His widow and the daughters moved to Lichfield, where the young Dr Samuel Johnson was a frequent visitor to their house, delighting particularly in the company and conversation of the second daughter, Molly Aston (c.1706-56), despite her strongly Whig political views, which were at odds with his Tory sentiments. In 1603 King James I and Anne of Denmark stayed here on their autumn progress. of Bewsey Hall (Lancs), vice-chamberlain of Chester, and had issue two sons and three daughters; buried 26 November 1615; (1.7) Elizabeth Aston; married Richard Dod of Cleverley (Shropshire); (1.8) Mary Aston; married 1st, Richard Brown, gent. She married, 2 March 1730, the Hon. The hall was refurbished in 1840 and was used as a stop off . 1607); married 1st, Thomas Parsons esq. [5] The estate was sold by the Holdens in 1898 to William Dicken Winterbottom,[6] who enlarged the Hall in 1907 and engaged Thomas Hayton Mawson to redesign the garden. There are also two lodges (one of which, Top Lodge, is said to be by Wyatt, although it does not look very typical of him). Can anyone provide more information about the lives of the four illegitimate children of Henry Hervey Aston (c.1740-85)? of West Ham (Essex). . Charles Arthur Chetwynd Talbot (1834-69). (2) John Aston; a lawyer; died without issue; (4) Bridget Aston (d. 1626); married Thomas Bunbury (d. 1601) of Stanney (Cheshire) and had issue six sons and five daughters; buried at Stoke near Chester, June 1626; (5) Elizabeth Aston (d. 1602); married John Massey (d. 1610) of Coughow, younger brother and heir of George Massy of Podington; buried at Burton (Cheshire), 9 November 1602; (6) Margaret Aston (d. 1631); married 1st, Timothy Egerton (fl. Risley Hall: the only known view is this woodcut copied from a lost painting by Joseph Barlow Robinson in the 1860s, and used as an illustration in his, The house depicted by Robinson consisted of two parallel stone ranges running north to south joined at one end by service accommodation and at the other by a three storey gabled range which may have been a remnant of an earlier house; in the middle was a central courtyard. 1734), baptised at Elford (Staffs), 24 August 1734; married, 6 November 1762 at Aston, James Bruce (1720-83) of Killeleagh, eldest son of Rev. In October 2019, the mansion was named as the UK's top haunted site, according to the Spectrum Paranormal Investigations and National Lottery.[9]. John Aston (c.1667-1710), born about 1667; a Captain in the Royal Navy; died without issue and was buried at Aston-by-Sutton, 12 October 1710; (3) Willoughby Aston (c.1668-93); married, 6 October 1691 at St James, Duke's Place, London, Elizabeth Lewin, and had issue two daughters; buried at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster (Middx), 30 November 1693; (4) Mary Aston (1669-1734), baptised at Madeley (Staffs), 28 July 1669; married 1st, 4 June 1698 at Aston, Sir John Crewe (d. 1711), kt., of Utkinton Hall (Cheshire), and 2nd, 19 November 1713 at St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London, Dr. Hugh Chamberlain of Alderton and Hinton, but had no issue; died 8 April 1734 and was buried at Tarporley (Cheshire); (5) Robert Aston (c.1670-1721); a citizen and fishmonger in London; married, 14 February 1688, Elizabeth Whitcomb (1664-1708); buried at St Nicholas, Cole Abbey, London, 15 December 1721; (6) Magdalen Aston (1672-1746), baptised at Aston, 14 April 1672; married, 31 December 1695 at Aston, Thomas Norris (1653-1700) of Speke (Lancs) and had issue one son and one daughter; buried at Cropthorne (Worcs), 25 November 1746; (7) Frances Aston (1673-77), baptised at Aston, 17 April 1673; died young and was buried at Aston, 10 March 1676/7; (8) Gilbert Aston (c.1674-76); died in infancy and was buried at Aston, 27 May 1676; (9) Richard Aston (1675-1741) [for whom see below under Aston of Wadley House]; (10) Elizabeth Aston (1676-1756), baptised at Aston, 12 December 1676; lived in London and later at Bath (Somerset); died unmarried; will proved 22 April 1756; (11) Christian Aston (b. Aston of Wadley House, Littleworth, Berkshire. of Upton near Chester, and 2nd, Jaques Arnodio, a Frenchman; (1.9) Anne Aston; married Richard Allen esq. Alvaston Hall Aston upon Trent, passing Leighton.. Francis Gastrell (d. 1772), vicar of Frodsham, who owned Shakespeare's New Place at Stratford-on-Avon and had it demolished; moved to Lichfield and eventually inherited both Stowe House and Stowe Hill from her sisters Elizabeth and Magdalen, but both houses were sold after her death; died at Lichfield, 30 October 1791 and was buried at Frodsham; Anne Aston (b. His widow died at Bath, 29 March 1808, aged 91. Aston Hall was actually bought by Kelynge Greenway, of Warwick. Wyatt was at that time also engaged on alterations to Kinmel Park (Denbighs.) On this site, which was short-listed for the SAHGB Colvin Prize in 2019, I present the results of my research into the landowning families of the British Isles and the country houses which they owned. Leisure facilities and things to do at Alvaston Hall. Aston Hall here is the seat of Sir Arthur Aston, Bart. Unfortunately, nothing is known about the interior decoration of the house. Educated at Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1757/8). Set in the pretty Cheshire countryside, it's ideally located near Manchester and Liverpool too. When Sir Willoughby died in 1772, the remaining Risley estate was sold almost at once by his son and heir, Sir Willoughby Aston (1749-1815), 6th and last bt., who like his father lived chiefly in London, although he seems to have rented a number of properties in Hampshire in the late 18th century. In these fantastic value rooms youll find everything you could want for a blissful nights sleep. & Rev. In contrast to his father, Sir Thomas Aston, 3rd bt., married relatively late in life, and when he died in 1725 he left a young family of one son and eight daughters. Many students come to Cheshire Academy knowing they love the arts; others discover their passion while attending. He married, 16 September 1789 at St George's, Hanover Square, London, the Hon. It boasts a series of period rooms which have furniture, paintings, textiles and metalwork from the collections of the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. The house was purchased in 1858 by a private company (the Aston Hall and Park Company Ltd) for use as a public park and museum. In 1723, on the death of Elizabeth Grey, Richard also inherited the Risley estate in Derbyshire, although he seems rarely to have visited it. The city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and its hinterland have been home to a number of prominent families by the name of Anderson between the 16t Bamford, Baron Bamford In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the Bamfords were a Roman Catholic family of millers, builders and toolmakers i Bateman of Oak Park This family traces its origins to the mid 17th century, when Major Rowland Bateman (with whom the genealogy below begin Barttelot of Stopham The Barttelots (the name has been spelled in many different ways, including Bartlett, but Barttelot has been the standa Paston-Bedingfeld, baronets This family shared a common ancestry with the Bedingfields of Fleming's Hall and Ditchingham, in that both Atwood of Sanderstead Court The family of Atte Wode is recorded as living at Coulsdon in Surrey as early as 1246, where their houses in Arkwright of Willersley The Arkwrights are notable because the scale of the fortune amassed by Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-92), kt. Garden & Outbuildings: A late 17th century Dovecote, a Georgian Dower House, and two lodges are extant. An East Midlands variant of the Deverel-Rimbury ceramic tradition, currently dated to the Middle Bronze Age were found to have similar fabrics containing rounded quartz sand and clastic sedimentary rock fragments as temper. Thomas Aston's eldest legitimate son, and the heir to the Aston estate, was John Aston (c.1513-73), who was succeeded at his death by Sir Thomas Aston (c.1547-1613), kt., who is recorded to have reconstructed the medieval manor house at Aston in 1575-77. In every room, weve maxed up the warm and welcoming factor to give you nothing short of a great nights sleep. Theme images by. Alvaston Hall commands a fantastic location in rural Cheshire, a county famous for its Tudor and Roman architecture and pristine parklands. The new house was. Theres nothing quite like that holiday feeling. 1712), born 7 July and baptised at St. Anne, Soho, 3 August 1712; probably died young; Sophia Aston (b. About this project, and what's coming next, An essay on the character of Sir Willoughby Aston, http://www.berkshirehistory.com/castles/wadley_house.html, (222) Aston of Tixall Hall, Barons Aston of Forfar, (221) Aston of Aston Hall, Aston-by-Sutton, (375) Baring of Membland House and Lambay Castle, Barons Revelstoke, (533) Beit of Russborough House, baronets, (522) Wrixon-Becher of Ballygiblin, Creagh, Assolas and Castle Hyde, baronets, (472) Bamford of Hawthornden Manor, Wootton Lodge and Daylesford House, (441) Bateman of Oak Park, Altavilla and Bertholey House, (426) Barttelot of Stopham House, baronets, (529) Bedingfeld (later Paston-Bedingfeld) of Oxburgh Hall, baronets, (175) Arkwright of Willersley Castle and Hatton House, Irish Landed Estates and Historic Houses c1700-1914, Aston Hall, Aston-by-Sutton. Comfort and a wide range of amenities put you properly at ease. Broadview Literary Texts, New York: Broadview Press, The Project Gutenberg eBook, Christmas: Its Origin and Associations, "Watch Birmingham Centenary Pageant 1938", "ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor Attractions", "This spooky historic site has been named UK's most haunted", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aston_Hall&oldid=1127021040, Parks and open spaces in Birmingham, West Midlands, Historic house museums in the West Midlands (county), Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from December 2022, All Wikipedia articles in need of updating, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from March 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 12 December 2022, at 13:16. Aston Hall | Birmingham Museums What's on Visit us Close this notice. Dating evidence from the [nearby] Aston Cursus, Willington Cursus, and associated earlier and later funerary barrows have normally been attributed to the Middle and Later Neolithic, however, the Early Neolithic pits across the site, although infrequent, demonstrate human activity in this landscape as early as the 4th millennium BC. Please use the Contact Form in the right hand side bar to contact me privately or the comments facility at the bottom of the page to make a public comment. He died from wounds received in a duel with Maj. Allen in India, 23 December 1798; his will was proved 2 November 1799. & Rev. Hervey took the name Aston under a private Act of Parliament in 1743, and on his wife's death in 1755 the estates passed to their only surviving son, Henry Hervey Aston (1741-85), who came of age in 1762. Samuel Wyatt, Date of Birth: 1737 Date of Death: 1807 Nationality: British, Title: Cheshire Country Houses Author: de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian Year Published: 1988 Reference: pg. This post was first published 19 July 2016 and updated 4 November 2018, 1 May 2019 and 23 March 2020. (. ASTON-BY-SUTTON, or Aston-Sutton, a township chapelry in Runcorn parish, Cheshire; on the Northwestern railway and the Weaver river, near Preston-Brook r. station, and 3 miles E by N of Frodsham. Patron, Sir A. Aston, Bart. He also visited Florence in 1778-79, when he was described as 'a great martyr to the gout'. I am grateful to Sally-Anne Hayes, Marion Lewis and John Taplin for additional information. [3], His descendant, also Robert Holden, was a successful lawyer who replaced the old house with a new red brick three storey five bayed mansion in 1735. Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished. He died in 1552/3. The Aston family is first documented in the reign of Henry II, when charters record one Gilbert de Aston, Lord of Aston juxta Sutton. The house has a central Doric doorcase, with a correctly proportioned frieze and pediment. His widow was buried at Aston, 4 January 1635/6. 11 December 2022 - 12:29; Join the 100 Club 10 August 2022 - 12:10; Upcoming Events Dec 26 11:00 - 12:30. He died 13 March 1927; his will was proved 24 August and 21 October 1927 (estate 130,162). The younger Henry's marriage in 1759 to Catherine Dicconson of Wrightington Hall produced a number of children, but seems to have been a somewhat intermittent relationship: in 1765 he travelled on the continent with a Frenchwoman who was passed off as Mrs. Aston, and in his will he provided for four illegitimate children by two different ladies. In 1648 he sold the estate to Robert Holden of Shardlow. George Bridgeman, rector of Wigan (Lancs), but had no issue; buried at Aston, 26 August 1853; her will was proved 17 September 1853. Wadley House: the L-shaped early 16th century service wing. and had issue three sons and several daughters; died June 1848, 'in her 100th year'; (4) Sir Willoughby Aston (1749-1815), 6th bt. County: Flintshire Community: Hawarden (Penarlg) Community: Hawarden Locality: Aston Built-Up Area: Shotton p.20. Architect:
(. ; raised in Scotland; master huntsman in Scotland, by 1580; gentleman of the bedchamber to King James VI & I, 1587-1612, in which capacity he undertook various diplomatic missions to England and the continent; Master Falconer, 1603-12; Master of the Wardrobe, 1605-12; knighted, 18 April 1603; MP for Cheshire, 1604-10? Repton thought of Sheringham Hall as his favorite work. Turn left onto the A530 signposted Nantwich, passing Leighton Hospital, At the next roundabout still continue on the A530, and Alvaston Hall is situated approximately one mile on the right hand side, Follow the A500 signposted Nantwich & Chester, at the forth roundabout take the 3rd exit signposted A51 Chester, At the Peacock roundabout take the 2nd exit and continue to the Alvaston roundabout and take the 4th exit A530. Aston by Sutton through time. Alvaston Hall is situated approximately mile along this road on the left hand side. Plus exclusive shows from world-famous performers on our star breaks. of Aston-by-Sutton (Cheshire), born 20 March and baptised at St George's, Hanover Square, London, 24 April 1741. In about 1790, the earliest phase of the present house was built for John Hancock, who then proceeded to demolish the Elizabethan Risley Lodge. (2) John Aston (1604-50); responsible for managing the Aston estate after the death of his brother in 1646; died unmarried, 1 April 1650 and was buried at Aston, where he is commemorated by a monument erected in 1697; (4) Maud Aston (b. Baring of Membland and Lambay Barons Revelstoke This is one of five posts about the various branches of the Baring family. A special retreat. 1949); married, Oct-Dec 1973, Rodger Price (b. I have letters in my possession Dating as far back as 1845 To Richard Aston from his parents Peter & Mary. Please see our Privacy Policy for more details. 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