Four of the major manors of the Horton Family are found in the Parish of Halifax,Yorkshire, England.
Coley Hall
Coley Hall is located in the township of Hipperholme and Parish of halifax, Liberty of Wakefield, three miles northeast of Halifax township and six miles from Bradford.
The earliest recorded mention of property at Coley is in 1277. The site was a Priory in mediaeval times, and part of the present structure was built in 1572. Extensive alterations were made in 1681, and again in the 18th century. The rear of the house preserves a typical Stuart appearance. (from: Hepworth, Brighouse, Its Scenery and Antiquities, (Halifax 1885) page 14.)
A John de Coldeley is mentioned in connection with Coley Hall in 1286. The Rishworth Family were related to the de Coldeleys and lived there from about 1330.
In 1572, Richard Sunderland of High Sunderland bought the estate from Alexander Rishworth. In 1654 it was sold toWilliam Horton to pay fines imposed by Parliament on Captain Langdale Sunderland for taking the Royalist side in the Civil War. The original front of the hall was destroyed in bombardment by the Commonwealth troops. In 1662, Oliver Heywood lived at the Hall, sharing the property with Captain Hodgson. Extensive alterations were made in 1681.
In 1775, the hall returned to the Sunderland family when it was bought by Joseph Sunderland. A doorway dated 1692 from the demolished Langley House, Hipperholme was re-used at the Hall. The building was restored in the 1960's. From: Arthur Comfort's book, "Ancient Halls in & about Halifax.'
The original Coley Hall - picture supplied by Simon Melville, son-in-law of the late Joe Sunderland, 1922-1998.
A2A Catalog, Yorkshire Archaeological Society: Earl of Wilton Collection, Bundle 16, File - Receipt for purchase money. - ref. DD4/16/207 - date: 16 Sep 1654:
Langdale Sunderland of Ackton (pontefract) Esq. acknowledges to have received from William Horton of Houlderoide (Howroyd)
in Barkisland, gent, L2,200 consideration in which he did by indenture bearing even date bargain and sell etc. unto William Horton etc. all the Manor or Lordship of Batley, one capital messuage, Coley Hall and diverse other messuages and tenements, land, closes, premises and apts. in Coley and Hipperholme.
Howroyd Hall
A hall-and-cross-wings, hearth-passage plan house built around 1642 by William Horton of Bradford. It is dated 1642 with the initials WH and EH for William and Elizabeth (Gledhill)Horton. They were married in 1636, she was the daughter of Thomas Gledhill of Barkisland Hall. The two estates eventually came into the one family. Howroyd Hall is near Greetland, West Yorkshire in the township of Barkisland, and parish of Halifax; 6 miles from Halifax and Huddersfield.
Although only having two storeys, the design is similar to that of Barkisland Hall, there is a large stained glass window. A doorway is inscribed:
Except the Lord build this house They labour in vain that build.
Older features of the hall suggest that Horton's building may have been an enlargement and refurbishment of an earlier hall owned by Thomas Mouldson.
Howroyd Hall
Sowerby Hall
Sowerby Hall, Stocks Lane, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire (listed building in 'Regeneration in Calderdale, ref SB12/276)
Sowerby Hall is 2 miles WNW of Furness Abbey.
Now 3 dwellings. Dated "IH IH 1646", Isobel and Joshua Horton (Kendall 1910, p.169). Rubble brought to course, stone slate roof. 2 storeys, 2 gabled bays with rear range projecting to right and through-passage, North front: quoins, chamfered plinth. Gabled proch to right of centre with chamfered, shallow-basket-arched doorway, kneelers, coping, finial and inner doorway in similar surround. Double-chamfered mullion windows: right-hand bay has window now of 2 lights with 6-light window above, both with hoodmoulds. left-hand bay has (from right) a window now of 2 lights, a cross-window, and a 4- now 3-light window with transom, the 2 left hand lights made into a deeper sash. South room has fine fireplace with deep segmental-arched lintel and moulded, step-stopped surround with cabling in spandrels. Chamfered, quoined, segmental-arched doorway in bookroom. North room has chamfered spine beams and large fireplace with chamfered quoined surround and sink, cushioned spandrels.2 moulded doorways lead off through-passage into what is now No. 1 dwelling. No. 1 has, in south room, a quoined fireplace with remnants of moulded lintel, one panelled wall and panelled doors. 1st floor: No. 1 north room a quoined angle fireplace. One good board and muntin door with moulded panels. Similar door to 1st floor of No. 2, and also 2 stop-chamfered quoined doorways (1 now window)
Joshua Horton was a JP and a friend of Oliver Heywood (Kendall 1902). H P Kendall, "Antiquarians at Sowerby. A Pleasant Ramble", (Halifax Antiquarian Society), Vol 1 (1902), 7 June. H P Kendall, "Sowerby Hall", (Halifax Antiguarian Society), Vol 7 (1910), pp. 169-200.
Barkisland Hall
The Old Hall stood further up the village of Barkisland and its site is now occupied by modern dwellings. The present hall on Stainland Road is an F-pland house erected in 1638 for John Gledhill, part of the locally important Gledhill family who married into the Barkisland line in the 1300s. John Gledhill's initials appear along with his wife's above the main doorway.
William Horton married Elizabeth Gledhill, daughter of Thomas Gledhill of Barkisland Hall, and the estate eventually came into the Horton family.
As well as the ordinary features of a Stuart structure, it has a three storey porch, a carved oak fireplace and ornate plasterwork. Unlike other contemporary houses of the area it is of three storeys. Lord Kagan, owner of Gannex textiles in Elland, bought the Hall in the 1960s as accommodation for his visitors. The building is now separated into six tenements. Barkisland Hall was still standing in 2003 and is a Grade I listed Building. In effect the shell of a magnificent house, listed as one of the finest prodigy houses of Calderdale. L. Ambler, The Old Halls and Manor Houses of Yorkshire, (London, 1913)p. 16, 77, D. Hey, Buildings of Britain 1550-1750 Yorkshire, (Ashbourne, 1981) p.58, 60 . T. W. Hanson, The Story of Old Halifax, (Halifax, 1920), p.121. N. Pevsner, Yorkshire West Riding, (London, 1967)p.90.
Barkisland Hall
CHADDERTON HALL
Chadderton Hall was bought by William Horton of Barkisland in 1684. In 1748 the hall was rebuilt by Sir William Horton. In 1800's it was enlarged and improved by Thomas Horton.
Chadderton Hall
Other Manors of Yorkshire
that belonged to Horton Family
These Manors and lands were listed in the will of Mary Horton to her son, Joseph Horton:
Manor or lordship of Cromwell Bottom, Parish of Halifax, manor house called Cromwell Bottom Hall
Working stone mines or quarries at Cromwell Bottom and Southowram. All buildings and lands thereto belonging in Southowram, now or late in tenures or occupations of John Campenot, Joseph Oates the younger, Martha Priestley, John Barber, Thomas Gledhill, James Exley, Matthew Oates, John Oates, and Thomas Brooksbank.
Woods in Southowram and Cromwell Bottom, known as Upper Hall Wood, Lower Hall Wood, Hagg Wood, Chapel Wood, Upper Woods,.
Working stone mine occupying closes known as upper and middle Brigg Field in Southowram.
Messuage called Lower Dock Hill in Barkisland, with grounds, etc.
various cottages, etc. in Barkisland now or late in tenures or occupations of Alexander Mackay, William Pinder, Benjamin Rowe, Rebecca Bates (widow), Isaac Soothill, James Harper, Richard Gledhill, and William Whiteley;
Messuage, lands, etc., in Staniland, belonging to the cottages now or late in tenures or occupations of John Whittel, James Smithiers, John Moreton, Richard Waller, Joseph Morton, Stephen Morton, John Bottomley, and Edward Halliwell.
Cottages at Staniland with outbuildings, etc., now or late in tenures or occupations of Ely Clegg, Stephen Morton, and John Whiteley.
Land called Raw Roys at Elland,parish of Halifax, with appurtenances, at some time in tenure or occupation of Thomas Horsfield, but now or lete in tenure or occupation of Joseph Morton
Also all other freehold messuages, lands,etc. in townships of Cromwell Botton, Southowram, Howroyd, Barkisland, Staniland, and Elland willed by Mary Horton, late of Howroyd, widow, decease to Joseph Horton and assigns for ever in tail.
Messuage called the Workhouse in Southowram.
Messuage called Lower Ashday in Southowram.
Messuage in Hazlegreave Hack in Barkisland.
Piece of ground called Flocktons in Barkisland.
Closes, enclosures, or pieces of ground called Howroyd Hill in Barkisland.
Messuage or farm called Dean Farm near Staniland Dean in Staniland
Messuage called the Warren House in Staniland Dean in Staniland.
Close called Tururoyd in Staniland.
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