WELCOME TO LONGLEY OLD HALL

The former home of the Ramsdens' of Longley, 
Lords of the Manors of Almondbury and Huddersfield

"An architectural goldmine"  
Simon Jenkins in England's Thousand Best Houses

A Grade ll* listed building with its origins in the 14th century

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The Elizabethan front of the hall                                   

1341 - Robertus del Wodde murdered                                                       

1471 - George Wood involved in the "Hall Bower Murders"

1531 - Marriage settlement for William Ramsden to marry Joanna Wood 

1591 - John Ramsden dies

1611 - Henry Saville (William's nephew) knighted for his work on the King James Bible                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                          
1671 - John Ramsden obtains charter for a market in Huddersfield                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The Victorian kitchen extension (Ralph Bevis)

 

                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                              

Advice written in William Ramsden's Commonplace Book
 at Longley Old Hall in 1544

Geyt thy goodes truly spend them precisely
Set thy goodes dewly lend thou them wisely
True getting wise spending

Have he lyttyll or moche kepeth a man full Rutche
Untyll hes ending

 

Updated 29 November 2011          

  visitors since 1 April 2001