Edmund Cartwright was born in 1743. He was a vicar from Nottinghamshire who became interested in mechanisation of industry.  He designed a power loom which he patented in 1785 . He moved to Doncaster and  he and his family settled in  this house in Baxtergate which had been owned by his late wife's relatives. By 1787 his machine was in use in a new local cotton factory and he decided to set up his own factory too. This was not successful and it closed in about 1793.  He also invented a woolcombing machine as well as  interlocking bricks which were used in a new house on South Parade. He left Doncaster in 1796 . His house eventually became a wine merchants, and was extensively altered in 1909 to become a pub . It was Wades Furniture for years and today is  partly occupied by Sense charity shop.

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From here head back to Christchurch which dates from 1844.

From the gates, turn right and walk around the church following the road.

On the right you will reach a row of terraced houses.

This is the number 4 to 9 ChristChurch terrace, the houses and railings date back to 1827, they were completed before the church was finished.

When they were built, they overlooked the vast Nether Hall Estate, once owned by the Copley Family.

Walking past the terraced houses, you will reach the Hall Cross School, which was once a grammar school built in 1869.

Beyond the school is Bass Terrace, these three storied buildings were built between 1851 and 1854 by the architect William Bass Sivell. The bay windows on the ground floor are Edwardian additions with the shopfront to the eastern house probably later.

Cross Thorne Road at the Hall Cross School gates and arrive at the top of Christ Church Road.

As you approach Christ Church Road, you can see a row of terraced houses to your left.

These three-storey terrace houses opposite Christ Church were named Herschel Terrace as their construction coincided with the centenary of the discovery of the planet Urranus by Sir William Herschel. He had been a frequent visitor to Nether Hall in his younger days.

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