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used during the Civil War,


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Cromwell dashed over in order to get to Whalley. This took place just before the Battle of Pre­ ston when Whalley was guarded by two squadrons of dragoons, so that the Royalists could not attack Cromwell's rear guard. Although the parish


churches of Mitton and Whalley are only three miles apart, there was lit­ tle connection between the two villages. The River Ribble in


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this part of its course has always formed a bound­ ary. Whalley used to be in the diocese of Lichfield and the province of Can­ terbury; Mitton was in the arch-diocese of York. Great rivalry could flare up between the two vil­ lages. In the 14th century Alan de Catterall, who owned a stake in Mitton Hall, fell into an acrimo­ nious dispute with the Abbot of Whalley over the tenure of Whalley fields. The battle continued to be fought by his widow


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after Catterall's death, who, together with her sons, is recorded as turn­ ing away the Abbot when he came to collect her tithes. The result of the dispute is unknown. In the early years of


the 19th Century, Mitton Bridge was rebuilt to take the place of a ferry that was still in use in 1810. Later on, from 1831 to 1871, the bridge was the pivotal point for the infa­ mous otter hunts of


: Squire Lomax of Clayton Hall. His hounds were


; renowned throughout the area.


Stories of the House A house as old as Mit­


ton Hall may choose to keep to itself much of what it has witnessed over the years, but there are certain intriguing associations that we can be sure about. For instance, in the


more modern part of the house is an old oak door with a brass plate record­ ing that it was formerly the vestry door of All Hallows, Bread St, Lon­ don. This is the church where the poet Milton was baptised in 1608. How the church door came from London to


Mitton Hall is a story that unfortunately has been lost to time. Popular accounts of


ghostly sightings in Mit­ ton Hall abound, and many are from people who have worked in the house in recent times. There appear to be at least three resident ghosts, including a Grey Lady and a maid who was apparently found hanging from the minstrels' gallery in the Great Hall. Whether she hanged her­ self or was murdered remains a mystery. The house has seen its


share of tragedies and perhaps we should not be surprised th a t some of those who lived and died at Mitton Hall have cho­ sen, for whatever reason, to stay around...


Mitton Hall Time Line


1189 Manor of Little Mitton granted by Robert de Lacy to Sir Ralphe de Little Mitton


1200s Passed to John de Pontchardon


1272 Richard de Pontchardon


1309 Passed to Alan de Cat­ terall via his marriage to Lora de Pontchardon, daughter of Richard


1321 Alan de Catterall dies, Mitton Hall passed down the Catterall line


1400's Richard de Catterall


1487 Ralph de Catterall, son ■ of Richard, builds the present house, originally with stone basement and timber upper storeys


1515 John de Catterall Thomas de Catterall, last male of the line


1579 Passed to Robert Sher­ borne of the Stonyhurst ancestral home via his marriage ivith Thomas de Catterall's daughter, Dorothy Thomas Sherborne.


1651 Robert Sherborne Thomas Sherborne, died 1664


1664 Sold by Thomas's heir, Richard, to Alexan­ der Holt, goldsmith of London and descended from the Holts of Grislehurst William Holt


1831 Passed to the Beau­ mont family by the marriage of Eliza­ beth Holt to Richard Beaumont John Beaumont Richard Henry Beau­ mont


1840 Passed to John


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1880's Ballroom built.


I House is used as a farmhouse, celebrat­ ed for the excellence of its cheese


1918 Taken over by Hora­ tio Bottemley, man­ aging director of Dutton's Brewery in Blackburn, who lived at the house with his sister Edith (neither


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1938 Bottomley dies; Edith continues to live there


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1844 Major part of the house rebuilt. John Potter in residence


1874 Ralph John Aspinall undertakes further extensions. John Hicks MP for Bolton 1868-1880, in residence


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1940 House becomes headquarters for officers of the Third Meld Train­ ing Regiment


1945 .


A. H. Birtwistle of Allied Mills takes over


1960's Birtwistle leaves and house stays empty for a few years


1967 Mr and Mrs Wilfred Burrill, own­ ers of the Dunkenhalgh, take over and open for business


Mitton Hall becomes an exclusive club. Conservatory is knocked down and swimming pool built instead. Great hall is used as a cocktail bar with adjoining casino


1980 Bought by Guys Eating Estab­ lishment, renamed The Old Stone- house and opened as a pizza restaurant with accommodation as well. Fred Wilkinson is owner


1999 Bought by Bocholt Developments Ltd, becomes Mitton Hall Coun­ try House Hotel, with extensive refurbishment to bedrooms and


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