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Farms
Abbey Farm, Stickley Field.
Abbey Farm was located near to Ellowes Hall, and accessed by long farm tracks from Cotwall End Road and another from Moden Hill.
Mentioned in 1851 as an 'Old Abbey' which was occupied by William Elwell, a stone mason and his family.
In the 1901 Census, the Farm was occupied by Charles Harvey, his occupation was- "Carter on Farm", his wife was described as a "Poultry Woman".
The farm could have pre-dated the Ellowes, and the possibility of connections with Dudley Priory, thus given the name, however nothing conclusive found.
Abbey Farm is not to be confused with the Abbey Farm in Gornal Wood.
The old farm buildings were in a derelict state by the 1950s and cleared away before the Ellowes School was built, any remains are under the Ellowes School playing fields.
The above photo appeared in the book '"Patchwork" Around the Beacon (Sedgley) and other Poems' by Sedgley photographer and author Edwin A. Underhill, this is one of twelve mounted photographs in the book of locally inspired poetry published in 1932.
The mounted photographs, according to the author, were taken from negatives of twenty years previous although some copies of the photographs have been produced as post cards.
Underhill also published "The Story of the Ancient Manor of Sedgley" in 1942.
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