Hall i' th' Wood

Hall i' th' Wood is an early 16th-century manor house in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is a Grade I listed building and is currently used as a museum by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council.[1][2] It was the manor house for the moiety of the Tonge with Haulgh township held by the Brownlows in the 16th century. The original building is timber framed and has a stone flagged roof; there were later additions to the house, built from stone, in 1591 and 1648.[1] The name represents "Hall in the Wood' spoken in the local regional English dialect and is pronounced /ˌɔːlɪθˈwʊd/.

For the adjacent railway station of the same name, see Hall i' th' Wood railway station.
Hall i' th' Wood
Front view of Hall i' th' Wood manor house
Location within Greater Manchester
General information
Architectural styleMedieval
Town or cityBolton, Greater Manchester
CountryEngland
Coordinates53.60049°N 2.41895°W / 53.60049; -2.41895
Completed16th century


Dining room

The house was not used as a gentry house but rather given over to multiple occupation by families engaged in industry. Four (previously five) separate dwellings can be identified, each with its own entrance and staircase. [3] One part was let to Samuel Crompton during the 18th century, where he designed and built the first spinning mule.[2] About 1779, Crompton succeeded in producing a mule-jenny, a machine which spun yarn suitable for use in the manufacture of muslin.[4] It was known as the muslin wheel or the Hall i' th' Woodwheel[5] from the name of the house.[6]

Hall i' th' Wood was bought by William Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) in 1899 and was restored by Jonathan Simpson and Edward Ould.[7] Lever gave the house to the Corporation of Bolton in 1900.[1]

An episode of the television programme Most Haunted was filmed in the hall in 2008.[8]

See also

References
  1. Historic England. "Hall i' th' Wood, Bolton (1388052)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  2. Historic England. "Hall i' th' Wood (44392)". PastScape. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  3. Hartwell, Clare. Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East. p. 153.
  4. Baines, Edward (1835), History of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain;, London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher, and P. Jackson
  5. Baines, Edward (1835), History of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain;, London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher, and P. Jackson
  6. "Samuel Crompton 1753 - 1827". Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  7. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 153–155, ISBN 0-300-10583-5
  8. Karl Beattie and Bev Parr (directors) (2008). Most Haunted (TV-Series). Hall i' th' Wood: Antix Productions.

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