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44: 51: 211:-acre (37.5 ha) estate was sold to Colne Borough Council by Colonel Parker for the sum of £24,082 and partly used as a public park. The hall was demolished in 1957 because of structural problems. The estate lodge, now a private house, is a grade II listed building. The park has held Green Flag status each year since 2009. 193:
from his cousin. On his early death he was succeeded by his younger brother Edward (1786–1865), also a J.P. and D.L., who left it to his son Thomas Goulburne Parker (1818–1879) a barrister-at-law, J.P. and D.L. for the West Riding of Yorkshire and also J.P. for Lancashire. Thomas Goulburne had three
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Alkincoats was once an estate owned by the de Alkincoats family which in 1570 comprised several estates held by John Parker, a descendant of the de Alkincoats, and James de Walton. It was the home of a branch of the Parker family of Browsholme, who were park keepers for the King's
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sons, the eldest of which was Edward (1846–1894) who died childless, as a result of which ownership passed to his younger brother, Colonel John Robinson Parker (1857–1938), who later fought in the Boer War.
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and she, as a widow, managed the house for their son Thomas (1754–1819) when he was a child. Elizabeth became a notable diarist and then she ran off disastrously with a younger man while Thomas grew to be a
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The hall and its estate were bought by Robert Parker (1662–1714). It passed down through Parker family from Robert to his son Thomas, Robert (1720–1758). Robert had married his second cousin
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Originally built in the north of the estate in 1575, the hall was enlarged in 1720 and demolished in 1957.
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Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004),
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British country houses destroyed in the 20th century
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Alkincoats Hall is located in the Borough of Pendle
Colne
Coordinates
53°51′51″N 2°11′11″W / 53.8643°N 2.1863°W / 53.8643; -2.1863
Colne
forest of Bowland
Elizabeth Parker
Justice of the Peace
Browsholme Hall
Brittonic
Oldham
Welsh
"Pendle Borough Council-Alkincoats Park"
the original


"The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"
doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/59566
"The Parker family of Browsholme and Alkincoats"
"Alkincoates Park Tree Planting in Second World War"
"Alkincoats Lodge, Colne"



"A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence"
the original

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