3 thoughts on “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 Marth 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 (1984-1957), who ran it as a smallholding and died there in 1957.
The cottage I think belonged to Mark and Ellen Leah in 1911 on Netherthorpe lane across from the Steelmetlers Arms. Their children were Harold, Hannah, Nellie, Henrietta and Ernest. I think it is a farm as Mark Leah was a farmer at no. 15 netherthorpe lane. The women in the picture maybe Hannah, Henrietta Nellie or Ellen Leah.
regards
Linda Geeson
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 Marth 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 (1984-1957), who ran it as a smallholding and died there in 1957.
The Leahs are related to my Dads side of the family.
The cottage I think belonged to Mark and Ellen Leah in 1911 on Netherthorpe lane across from the Steelmetlers Arms. Their children were Harold, Hannah, Nellie, Henrietta and Ernest. I think it is a farm as Mark Leah was a farmer at no. 15 netherthorpe lane. The women in the picture maybe Hannah, Henrietta Nellie or Ellen Leah.
regards
Linda Geeson