Friday, November 15, 2013

Major E. Hart at the front of Bickershaw Hall

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BICKERSHAW HALL

Bickershaw Hall was a three storey brick built building
The windows being divided into compartments by brick mullions coated with plaster, fronting all sides and surrounded by a moat, crossed by a draw bridge at a brick gatehouse.

When the hall was being modernised in the early nineteen century they pulled off the roof, reduced the upper storey in height and demolished the old gate house.

When the gate way was destroyed, two flint heads were found in the earth one of which was at the time given to the British Museum the other was in the possession of Mrs Perrin of Abram.
The moat was was drained and planted with shrubs shortly afterwards

Owners and occupants of the hall

To date it is not clear when the Hall was built

Mr Edward Bolton sold the hall to Frances Duckinfield on the 25th December 1671, the Duckinfield family held it through much of the 17th and 18th century, before being acquired by a surgeon Edward Ackers of Newton on the 28th April 1790 for a sum of £3500.
Edward Ackers died in January 1810, unmarried leaving the estate to three trustees for the benefit of Edward Ackers son of his cousin John, this Edward Ackers died in September 1818 not married his brother Abraham Ackers came to the estate, Abraham Ackers was born born August 24th 1796, died January 15th 1864. from this time it was owned by the trustees of Abraham Ackers and leased to the Abram Coal Co.

The Hall became unfit for habitation through mining subsidence rendering it damp.

The hall was demolished in the 1940's

November 15, 2013 at 12:52 PM

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