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Title: The Hall at Ackton Post by: yetion1 on May 17, 2008, 06:57:23 pm this a gem. the first known picture of the Ackton Hall. looks a lot different from today there is now only a park.
(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll53/_guardian/AcktonHall.jpg) Title: The Hall at Ackton Post by: Forkhandles on May 24, 2008, 05:32:41 pm During the civil war general fairfax's parlementarian troops were billited there, hence fairfax avenue up top 'o' 't' nob ;D not a lot of people know that ;D ;D
Title: The Hall at Ackton Post by: yetion1 on May 24, 2008, 05:56:12 pm i didnt know that. very interesting to know it was a camp sight. was fairfax camped there to fight the camp at Pontefract race course?
a little more about the hall i have found out is that in later years the house was bought by social services. they split the building in 2 to house 2 large families. i forget the names but they are still current names in Featherstone. Title: Re: The Hall at Ackton Post by: san! on July 27, 2009, 04:34:43 pm i know of a mrs mannings who was resident there...now she resides in the gothic cottage.
Title: Re: The Hall at Ackton Post by: fevlad on July 28, 2009, 10:42:06 pm The last family to live in the hall were the Priest family and moved out the week before they pulled it down, was only talking to Ged last week, the family moved into smawthorne from the hall
Title: Re: The Hall at Ackton Post by: yetion1 on September 20, 2010, 08:10:40 pm Have had these dropped in from someones personal snaps,
(http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg99/yetion1/Picture-9.jpg) Title: Re: The Hall at Ackton Post by: Forkhandles on September 20, 2010, 08:23:07 pm Is the top right pic of purston hall gareth. ;D
Title: Re: The Hall at Ackton Post by: John on September 21, 2010, 07:17:57 pm The other three pictures also look a lot like Purston Hall. I wonder if it was the same builder. :) |