Heskin Hall, Heskin. Lancashire.

Heskin Hall, Heskin. Lancashire.
Heskin Hall, Heskin. Lancashire.
Heskin Hall, Heskin. Lancashire.
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286778
Reference identifier
SEC20221020033
Title
Heskin Hall, Heskin. Lancashire.
Place
Heskin, Lancashire.
General notes
Heskin Hall is one of the best examples of Tudor Architecture in Northern England. Construction started on this, the New Hall, in C. 1548, and the Hearth Tax records of 1666 record it as the largest property upon the manor, with 15 hearths. The earliest records for the area (1212) describe Eccleston and Heskin as one "Knights Fee" held by Roger Garnet. Interestingly, its history since then includes reference to some of the most famous names of English history. In 1506 these lands, together with others, where sold to Edmund Dudley, Minister of Henry VII (later executed for treason) Although initially forfeit the lands did pass to his son, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, in 1511 In 1556 the manor was bought by a local nobleman, Richard Molyneux. At the same time he purchased the reversion to it and other lands from Mary, the widow of Sir Thomas Seymour, father of Jane Seymour (wife of Henry VIII) .The last people to occupy the hall as a home where Lord and Lady Lilford in the 1960' s. She was an ex-dancer and actress and on their divorce in 1969 the Hall and the surrounding 8 acres went to her as part of the divorce settlement. Since then occupation has been commercial, including Blackburn College and a double glazing firm, who both used it for training and educational purposes.
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Photographic print
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Monochrome
Locator
Miriam Wadge Collection
Heskin Hall, Heskin.
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