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Title: Chevet Park - HLS05775
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Title
Chevet Park - HLS05775
Description
Slide 1 - Chevet, the seat of the Pilkingtons, is finely situated, and stands in a well wooded park, which rises to a lofty hill, and commands grand views of the surrounding country. The mansion of Chevet was built in the reign of Henry 8th, as appears by the following inscription cut upon a beam of timber --
'Thys hows was made by John Nevyll, Knight, and Dame Elizabeth hys wyf, in the yere of ouar God M.CCCC, XXIX' (1529)
It is an irregular building having several interior courts. The south front was added and other alterations made to the original Tudor mansion, during the 18th Century, by Mr Cavendish Nevile.
The Neviles held Chevet in direct descent from Henry 7th 1504, until 1720, or 216 years, when John Nevile, the last of the eldest line of this family, died, and the property passed to the Pilkingtons who have possessed it since 1771 and made it their place of residence.
'Thys hows was made by John Nevyll, Knight, and Dame Elizabeth hys wyf, in the yere of ouar God M.CCCC, XXIX' (1529)
It is an irregular building having several interior courts. The south front was added and other alterations made to the original Tudor mansion, during the 18th Century, by Mr Cavendish Nevile.
The Neviles held Chevet in direct descent from Henry 7th 1504, until 1720, or 216 years, when John Nevile, the last of the eldest line of this family, died, and the property passed to the Pilkingtons who have possessed it since 1771 and made it their place of residence.
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
HLS05775.tif
Collection
Citation
George Hepworth, “Chevet Park - HLS05775,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 29, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/7171.
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