The village lies close to the border with staffordshire and is about 8 miles north of newport and 5 miles south east of market drayton. Manvers of thoresby and holme pierrepont the university of. The lhs visitor centre and office is open on tuesday mornings and on the first saturday of each month from 10. Prints from samuel carter halls the baronial halls and picturesque edifices of england.
Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of stanwardine hall. Stanwardine hall is a grade ii listed building in baschurch, shropshire, england. The leintwardine history society seeks to carry out research and to preserve archives and artifacts relating to all aspects of the history of leintwardine and surrounding villages of north herefordshire and south shropshire. The manvers collection is a large and diverse collection, offering opportunities for research into a wide range of areas. Deanery of lapely and trysull volume 24 of parish registers, staffordshire parish registers society. Nottinghamshire history the strangers guide to nottingham. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of lichfield. This has moulded crossbeam ceiling and fireplace with moulded stone surround and depressed lintel. Aug 01, 2012 welcome to the lhs home page on this page you will find news and updates of our activities, pictures of general or specific interest, information relating to our area, trivia in short anything that might interest you as a member or friend of the leintwardine history society. Enton hall photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. In 1863 a competition was announced for the design of a new church on the clayfield, st. This website covers the history of cheswardine estate and the people who lived there from about 1800 to the present time. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860.
Stanwardine hall, baschurch, shropshire history in structure. The site had an extensive history first as an augustinian priory and then as convent. Home places the strangers guide to nottingham 1827 preface. The hall was formally owned and built for sir thomas anderton salt, a director of the north staffordshire railway company, but its use as a family home was shortlived, it being sold to staffordshire county. Nottingham in the middle ages 600 1499 mumblingnerd. Stanwardine hall, an elizabethan mansion, is now occupied as a farmhouse. The halls of new england genealogical and biographical. Seighford hall nursing home limited free company information from companies house including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity. Standon old hall, standon, staffordshire history in structure. Carefully collated with the editions of 1548 and 1550 by hall, edward, d.
However, i still believe in the point of the original article i know its fun to speculate, and thats what its all for, after all. About us and how to join leintwardine history society. Platt bros in oldham, which was the largest firm in the world in the second half of the 19th century, such as the book platts by r h eastham. Stanwardine hall is mainly eshaped in plan built with red sandstone brick from grinshill and with stone facings and mullioned windows. Stanwardine in the fields and stanwardine in the wood. Small room on first floor of porch has stone fireplace with tudor arch and inserted coalbrookdale grate. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Stone flag floor and infilled fireplace to back wall with pilastered surround and moulded overmantel. Annes church hall, chapel street, tottington, bury, bl8 4ap. They are set in the rural countryside of shropshire in england. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of enton hall. Standon is a village and civil parish in the stafford district, in the county of staffordshire, england. The introduction of deer parks into the english landscape was very much an activity of the barons. This property is located at seighford hall, seighford, stafford st18 9pl.
Soughton hall is a grade ii listed country house hotel in sychdyn, flintshire, wales. The editor has effectively rescued glynnes yorkshire church notes from merely describing a frozen moment in time into a valuable resource for those who wish to trace for themselves the 19thcentury changes in church architecture. P bridge in ellesmere, stanwardine hall on cylex and find. He married jane born about 1536, buried 23 dec 1588 who was the daughter and heiress of roger thomas kynaston of walford and. The hall was constructed in 1792 for rene payne, a london banker, from a design by the noted john sloane. Books about stanwardine in the wood area browse 11 photo books on stanwardine in the wood and the surrounding area.
Nov 01, 2009 on the opposite side of the street, is a wide archway, the entrance to the. But some of the wild guesswork surrounding the hoard and its history i. With the opening of the first dock at avonmouth in 1877, then part of shirehampton tything, a considerable residential development was to take place across the years, particularly in the villages of avonmouth and shirehampton. The eventual design was eventually undertaken by a. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. Hack reprinted from shire, april 1998 uk shirehampton parish council. Seighford, staffordshire genealogy heraldry and history.
The church is chiefly norman, and contains a large marble altartomb of 1593 for sir william bowyer and his wife. Stanwardine in the wood photos, maps, books, memories. The living is a rectory in the diocese of peterborough. A history and description of stanwardine hall built in 1580, and the nearby moated site which dates back to the 12th century. In 1985 the poole family took ownership of the hall and opened its doors as a prestigious and specialist care home for the elderly. You do get plenty of bang for your buck though old springs hall. In 187072, john marius wilsons imperial gazetteer of england and wales described sulby like this. The church is a building of stone partly in the perpendicular style, consisting of chancel. Thornby, northamptonshire genealogy heraldry and history. At the 2001 census, the parish which also includes the villages of chipnall and soudley as well as several small hamlets such as goldstone and ellerton, had a population of 991. This hundred did not survive long after domesday, and the village and other places in the hundreds southern half later in medieval. On the opposite side of the street, is a wide archway, the entrance to the.
The vicarage of westonlullingfield is a separate benefice. Nov 26, 2010 in homes of the week, we have pictures of a truly special country house in market drayton, on the market for a cool. It underwent a complete repair in 1805, being stuccoed, fined, and greatly improved. Notable guests that have stayed include luciano pavarotti, michael jackson and king juan carlos i of spain. Catalogue of letters and other items mainly relating to the greaves, hall and platt families in the 19th century. In 2001 the population of the civil parish of standon was 823, and in the 2011 census it had a population of 879. Stanwardine inthefields and stanwardine inthewood, two townships in baschurch parish, salop, 5. It is a work in progress and a considerable amount of data has been accumulated which will in time be loaded onto the website. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. The history of the castle, town, and forest of knaresborough. Nov 07, 2012 it wouldnt be the first time history had made a monkey out of me, and i doubt itll be the last.
It is a reference book that will sit comfortably besides pevsner on the library shelf. Leintwardine has a flourishing history society which organises regular talks and visits and is a mine of information about the village and its long and fascinating history. In the mid1980s, to the amazement of many, it fell into the hands of developers who built houses and golfcourses across the land and gutted the house to create a vast. But some of the wild guesswork surrounding the hoard and its history i see is bonkers.
The building of shirehampton public hall author ralph a. It is also known that a large elizabethan house was built in the 1630s in the same location but it was probably demolished during the building of the georgian trentham hall. Stanwardine in the fields and stanwardine in the wood, shropshire historical description. Entrance hall, now divided into several rooms, has late c16 plaster frieze decorated with pomegranates, trailing vines, acorns, shields and lions heads. East front a symmetrical composition of 3 storeys and 7 bays, with projecting quoins, a string course above the 1st floor and a cornice. Description of stanwardine hall the following notes are taken from the book old shropshire houses and their owners, by h. Cheswardine is a rural village and civil parish in north east shropshire, england. Front has projecting gabled bay on lefthand side to cross. Seighford hall is an ancient mansion situated in a wellwooded park. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Standon hall, which was built circa 1910, to the design of liverpool architect j. Iain and kate hilltrevor were alerted to the chimney fire by the alarm system in the 400yearold brynkinalt hall on the shropshirenorth wales border and noticed smoke seeping through the. However neither of these books deal in any depth with the period from about 1800 onwards. For more information click on the following web link to see the indepth history of the cheswardine manor.
Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of stanwardine hall francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. Standon old hall formerly listed as sj 83 nw 45 old hall 24. The following pages are descriptive of the present state of the town of nottingham, a brief sketch of which has long been a desideratum to strangers when passing through the place. Considerable additions and renovation on old lines.
The following 35 years saw the hall change hands a number of times, even being used as a school. Standon old hall is a grade ii listed building in standon, staffordshire, england. Standon old hall british listed buildings history in. Dated 1588 inside for robert corbet, extended early c17 for his son, thomas corbet with further remodelling of 17 datestone for sir john wynne. The manor, with thornby hall, a mansion in the elizabethan style, belongs to the pender family. Return to the introduction and contents page reconstruction of the likely appearance of nottingham castle in the late medieval period. Stanwardine inthewood sj 42 nw 1228 stanwardine hall 27. Seighford hall nursing home limited free company information from companies house including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual. Byng, george stevens 18061886, of 88 eaton square, mdx. To assist in this we hold regular meetings with invited specialist speakers, arrange tours of local historic buildings and sites and publish. Notable items include the courtship letters between hannah greaves and william hall in 1824 and the account in the oldham chronicle of the shooting accident of james platt mp on saddleworth moor in 1857, the roman and greek coin catalogues of henry platt hall, and the sporting. The mystery of the lost stonnall hoard brownhillsbobs.
The church is a building of stone partly in the perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, n aisle, s porch, and an embattled western tower. Hall family info from mrs sarah evans the hall family the following information was received from mrs evans aunt to william hall, crescent salford. It is a prime source for nottinghamshire local history, and provides evidence for land ownership and estate management in general. Nottingham in the middle ages 600 1499 mumblingnerds. Francis doyle, is a manor house located in standon. Nottingham was called tig guocobauc, meaning a place or house of cave dwellings, and formed part of the kingdom of mercia, later coming under the rule of a saxon english chieftain named snot who called it snotingaham, meaning the home, dwelling or. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of.
Stanwardineinthewood sj 42 nw 1228 stanwardine hall 27. Timber frame and painted brick, generally roughcast. More recently, the late bernard lazarus, former headmaster of cheswardine primary school, published some stories about village life country reflections around cheswardine. The yorkshire church notes of sir stephen glynne 18251874. Baschurch, shropshire genealogy heraldry and history. The halls of new england genealogical and biographical by hall, david brainard, 1812publication date 1883 topics hall family. The bricks are of the small elizabethan type and beautifully mellowed by age. Unitarian chapel, which was probably the first dissenting place of worship in the town. See all books memories of stanwardine in the wood read and share your memories of stanwardine in the wood itself or of a particular photo of stanwardine in the wood. History of sulby, in daventry and northamptonshire map. Christopher a long poultry at le boquet, pontfarcy.
Its mansion house stood until 1914 at the junction of what today is kensington avenue and norbury avenue. Standon has a church called church of all saints and one school called all saints c of e first school. Norbury hall history the manor of norbury lay at the northern end of the parish of croydon either side of the london road. Buy the history of the castle, town, and forest of knaresborough. William john bankes inherited soughton hall in the 1815. Mar 03, 2018 iain and kate hilltrevor were alerted to the chimney fire by the alarm system in the 400yearold brynkinalt hall on the shropshirenorth wales border and noticed smoke seeping through the wall. Leintwardine was a hundred at the time of the domesday book, which was regarded as a shropshire hundred and which spanned north into presentday shropshire along the vicinity of the roman road towards wroxeter as well as south into presentday herefordshire. A series of lovely images of various country homes, castles, abbeys, and other picturesque edifices of england issued in two volumes. The cheswardine estate, then known as the hill, chipnall, was owned by the jervis family who were unfortunately forced to sell.
The yorkshire church notes of sir stephen glynne 1825. Slaley hall, in northumberland, was once a glorious sporting estate of around 3,000 acres lying south of hexham and just north of the derwent reservoir on the durham border. Property details for seighford hall seighford stafford. Sulby hall, home of george payne, was located southwest of market harborough in northamptonshire. The baronial halls and picturesque edifices of england. Sulby, an extraparochial tract in the district of marketharborough and county of northampton. He was the younger son of the family of corbet, of moreton, who was sheriff in 1530. It wouldnt be the first time history had made a monkey out of me, and i doubt itll be the last. Stanwardine hall, baschurch 1176127 historic england.
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