3 thoughts on “Ernest Leah’s Cottage (Netherthorpe House). Photo courtesy of Jean Cookson.”
Netherthorpe House, 15 Netherthorpe Lane, Killamarsh. This old house has obviously seen better days. Originally a public house owned by William Rotherham (1799-1869). He lived there after marrying Martha Smith (1807-1851) of Killamarsh in 1830. William was also a butcher and had a butcher’s shop and brewhouse across the road on the site of The Steelmelters. When, in 1845, he moved to take a farm in Coal Aston, he leased Netherthorpe house to William Leah (1775-1838), of Killamarsh. The Leahs lived there for the next three generations, ending with Ernest Mark Leah (1894-1957), who ran it as a smallholding and died there in 1957.
Hello. I have recently purchased 15 Netherthorpe and I think this photograph is the same property. Does anyone know anything about the history of the property.
Netherthorpe House, 15 Netherthorpe Lane, Killamarsh. This old house has obviously seen better days. Originally a public house owned by William Rotherham (1799-1869). He lived there after marrying Martha Smith (1807-1851) of Killamarsh in 1830. William was also a butcher and had a butcher’s shop and brewhouse across the road on the site of The Steelmelters. When, in 1845, he moved to take a farm in Coal Aston, he leased Netherthorpe house to William Leah (1775-1838), of Killamarsh. The Leahs lived there for the next three generations, ending with Ernest Mark Leah (1894-1957), who ran it as a smallholding and died there in 1957.
The Leah are realetd to me Dads side of the family
Hello. I have recently purchased 15 Netherthorpe and I think this photograph is the same property. Does anyone know anything about the history of the property.
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Michelle Farr