James Hall
30 January 1838 to 6 February 1920
HAL00093
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1838
James Hall, son of Henry
and Elizabeth (nee Godwin) Hall (HAL00087) was born on 30 January 1838 at
Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire (GRO Vol 17 Page 85) and baptised at
Newcastle under Lyme on 16 March 1838 (St Giles, Newcastle
under Lyme Parish Records).
1841
1841 Census – Brampton Toll House,
Newcastle under Lyme
Henry Hall, 30
Elizabeth Hall, 30
Robert Hall, 7
Arthur Hall, 6
Elizabeth Hall, 4
James Hall, 3
Henry Hall, 1
Three others
1851
1851 Census – Nelsons Place, Newcastle
under Lyme
Elizabeth Hall, 42
Robert Hall, 17, timber merchant’s clerk
Arthur Hall, 16, timber merchant’s
clerk
Elizabeth Hall, 14
James Hall, 13
Alice Hall, 7
Hugh F Hall, 6
Mary Hall, 4
Jessie Hall, 1
A cook, house maid and
nurse
1861
1861 Census – Brampton, Newcastle
Under Lyme
Henry Hall, 51
Elizabeth Hall, 53
Robert Hall, 27, timber
merchant
Elizabeth Hall, 24
James Hall, 23, timber
merchant
Alice Hall, 17
Mary Hall, 14
Jessie Hall, 11
Two servants
1864
James Hall, son of Henry Hall,
of St George’s Newcastle under Lyme, married Mary Twigg, daughter of John
Twigg, of Berkswich (southeast of Stafford) at Holy
Trinity, Berkswich on 20 September 1864 (Holy Trinity, Berkswich Parish Records).
Mary Twigg
A family
bible given to Mary Twigg by her godmother, Margarette Hanbury in June 1842,
later passed on to Mary Twigg’s grandaughter, Margaret Baker (BAK00002), and later to her
great granddaughter, Margot (nee Farndale) Atkinson (FAR00952).
1865
Their
daughter, Catherine Alice Hall (HAL00100) was born on 16
August 1865.
1866
Their
son, James Henry Hall (HAL00101) was born on 2 November
1866, but died on 7 August 1873.
1868
Their
son, Arthur John Hall (HAL00102) was born on 6
April 1868.
1869
Their
daughter, Marianne Hall (HAL00103) was born in
1869.
1870
Their
son, Robert Hugh Hall (HAL00104) was born on 8
August 1870.
1871 Census – Queen Street, Newcastle under
Lyme
James Hall, 33, timber merchant
Mary Hall, 32
Catherine Alice Hall, 5
James Henry Hall, 4
Arthur John Hall, 2
Marianne Hall, 1
Robert Hugh Hall, 0
A servant and nurse
Stoke on
Trent
1881
1881 Census – Seabridge, Stoke on Trent,
Staffordshire
James Hall, 43, timber merchant
Mary Hall, 42
Catherine Alice Hall, 15
Arthur John Hall, 12
Marianne Hall, 11
Robert H Hall, 10
Elizabeth Twigg, Mary’s sister, a
‘companion’, 35
A cook and a housemaid
Audlem,
Cheshire
1891 Census – Kynsal Lodge, Kinsal Heath, Cheshire
James Hall, 53, timber
merchant
Mary Hall, 52
Marianne Hall, 21
Robert Hugh Hall, 20,
timber merchant
Catherine Lynham (25),
Charles Garner Lynham (3) and Catherine Mary Lynham (2)
A cook and housemaid
1893
James Hall and his family were associated with Kynsal Lodge by 1891.
The Chester Chronicle, 3
June 1893 reported on a funeral attended by,
amongst others, J Hall of Kynsal Lodge as well as JH Bellyse and R D Baker.
The Chester Chronicle and Cheshire
and North Wales General Advertiser, 2 September 1893 reported by a cricket club
fete at Audlem which was attended by Miss Hall of Kynsal Lodge. The Chester Chronicle and
Cheshire and North Wales General Advertiser, 9 September 1893 reported that Miss Hall of
Kynsal Lodge was among the guests at a tea party and presentatiojn at the
Audlem mission room.
1894
The Lichfield Mercury, 31 August 1894 reported on equestrian awards
where Mr J Hall of Kynsal
Lodge had some success.
James Hall was the chairman of
Buerton Parish Council between 1894-97 (helpfully discovered by Heather Bloomer).
1895
The Sporting Gazette, 16 November 1895 reported on a meet which included
Messrs Hall Senior and Junior of Kynsal Lodge and there
were several other similar reports in the media that year.
Marianne Hall of Kynsal Lodge, Audlem married Arthur Baker. Miss M
Hall to Mr. A Baker. On the 16th alt, at Audlem church, Miss Marianne Hall,
daughter of Mr. James Hall, Kynsal lodge, Audlem, Cheshire, was married to Mr
Arthur Baker, of the Cedars, Audlem, son of the late Mr William Baker, of
Highfields, Audlem. (Gentlewoman,
London, 3 September 1898).
1899
Mr Hall of Kynsal Lodge was out
with the North Stafford Hounds (The Wellington
Journal, 28 January 1899).
1900
The Sporting Gazette, 27 October 1900 reported another meet involving Mr
Hall of Kynsal Lodge.
1901
1901 Census – Kynsal Lodge, Buerton
James Hall, 63, living on own
means
Mary Hall, 62
A cook and housemaid
Gertrude H Twigg (36) was visiting
Arthur John Hall in back row,
Marianne Baker neé Hall in doorway,
James Hall of Kynsal Lodge, Henry
Hall born 1897, Mary Hall neé Twigg, Catherine Mira
Hall neé Stubbs with Mary Catherine Hall on her knee
(Ann Dalgleish records)
1902
The Wellington Journal, 30 August 1902 reported that J Hall of Kynsall
had some success at the Audlem flower show.
The Manchester Evening News, 29 October 1902 reported that the South Cheshire
Hounds had passed through the private grounds at Kynsal Lodge.
1903
A meet reported in the Wellington Journal, 26
September 1903 involved Mr Hall of Kynsal Lodge.
1904
The Staffordshire Advertiser, 21 May 1904: TO BE LET, SPRINGFIELDS,
KYNSAL, 1 ½ miles from Audlem Station, 2 ½ from Norton in Hales; house
entrance, 3 sitting rooms, kitchen, 6 bedrooms and two fields, four loose boxes
and tying for 2 cows, in all, about 6 acres. Apply to James Hall, Kynsal lodge,
Audlem, Cheshire.
James Hall of
Kynsal Lodge was still hunting with the Staffordshire hounds (The Staffordshire Sentinel. Daily
and Weekly, 12 November 1904).
1905
Mr J Hall of Kynsal Lodge attended a
local funeral at Woore (Wellington Journal, 11
November 1905).
Kynsal Lodge in about 1905 from
photographs in the album of Marianne (nee
Hall) Baker.
This is probably Marianne (nee
Hall) Baker in front of Kynsal Lodge
1908
The Staffordshire Sentinel. Daily and Weekly, 23 May
1908 reported on a hunting
recollection told by Mr Hall, of Kynsal Lodge. Another
interesting reminiscence told by Mr Hall, of Kysnal Lodge, is quoted by Mr Blagg in his “History of
the North Stafford Hounds”, and is as follows: “In January,
1847, my father was living at Brampton Tree House, near Newcastle. I was home
for the holidays, and one afternoon saw hounds and horsemen, a few of the
latter in pink, the rest in plain clothes, coming by Dimsdale Old Hall, hounds
in full cry. I immediately got a pony out of the stable and met them at
Hempstalls. The fox was dead beat, and was shortly
after killed in my father's orchard. Old Maiden was a huntsman, and I think his
son was whip. The fox was broken up in front of the house, and I had the brush.
Maiden told my father I had properly entered. Mr William Davenport was master,
but I do not think he was out that day. I remember seeing Lewis Adams, of
Watlands, and Mr Hatton, of Maybank, and I think the late Mr Cartlich. The
hounds were then kennelled at Wolstanton. My father, brother and self often
went to see them on a Sunday afternoon. The Brampton, Dimsdale, Hempstalls etc
were then open country; now they're more or less built
over. I do not remember where the fox was found.
James Hall’s daughter Marianne (nee
Hall) Baker, then married to Arthur
Baker died in 1908.
1909
The Staffordshire Advertiser, 26 June 1909 reported on the sale of the
Abbeyfields Estate at Sandbach, which was bid for at £17,500 by Mr Hall of Kynsal Lodge, Audlem.
1910
THURSDAY February 3rd,
1910, KYNSAL, AUDLEM, CHESHIRE. Freehold Villa, Residence and Land. Messrs
Green & Pierce are instructed to offer for Sale by public auction, on the
premises, immediately after the sale of furniture on the above date, at three
o’clock pm, subject to conditions of sale, all that freehold well built VILLA
RESIDENCE, together with outbuildings and a large Croft or Paddock, situated at
Kynsal aforesaid, on the road leading from Audlem to Norton in Hales, about one
mile from Audlem and three from Norton in Hales, late in the occupation of Mr William
Ledsham, now deceased. The house contains entrance hall, 4 bedrooms, dressing
room, dining and drawing rooms, back kitchen, scullery, pantry and other out
offices. The outbuildings contain stabling for two horses and coach house with
loft over, piggeries and large poultry house with excellent run. There is a
capital garden, well stocked with fruit trees. The above forms a very desirable
holding, it has a considerable frontage to the highway and is well adapted for
building purposes. For further particulars apply to the auctioneers or to
Messrs Bellyse and
Eric Smith, Vendor’s Solicitors, Audlem, Cheshire. (Chester Chronicle, 29 January 1910).
The London Evening Standard, 6 December 1910 reported that the North
Staffordshire Hounds had a view of a fox just under Kynsal Lodge.
1911
1911 Census – Kynsal Lodge, Buerton,
Audlem
James Hall, 73, no occupation, private
means
Mary Hall, 72
Marjorie Twigg, 24
A cook and housemaid
1913
The Northwich Guardian, 31 October 1913 was still referring to a market
sale at Crewe of 12 grand roan heifers from Mr James Hall of Kynsal Lodge.
1914
James Hall Mary Hall (nee
Twigg)
The Nantwich Guardian, 25 December 1914: DEATH OF MRS HALL. We regret to recall the death of Mrs Mary Hall,
wife of Mr. James Hall, off Kynsal Lodge, near Audlem, and formerly of
Newcastle, Staffordshire, which took place on Sunday afternoon after a long
illness. Mrs Hall, who was 76 years of age, had resided at Kynsal Lodge for
nearly a quarter of a century. She was of a very charitable disposition. Until
her serious illness she was a regular worshipper at the Audlem parish church,
where Mr Hall was churchwarden for some years. Much sympathy is felt in the
district for Mr Hall and the family.
1915
The Nantwich Guardian, 1 January 1915: The funeral of the late Mrs
Hall, off Kynsal Lodge, Audlem, whose death we reported last week, took place
on Wednesday, when the remains were interred in the family vault at Newcastle,
Staffordshire. Amongst those attending were Mr. James Hall
(husband), Mrs
Lynham (daughter), Colonel
A Hall and Mr Hall
(sons), Mrs A Hall (daughter-in-law), Mr Garner
Lynam (grandson), Mr Arthur
Baker JP (son-in-law), and Mr. J Nunnally. The bearers were Messrs J Yarwood,
H Hocknell, J Goodwin, J W Warrington, J Furnivall and G Walker. There were a large number of floral tributes.
The Nantwich Guardian, 16 February 1915: LOCAL WILLS, MRS HALL,
AUDLEM. Mary Hall, of Kynsal Lodge, Audlem, wife of James Hall, left £5,310.
1916
James Hall married Blanche
Mangnall in 1916. The Runcorn Guardian, 30
June 1916: HALL- MANGNALL. June
21st, at Saint Mary's church, Chirk, by the Rev E W Powell, MA, James Hall, of Kynsal
Lodge, Audlem, to Blanche Mangnall, youngest daughter of the late William
Mangnall, of Prestwich, and Mrs Mangnall, of the Grange, Audlem, Cheshire.
Blanche Mangnall was the sister of
Richmal Mangnall who had married Jack
Baker in 1884.
The Nantwich Guardian, 14 July 1916: COX BANK., PRESENTATION. A
presentation was made on Thursday last week on the occasion
of their marriage to Mr and Mrs James Hall, Kynsal Lodge, Audlem, at the
Mission Room at Cox Bank. Mr and Mrs Hall have done good and charitable work in
the parish, and Mrs Hall was organist at the mission room and took a deep
interest in what is called the ‘little church’. The presentation took the form
of a beautiful silver breakfast dish by the friends of Cox bank mission room.
The present was accompanied by an album with the signature of the subscribers.
The vicar presided at the presentation, which was made by Mr F Sheeker, a
senior member of the mission room.
1918
Funeral of Miss
C L Baker. The funeral of the late Miss C L Baker took place on Thursday
afternoon last week. The coffin was conveyed from the house in a hearse
attended by four of the parish church choirmen, who acted as bearers,.
Preceeding were six of the choir boys, who wheeled the hand bier on which were
the floral tributes. The service was held in the parish church. A number of Red Cross nurses from the Stapley Hospital,
Nantwich, under the Commandante and quartermaster, lined up at the entrance to
the church. Mr E Blakeman, the organist, played ‘In Memoriam’, Beasley, ‘Over
the wings of a dove’, Mendelssohn, and ‘I know that my redeemer liveth’,
Handel. As the coffin was borne into the church he played ‘O rest in the lord’.
The 90th psalm was sung to a single chant by Barnby
and the following hymns were sung: ‘Abide with me’, ‘the sun is sinking fast’,
and ‘Holy Father, cheer our way’. The Dead March from Saul was afterwards
played. The bearers were Messrs W Holland, Fred Williams, W H Parker and L
Kendall. The mourners were: Mr and Mrs John Baker, brother and sister-in-law,
Mr E R Bellyse JP, Mr Harry Etches, Mr. James Etches, Miss Annie Baker,
cousins, Mrs Jane Baker aunt, miss Dorothy Baker, Miss Charity Baker, nieces, Mr
and Mrs James Hall, Kynsal lodge Mrs SB Jackson, Dr RF Shaw, Dr and Mrs
Wyneol, Williston, Lady Adam, Hankelow Court, Mrs Stapleton Cotton, Mr Beattie
Williamson, churchwarden, Mr. James Mosley and Mr TW Bentley, sidesmen, Mr W
Eric Swift, representing the office standard schools of which deceased was one
of the managers, Mr William Smith, Miss Nunnally, Mrs Frank Sproston, Miss
Sproston, Miss Cheeseman, Mr and Mrs H J Thomas, Mr Eric Smith, Mr Mrs L Kendall,
Miss Kendall. Mr. White, Mrs and Miss Griffiths, Mrs Mather and many others
including the committees and members of the mothers
union and Red Cross working party and members of the young men's Bible class.
Flowers were sent by Poppy and Emily, Jack and Rich, Dorothy and Charity, Edith
A Bellyse, Lill and Bell, ER and JR Bellyse, Little Jack, Bessie and Blanche,
Mr and Mrs James Hall, Mrs G Baker, Annie and Nelly, Lomas and Katie, Hilda,
Margaret and Geoff, Amy Jill, Mr and Mrs Nunneley, and Mary, doctor and Mrs RF
shore, Mr and Mrs a Morris James Mandarin Mr and Mrs SP Jackson, Mr and Mrs
James Greaves, members of the choir and church decorators, lady members of the
choir, mothers union, two, Red Cross working party, Mrs G foil faucet, members
of the Bible class, Mr and Mrs white, Mrs Bailey and Charlie and the Allman
family. The Funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr TL Kendall. (Nantwich Guardian, 28 June 1918).
1919
We have this letter from James
Hall to his granddaughter, Margaret
Baker, in 1919:
James Hall died on 6
February 1920 aged 82 (Billion Grave Index)
Probate: HALL James of Kynsal Lodge, Audlem Cheshire died 6 February
1920 Probate London 29 March to Arthur John Hall and Robert Hugh Hall esquires
and Edward Slaney solicitor. Effects £55062 6s 1d.
1922
The window in the chancel of
Audlem parish church dated 1922 commemorates James and Mary Hall of Kynsal
Lodge (helpfully passed on by Heather Bloomer).
