Hall i' th' Wood

Hall i' th' Wood
Front view of Hall i' th' Wood manor house
Location within Greater Manchester
General information
Architectural style	Medieval
Town or city	Bolton, Greater Manchester
Country	England
Coordinates	53°36′01″N 2°25′04″W / 53.600225°N 2.41764°W / 53.600225; -2.41764
Completed	16th century

Hall i' th' Wood is an early 16th-century manor house in Bolton, Greater Manchester. It is a Grade I listed building and is currently used as a museum by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council.^[1]^[2] It was the manor house for the moiety of the Tonge with Haulgh township held by the Brownlows in the 16th century. The original building is timber framed and has a stone flagged roof; there were later additions to the house, built from stone, in 1591 and 1648.^[1] The name represents "Hall in the Wood' spoken in the local regional English dialect and is pronounced /ˈɔːlɪθˌwʊd/.

The house was not used as a gentry house but rather given over to multiple occupation by families engaged in industry. Four (previously five) separate dwellings can be identified, each with its own entrance and staircase. ^[3] One part was let to Samuel Crompton during the 18th century, where he designed and built the first spinning mule.^[2]

Hall i' th' Wood was bought by William Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) in 1899 and was restored by Jonathan Simpson and Edward Ould.^[4] Lever gave the house to the Corporation of Bolton in 1900.^[1]

An episode of the television programme Most Haunted was filmed in the hall in 2008.^[5]

References

1 2 3 Historic England. "Hall i' th' Wood, Bolton (1388052)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
1 2 Historic England. "Hall i' th' Wood (44392)". PastScape. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
↑ Hartwell, Clare. Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East. p. 153.
↑ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 153–155, ISBN 0-300-10583-5
↑ Karl Beattie and Bev Parr (directors) (2008). Most Haunted (TV-Series). Hall i' th' Wood: Antix Productions.

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Media related to Hall i' th' Wood at Wikimedia Commons

Hall i' th' Wood - history and visitor information, Bolton Museums and Archive Service
Hall i' th' Wood at bolton.org
Extract from A Short History of Hall i' th' Wood Compiled and Edited by Derek R. Mills (1992)

Buildings and structures in Bolton Borough, England

Buildings	Astley Bridge Mill Bolton Town Hall Bolton Museum Bolton Steam Museum Bolton Union Mill Century Mill, Farnworth Eagley Mills 10 Firwood Fold 15 Firwood Fold Hall i' th' Wood Kearsley Mill Smithills Hall Swan Lane Mills Ye Olde Man & Scythe

Places of worship	All Souls Church, Bolton Holy Trinity Church, Horwich St George's Church, Bolton St James' Church, Daisy Hill St John the Evangelist's Church, Farnworth St Mary the Virgin's Church, Deane St Margaret's Church, Halliwell St Matthew's Church, Little Lever St Maxentius' Church, Bradshaw St Patrick's Church, Bolton St Peter's Church, Bolton St Saviour's Church, Ringley St Stephen and All Martyrs' Church, Lever Bridge St Thomas' Church, Halliwell Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

Education	Bolton School Bolton TIC Rivington and Blackrod High School University of Bolton

Transportation	Bolton bus station Bolton Interchange Bolton railway station Blackrod railway station Farnworth railway station Horwich Parkway railway station Kearsley railway station Lostock railway station Moses Gate railway station Ringley Old Bridge Westhoughton railway station

Shopping complexes	Middlebrook

Sport and Entertainment	Bolton Arena Bolton Little Theatre Macron Stadium Octagon Theatre

Demolished	Burnden Park Lostock Junction Mills Chequerbent railway station Chequerbent railway station (1831) Grundy Hill Horwich railway station Westhoughton Mill

Lists	List of schools in Bolton List of mills in Bolton

Museums and galleries in Greater Manchester

Art	Astley Cheetham Art Gallery Bury Art Museum Castlefield Gallery Central Art Gallery Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art Cornerhouse HOME The Lowry Manchester Art Gallery Gallery Oldham Richard Goodall Gallery Salford Museum and Art Gallery Stockport Art Gallery Touchstones Rochdale Whitworth Art Gallery

Historic house	Bramall Hall Clayton Hall Dunham Massey Elizabeth Gaskell's House Haigh Hall Hall i' th' Wood Heaton Hall Ordsall Hall Smithills Hall Staircase House Wythenshawe Hall

Local history / culture	Bolton Museum Museum of Wigan Life Park Bridge Heritage Centre Portland Basin Museum Rochdale Pioneers Museum Saddleworth Museum Stockport Museum

Military and war	Fusilier Museum Imperial War Museum North Museum of the Manchester Regiment Stockport Air Raid Shelters

Natural history	Manchester Museum

Science, engineering, transportation	Bolton Steam Museum Ellenroad Engine House Heaton Park Tramway Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Museum of Transport in Manchester Trencherfield Mill Steam Engine

Specialized	Astley Green Colliery Museum British Muslim Heritage Centre Gallery of Costume Hat Works Manchester Jewish Museum National Football Museum Manchester United Museum Mossley Industrial Heritage Centre Pankhurst Centre People's History Museum Police Museum

See also	List of museums in Greater Manchester List of public art in Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°36′00″N 2°25′08″W / 53.600°N 2.419°W / 53.600; -2.419

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Hall i' th' Wood

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