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| Name |
William Spooner BOROUGH |
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1840 [1] |
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Male |
| Occupation |
English Atrist and Scholar |
| Person ID |
I631 |
Littlehales |
| Last Modified |
16 Nov 2001 |
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 | Littlehales nr Buxton
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22911
In 1880 their son William Spooner Brough built a house on the opposite side of Buxton Road and called it Littlehales. He inherited Buxton Villa in 1885 and lived their until his death in 1917. He laid out the Waste north of the junction of Buxton Road and Novi Lane and gave it to the town for recreational purposes. He also laid out a garden next to Littlehales and opened it to the public. In addition he planted an avenue of trees along Buxton Road
From: 'Leek: Leek and Lowe', A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 7: Leek and the Moorlands (1996), pp. 84-169. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22911 Date accessed: 26 March 2013. |
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