It’s all very exciting isn’t it?
I was absolutely thrilled to read Glynno's post! I have been working on a time line of articles/names associated with the house, and when it is ready to post (my notes are such a mess to sort out!), I think I will post it in the other thread.
Mark - you seem to be very knowledgeable about all these old houses, so I have a question for you. Does it make any sense that house would be renamed to "Dower House" if in fact, it was not a dower house, in the true sense of the word? Also, wouldn't there have to be Council approval, which I have seen in other areas, or some other legal formalities? I do believe the house had a different name in the early 1800's, so any advice would be welcome!
Circling back now, to the original question of this post.
The Charles Thorold living in the house in 1851 with his wife and sisters was not living there in 1841. Although a similar surname, I don't think it was him.
Charles Thorold was the son of Benjamin Hart Thorold, and Charles and two sisters were living in Harmston in 1841. He's very easy to track, as it was a rather well known family.
Charles died very young, and there is a mini-bio on his findagrave:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130547759There is, in Belper and surrounding areas, a Thrall family. I have seen it misspelled as Thrawle, Thrawell, etc... but it seems most went by Thrall. I have yet to find a Charles Thrall who's occupation would lead one to believe they would live there, but I haven't looked overly hard either. Most seem to be in the silk industry, as dyers, etc. It may not be this family, but it's a name to keep on the back burner!
Matt, your house has been so much fun to work on! Any other discoveries, and hopefully a timeline, I will post in the other thread!