The Wainwrights of Penistone Parish
A site devoted to those named Wainwright, who originated in and around Penistone Parish, Yorkshire, England

Carlecotes, Carlecotes Bents, Townhead, Hazelhead, & Savile House;
Yorkshire, England

Last Revised: 5/3/2003
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Carlecotes

is a village about 5 miles west of Penistone, in the township of Thurlstone.
Note that there are several spellings:
  • "Carlcoats" found on a gravestone
  • "Carlecotes" found on a current map, (see below).
  • "Carlcotes" found on old maps.

Townhead

is a short distance southwest of Carlecotes.

Hazelhead

is a short distance east of Carlecotes.

Bents Road

(Route B6106 on the current map) passes in front of Savile House. Locally,Bents Road is called Carlecotes Bents because there are several Bents Roads in the area. 13

Savile House

is currently, (as of 4/21/2001) in the possession of John Wood who farms the land with sheep and dairy cattle. 13
Note the nearby house named "Hillside". There is also a hamlet named "Hill Side", where Bankhouse is located. References to Hillside might refer to either place.
Known Residents of Carlecotes:
Jeremiah Wainwright and Mary
Thomas Wainwright
 Known Residents of Townhead:
Jeremiah Wainwright and Mary
Thomas Wainwright
 Known Residents of Hazelhead:
Ann Wainwright 1840-____
and
Thomas Wagstaff 1831-____
Martha Ann Dyson 1864-____
Squire Wagstaff 1878-____
Known Residents of Savile House:
Jeremiah Wainwright and Ann Wood
Also lived at Upper Midhope.
Trivia:
There were, (at least) two farms in this area which were owned by Godfrey Bosville Esq. which were rented, (to someone) for an annual rent of one left hand glove for one farm and one right hand glove for the other. It would seem that rents were, in some cases, only a technicality.

Current (1994) Map

(Also scroll down for a link to an old map)
© Crown Copyright 1994

(Link last checked on 9/19/2004 - A little slow in responding.)
Click the Map button to open a new window at another site,
then click in the #1 choice to see an old map, (about 1850) showing Carlecotes.

You can zoom in or out by clicking the numbers below the map.
You can pan north, south, east or west by clicking the arrows at the top of the map.
Thurlstone and Penistone are to the north.
Close the new window to return here.

(Link last checked on 9/19/2004 - A little slow in responding.)
Click the Map button to open a new window at another site,
then click in the #1 choice to see an old map, (about 1850) showing Savile House.

You can zoom in or out by clicking the numbers below the map.
You can pan north, south, east or west by clicking the arrows at the top of the map.
Thurlstone and Penistone are to the north.
Close the new window to return here.

(Link last checked on 9/19/2004 - A little slow in responding.)
Click the Map button to open a new window at another site,
then click in the #1 choice to see an old map, (about 1850) showing Hazelhead.

You can zoom in or out by clicking the numbers below the map.
You can pan north, south, east or west by clicking the arrows at the top of the map.
Thurlstone and Penistone are to the north.
Close the new window to return here.