Ordsell Hall,Salford, Manchester,England
- by Adi Little
- 2017-06-20
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Ordsell hall,is in Ordsell a suburb of Salford,Manchester,England.
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David de Hulton is recorded as the owner of the original hall, in 1251.
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Ordsall Hall is a historic house It dates back more than 750 years.
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although the oldest surviving parts of the present hall were built in the 15th century.
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The most important period of Ordsall Hall's life was as the family seat of the Radclyffes.
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The manor of Ordsall came into the possession of the Radclyffe family in about 1335.
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but it was not until 1354 that Sir John Radclyffe established his right of inheritance.
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During the 1340s Sir John Radclyffe campaigned with Edward III in France.
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distinguishing himself at the battles of Caen, Crècy and Calais.
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As a reward for his service, the king allowed Sir John to take some Flemish weavers back.
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To his Ordsall estate, where he built cottages for them to live in.
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English weaving skills at that time were poor.
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textiles from Manchester were considered to be of particularly poor quality.
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so the Flemish weavers were employed in instructing the local weavers.
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They started up a silk weaving industry, the foundation for Manchester's cotton industry.
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The original cruck hall was replaced by the Great Hall in 1512, by Sir Alexander Radclyffe
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At the time of the 1666 hearth tax survey, Ordsall Hall was the largest house in Salford,
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The Oldfield family of Leftwich, bought the estate at the end of the 17th century.
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in 1704 it was sold again, to John Stock, a trustee of Cross Street Chapel.
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His family were probably the last owners to reside at the hall.
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The hall was the setting for William Harrison Ainsworth's 1842 novel Guy Fawkes.
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written around the plausible although unsubstantiated local story that the Gunpowder Plot
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During the Second World War the hall was used as a radio station.
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Salford Corporation purchased Ordsall Hall from Baron Egerton of Tatton in 1959.
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n March 2007 the Extraordinary Ordsall Campaign and finished restoration in 2011.