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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

BETTER TO BURN OUT THAN FADE AWAY!
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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!

Originally Posted by Summer01
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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