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Title: Ledston Hall and Entrance Gate - HLS05825
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Title
Ledston Hall and Entrance Gate - HLS05825
Description
Slide 1 - The very impressive house of Ledston has a dignity and character all its own. It stands on the brow of an elevated ridge overlooking Ledston village and commanding a fine prospect of the valleys of the Aire and Calder, and in an easterly direction, the open plain of York, including the towers of York Minster and the hills above Selby.
After the Conquest, the Manor was in the hands of Ilbert-de-Lacy the founder of Pontefract Castle and Kirkstall Abbey. The place was afterwards granted by Edward the VI to the Earl of Shrewsbury, but this nobleman transferred it to Henry Witham. The grant was confirmed in the 3rd. year of Philip and Mary, and shortly afterwards the present South West front was built by Henry Witham, the date 1588 with the initials H.W. and W.W. being carved in two places.
After the Conquest, the Manor was in the hands of Ilbert-de-Lacy the founder of Pontefract Castle and Kirkstall Abbey. The place was afterwards granted by Edward the VI to the Earl of Shrewsbury, but this nobleman transferred it to Henry Witham. The grant was confirmed in the 3rd. year of Philip and Mary, and shortly afterwards the present South West front was built by Henry Witham, the date 1588 with the initials H.W. and W.W. being carved in two places.
Creator
George Hepworth
Source
Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society
Date
1905 , 1900s
Rights
PHDA - Hebden Bridge Local History Society
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
HLS05825.tif
Collection
Citation
George Hepworth, “Ledston Hall and Entrance Gate - HLS05825,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/7221.
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