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Originally Posted by Summer01
I HAVE FOUND OUT WHO LIVED IN MY HOUSE IN THE 1900 IT WAS A JOHN HARGREAVES,HE WORKED AS A PROVISION MERCHANT .DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHO LIVED IN THERE HOUSE IN THE PAST?
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Hmmmmmmmmm, i`ve heard of hargreaves before, who is he/they, famous at all think


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Ive got the deeds and original bill of sale for my house from when it was built in 1928!


IF IT HAS A HOSE THEN IM YOUR MAN

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Hargreave village which became Neston-cum-Hargreave

Loads of people with it as a surname around here.

John Hargreaves is the founder of Matalan and is pretty rich now.

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my home was built in 1845 romoured to be orgionally at monks ferry . Architect unknown, but possibly Richard Kemp

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Originally Posted by diggingdeeper
John Hargreaves is the founder of Matalan and is pretty rich now.
Not the same John Hargreaves of course!

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this is intresting if you know the poeple though it gives your house an idenitity like a individual person. Thanks for that information as well diggdeeper. Its true what you advised me it does take over your lifelol.


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