Thorpe Hesley, Scholes & Wentworth Through Time

The old village of Thorpe Hesley, once the home of nail-makers, coal miners, farmers and smallholders, has been engulfed by modern residential development. Its smaller neighbour, Scholes is now a dormitory village, referred to by some as ''millionaires'' row''. In great contrast, the village of Wentworth owes its main features to its function as an estate village, in which workers on the Wentworth...