Sandyford Mission - Sandyford Gisburn Track
Posted: 03 Jan 2013, 20:21
I said I seem to be dim and can't work out how to create a new post other than to reply to an old one but maybe I've cracked it now so copying this message here with apologies if it appears twice for everyone.
I have found a reference to some of my ancestors being baptised at Sandyford Mission in the 1870s. I'd not heard of this before and wondered if any of your local history experts knew anything about it. You have all been so knowledgeable in the past!
Some of my ancestors lived at Sandyford (George Sharp and later the Rushworths). Lower Sandyford is for sale at the moment but there are old references to Higher Sandyford, Lower Sandyford and Sandyford Cottage. I wondered if these are all now knocked together into the one large property and if one of them was used as a chapel. Also I have looked for Higher Greystones Farm on the map but haven't found it if anyone knows which farm that is I'd be grateful. I have relatives coming from Australia in the Spring and they want to tour the homes of their ancestors so I feel as though I should know where they all are!
Best wishes
I have found a reference to some of my ancestors being baptised at Sandyford Mission in the 1870s. I'd not heard of this before and wondered if any of your local history experts knew anything about it. You have all been so knowledgeable in the past!
Some of my ancestors lived at Sandyford (George Sharp and later the Rushworths). Lower Sandyford is for sale at the moment but there are old references to Higher Sandyford, Lower Sandyford and Sandyford Cottage. I wondered if these are all now knocked together into the one large property and if one of them was used as a chapel. Also I have looked for Higher Greystones Farm on the map but haven't found it if anyone knows which farm that is I'd be grateful. I have relatives coming from Australia in the Spring and they want to tour the homes of their ancestors so I feel as though I should know where they all are!
Best wishes