Comments on: Thistleberry Castle, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire https://thefollyflaneuse.com/thistleberry-castle-newcastle-under-lyme-staffordshire/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 13:44:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Valerie https://thefollyflaneuse.com/thistleberry-castle-newcastle-under-lyme-staffordshire/#comment-11521 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 13:44:32 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3324#comment-11521 In reply to Amalia.

Interesting Amalia as I have recently learnt Samuel Mayer was my 4x Grandfather!! My Line is as follows : Samuel, Thomas, John, Oswald (who went to Trenton, N.J.) and John Wallbank Mayer, my grandfather.

“A small world”!!

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/thistleberry-castle-newcastle-under-lyme-staffordshire/#comment-10068 Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:54:30 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3324#comment-10068 In reply to Amalia.

Hello Amalia. I’m very pleased to hear that my post helped add to the story of your ancestors. It’s such a shame that the house and folly are gone. I’d love to have seen the tower in its heyday. Thanks for getting in touch and good luck with learning more about your family.

]]> By: Amalia https://thefollyflaneuse.com/thistleberry-castle-newcastle-under-lyme-staffordshire/#comment-10067 Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:45:31 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3324#comment-10067 This is a great find! I stumbled across this article on a search for Samuel via Google, as I found out yesterday that he’s my 6x great grandfather’s brother (so my 6x great uncle). Margaret, Samuel’s wife, was born around 1773/74 and both her and Samuel are buried at St Giles in the town centre in a beautiful raised tomb right opposite the church gates near the church’s entrance! – the tomb does state that Margaret was 86 when she died on December 15 1889 which would place her birth around 1773. Thank you for putting in the time to research and write about their home – such a pity it’s gone as I live locally and have been past it’s original site many times without knowing 🙁

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/thistleberry-castle-newcastle-under-lyme-staffordshire/#comment-5288 Sun, 26 Sep 2021 07:23:21 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3324#comment-5288 In reply to Steffan Milonas.

Thanks for taking the time to comment Steffan. Such a shame this lovely tower is long gone.

]]> By: Steffan Milonas https://thefollyflaneuse.com/thistleberry-castle-newcastle-under-lyme-staffordshire/#comment-5284 Sat, 25 Sep 2021 23:02:06 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3324#comment-5284 If you look at the old map, it shows a villa to the North-West. Matching this with Ordnance survey mapping, and knowing the area around Thistleberry. I would place the tower on the roundabout at the north end of Pembroke Drive. The fish pond must have been filled in when the housing estate was built. Map ref: SJ842454. O.S. map 118. Best guess as to build date, believe C.1810.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/thistleberry-castle-newcastle-under-lyme-staffordshire/#comment-2548 Sat, 07 Nov 2020 09:27:51 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3324#comment-2548 In reply to Gand.

Thanks Gand. I always appreciate feedback and help spreading the word. Stay safe and well.

]]> By: Gand https://thefollyflaneuse.com/thistleberry-castle-newcastle-under-lyme-staffordshire/#comment-2546 Sat, 07 Nov 2020 08:21:12 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3324#comment-2546 I have forwarded this fascinating story to a friend who lives in N-u-L.
Thanks and keep on strolling.
Gand

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