Thrybergh
Thrybergh Rothm. Triberge 1086 ‘Three hills’. Old Eng; thr + beorg. Source A Dictionary of British Place-Names in Names & Places
Here, on a hill, not far from Rotherham, lived the Reresby's. What was their park is now a golf course. The name is familiar in literature for the memoirs of Sir John Reresby , a great friend of Charles I s widow, whom he visited in France.
Rising above the trees is the tower and spire of the 14th and 15th century church, its chancel restored with a new arch and windows. A great possession is a window full of old glass, partly restored, showing a seated figure of Our Lord, angels and a man and woman kneeling at desks. There are battered figures of two mediaevil priests, and engraved in stone is the portrait of Radulphus Reresby of 1526, in armour with a dagger at his side. Lionel Reresby's 16th century wall monument has a family group of the father in gold engraved armour, mother wiith eight daughters in farthingales and ruffs, and six sons, in cloaks, their swords with gold hilts. Eight mourning children are on a monument dated 1818 to the wife of John Fullerton.
Thrybergh has the remains of two old crosses. The shaft in a field near the church, is adorned with foliage, and on a carved cross in the cemetery, is a man with a book, thought to have been re-carved in the 12th century, moved from its original site to the churchyard at Thrybergh church in 1947
Described by White in 1833 - A village and parish, on the Doncaster road, 3 miles east by north of Rotherham, in 1833 containing 320 inhabitants, and 1303 acres of land, all belonging to John Fullerton, Esq., who resides in the Park,(The Fullerton family inherited Thrybergh Park in 1809, after the death of Judith Finch) in a beautiful Gothic mansion, com manding extensive prospects. He is also lord of the manor, and patron of the church, which is a rectory dedicated to St. Leonard. In a field near the road is an ancient cross, said to be druidical. The boys’ school is endowed with £10 a year, left by the Hon. Elizabeth Finch, in 1764, and £300 three per cent. consols, left in 1811, by the Rev. W. Hodges, the late rector. Mrs. Fullerton pays for the education of a number of poor girls.
Trades
Gentry
John Fullerton, Esq. Thrybergh hall
Rev. H.S Milner . L.L.D. magistrate
Miscellany of trades
John Adams , blacksmith
Charles Butler , shoemaker
John Foster , wheelwright
Thomas Pepper , tailor
The parochial charities produce about £32 per annum, which go towards the support of Hedge's and Finch's schools. J. Fullerton, Esq., sole landowner resides at. Thribergh Park, the principal residence
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