Huncoat Hall - (Birtwistle)

[Weary Tourist]

If this is supposed to be a hall of fame, then why not...

HUNCOAT HALL.

Well, it is a Hall, n'est pas, and it's er, famous (locally).
It therefore qualifies on at least two counts.


If that was not enough for inclusion on this thread, then there is more...

BIRTWISTLE FAMILY
Off Burnley Road is Huncoat Hall of late medieval origin, this was the home of the Birtwistle family of Huncoat, the first of which was William of Birtwistle who was born in 1275 and died in 1330.

Birtwistle family Tree is shown here :-
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com...DT23-0001.html

According to 'This is Lancashire' website...
The name Birtwistle runs like a thick thread through the historical tapestry of East Lancashire's now virtually-vanished cotton industry.

The website charts the progress made in Blackburn of one of the Huncoat Birtwistle descendant's
Reaching its peak in the early 1930s, the empire built by Blackburn-born William Birtwistle extended to 17 mills in his home town, Preston, Darwen, Great Harwood and Abbey Village, and in addition to that vast number of looms it also included 350,000 spindles.
Though it lasted 150 years from when its foundations were laid by his grandfather, nothing now remains of that giant industrial realm -- one that employed 9,000 people and enabled the head of the William Birtwistle Allied Mills Group to acquire huge mansions and own giant steam yachts.

AFTER THE BIRTWISTLES
Huncoat Hall was in the possession of Mr. Foot in 1825, but later acquired by the Towneleys, of Towneley Hall, Burnley, and in 1839 was in the occupation of Henry Sudall. Later the Hall was occupied by the Haworth family for many years. The last of the male line of the Towneleys left two daughters who married Lord O'Hagan and Lord Abingdon. When the estates were divided Huncoat Hall estate passed into the possession of Lord Abingdon, who sold it to Mr. James Crook, the present owner and occupier, a member of the last Huncoat Parish Council previous to amalgamation with Accrington in April, 1929.

Anbody know anything about Birtwistle's Ice Creams ?

[Darby]

I thought it was Birtwell's Ice Cream van that use to come round!

[Acrylic-bob]

No, wasn't that Tricketts from Feilding Lane?

[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Darby

I thought it was Birtwell's Ice Cream van that use to come round!

Albert Birtwell was the one who came round with a horse drawn cart blowing a whistle (that is Albert blowing the whistle, not the cart.)

[Lance]

The Proctor family worked Huncoat Hall in WWII, and after.
Is there any threads on them?

Any family information on the Jacksons from High Riley Farm?

While on farms and farmers, 'Hillock Farm', at the bottom of the Coppice.
We used to sledge in a field below, closer to Accy Stanley.

[barnsie]

Talking of Huncoat, would anyone know where I might find a copy of HUNCOAT REMEMBERED The recollections of John Smith.
I think it was published in 1985 by the Hyndburn Local History Society.

I can't seem to find a copy anywhere.

TIA,

Barnsie
Australia

[rosegrove]

i worked for walter proctor during the 60s bottleing milk he delivered milk around huncoat within grove ect did not know it was that old it was a farm then

[lindsay ormerod]

Originally Posted by Lance

The Proctor family worked Huncoat Hall in WWII, and after.
Is there any threads on them?

Any family information on the Jacksons from High Riley Farm?

While on farms and farmers, 'Hillock Farm', at the bottom of the Coppice.
We used to sledge in a field below, closer to Accy Stanley.

My landlord is called Jackson, and still lives at High Riley.