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Title: Farnley Hall, Stone Table on the West side of the Hall - HLS05797
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Title
Farnley Hall, Stone Table on the West side of the Hall - HLS05797
Description
Slide 6 - On the west side, facing the flower garden, is an old building with gables and mullioned windows exhibiting the Tudor features of the older portion of the house .
In front of this is a stone table supported on pillars. On top is a brass plate engraved , and reads as follows -
'At the table, which formerly stood in the orchard at Menston Hall, the seat of Colonel Charles Fairfax, Oliver Cromwell, according to a tradition carefully handed down, dined June 30th 1644, two days preceding the decisive Battle of Marston Moor.'
In front of this is a stone table supported on pillars. On top is a brass plate engraved , and reads as follows -
'At the table, which formerly stood in the orchard at Menston Hall, the seat of Colonel Charles Fairfax, Oliver Cromwell, according to a tradition carefully handed down, dined June 30th 1644, two days preceding the decisive Battle of Marston Moor.'
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
HLS05797.tif
Collection
Citation
George Hepworth, “Farnley Hall, Stone Table on the West side of the Hall - HLS05797,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 16, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/7192.
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