South Yorkshire England
Pronounced locally Thrybur Old English Triberg
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James Ross " The Bard of Thrybergh " |
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Dedicated to the memory of James Ross and J. H. Townend
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Approx 1900 St. Johns Road Eastwood View Rotherham |
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A young boy named James H. Townend was talking to his neighbour John Ross one day, and John knowing that young J. H. loved reading, on the spur of the moment handed him a book and said " Here read this, my Granddad wrote it ". Young James. took the book and started to read, the book contained poetry, but this poetry was not like most of the poetry he had read, no this was different. This was poetry he could completely relate to, it was poetry about the little Village up the hill, Thrybergh. The simple beauty of the verse lodged in his mind and remained there. The name of the Poet also remained in the thoughts of James. H. Townend.
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Rotherham approx 1776 |
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The Hollis School |
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The school was founded in 1702 by Thomas Hollis a London Man, and was intended for the poor children of Rotherham, The School was attached to the Presbyterian Chapel, and had an endowment of £20 a year, which was left by Timothy Hollis in 1768. The Minister of the Chapel received £10 a year. The Master of the School was expected to teach 12 boys and 12 girls. Being a charity School there was no fee for the Pupils.
A later well known poet and Radical attended the School at the same time as James, and he was Ebenezer Elliott, who was born at Masbourgh Rotherham in 1781. Later listed as a iron-master and later becoming known as The Corn Law Rhymer, whose attack on the Corn Laws was published in 1831.Ebenezer died in 1849. In the memoirs of Ebenezer is the following passage in which he mentions a John Ross, I wonder if it was actually James Ross, and Ebenezer wrote the wrong name. "On my return from the land of the great pan I was sent again to the Hollis school; where as was my wont in all cases, I took the shortest ways to my object; and the easiest way to get my sums done was to let John Ross do them for me. From the memoirs of Ebenezer Elliott 1841 Ebenezer Elliott died 1849
At the age of 15 in 1791 James began to learn the trade of his Father, but it was not something James wanted to do, and so he studied even harder in the hope of achieving a better position than a Mason. The studying paid off and James was accepted in a position as an assistant at Mr. Mayfield's academy at Loughbourgh.
Returning home to Rotherham James began teaching privately. It is in this period that James married his first wife. [ To be researched.] before acquiring a position at The Endowed School Swinton, The School was described as a small School and possibly the endowment came from the Fitzwilliam family of nearby Wentworth. James taught there for five years.
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Swinton 1808 |
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During his time at
Swinton James met Anna the daughter of William Shaw a Local Farmer. In the
year 1808 James and Anna were married at Swinton.
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1810 Wath upon Dearne |
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A son is born to James
Ross and Ann [ Anna ] Shaw on the 29th July 1810 he was christened James
Ross at Wath Upon Dearne, Yorkshire, England [ Needs verification ]
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