History of Firbeck Hall

1594       William West (Sr.) Constructed the hall

1598       William West (Jr. – son of William West snr) -  Inherited

1638       John West (son of William West jnr)  - Inherited

1659       Elizabeth Fane (nee West – sister of John West) – Inherited

 

1669       William Woolhouse – Purchased

 

1676       Jonathan Stanyforth I – Purchased

1691       Disney Stanyforth – Inherited

1756       Jonathan Stanyforth II – Inherited

1779       Amelia Stanyforth (sister of JS II) – Inherited

1792       John Barker (grandson of Disney Stanyforth’s sister in law) – Inherited

 

1800       Henry Gally Knight (Sr.) – Purchased

1808       Henry Gally Knight (Jr.) – Inherited

1846       Willed to Ecclesiastical Commissioners

 

1853       Mrs Frances Harriett Miles (nee Jebb) – Purchased

1878       Rev. Henry Gladwyn Jebb – Inherited

1898       Capt. Sydney Gladwyn Jebb (nephew) – Inherited

                1909 – For Sale (unsold)

                1914 – Belgian refugees (great war)

                1919 – Let to Mr A Peech of the Steel, Peech and Tozer company

 

1934     Cyril Nicholson – Purchase and conversion to Firbeck Hall Club

                1939 – Sheffield Royal Infirmary

                1940 – RAF Firbeck (Airfield and parts of Hall and Village)

                1943 – For Sale (unsold)

 

1945     Miners Welfare Commission – Purchase

        Conversion to South Yorkshire Miners Rehabilitation Centre

1984     Transferred to Trent Regional Health Authority

                Rehabilitation Centre for Industrial Injuries

c.1990   Rehabilitation Centre Closed

1996     Cambs Construction Ltd - Purchase

2010     Jason Cooper - Purchase

2014     Ashley Wildsmith - Purchase

2018     Planning Application Approved

2019     David & Natalie Johnson & Jason Shrimpton - Purchase