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Claremont was built for Benjamin Waite in 1858. He was a mill-owner in Farsley and Stanningley and the house was originally called Springfield House. Benjamin Waite went bust in the 1880s (and served a month in jail for false accounrting) and the house (and 18 acres of land) were bought by Abimelech William Hainsworth who renamed it Claremont. His business rivals, and relations, the Gaunts ran Springfield Mills so that it probably why he changed it. He and his descendants lived in the house until they year 2000. Among those who lived there were Mrs and Mrs Reuben Hainsworth, Mrs Ann Hainsworth, the widow of Charles Hainsworth, Abimelech's youngest son, and from 1960 Abimelech's grandson Peter Hainsworth, his wife Eileen and their four sons. Peter Hainsworth was a resident there when it became a nursing home, although he also had a bungalow in the grounds, until his death in 2000.
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