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Hoar Cross Hall - A bit of History #54

Hoar Cross was part of Needwood Forest, the 11th century lands of Henry de Ferrers. the land was passed down to Henry’s son and subsequent various people over the course of 500 years ending with the Webb family, around the 1730s, who bought the land and house known as the Manor of the Cross. This was quite a large house built on a hill near Yoxall (which is the village next to Hoar Cross). In 1740 the manor house was demolished and later the Hon. Charles Talbot bought the estate for £17,000. Eventually it was sold to Hugo meynell, who already owned huge amounts of property all over the county and was now about to add another one to his portfolio. This branch...

Hoar Cross History #65

Hoar Cross Hall, where I grew up, is in the village of Hoar Cross, so small that it is almost a hamlet.  the only thing that defines it as a village is the fact that it has a place of worship which is the Church of the Holy Angels, built by Emily meynell in the 1870s in memory of her husband, Hugo.  the name of the village was first recorded in 1230 and called ‘Horcros’ and may refer to a grey boundary cross which stood as a marker but is now long gone.  No-one is entirely sure if this cross is the point where the four wards of Needwood Forest once met, or whether it indicated the extent of the land owned by Burton Abbey.  Whatever the reason we shall ne...

Temple Newsam and the meynells #40

Hoar Cross Hall was built by Hugo and Emily meynell ingram in 1871 and this week I am delving into the family background of Hugo to explain how Emily came to own the Temple Newsam estate after his death. In 1782, Hugo's grandfather, Hugo meynell of Quorndon, the 'father of fox hunting', married the Hon. Elizabeth ingram Shepheard.  She was the daughter of Charles ingram, 9th Viscount Irwin and Lord ingram.  the family seat was Temple Newsam in Yorkshire and this was how the meynell family became associated with this great house.  Through this marriage of Hugo and Elizabeth, the meynell family also inherited the ingram estates in Lincolnshire, acquired by Sir...

the History of Temple Newsam #37

In 1782, Hugo meynell's grandfather, Hugo meynell of Quorndon, the 'father of fox hunting', married the Hon. Elizabeth ingram Shepheard.  She was the daughter of Charles ingram, 9th Viscount Irwin and Lord ingram.  the family seat was Temple Newsam in Yorkshire and this was how the Hoar Cross meynell family became associated with this great house.  Through this marriage of Hugo and Elizabeth, the meynell family also inherited the ingram estates in Lincolnshire, acquired by Sir Arthur ingram in the first half of the 17th century.    In 1793 Hugo bought the Hoar Cross estate and built a hunting lodge which was known as Old Hall. Hugo and Elizabeth had six ch...

Temple Newsam and the meynells

TEMPLE NEWSAM AND the meynellS:     On 11th August 1863, Hugo Francis meynell ingram married the Hon. Emily Charlotte, daughter of Sir Charles Wood, Bart, afterwards 1st Viscount Halifax.  the Woods were an old gentry family, for many centuries respectable York merchants.  they were to turn grand upon the discovery of coal beneath their ancestral estates.  This was the great Barnsley field, with several hundred acres of Britain's deepest and finest coal.  Sir Charles Wood had a distinguished political career and they owned family seats at Garrowby, Pocklington, near York and Hickleton, near Doncaster.  they also owned a London house in Belgrave Square....

Temple Newsam and the meynells #42

TEMPLE NEWSAM AND the meynellS:     Following on from last week's blog about Emily meynell ingram's family background, this week I am delving into the family background of Emily's husband Hugo which explains how Emily came to own the Temple Newsam estate after his death.   In 1782, Hugo's grandfather, Hugo meynell of Quorndon, the 'father of fox hunting', married the Hon. Elizabeth ingram Shepheard.  She was the daughter of Charles ingram, 9th Viscount Irwin and Lord ingram.  the family seat was Temple Newsam in Yorkshire and this was how the meynell family became associated with this great house.  Through this marriage of Hugo and Elizabeth, the Meynel...