We are very grateful to Mrs Valerie Taylor of Dore for lending us the title deeds to Lower Bents Farmhouse which is reputed to be the oldest surviving building in the area with a proven history back to 1621. We have now scanned and transcribed the deeds which could be particularly interesting to anyone with a connection to the local Fisher, Dalton and Marshall Families.

PAPERS

34 PIECES (1621 - 1973)

As well as Lower Bents Farmhouse and its adjacent closes of land at Well Croft and Nether Croft, these papers relate to other closes of land that were formerly part of Totley Common and which were at times under the same ownership.

Key to Field Names

A Well Croft

B Nether Croft

C Far Brown Close

D Near Brown Close

E Upper Hare Croft

F Lower Hare Croft