Whiteley Wood Hall

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Coordinates: 53°21′27″N 1°32′25″W / 53.3575°N 1.5402°W / 53.3575; -1.5402

Whiteley Wood Hall was a stately home, built in 1662 by Alexander Ashton near Sheffield. In 1757 the Hall was bought by Thomas Boulsover from his friend Strelley Pegge of Beauchief . In 1760 Boulsover bought the adjacent woodland on the River Porter from the Duke of Norfolk. Thomas Boulsover died at the Hall in 1788. In 1864 the estate was bought by Samuel Plimsoll. Whiteley Wood Hall was demolished in 1959.

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