Category: Locations

  • Denbigh – a Hassall Homestead in the mid 1800s

    Denbigh – a Hassall Homestead in the mid 1800s
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    The original homestead “Denbigh”, at Cobbitty, was built in 1818 by Charles Hook and purchased by Thomas Hassall in 1827. It evolved into a small village with its own school master, blacksmith, carpenter, brickmaker, producing wheat, sheep, vineyards, and orchards, and continues to operate as a working farm under Ian and Susan McIntosh, whose family Read more