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Carhouse, (the residence of H. Cooke, Esq.) in the township of Warmsworth, and parish of Doncaster. Liberty of St. Peter; 1 ½ mile from Doncaster.

This house was built in 1604, by Hugh Childers, Esq. who was that year Mayor of Doncaster. His grandson, Leonard Childers, Esq. bred at this place the famous bay Childers, the fleetest race-horse ever known in England – Miller’s Doncaster.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire By Thomas Langdale. Second Edition. Printed and Sold by J. Langdale; and sold by T. Langdale, Ripon. 1822.