Timeline
about 1660
Marriage of Henry (1) Bowdon to Mary Hewit(t) of Shireoaks
Mary’s inheritance included the estate of Harlesthorpe
before 1757
Southgate House I built, owned by Emmanuel Richardson (?)
1757
Last Will and Testament of George Staniforth, Gentleman of Barlborough, Derbyshire, owner of Southgate House
George bequeaths Southgate House and Farm to his son Charles Staniforth
1777
Charles Staniforth attested at Southgate House
ca. 1786
Southgate House I demolished
1787
Southgate House in Clowne advertised to be let as a “good new built stone messuage” = Southgate House II
shortly after 1787
Henry (3) Bowdon changes residence from Beighton Fields Priory to Harlesthorpe Estate,
letting Southgate House II from Charles Staniforth’s widow first, then purchasing it
1795
Presence of Henry (3) Bowdon attested at Harlesthorpe estate
1820s
Southgate House the Bowdon family’s home
ca. 1828/1829
until ca. 1957
Southgate Cottages (at the Avenue)
1829
Henry (3) Bowdon mentioned as freeholder of Southgate House
1833
John (4) Peter Bruno Bowdon of Beighton Fields Priory takes over Southgate House
1841
Census returns list five servants at Southgate
Seven members of the Bowdon family and three servants on holiday in Scarborough
1850
Henry (5) Bowdon owner of Southgate
1851
Census returns list nine members of the Bowdon family (incl. visitors) and nine servants
1861
Census returns list four members of the Bowdon family and seven servants
ca. 1861 until today
Southgate Stables
1871
Census returns list four family members of the Bowdon family and eight servants
1879
Auction Sale at Southgate House, John (6) Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon
ca. 1881
Southgate House standing empty, no entry in census
Land left uncultivated
1882
Newly renovated building of Southgate House advertised to be let
1883/1884 until 1957
Toll Bar Cottage, purchased by John (6) Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon
1890s
Southgate House left to tenants (Fowler family from Whittington Hall, Chesterfield)
1891
Census returns list nine members of the Fowler family and six servants
1900 or 1902
The Butler-Bowdons back to Southgate House
1901
Census returns list six members of the Butler-Bowdon family and eight servants
1901
Southgate Chapel added to the main building by John (6) Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon and his wife Monica Mary
1909/1910
Southgate House and its appurtenant farms and cottages attested in Land Values Map
John (6) Butler-Bowdon named as owner of Southgate Estate
ca. 1909/1910 until today
Harlesthorpe Cottages (“Lake View”)
ca. 1909/1910 until mid-50s
Cottage at Rotherham Road
ca. 1909/1910 until today
Cottage The Hermitage
1911
Census returns list four members of the Butler-Bowdon family, one visitor and four servants
1914-1918
World War I
Continuance of Southgate Estate in the ownership of the Butler-Bowdon family
William Erdeswick Ignatius Butler-Bowdon owner of Southgate
1938
Auction Sale of Southgate House and Estate with all appurtenant farms (Springfield Farm, South Walls Farm, North Walls Farm, Manor Farm, Little Walls Farm, Eastwood Cottage Farm, Hickinwood Farm), cottages and land by William Erdeswick Ignatius Butler-Bowdon,
new owner Sir Osbert Sitwell of Renishaw, Eckington
1939-1945
World War II
Southgate House and Stables requisitioned as housing for British military personnel by Ministry of Works
424th Battery Royal Horse Artillery (?)
Cheshire Yeomanry
Tank Corps of Middlesex Regiment
South Lancashire Regiment
until 1948
Southgate POW camp for German and Italian Prisoners of War
1948-1961
Nissen huts of “Southgate Camp” let to local squatters and miners
1955
The Van Dyk brothers purchase Southgate House from the Sitwell family
1957
The Van Dyks move to Southgate House, building greenhouses and open nursery business
1963
Cornelis Josef Van Dyk attested as Market Gardener, Southgate House
1966
Southgate House opens as hotel
1969
The Van Dyk brothers sell both businesses to Dirk and Jacob Plug-Kroon
1970
Reginald and Shelagh Ferguson proprietors of “Southgate House Hotel”
1975
Jose and Marie Romay proprietors of “Van Dyk Hotel”
late 1970s /late 1990s
Mansfield Brewery owner of Southgate House/”Van Dyk Hotel”
Frank M and Dorothy A Smith proprietors
2002
CPS Leisure/Eyre family buys Southgate House and runs it as “Van Dyk Hotel Ltd.”
2011
Van Dyk’s Garden Centre and Nurseries cease to exist
2014
Plans at Van Dyk Hotel for extensions