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
Layout of the Hall Latest news Garden
Visiting Open days Brief history The Hall today
The Elizabethan front of the hall January 2009
1330 - Robertus del Wodde witnesses a deed
1370 - Willelmus de Wodde has a charter of messuages in Huddersfield
1540 - Thomas Sayvill pays damages of 50 marks for marrying
Cecily Wood whilst she
was betrothed
to John Appleyard
William
Ramsden and his wife Jennet Wood have possession of the hall
1550 - William Ramsden sells Crawstone Hall, Greetland, for £63
1580 - William Ramsden dies in London.
1920 - Sir John Frechville Ramsden, the sixth baronet, sells his Huddersfield
estate to the
Corporation.
The hall was the only building he retained
The Victorian kitchen extension
Photograph by 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 1 January 2010
visitors since 1 April 2001
