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Montague Spencer Stanhope (1860â1944) inherited the house. It was let to Alexander Mann Walker (1875â1946) M. B. E. who was a part owner of the blanket mill firm Wormald and Walker in Dewsbury. He and his wife left in the late 1920s and for some time it was untenanted.
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William Duncan (1834â1908) became the tenant and he lived there for 27 years. He was a widower when he first came to Horsforth Hall but in 1896 he married Elizabeth Heaton (1857â1937). After he died in 1908 she lived at the house for several years. In 1911
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After an extensive lay-out scheme was completed and many recreational facilities the Park was opened by Mr and Mrs
Mathieson in 1932. The Hall was used as offices by the council for many years. However by 1953 it had become structurally unsound and was demolished.
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Stanhope (1678â1736) built the Hall shortly before his 21st birthday. He mentioned in a letter to his brother dated 22 May 1699 that his new house was being built quickly. John was a member of the Stanhope family of Low Hall who had purchased part of
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Wilsons and Mathiesons Ltd and was situated in Forge Lane Armley. The firm was very successful and he became extremely wealthy. He lived in a house called "Glenburn" which is in Calverley Lane in Horsforth.
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Mathieson (1852â1943) who had lived in Horsforth for over 40 years offered to buy the Hall from the Stanhope family and to donate it to the Council. On 24 February 1930 the Council accepted his offer. William was born in 1852 in
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in 1720 and became an attorney. In 1726 he married
Barbara Cockcroft, the daughter and heiress of John Cockcroft of Thornton. The couple had no children so when he died in 1769 his nephew Walter Spencer Stanhope inherited the house.
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Horsforth Hall which was built in 1699 and demolished in 1953 because it had become structurally unsafe. Some of the outbuildings remain including the stables which is a grade II
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Elizabeth (nee Armitage) lived there for several years until his son Reverend James Armitage Rhodes (1783â1871) moved into the house and Peter moved to
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Lowther (1627â1729) who was the daughter of Sir William Lowther of
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