OUT & ABOUT School Room Hodroyd Hall Hodroyd Hall
Historic England enabled the renovation which was estimated at around £20,000. It cost close to £30,000 to complete with a large proportion raised through generous donations from parishioners. To mark their momentous 900th anniversary in 2020, there will be many events happening throughout the year such as a pancake themed family fun day on Saturday 22nd February, Festival of Voice performance by the Sandal Singers on Saturday 7th March, and a big Yorkshire Day party on 8th August. All the events are organised by community group, Felkirk 900, including the Church Warden Delma Barnard, Deputy Church Warden Sonya Milthorpe and other parishioners. Another member of Felkirk 900
group, who describes himself as a ‘blow in’ is Stephen Aviss the current owner of Hodroyd Hall, who will be opening his home for an evening of fine dining and live entertainment at the Valentine’s Fantasia on Saturday 15th February.
An opera singer from Surrey, Stephen fell in love with Yorkshire and its friendly people while performing in Leeds. He saw Hodroyd Hall advertised on a property listing website and knew he had to buy it.
“I was ruled by my heart, not my head – my wife thought I’d gone crazy. It’s been half uninhabited for 30 years and there are around 25 to 30 rooms in total over 11,500 square feet so we’ve been focusing on which rooms to sort first,” Stephen says.
Although the façade is a real
draw, Stephen has found the history surrounding the hall to be most fascinating.
It is thought there has been some building on-site since the 1100s but the hall that stands today was first acquired by the Gargraves from Nostell Priory in the 16th century. Thomas Gargraves was the Speaker of the House of Commons and was related to other Yorkshire families such as the Wickersleys, Wentworths, Swyfts and Reresbys. Thomas’ great-grandaughter, Prudence, married Dr Richard Berrie in the 1620s with the couple inheriting Hodroyd.
Story says that Berrie was the physician to Oliver Cromwell who is thought to have stayed at Hodroyd during the Civil War when
he was injured. Berrie was reputed to have played both sides of the Royalist/Parliamentarian divide and was investigated in London for three years – he never returned to Hodroyd.
Again, through marriage, Hodroyd passed to the Monckton family in 1692 who would go on to own most of the parish and made significant changes to the infrastructure such as moving the main road for better access to Hodroyd. Their coat of arms still hangs proudly on the front of the hall.
To find out more about Felkirk and its 900th celebrations, visit their Facebook page @fellkirkstpeter
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