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The History Of  Bank Hall

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A Brief History...

Bank Hall was first built in 1608 by the Banastre Family who had been evicted from their family seat in North Wales. (Parts of this building exist today but is now the central part of the house and is hidden by the later extensions in 1832/33).

Bank Hall passed through the many generations developing and in 1832/33 the owner (a descendant from the Banastre Family) George Anthony Legh Keck extended Bank Hall and made major developments to the building and grounds which is pretty much how it is today.
 
This Table Shows Who Lived At Bank Hall During The Census of 4th April 1851
 

 Name  

 Age  

Occupation 

 Married/Single 

 Place of Birth

                                  

                                                                         

George Anthony Legh Keck

 

Head of the Household

 Widowed

  Leicestershire

 John Wilkinson

 53

Servant Butler

 Married

  Leicestershire

 Thomas Wilkinson

 40 

Coachman 

 Married

  Leicestershire

 Charles Buswell

 40

Footman

 Married

  Northamptonshire

 John Wilkinson

 21

Groom

 Single

  Leicestershire

 John Camby

 18

Underbutler

 Single

  Bretherton

 Mary Wilkinson

 34

Housekeeper  

 Married

  Leicestershire

 Elizabeth Stanton

 43

Cook

 Single

  Leicestershire

 Ann Cook

 44

 Housemaid

 Single

  Lancashire

 Eliza Smalley

 20

Kitchen Maid 

 Single

  Leicestershire

 Sarah Smalley

 19

Laundry Maid

 Single

  Leicestershire

 Margaret Eccleston

 35

Dairy Maid

 Single

  Lancashire

 Ann Wilkinson

 16

Store Room Maid

 Single

  Leicestershire

 Bank Hall Farm

      

 

 Robert Banks

 41

Land Agent/ Farmer 

 Married

 Bretherton

 Ellen Banks

 36

Farmer's Wife

 Married

 Longton

 Margaret Banks

 9

Daughter

 

 Bretherton

 Thomas Banks

 7

Son

 

 Bretherton

 Ellen Banks

 5

Daughter

 

 Bretherton

 John Banks

 3

Son

 

 Bretherton

 Robert Banks

 4 Months

Son

  

 Bretherton

 Jane Rimmer

 36

House Servant

 Single

 Liverpool

 Anne Rimmer

 16

House Servant

 Single

 Dalton

 Alice Lathom  14

House Servant

 Single

 Tarleton

 William Leigh  

Farm Labourer

 Single

 Tarleton

 Bank Hall Lodge

        
 Matthew Lythgoe

56 

House Carpenter 

 Married

 Leigh, Lancashire

 Milley Lythgoe

64 

 

Widowed 

Halifax 

 Elizabeth Lythgoe

 

Drape Maker 

Single (Daughter) 

Marylebone, London 

       

The Clare Family 1899- 1922

Sir Harcourt Clare and Family where residents at Bank Hall from 1899-1922. Sir Harcourt moved to Bank Hall with his wife Clara and his daughter (their only child) Dorothy ("Dolly") after he had been promoted to be the Clerk to Lancashire County Council in 1899. Sir Harcourt who was knighted in 1916, would walk two miles every morning to Croston Station from Bank Hall and then carry on from Preston train station to work. 
 
The family where known for keeping a large number of pekinese dogs which where looked after by a Mr Pritchard. The family had a high involvement in the local village life and often organised events for the villagers. The Clare Family are all buried next to each other in the graveyard at the Parish church in Bretherton.
 
There are three headstones in the shape of a cross, the first nearest the church is of Sir Harcourt and reads
 
"In Memory of
 Sir Harcourt Everard Clare.KT.
Died March 1st 1922
In His Sixty-Eighth Year"
 
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