herald, 24 September 1864 page 1. findmypast

THORPE GREEN HALL, NEAR YORK.

TO BE LET, FURNISHED, for 6 or 8 Months, the above Good FAMILY RESIDENCE, containing large Drawing-room, Dining-room, Breakfast-room, Library, 3 W.C.’s, 5 best Bed-rooms, 3 Dressing-rooms, Day and Night Nursery, and Six Servants’-rooms, Housekeeper’s-room, Pantry, Kitchens, and Domestic Offices, Stabling for eight horses, Double Coach-house, Harness-room, Two Rooms above Harness-room, Cow-house for four, and Paddock, about 4 acres. The above House is fully and handsomely furnished, replete with every convenience, and well worth the attention of Gentlemen wanting a Hunting Box during the forthcoming season.

THORPE GREEN HALL is 12 miles from York, near to two Railway Stations, is in the midst of the York and Ainsty Hunt, and within easy reach of the Bramham Moor and Bedale Hunts. Possession can be given on the 1st day of OCTOBER.

For Rent and further Particulars, apply to MARIA TAYLOR, Upholder, &c., 49, Coneystreet, York.

The Sale of Thorp Green Hall in 1865

Carlisle Examiner and North Western Advetiser, 7 October 1865 page 3. findmypast

Mr. Thompson, the chairman of the North-Eastern Railway Company, and late M.P. for Whitby, has just purchased the Thorpe Green Hall estate for £137,000.

Websites with Relevant Information

http://www.aycliffehistory.org.uk/html/Eade.html