WELCOME TO LONGLEY OLD HALL

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

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1508 - Jennet Wode, the second daughter of John and wife of William Ramsden, was born here

1538 - John Wode dies 

1958 - Sir John Frechville Ramsden, the sixth baronet, dies
                                                                                
                                             

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

 

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

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 6 April 2008          

  visitors since 1 April 2001