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Turton Hall by Charles Soderlund © 03/2020
Turton Hall
Listing Date: 19 January 1977
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1313447
English Heritage Legacy ID: 341806
Listing Date: 19 January 1977
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1313447
English Heritage Legacy ID: 341806
(below) Turton Hall Academy circa 1888 (taken from an advertising brochure). Missing from this bucolic scene are the mills and workshops which, by that time, had overrun the town.
New Hall 1739
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Most likely, Gildersome's New Hall, later called Turton Hall, was erected sometime between 1715 and 1739 by Bolton Hargrave (1695-1749) (1). He was the son of John Hargrave of Giggleswick (2) and Hannah Bolton of Gildersome (3). Hannah was the daughter of Farnley Wood Plot conspirator Jeremiah Bolton also of Gildersome. The New Hall's likeness appears in a 1739 map of Gildersome, looking almost the same then as it does today (left). After Hargrave's death, his executors sold the New Hall (1750) to James Maude and Maude then sold it to John Turton (1779) from whence its present name derives. Officially, it was called New Hall or Gildersome Hall and didn't acquire its present name until the 1860s when it became known as Turton Hall Academy.
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Mrs. Bedford, whose family had owned Turton Hall for 78 years, said in an October 1977 article in The Dalesman, that: "their deeds go back to 1720. Since there was an earlier owner, it seems likely that Turton Hall is of 17 century date." The article goes on to say, "One of the stories told of its origin is that it was built by a Lord Turton for his bride; that the lady jilted him and he never lived there. It is a pity that those first years of the house remain a mystery." It's hoped that the following study can dispel some of that mystery.
Bolton Hargrave |
Above: A settle panel from Turton Hall, possibly
from the 17th century (from the Dalesman Article). |
It is my opinion that Mr. Bolton Hargrave built the Turton Hall we know today, though it could have been built by his father, John Hargrave, sometime between 1694 and 1709. Bolton inherited the property upon which the Hall is situated from his mother, Mrs Hannah Hargrave, it stretched from today's Harthill Parade to approximately Turton Vale. The same property appeared in a 1709 deed between Joseph Dickinson and the Gildersome Quakers granting them the right of use to a piece of ground for their intended Meetinghouse which was "bounded on the East Against Hannah Hargreaves Upper Croft On the South Against Butts Lane On the West & North of the said Joseph Dickinson's Croft."(4) The name 'Upper Croft' suggests that it was part of a farmstead with a house or cottage attached. If so, any such dwelling was probably Elizabethan in style and could have been situated anywhere from Turton Hall's locale or fronting on a lane (later called Town St) somewhere between the Green to College Rd. Whether or not Mrs Hargrave and her son lived at this dwelling is a matter for conjecture as they also owned property elsewhere in Gildersome.
Hannah Hargrave's maiden name was Bolton. Her father was Jeremiah Bolton, a man of property and influence in Gildersome, in 1687 he was one of the signatories to a deed of lease for the Morley Old Chapel. Her mother, whose given name is unknown, was a daughter of John Smith (5) the elder. In 1605, John Smith had purchased a large tract of Gildersome land from Lord Savile (6) so it's more than likely that some of this property filtered down to Hannah through her mother's inheritance.
Bolton's father was John Hargrave (b 1662), of Giggleswick, son of Anthony Hargrave of the same place. His family had some connection to the wealthy Lister family of Giggleswick but for now the relationship remains unclear. John married Hannah Bolton at Batley Church on 1 December 1694 and in June of 1696 their son, Bolton, was born. The couple appear to have had no other children. From 1709 until her death in 1719 Hannah's name alone appears in several property transactions (7), indicating that her husband John had died sometime between 1696 and 1709.
Hannah Hargrave's maiden name was Bolton. Her father was Jeremiah Bolton, a man of property and influence in Gildersome, in 1687 he was one of the signatories to a deed of lease for the Morley Old Chapel. Her mother, whose given name is unknown, was a daughter of John Smith (5) the elder. In 1605, John Smith had purchased a large tract of Gildersome land from Lord Savile (6) so it's more than likely that some of this property filtered down to Hannah through her mother's inheritance.
Bolton's father was John Hargrave (b 1662), of Giggleswick, son of Anthony Hargrave of the same place. His family had some connection to the wealthy Lister family of Giggleswick but for now the relationship remains unclear. John married Hannah Bolton at Batley Church on 1 December 1694 and in June of 1696 their son, Bolton, was born. The couple appear to have had no other children. From 1709 until her death in 1719 Hannah's name alone appears in several property transactions (7), indicating that her husband John had died sometime between 1696 and 1709.
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Above, Gildersome 1709:
The red line, above, is the course of old Butts Lane which connected to the Bottoms and ended beyond Smith's House, from there one branch went north to Leeds via Roomsbridge and the other east to Morley. The entrances to Turton Hall and Old Hall face south suggesting that perhaps Butts Lane was the preferred thoroughfare, Town St and Branch Ave, if they existed at that time, were most likely simple occupation roads. The field called Butts can be found near the same location on the 1843 Tithe Map of Gildersome. (see: below right) |
1. Turton Hall, the area within the yellow lines is Mrs. Hargrave's Upper Croft. 2. The location of the Joseph Dickinson's Old Hall. His property lies within the dashed orange lines. 3. John Smith's house later the location of Halstead House. Smith's property lies north of the blue dashed line. 4. Location of the Quaker Meetinghouse. 5. The Nook. 6. Area called The Butts in Tudor times; where local men and boys were mandated to practice archery |
Photo courtesy of Neil Corness & Kevin Scarth GPP
Left: In this 1855 O.S. map of Gildersome, I added the names of the fields as found in the 1843 Tithe Apportionments and map of Gildersome. One can see the line of Butts Lane reflected in the property boundaries of 408, 388, and 384 where it breaks off through Halstead property but continues on beyond. The property known as Butts is number 386. The red X represents the approximate location of the Quaker Meetinghouse.
Other than a few records, most of which are presented here, very little is known about Bolton's personal life. He attended a school in Gildersome taught by a Mr. Cox and became sufficiently proficient to gain entrance to Trinity College, however he failed to graduate (8). In 1716, at the age of 20 years, Bolton became a Trustee of Batley Grammar School. He probably held that position until his death in 1749. (9) We know that he inherited property from his mother, how much of that property was brought to the marriage by his father is yet to be determined. After 1719, Bolton enlarged his Gildersome estate by purchasing several farms and mineral rich properties, all of which he leased out (10). According to his 1749 will abstract (below) he also owned property in seven other West Yorkshire parishes (11). As mentioned previously, it was sometime during the period between his mother's death and the 1739 "Eye" map of Gildersome that he may have built the New Hall, which as stated in his will was: "built at a great Expense." The following advertisement is from the British Evening Post for June 23rd, 1767, twenty eight years after Bolton's death, and gives us the earliest description of the New Hall. In it, probably the only new addition to the estate was the fish pond put in by James Maude......
Other than a few records, most of which are presented here, very little is known about Bolton's personal life. He attended a school in Gildersome taught by a Mr. Cox and became sufficiently proficient to gain entrance to Trinity College, however he failed to graduate (8). In 1716, at the age of 20 years, Bolton became a Trustee of Batley Grammar School. He probably held that position until his death in 1749. (9) We know that he inherited property from his mother, how much of that property was brought to the marriage by his father is yet to be determined. After 1719, Bolton enlarged his Gildersome estate by purchasing several farms and mineral rich properties, all of which he leased out (10). According to his 1749 will abstract (below) he also owned property in seven other West Yorkshire parishes (11). As mentioned previously, it was sometime during the period between his mother's death and the 1739 "Eye" map of Gildersome that he may have built the New Hall, which as stated in his will was: "built at a great Expense." The following advertisement is from the British Evening Post for June 23rd, 1767, twenty eight years after Bolton's death, and gives us the earliest description of the New Hall. In it, probably the only new addition to the estate was the fish pond put in by James Maude......
For Sale.......In Gildersome, in the Parish of Batley, in the West Riding of the County of York, a capital Mansion House, called Gildersome Hall, with extreme good and convenient Stables, Granaries, and other Out-buildings, Courts, Yards and Gardens planted with the best kinds of Wall-Fruit, thereunto belonging; and also a large Paddock adjoining to and lying in the Front of the said Mansion-House, beautified by a large Fish-pond full of Tench and divers Plantations standing dispersedly in the same, and several Closes of land, occupied with the said Mansion-House. The Whole is in the possession of James Maude, Esq., and consists of sixty acres of Ground or thereabouts. (12)
When Bolton Hargraves died he left a lengthy last will and testament, a copy of which I have yet to see. However there are a couple of provisions in his will which have been mentioned in other sources. In one, a gift was granted to the Parish Church of Batley consisting of: "Three Bells and a Clock; For the use of the Communion, Two silver Cups and Covers, One Silver Flagon and three silver Plates." (13) He also left a legacy, called the Bolton Hargrave's Charity, which would influence the Parish of Gildersome right up to the dawn of the 20th century. In order to provide some education to the poor boys of Gildersome, boys who had to earn a wage and so were unable to attend the school at Batley, he left £200.....
......the profits thereof to be paid to a sufficent schoolmaster for teaching, freely, ten poor boys, to be nominated by the vicar of Batley, and the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of Gildersome for the time being, out of the poorest families of the inhabitants of Gildersome, and he willed that the schoolmaster should teach the poor boys to read the Bible and New Testament, and prepare them to be able to repeat the Church catechism before the vicar, openly in the church of Batley. The legacy was laid out in the purchase of South Sea Annuities, which produced a yearly dividend of £61. 2s., but the stock was afterwards sold (1773), and the proceeds applied in purchasing three tenements, with small gardens, in Gildersome, which are let by the trustees to different persons, as yearly tenants, at rents amounting together to £10 a year, being the full value. The rents are paid to the master of a school in Gildersome for teaching 10 poor children, nominated as directed by the will, in reading, writing, accounts, and the Church-catechism. Trustees of the charity to the number of seven have been appointed from time to time, being chosen as vacancies occur, by the survivors, from the inhabitants of Gildersome. (14)
The children attended school at a small building which also doubled as a town meeting room. This was situated on todays Church St. across from the New Inn. The "School" appears plainly marked in the 1800 Enclosure Map of Gildersome. Adjacent to the school sat two or three cottages that were purchased after 1773 to provide rents for the school's expenses.
Left: According to an 1896 appraisal of the property, the area within the red lines is the extent of the property that once belonged to the Hargraves Charity. The yellow shaded area represents approximately where the Old School sat and the orange area is the approximate site of the rental cottages. (15)
By the mid to late 1830s a new Sunday School was built adjacent to St. Peters (now called the Annex) which provided a similar curriculum as Bolton's charity school. The Trustees at that time decided to abandon the Old School and direct the rental proceeds for the use of the new Sunday school. Eventually the new Sunday school proved too small and in the early 1890s the Churchwardens and Overseers proposed the Charity land as the site of a new National School. In 1896, after a bitter debate between the Nonconformists and the Church Party, which made it all the way to Parliament, the matter was approved in favour of the Church and the charity's old school and its cottages were demolished. (16) For more on the controversy surrounding the New National School see:
Health Lectures, Monitors and Zeppelins: Gildersome’s second National (Church of England) School.
Left: According to an 1896 appraisal of the property, the area within the red lines is the extent of the property that once belonged to the Hargraves Charity. The yellow shaded area represents approximately where the Old School sat and the orange area is the approximate site of the rental cottages. (15)
By the mid to late 1830s a new Sunday School was built adjacent to St. Peters (now called the Annex) which provided a similar curriculum as Bolton's charity school. The Trustees at that time decided to abandon the Old School and direct the rental proceeds for the use of the new Sunday school. Eventually the new Sunday school proved too small and in the early 1890s the Churchwardens and Overseers proposed the Charity land as the site of a new National School. In 1896, after a bitter debate between the Nonconformists and the Church Party, which made it all the way to Parliament, the matter was approved in favour of the Church and the charity's old school and its cottages were demolished. (16) For more on the controversy surrounding the New National School see:
Health Lectures, Monitors and Zeppelins: Gildersome’s second National (Church of England) School.
As mentioned previously, I have not yet had the pleasure of reading the full Last Will and Testament of Bolton Hargrave, however, the will's abstract resides at the Wakefield Registry of Deeds. Unfortunately it's short on the details commonly found in most wills (even abstracts) such as executors, heirs and property. Some of these missing details I have been able to find in a 1750 Deed between his heirs and James Maude which records the sale of the New Hall property and seven other parcels, four of which were farms with a messuage and three were fields. The total acreage of the sale was 114 acres and rents derived from the seven lots amounted to somewhere around £50. Bolton Hargrave's executors and heirs (he never married) are listed after his will abstract, below.
Abstract of the Will of Bolton Hargrave :
13 June 1749 made by Bolton Hargrave late of Gildersome alias Gildersham....
Concerning all his Houses Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Ardsley Adwalton Allerton and Ovenden all in the County of York AND also all his Houses Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Morley and Churwell in the County of York AND also all his Houses Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Pool in the Parish of Brotherton AND also all his houses, built at a great Expense, Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Estate and Estates Trusts and Trusts for him belonging to the said premises lying in Gildersome. Which said Will is Witnessed by John Milner of Gildersome aforesaid Clothier, William Glover of Gildersome aforesaid Clothier and Joseph Houldsworth of Gildersome aforesaid Mason.
Below are the parties involved in the 1750 deed of sale between Bolton Hargrave's heirs and James Maude. It appears that the heirs to his Gildersome Estate wasted no time in selling off all his Gildersome properties in one large sale which consisted of 10% of the entire area of the Parish of Gildersome. To see a list of these Gildersome properties, see Notes below. (17)
Executors: Rev John Murgatroyd of Leeds, Rev Thomas Rhodes of Batley, Wlm Murgatroyd of Middle Temple London, George Statham gentleman of Adwalton.
Heirs on his Father's Side: Rev Anthony Lister the younger of Giggleswick, cousin of Bolton Hargraves deceased, and son of A Lister the elder, Rev Christopher Swainson of of Goosnargh, Lancs and wife Elizabeth, William Foster of Armistesd and wife Jane (Elizabeth and Jane are the only daughters of Anthony Lister elder and his wife Mary).
Heir on his Mother's Side: John Birkhead of Gildersome, cousin of Bolton Hargraves deceased.
Property sold to: James Maude Esquire of Wakefield.
James Maude's Tenure:
James Maude was born about April 1723 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire and died in 1778 in Leathley, North Yorkshire. He was the son of Francis Maude (d. 1734) of Wakefield and Barbara Sill. He married Anna Maria Alathea Jordan (1725-1778) of Leathley, N. Yorkshire. She was dau/heir of Col. John Jordan and by Alathia Hitch, sister of Henry Hitch of Leathley. (18)
James' father was a wealthy merchant and freehold property owner in Wakefield. James was twelve years old when his father died, which must have been sudden as his estate was left intestate. (19 ) The very next year his mother died leaving James, his brother Francis and three sisters orphaned and heirs to their father's large estate. It's not known how they managed, presumably they had a guardian and received assistance from other family members. When James was old enough he attended university in Oxford at Oriel College on 21 October 1742, there's no record of his graduation. (20) What occurred during the next eight years after his matriculation for now remains a mystery. As mentioned above, in 1750, at the age of 26, he purchased Bolton Hargrave's estate in Gildersome which comprised 114 acres and included the New Hall. Between the years 1751 to 1767 he made a further eight land purchases in Gildersome (roughly 40 acres in total) which increased the size of the estate to around 150 acres. (21)
One purchase of great interest, made in 1755, was between James Maude and John Dickinson gentleman of Warter and eldest son of Joseph Dickinson, deceased. (22) In it, Maude purchased the Hall Fold, the land to the west of his Hall property line up to the Nook and part of what was to become Hudson's Park. In so doing he gained control of the ground used by local Quakers as a meetinghouse which then sat several dozens of yards away from his New Hall. This date of 1755 correlates closely with the erection of the new Meetinghouse on Street Lane which was 1756. It seems clear to me that Mr. Maude, having recently acquired the land, wanted to be rid of its occupiers as soon as possible. As of yet, no evidence has been found to suggest that Maude assisted the Quakers with their removal in any way. Below is that portion of the deed relating to the Quakers:
James' father was a wealthy merchant and freehold property owner in Wakefield. James was twelve years old when his father died, which must have been sudden as his estate was left intestate. (19 ) The very next year his mother died leaving James, his brother Francis and three sisters orphaned and heirs to their father's large estate. It's not known how they managed, presumably they had a guardian and received assistance from other family members. When James was old enough he attended university in Oxford at Oriel College on 21 October 1742, there's no record of his graduation. (20) What occurred during the next eight years after his matriculation for now remains a mystery. As mentioned above, in 1750, at the age of 26, he purchased Bolton Hargrave's estate in Gildersome which comprised 114 acres and included the New Hall. Between the years 1751 to 1767 he made a further eight land purchases in Gildersome (roughly 40 acres in total) which increased the size of the estate to around 150 acres. (21)
One purchase of great interest, made in 1755, was between James Maude and John Dickinson gentleman of Warter and eldest son of Joseph Dickinson, deceased. (22) In it, Maude purchased the Hall Fold, the land to the west of his Hall property line up to the Nook and part of what was to become Hudson's Park. In so doing he gained control of the ground used by local Quakers as a meetinghouse which then sat several dozens of yards away from his New Hall. This date of 1755 correlates closely with the erection of the new Meetinghouse on Street Lane which was 1756. It seems clear to me that Mr. Maude, having recently acquired the land, wanted to be rid of its occupiers as soon as possible. As of yet, no evidence has been found to suggest that Maude assisted the Quakers with their removal in any way. Below is that portion of the deed relating to the Quakers:
..... lately taken in and inclosed from the upper end of the said Close of land called the House Croft and used by the people commonly called Quakers as a burying place for their deceased friends containing Twenty Nine yards in Length and Twenty yards in Breadth, to be the same more or less / the Land of the said James Maude, heretofore in the possession of Hannah Hargrave, lying on the East side thereof, the Butts Lane lying on the South side thereof and the said Close of Land called the House Croft lying on the West and North side thereof with the meeting for the said people commonly called Quakers to assemble and worship Almighty God and the Stable and other Buildings therein lately Erected and Built ……… And all that way path or passage leading from the common of Gildersome aforesaid through the fold belonging to the said Messuage Dwellinghouse or Tenement herein before mentioned to be in the Tenure ….. of the said William Hopkin ……. And the said close of Land called the House Croft unto the said Meeting House for Horse and Foot to pass and repass from time to time and at all times for ever and the Liberty Right and Privilege and carrying the corpse of Deceased Friends in a Decent and Customary manner unto the said Burying Place without any manner of Disturbance or Molestation whatsoever of them the said John Dickinson Joseph Awtee Joseph Benson and John Swain or any of them their Heirs or Assigns, Together with their and every respective Appurtenances the Exemption of all within said Indentures by the said John Dickinson. (23)
By mid 1767, James appears to have had enough of Gildersome and put his entire Gildersome estate up for sale, then packed up and relocated to Leathley in North Yorkshire. (24) The reason; about three weeks after the sale ads hit the newspapers, James married Anna Maria Alathea Jordan in Leathley (23 July 1767). From then on, all Gildersome property transactions involving James Maude declared him to be: "late of Gildersome now of Leathley." (25) For the next ten years, until his death in 1778, James remained a resident there.
Aside from his primary property containing the New Hall and 60 acres, other properties in the sale also included:
Aside from his primary property containing the New Hall and 60 acres, other properties in the sale also included:
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A Farm in the possession of Michael Broadbent.
Another in the possession of Robert Watson. Another in the possession of William Hopkins. Another in the possession of John Stephenson. Another in the possession of John Hodgson. And another in the possession of Richard Gaunt. |
Several closes of land in the possession of Samuel Booth.
A Close of land in the possession of Mr. Hudson. Another in the possession of - Royds, Widow. And another in the possession of Mr. Elijah Cordingley. A House in the possession of Mr. Priestley and Richard Linsey, and another in the possession of James Hartley. (26) |
Concerning the disposition of the New Hall and its associated properties: Of those properties listed immediately above, four sold soon thereafter but the others sold sporadically until 1775. (27) The New Hall and its 60 acres was leased to John Turton in 1773 and eventually sold to him in 1778. (28)
Francis Maude, gentleman of Wakefield, was James' brother. He apparently leased the Old Hall just across College Rd. It's not known just how long he leased after James moved away but In 1779, a year after James' death, an ad in the Leeds Inquirer mentions Francis as the occupier of the Old Hall Gildersome. (29)
Francis Maude, gentleman of Wakefield, was James' brother. He apparently leased the Old Hall just across College Rd. It's not known just how long he leased after James moved away but In 1779, a year after James' death, an ad in the Leeds Inquirer mentions Francis as the occupier of the Old Hall Gildersome. (29)
Mary Bosanquet, a devoted follower and friend of John Welsey, moved to Gildersome in 1769 and occupied the New Hall as a tenant. During the years of her occupancy she may have operated a school, possibly for girls or a refuge for women, though I know of no existing records to corroborate that fact.(30) According to Wesley's diary, he never visited Gildersome during the time that she lived at the Hall but they did correspond. By 1774, (31) she had removed from Gildersome and purchased Cross Hall which was located on the present Bruntcliffe Rd; Wesley stayed with her there from time to time. In 1786, when Wesley preached at the Cloth Hall in Gildersome's Nook, he most likely stayed over at Cross Hall with Mary and her husband. (32) As far as is known, Wesley neither stayed the night or preached at Turton Hall.
Turton's Hall:
John Turton purchased the New Hall in 1779. He was probably born in Santinley, Wragby Parish, near Wakefield, in 1740 but his baptism was registered in March at Ackworth. He married Ann Haigh of Howden parish on 1 July 1759. (33)
By 1767, Turton already appeared to be a man of property. An article in the Leeds Intelligencer for that same year recounts the story of a new "curious machine for thrashing and grinding of corn." It was invented by Mr William Evers and further states, "who actually constructed a machine of the same kind at Mr John Turton's at Santinly near Wakefield about two year ago." (34) As we shall see, Turton's passion for grinding corn would lead him to construct Gildersome's windmill in 1781.
In 1772, his uncle John Turton (same name) of Ackworth, appointed our John Turton of Santinley as sole executor of his will. In it, there were two significant heirs, John Turton and his cousin Thomas Pearson. Thomas was to receive his uncle's estate in Ackworth while John his estates in Reepham and in Hatcliffe, both in the county of Lincoln. After a few minor bequests, John also received the residue of the estate. (35) Proof that our John Turton of Gildersome was the same as the John of Santinley comes from an insurance document dated 1792 in which John Turton of Gildersome insured property in Reepham. (36) Further verification is found in a 1783 property transaction concerning Gildersome's windmill in which Thomas Pearson of Ackworth is a member of trustees for Turton, presumably to secure the loan to finance its construction. (37)
The following year, 1773, John Turton leased the New Hall but didn't purchase it until 1779. (38) It seems certain to me that the property was chosen not only as a family home but to realise his dream of constructing a state-of-the-art windmill for processing corn and other grains. Around the same time, he also bought the Old Hall property which contained the Great Field (the site chosen as the site the Windmill (shown on the 1850s Tithe Map as Windmill Close). (39) The purchase of both properties brought Turton's total acreage to around 110. By 1780 or 1781 the Windmill was up and running. An 1793 ad for its lease describes the Old Hall and particularly the windmill:
John Turton purchased the New Hall in 1779. He was probably born in Santinley, Wragby Parish, near Wakefield, in 1740 but his baptism was registered in March at Ackworth. He married Ann Haigh of Howden parish on 1 July 1759. (33)
By 1767, Turton already appeared to be a man of property. An article in the Leeds Intelligencer for that same year recounts the story of a new "curious machine for thrashing and grinding of corn." It was invented by Mr William Evers and further states, "who actually constructed a machine of the same kind at Mr John Turton's at Santinly near Wakefield about two year ago." (34) As we shall see, Turton's passion for grinding corn would lead him to construct Gildersome's windmill in 1781.
In 1772, his uncle John Turton (same name) of Ackworth, appointed our John Turton of Santinley as sole executor of his will. In it, there were two significant heirs, John Turton and his cousin Thomas Pearson. Thomas was to receive his uncle's estate in Ackworth while John his estates in Reepham and in Hatcliffe, both in the county of Lincoln. After a few minor bequests, John also received the residue of the estate. (35) Proof that our John Turton of Gildersome was the same as the John of Santinley comes from an insurance document dated 1792 in which John Turton of Gildersome insured property in Reepham. (36) Further verification is found in a 1783 property transaction concerning Gildersome's windmill in which Thomas Pearson of Ackworth is a member of trustees for Turton, presumably to secure the loan to finance its construction. (37)
The following year, 1773, John Turton leased the New Hall but didn't purchase it until 1779. (38) It seems certain to me that the property was chosen not only as a family home but to realise his dream of constructing a state-of-the-art windmill for processing corn and other grains. Around the same time, he also bought the Old Hall property which contained the Great Field (the site chosen as the site the Windmill (shown on the 1850s Tithe Map as Windmill Close). (39) The purchase of both properties brought Turton's total acreage to around 110. By 1780 or 1781 the Windmill was up and running. An 1793 ad for its lease describes the Old Hall and particularly the windmill:
"the Old Hall, with several Granaries or Warehouses, Shops, Barn, a Stable for six horses, and other convenient Outbuildings, together with a capital large Corn-Wind-Mill, containing Three Pair of Stones, with a Bolting Machine, a Granary, and all Convenience for Shelling of Oats, a Drying Kiln, a large Shed, a Dwelling-House for a Miller, a good pump with soft Water, and every other convenience.." (40)
The Old Windmill (above) was built around 1780 by John Turton and eventually became part of the New Hall estate. The photograph, circa 1890, shows Ephram Ellis and his 2 children with masters from the Turton Hall Academy in the funny hats. Used to grind corn, the windmill fell into disrepair before this photo was shot and was demolished about 1970. (click to expand)
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John and Ann Turton had at least five children. The first three, John (1760), Ann (1762) and Mary (1771) were born in Wragby parish. The two youngest were born in Gildersome, William (1775) and Edward (1777). More on their children can be found in the notes below. (41)
Not a lot of information can be found regarding the Turton family's time spent in Gildersome. Philip Henry Booth wrote the following: "In 1780 only one Gildersome name appears on the list of those who paid the tax on male servants, viz., that of Mr. Turton." (42) John died in 1799, I have no record of his wife Ann's death. The three brothers controlled the property after the death of their father and put the estate up for sale in 1802 (43) but apparently there were no buyers. The brothers divided up the property with William and Edward retaining possession of the Hall and John getting the Old Hall estate. In 1806, John sold the Old Hall to Jonathan Walsh of Halifax (44) but retained some residue of the unsold property until 1830 or thereabouts. The two brothers William and Edward continued their attempt to sell the Hall. In 1807 their names appear together in the tax rolls with the addition of "mortgagees" (Turton, Wm, & Edw & Mortgagees) indicating financial difficulties. (45) |
Turton's Hall sold in 1815 (46) however, I believe the Hall itself was divided into two dwellings. The property too was parcelled out piecemeal so that what had been Gildersome's most lavish and largest estate was broken up, some of it sold to speculators, manufacturers and mine owners. Below left are some of the particulars of the 1815 sale. The full 1815 newspaper ad is to the right, click on it to see the complete version. (47)
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"GILDERSOME NEW HALL.
To be SOLD by Public AUCTION.......... The Fee Simple and Inheritance, free from Incumbrances, (except the Payment of the Yearly Sum 20s. unto the Poor of Gildersome.) of and in All that Capital MANSION, called GILDERSOME NEW HALL, with suitable Offices, excellent Stabling, Coach-House, Granaries, Yards , Gardens, Enclosed with Brick Walls, Plantations, Pleasure Grounds. - Also, a most excellent CORN WIND-MILL, Drying-Kiln, Granary, Stable, a small House, and two Cottages or Dwelling-Houses, fronting the Turnpike-Road leading from Wakefield to Bradford, and 103A. 1R. 30P. of thereabouts of rich Meadow, Pasture, Arable and Wood Land, standing, lying and being at Gildersome, near Leeds, in the County of York, - And Also, The several extremely valuable Beds or Seams of Coal, Iron-Stone, and other Minerals, in and under the same and every Part thereof, in the following Lots, and subject to such Conditions as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale: A. R. P. Lot 1. New Hall, Outbuildings, Gardens. Occupying a site of................................................... 0 3 14 Plantations and Fish-Pond ................................... 2 3 27 Fold-Yard, &c. .............................................................. 1 0 0 Paddock ...................................................................... 2 2 34 Park-Hill ...................................................................... 5 1 30 Low Park ..................................................................... 8 2 20 Lot 19. Wind Mill, Drying-Kiln, Granary, Stable, Cottage and Garden occupying the site of Mill Field .................... 5 0 19 |
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Joseph Bilbrough's Occupation circa 1815:
My family records show Joseph Bilbrough (1784-1839), born at Harthill House, owned a at least a portion Turton's Hall for a short period of time. William Radford Bilbrough, around 1900, wrote the following about his great uncle:
"Their mother, Martha, now controlled the families considerable assets. She gave her sons, Joseph and Samuel, a sizable amount to invest, and they used it to buy spinning “jennies”, broad looms and other new manufacturing equipment. They hired employees to run the machines and needing space, leased New Hall . The property contained out buildings that provided sufficient factory space and a sizable pond for water needs. And, as the Hall was one of Gildersome’s finest homes, Joseph moved in. Business did well and prospered."
In 1814, Joseph returned to Gildersome from the USA via Canada, where he had been detained as a “belligerent alien”. He had gone to Philadelphia as a merchant, hoping to set up a trading network but the war between England and the USA interfered. Joseph's partner was his younger brother Samuel Bilbrough. Joseph sent Samuel back to Philadelphia, again via Canada, in hopes of getting a jump on the competition when hostilities ended. Joseph purchased the Hall along with some outbuildings in 1817. Around the same time, manufacturers in England had built up an enormous supply of finished cloth and the market fell. Partners Joseph and Samuel were no exception, they had borrowed heavily to finance their scheme and were left holding a warehouse full of worthless product. Bankruptcy proceedings began in 1818. Their names appeared in newspapers and periodicals throughout England, asking creditors to step forward for a reckoning. It was hard times for the brothers. Samuel, still in Philadelphia, carried on as a merchant, buying and selling what he could and opened up a warehouse. Finally in 1819 the brothers were ordered to settle. Samuel returned to Gildersome and together with Joseph they faced the bankruptcy proceedings in person. The court ordered all the brother’s equipment in Gildersome, personal items and an unspecified amount of cloth sitting in a warehouse in London be sold at auction. The next year, notices were posted stating that the brother's creditors had been satisfied. Their reputations were salvaged at quite a cost but they managed to hold on to their warehouse in Philadelphia. Joseph was forced to sell his portion of New Hall around 1819 to 1820.
Joseph eventually chose to live in Philadelphia and for a time owned and operated the largest woolen mill in the state of Pennsylvania. Later, he moved to New York City as a wealthy cloth merchant where he died in 1839 by accidental drowning in New York Harbor.
My family records show Joseph Bilbrough (1784-1839), born at Harthill House, owned a at least a portion Turton's Hall for a short period of time. William Radford Bilbrough, around 1900, wrote the following about his great uncle:
"Their mother, Martha, now controlled the families considerable assets. She gave her sons, Joseph and Samuel, a sizable amount to invest, and they used it to buy spinning “jennies”, broad looms and other new manufacturing equipment. They hired employees to run the machines and needing space, leased New Hall . The property contained out buildings that provided sufficient factory space and a sizable pond for water needs. And, as the Hall was one of Gildersome’s finest homes, Joseph moved in. Business did well and prospered."
In 1814, Joseph returned to Gildersome from the USA via Canada, where he had been detained as a “belligerent alien”. He had gone to Philadelphia as a merchant, hoping to set up a trading network but the war between England and the USA interfered. Joseph's partner was his younger brother Samuel Bilbrough. Joseph sent Samuel back to Philadelphia, again via Canada, in hopes of getting a jump on the competition when hostilities ended. Joseph purchased the Hall along with some outbuildings in 1817. Around the same time, manufacturers in England had built up an enormous supply of finished cloth and the market fell. Partners Joseph and Samuel were no exception, they had borrowed heavily to finance their scheme and were left holding a warehouse full of worthless product. Bankruptcy proceedings began in 1818. Their names appeared in newspapers and periodicals throughout England, asking creditors to step forward for a reckoning. It was hard times for the brothers. Samuel, still in Philadelphia, carried on as a merchant, buying and selling what he could and opened up a warehouse. Finally in 1819 the brothers were ordered to settle. Samuel returned to Gildersome and together with Joseph they faced the bankruptcy proceedings in person. The court ordered all the brother’s equipment in Gildersome, personal items and an unspecified amount of cloth sitting in a warehouse in London be sold at auction. The next year, notices were posted stating that the brother's creditors had been satisfied. Their reputations were salvaged at quite a cost but they managed to hold on to their warehouse in Philadelphia. Joseph was forced to sell his portion of New Hall around 1819 to 1820.
Joseph eventually chose to live in Philadelphia and for a time owned and operated the largest woolen mill in the state of Pennsylvania. Later, he moved to New York City as a wealthy cloth merchant where he died in 1839 by accidental drowning in New York Harbor.
Matthew Bateson:
In 1820, Matthew Bateson, a clothier from Wortley, bought quite a bit of Turton's properties, including the New Hall (with the Bilbrough portion). He was in partnership with his brother James Bateson in the cloth manufacturing company M&J Bateson of Wortley. It's unknown as to whether or not he ever resided there. He died in 1822 and the properties passed to his heir or heirs, so far only identified as the heirs or devisee of Matthew Bateson. The Tax Rolls for 1832 show that the Hall as well as other properties belonged to Bateson's Executors. In the 1843 Tithe Apportionments, 13 properties are found belonging to the "Devisee" for a total of 40 acres. Among those properties were the grounds surrounding Turton Hall. Though I have no proof at the moment, I'm confident that the title to the Turton Hall estate passed through a second or even third generation of Bateson heirs until 1899 when the property was sold to Mr. William Bedford, a retired colliery owner. In the interim, the heirs continued to lease out the property. Their most well known leaseholder was the Turton Hall Academy, begining in the mid 1860s they relocated to Harrogate in 1898.
In 1820, Matthew Bateson, a clothier from Wortley, bought quite a bit of Turton's properties, including the New Hall (with the Bilbrough portion). He was in partnership with his brother James Bateson in the cloth manufacturing company M&J Bateson of Wortley. It's unknown as to whether or not he ever resided there. He died in 1822 and the properties passed to his heir or heirs, so far only identified as the heirs or devisee of Matthew Bateson. The Tax Rolls for 1832 show that the Hall as well as other properties belonged to Bateson's Executors. In the 1843 Tithe Apportionments, 13 properties are found belonging to the "Devisee" for a total of 40 acres. Among those properties were the grounds surrounding Turton Hall. Though I have no proof at the moment, I'm confident that the title to the Turton Hall estate passed through a second or even third generation of Bateson heirs until 1899 when the property was sold to Mr. William Bedford, a retired colliery owner. In the interim, the heirs continued to lease out the property. Their most well known leaseholder was the Turton Hall Academy, begining in the mid 1860s they relocated to Harrogate in 1898.
Turton Hall Academy:
Gildersome Times April 10, 1869
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Of all the schools that came and went at the Hall the grandest was the Turton Hall Academy. Originally called the New Hall School, it began operations around 1853 as a boarding school for boys. The school was well advertised in local and regional newspapers, usually at the beginning of each session.
In the 1851 Census for Gildersome, the occupants of New Hall were William Newell and his family. Newell's occupation was listed as "coal proprietor." By the 1861 Census, Turton Hall Academy was in fully operational occupied by the headmaster Rev. John Sargent formerly of Gildersome Baptist Church, his wife and children are recorded as well. The academy had 45 "Scholars", all boys mostly in the range of 11-16 years old and nearly all were from Yorkshire or Lancashire but a few were from other counties. John Sargent appears as headmaster again in the 1871 Census with much the same number, ages and locations. In 1873, John Haslem, who had also been minister at the Gildersome Baptist Church for over two decades, became proprietor and headmaster of the Academy. In the 1881 Census, the enrollment at this time was about 70 students, all of the same demographics as above. This must have been near the peak of the academy's success for by 1891, enrollment was again down to around forty. With the termination of the Hall's lease in 1898, the school was abandoned the Hall. Haslam purchased land in Harrogate where he built 'New College' and became Principle and his son William John Haslem became headmaster. Rev Haslam continued on as Principal until his death in 1917 when he was buried at Harlow Hill Cemetery. |
Rev. John Sargent
John Haslam married John Sargent's daughter, Emma Jane.
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The Bedfords:
In 1899, William Bedford, a retired colliery owner, and his wife Annie Margaret Bedford nee Booth purchased Turton Hall. The 1899 deed, dated the 10th of January, is between five men, all with the surname of Ingham, presumably Bateson heirs, and Annie Margaret Bedford.
William Bedford was born in Gildersome in 1858 and died in Gildersome Dec 1930. His father was Thomas Bedford, a coal proprietor born 1825 in Wigan, Lancashire. His mother was Sarah Beevers, Daughter of Richard Beevers and Mary Stephenson, born in Gildersome about 1827.
Annie Margaret Bedford was born at the Old Hall, Gildersome in Jan of 1863 and died June 1938. She was the daughter of Henry Booth (1817-1897), mill owner and Ann Sanderson (1820-1898).
The couple were married in April of 1896 in Gildersome. Prior to that time, William was living at Halstead House and Annie at Moorfield House.
They had four children, three sons and a daughter (See notes for the children of William and Annie Margaret).
William Bedford was a colliery owner, having inherited considerable property from his father. He was also a lawyer. By the time his family removed to Turton Hall, he was probably retired or soon to be. He joined the Gildersome District Council in 1895 and served for 27 years, sometimes as chairman.
In 1899, William Bedford, a retired colliery owner, and his wife Annie Margaret Bedford nee Booth purchased Turton Hall. The 1899 deed, dated the 10th of January, is between five men, all with the surname of Ingham, presumably Bateson heirs, and Annie Margaret Bedford.
William Bedford was born in Gildersome in 1858 and died in Gildersome Dec 1930. His father was Thomas Bedford, a coal proprietor born 1825 in Wigan, Lancashire. His mother was Sarah Beevers, Daughter of Richard Beevers and Mary Stephenson, born in Gildersome about 1827.
Annie Margaret Bedford was born at the Old Hall, Gildersome in Jan of 1863 and died June 1938. She was the daughter of Henry Booth (1817-1897), mill owner and Ann Sanderson (1820-1898).
The couple were married in April of 1896 in Gildersome. Prior to that time, William was living at Halstead House and Annie at Moorfield House.
They had four children, three sons and a daughter (See notes for the children of William and Annie Margaret).
William Bedford was a colliery owner, having inherited considerable property from his father. He was also a lawyer. By the time his family removed to Turton Hall, he was probably retired or soon to be. He joined the Gildersome District Council in 1895 and served for 27 years, sometimes as chairman.
The Winder Bros., tenants of William & Annie Bedford:
According to the 1910 rate book for Gildersome, much of Hall Fold was occupied by W. & E. Winder. They occupied a pickling house, a store/warehouse, a store, a house and agricultural land. William and Edward Winder were better known as Winder Brothers, brewers of botanical beers, which were popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. According to All About Beer Magazine botanical beers included.....
According to the 1910 rate book for Gildersome, much of Hall Fold was occupied by W. & E. Winder. They occupied a pickling house, a store/warehouse, a store, a house and agricultural land. William and Edward Winder were better known as Winder Brothers, brewers of botanical beers, which were popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. According to All About Beer Magazine botanical beers included.....
burdock ale, chamomile beer, ginger beer, horehound beer, sarsaparilla and spruce beer, as well as the herb beer, hop bitters and dandelion stout detailed below. They’re chock full of funky charm and are an authentic link to the day when medicine, alcohol and refreshment were not so separate as they are in our world today. |
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The Winder Bros. must have opened up shop in Gildersome in the 1890s. It appears that the business was a family affair with several brothers and their children participating. By the 1920s modern soda pop producers and rapid distribution methods began to erode the popularity of botanical brews, and the Winder Brothers were forced to close shop. In the 1930 tax rolls, Edward is listed as living at Hall Fold in a leased house.
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Booth's Assertion Debunked:
Philip Henry Booth wrote this in his "The History of Gildersome and the Booth Family", 1920:
Philip Henry Booth wrote this in his "The History of Gildersome and the Booth Family", 1920:
During the repair of Turton Hall, called Gildersome Hall in a paper I shall quote from later, about the year 1900, a copper token was found, which is now in the possession of Mr. Bedford. On one side appears the name “Ic Newton,” and a man’s head, on the other “T H Farthing 1793.” Isaac Newton was probably the Agent of the Turton Hall Estate, and the letters T H in that case stand for Turton Hall.
Though Booth's reasoning was sound, it turns out that thousands of these copper "farthings" were privately minted in 1793 to commemorate Isaac Newton the mathematician. The meaning of the 'TH' on the reverse side has been lost. Many such coins featuring famous historical figures were in circulation during that period.
After the passing of William and Annie Bedford, Turton Hall became the property of their son Cyril Bedford and his wife Irene Garthwaite. Cyril was a lawyer and passed away before Irene. Since the Hall's upkeep was more than Irene wished to take on alone the plan was to demolish the Hall and for the property (3 acres) to be converted to some other use. Because Turton Hall received a Grade II historic listing (Jan 1977) it was decided to save the building which was converted into flats, the pond was graded over and the remaining acreage became the two homogeneous subdivisions lying along today's Turton Vale and Turton Green.
Before she removed from Turton Hall, Irene Bedford was interviewed by a reporter from the Dalesman Magazine for an article that appeared in the October 1977 issue. At the time of the interview she fully expected to be the last occupier of Turton Hall. To my knowledge this is the only description of the interior of Turton Hall prior to its conversion.
The following is taken directly from that article to which the Dalesman's editor kindly gave permission to quote:
The following is taken directly from that article to which the Dalesman's editor kindly gave permission to quote:
Three acres of land surround Turton Hall, and this area includes a small lake liberally inhabited by frogs that have a high mortality in wet weather as they venture on to the road. The outside view of the Hall, seen at close range, is less austere than its distant view. Very square architecturally, without unnecessary adornment, it nevertheless has dignity. The Flagged terrace has a central flight of steps to a wide lawn, secluded in a circular sweep of trees that encloses and hides it. |
Irene Bedford nee Garthwaite
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An interesting feature over the door is an old Sun Life Assurance medallion, pre local-authority service, without which Turton Hall in its earlier days could not have called on the services of a fire brigade.
At one period of its life it was a boys' school, and Mrs. Bedford meets older businessmen who boarded there years ago and are interested to see the place again. The old buildings that were erected at that time - Tuck-shop, laundry, schoolrooms and dormitories - clustered close by the house, they have long gone, although bits of the older outbuildings still remain........One fragment of wall has an interesting stone "window, " but this too is undated. There is also evidence of a cock-pit.
We entered the house via the side door through Mrs. Bedford's kitchen, which is modern in design but is vast in comparison with most modern kitchens. Beneath, in the cellars, the old "set-pot" still stands in the corner with a copper boiler that held an incalculable amount of water and must have taken hours to come to a boil. Down there the air is dungeon cold.
From the kitchen we went through the dog door, a near unique feature, and certainly something I have never seen before. It is a gate rather than a door, fashioned from oak rails, closely set vertically in a strong frame. Along the top, the rails are turned and spiked. The most determined of hounds would think twice before attempting to leap the six foot height of it.
Beyond the kitchen is the well staircase, red flagged and darkly beautiful, the only natural light coming from a stained glass window set at the turn of the stair. A short time ago a stone, thrown from the road, broke one of the vital panes, part of the colour of the small birds that form its basic design. Unhappily this has proved impossible to replace. A small, clear piece of glass has had to be used.......(as well as) the wonderful William and Mary table in the stairwell. Its cross piece was worn to thiness where the master's boots had chafed.
In the dining room we look out through two large windows to the left of the door, another beautiful stained glass feature that opens straight on to the terrace and the steps leading down to the lawn. She indicates the oak kist in the corner. There is a unique eight foot cupboard in the dining room, now simply functional but once a small pulpit niche from which John Wesley preached.* The whole dining room - indeed much of the house - is panelled in red pine, but a misguided owner, before the Bedford's took possession, saw fit to paint them all and it has proved impossible to restore them to their original condition and colour.
The rooms are enormous, taking two windows each, so that although from the outside one would expect to find many smaller rooms there are, in fact, relatively few. The other downstairs front room is used as an office, and the sitting room is upstairs. Here, too, is an air of tranquillity, with old furniture and more panelling...... The oak settle at the turn of the stair caught our eye as we went back downstairs with its magnificent carving.
Before we left, Mrs. Bedford showed us the grounds, which are too big for easy maintenance, though the lawn and the the immediate vicinity of the house are still gracious. Beyond that the jungle creeps in. During last year's exceptionally dry summer, the lake was reduced to a sea of mud. A dried out stone trough and ancient iron pump were to be seen in the side driveway. "Thirty feet underneath," she told us, "is a well of clear water, and there's another in the grounds, but they had to be covered for safety's sake." The gateposts are comparably big and once, before the war effort claimed them, some wrought iron gates hung there. In places the mellowed brick of the boundary wall crumbles. Mrs. Bedford remarks: "Those were all hand made."
* No record exists of John Wesley ever preaching or visiting Turton Hall.
Notes:
1) West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812,
West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP37/2
2) ibid
3) ibid
4) Quakers in Gildersome, J.E. Mortimer 1990 ---- the portion of the 1709 deed describing the location of the Quaker Meetinghouse:
"all that piece or parcel of ground taken off the upper end of said Joseph Dickinson's Croft.....in Gildersome .....now in the tenure and occupation of the said Joseph Dickinson containing 29 yards in length & 20 yards in breadth.....as it is now Inclosed by Stoops & Rails & a Meeting house erected therein att the Publick Charge of Friends to Gildersome Meeting bounded on the East Against Hannah Hargreaves Upper Croft On the South Against Butts Lane On the West & North of the said Joseph Dickinson's Croft....& etc,"
5) Bedford Historical Society; Lane Family Papers, #5 Letter from John Dickinson 1644
http://www.bedfordmahistory.org/Lane%20Family%20Papers/index.html
6) 1608-09 - Smith to Scaiffe & Dickinson, WYAS Milnes Coates 177/77.
7) West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
8) Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge, Volume 3, page 46
9) Records of the Parish of Batley, Michael Sheard, page 154.
10) West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
11) Will of Bolton Hargrave 1749, AC 343 456. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
12) The History of Gildersome and the Booth Family, Philip Henry Booth, 1920. Page 19.
13) Records of the Parish of Batley, Michael Sheard, page 98.
14) Parliamentary Papers:1850 - 1908 Vol.71, page 79.
15) Plan & Description of Bolton Hargrave's Charity Property. 1896, 17348 5a, West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield.
16) Parliamentary Papers:1850 - 1908 Vol.71, page 121.
17) Murgatroyd to Maude 1750, AD 324 426. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
A description of the properties included in the 1750 sale between Bolton Hargrave and James Maude:
1. Capital Messuage with Malt Kilns and 19 Closes: the Croft, East Royd, Short Royd, Raw Royd, Long Royd, Sprunnels, Clay Croft, Cinderhills &
Westfield. Occupied by James Maude. 56 Acres.
2. Messuage with 7 Closes: the Crofts, the West Field, Moor Fields, Birkfield & the Field. Occupied by Mary Walsh (Mary Stephenson) and John
Walsh. 19 Acres. Rent: £16.
3. Messuage with 7 Closes: Tenter Crofts, the Five Roods, the Pease Close & Cookson Crofts. Occupied by James Mortimer. 15 Acres. Rent: £16.
4. Messuage with 2 Closes: Waste or West Moors. Occupied by Matthew Stephenson. 1 1/2 Acres. Rent: £3 4s.
5. 2 Closes : John Hoyle Closes. Occupied by Joseph Appleby. 6 Acres. Rent: £3 16s.
6. Narr Carr & Farr Carr. Occupied by Joseph Booth. Rent: 12 Acres. £5 4s.
7, Birkfield. Occupied by John Thackeray. 5+ Acres. Rent: £6.
8. The Little Close. Occupied by James Mortimer
18) West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812,
West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP37/2
19) Maude to Jubb 1768, BG 515 704. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
20) Alumni Oxoniensis 1715-1886, Vol. 3, page 146
21) West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
22) Dickinson to Maude 1755, Al 463 637. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
23) ibid.
24) The History of Gildersome and the Booth Family, Philip Henry Booth, 1920. page 19
25) West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
26) The History of Gildersome and the Booth Family, Philip Henry Booth, 1920. page 20
27) West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
28) Maude to Turton 1779, BP 533 694. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
29) Leeds Intelligencer 7 June 1779.
30) Diaries of John Wesley.
31) ibid.
32) The History of Gildersome and the Booth Family, Philip Henry Booth, 1920. Page 17-18.
33) West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812,
West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP37/2
34) Leeds Intelligencer 27 Oct 1767
35) Amazon.com. England and Wales, Perogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858.
36) Heald to Pearson, CM 370 522, 1783. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
37) Insured: John Turton, 2 Jul 1792, London Metropolitian Archives: City of London. MS 11936/387/602167
38) Maude to Turton, 1783, BP 533 694. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
39) I have no deed for the purchase only the advertisement # 40 below.
40) Leeds Intelligencer 7 June 1779.
41) The children of John Turton and Ann Haigh:
John Turton 1760-1838 born in Wragby: May have married Mary Crossfield and had children? Died after 1830 possibly in Harrogate.
Ann Turton 1762-1842 born in Wragby: May have Married James Shepard. Death unknown.
Mary Turton 1771-1838 born in Wragby: Married Richard Sharp 1792. Had at least 6 children including William Sharp well known physician
and Richard Hey Sharp. She probably died near Bradford in 1838.
William Turton 1775-1846 born in Gildersome 4 May : Unknown marital status. Died 1846 in Harrogate.
Edward Turton 1777- Unknown born in Gildersome: Unknown marital status.
42) The History of Gildersome and the Booth Family, Philip Henry Booth, 1920. Page 16.
43) Leeds Intelligencer 08/11/1802.
44) Turton to Walsh 1806, ?? 101 131. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
45) Ancestry.com. UK, Land Tax Redemption for Gildersome, 1798.
46) Bilbrough family records.
47) Leeds Intelligencer Nov 1816.
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January 1, 2009
1) West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812,
West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP37/2
2) ibid
3) ibid
4) Quakers in Gildersome, J.E. Mortimer 1990 ---- the portion of the 1709 deed describing the location of the Quaker Meetinghouse:
"all that piece or parcel of ground taken off the upper end of said Joseph Dickinson's Croft.....in Gildersome .....now in the tenure and occupation of the said Joseph Dickinson containing 29 yards in length & 20 yards in breadth.....as it is now Inclosed by Stoops & Rails & a Meeting house erected therein att the Publick Charge of Friends to Gildersome Meeting bounded on the East Against Hannah Hargreaves Upper Croft On the South Against Butts Lane On the West & North of the said Joseph Dickinson's Croft....& etc,"
5) Bedford Historical Society; Lane Family Papers, #5 Letter from John Dickinson 1644
http://www.bedfordmahistory.org/Lane%20Family%20Papers/index.html
6) 1608-09 - Smith to Scaiffe & Dickinson, WYAS Milnes Coates 177/77.
7) West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
8) Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge, Volume 3, page 46
9) Records of the Parish of Batley, Michael Sheard, page 154.
10) West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
11) Will of Bolton Hargrave 1749, AC 343 456. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
12) The History of Gildersome and the Booth Family, Philip Henry Booth, 1920. Page 19.
13) Records of the Parish of Batley, Michael Sheard, page 98.
14) Parliamentary Papers:1850 - 1908 Vol.71, page 79.
15) Plan & Description of Bolton Hargrave's Charity Property. 1896, 17348 5a, West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield.
16) Parliamentary Papers:1850 - 1908 Vol.71, page 121.
17) Murgatroyd to Maude 1750, AD 324 426. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
A description of the properties included in the 1750 sale between Bolton Hargrave and James Maude:
1. Capital Messuage with Malt Kilns and 19 Closes: the Croft, East Royd, Short Royd, Raw Royd, Long Royd, Sprunnels, Clay Croft, Cinderhills &
Westfield. Occupied by James Maude. 56 Acres.
2. Messuage with 7 Closes: the Crofts, the West Field, Moor Fields, Birkfield & the Field. Occupied by Mary Walsh (Mary Stephenson) and John
Walsh. 19 Acres. Rent: £16.
3. Messuage with 7 Closes: Tenter Crofts, the Five Roods, the Pease Close & Cookson Crofts. Occupied by James Mortimer. 15 Acres. Rent: £16.
4. Messuage with 2 Closes: Waste or West Moors. Occupied by Matthew Stephenson. 1 1/2 Acres. Rent: £3 4s.
5. 2 Closes : John Hoyle Closes. Occupied by Joseph Appleby. 6 Acres. Rent: £3 16s.
6. Narr Carr & Farr Carr. Occupied by Joseph Booth. Rent: 12 Acres. £5 4s.
7, Birkfield. Occupied by John Thackeray. 5+ Acres. Rent: £6.
8. The Little Close. Occupied by James Mortimer
18) West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812,
West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP37/2
19) Maude to Jubb 1768, BG 515 704. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
20) Alumni Oxoniensis 1715-1886, Vol. 3, page 146
21) West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
22) Dickinson to Maude 1755, Al 463 637. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
23) ibid.
24) The History of Gildersome and the Booth Family, Philip Henry Booth, 1920. page 19
25) West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
26) The History of Gildersome and the Booth Family, Philip Henry Booth, 1920. page 20
27) West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
28) Maude to Turton 1779, BP 533 694. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
29) Leeds Intelligencer 7 June 1779.
30) Diaries of John Wesley.
31) ibid.
32) The History of Gildersome and the Booth Family, Philip Henry Booth, 1920. Page 17-18.
33) West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812,
West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP37/2
34) Leeds Intelligencer 27 Oct 1767
35) Amazon.com. England and Wales, Perogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858.
36) Heald to Pearson, CM 370 522, 1783. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
37) Insured: John Turton, 2 Jul 1792, London Metropolitian Archives: City of London. MS 11936/387/602167
38) Maude to Turton, 1783, BP 533 694. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
39) I have no deed for the purchase only the advertisement # 40 below.
40) Leeds Intelligencer 7 June 1779.
41) The children of John Turton and Ann Haigh:
John Turton 1760-1838 born in Wragby: May have married Mary Crossfield and had children? Died after 1830 possibly in Harrogate.
Ann Turton 1762-1842 born in Wragby: May have Married James Shepard. Death unknown.
Mary Turton 1771-1838 born in Wragby: Married Richard Sharp 1792. Had at least 6 children including William Sharp well known physician
and Richard Hey Sharp. She probably died near Bradford in 1838.
William Turton 1775-1846 born in Gildersome 4 May : Unknown marital status. Died 1846 in Harrogate.
Edward Turton 1777- Unknown born in Gildersome: Unknown marital status.
42) The History of Gildersome and the Booth Family, Philip Henry Booth, 1920. Page 16.
43) Leeds Intelligencer 08/11/1802.
44) Turton to Walsh 1806, ?? 101 131. West Yorkshire Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, 1700s Collection.
45) Ancestry.com. UK, Land Tax Redemption for Gildersome, 1798.
46) Bilbrough family records.
47) Leeds Intelligencer Nov 1816.
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