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Adlington Hall, Lancashire

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In 1921 the hall and 129 acres of land were bought by Wigan Corporation to protect the town's water supply, as it was adjacent to the existing water catchment area. During the 1930s the family of Monks-Gaskell lived at the hall and during the Second World War it was used to house Spanish soldiers who
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The hall was demolished in the 1960s and the site is now occupied by a poultry farm. Two lodges and the entrance pillars originally survived, but one lodge has since been replaced by a modern house.
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The house was constructed in 1771 of red brick and stone on rising ground. It consisted of two storeys, having a seven-bay frontage with a central three-bay pediment.
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The Adlington manor estate previously belonged to the Adlington family. On the death of Peter Adlington it was sold in 1688 to Thomas Clayton.
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After the Claytons the hall was occupied in turn by John Gerrard, a cotton manufacturer and Benjamin Davies, owner of the Huyton Bleachworks.
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and Chief Justice of Common Pleas in Ireland. On the latter's death in 1770 it passed to his nephew,
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Sir Richard died in 1828 and the estate was inherited by his daughter Henrietta, who had married
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Thomas Clayton died in 1722 and the estate descended to his grandson
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Adlington Hall, Lancashire is located in the Borough of Chorley
Adlington, Lancashire
Coordinates
53°36′24″N 2°37′36″W / 53.6067°N 2.6267°W / 53.6067; -2.6267
Adlington, Lancashire
Wigan
Chorley

Richard Clayton
Wigan
Sir Richard Clayton
General Robert Browne
"Focus on: The History of Adlington Hall"
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Astley Hall
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Bank Hall
Buckshaw Hall
Carr House
Cuerden Hall
Rivington Hall
St George

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