Hello again Jean, I don’t know The White Hart Hotel, or a river with any reference to Bull Hole, but having read the early parts of this thread ie they used to live 6 miles from Doncaster at Hickleton pre 1915 and then Agnes was born near York and I don’t think the quarrys at Bessacarr were operational until several years later, I imagine they had no association with Bessacarr at the time of this tragedy.
There were no Hotels near Bessacarr until 1939 when Punch’s Hotel ( now a Toby Carvery )was built on the Bawtry Road (Old A1) not far from Bolton Cottage. There was absolutely nothing else other than farms or houses in Bessacarr until the mid 1950’s when two small shops were built at the beginning of Broughton Road just below Punch’s Hotel. Before this no shops, no schools , no Pubs, no churches, absolutely nothing. Sheer bliss I imagine. Do you know the actual name of the river ? As I stated before when I can get my act together I’ll email you maps over the years of Bessacarr as a picture paints a thousand years, I even came across two aerial photos taken of nearly the whole of Bessacarr taken in the very early 1960’s although I don’t yet have the actual date yet, although small scale you can see Bolton Cottage, Long Close ( the house not the later developed road ) Holly Farm, even the original end of Broughton Road, plus all the fields in their glory. Compared to the present day scene it’s hard to imagine unless you see it. Regards Dave
