Bretton Hall by munki-boy
West Bretton
Created: 26 December 2020 Edited: 29 November 2023
West Bretton
Local History around West Bretton
There are some historic monuments around including:
Iron mining shaft mounds and medieval earthworks south of Bentley Grange FarmLowe Hill motte and bailey castleStanding cross at EmleyLow Mill furnaceThornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field systemNew Hall moat and fishpondEmley Day Holes, 200m east of Churchill FarmShaft head and associated headgear near Caphouse Colliery, OvertonAnglo-Saxon period cross in churchyard of All Saints.
