Horton-cum-Peel

Horton-cum-Peel
Horton-cum-Peel is located in Cheshire
Horton-cum-Peel
Horton-cum-Peel
Location within Cheshire
Population15 (2001)
OS grid referenceSJ4998
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHESTER
Postcode districtCH3
Dialling code01829
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°13′19″N 2°45′04″W / 53.222°N 2.751°W / 53.222; -2.751

Horton-cum-Peel is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Ashton Hayes and Horton-cum-Peel, in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. In 2001 it had a population of 15.[1] The parish included Peel Hall though due to an error in Chester City Council's electoral register in 1993, three houses had been able to vote in parish council elections in Ashton Hayes opposed to Horton-cum-Peel where they were located.[2] This error was later corrected in 2006.[2] Horton Cum Peel was formerly a township, in 1866 Horton Cum Peel became a civil parish,[3] on 1 April 2015 the parish was abolished to form "Ashton Hayes and Horton-cum-Peel".[4]

Peel Hall

Peel Hall was built by Henry Hardware IV, a descendant of the former Lord Mayor of Chester Henry Hardware, as a three storey manor house.[5] In 1690 it was the location a visit by King William III of England hosted by Colonel Roger Whitley while the king was travelling en route to the Kingdom of Ireland to fight in the Battle of the Boyne.[6] Ownership later fell into the hands of the Earls of Plymouth.[7]

By the 1800s, the manor house had been transformed into a farmhouse with the original forty-two hearths being reduced to seventeen.[7] In 1812, it was reduced in size with the two tier entrance hall demolished and a number of entrances blocked up. In turn it was renovated in Tuscan style.[7] The contemporary historian George Ormerod did not like Peel Hall, stating " ...it did but ill deserve the eulogiums which have been bestowed upon it, being but an indifferent specimen of the taste which prevailed on the restoration of Italian architecture in this country".[7] In 1952, it was granted grade II* listed status by English Heritage.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Chester Retrieved 15 December 2009
  2. ^ a b "The silent seven". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Relationships and changes Horton Cum Peel Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Horton cum Peel". GENUKI. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. ^ a b Historic England. "Peel Hall, Horton-cum-Peel (1130527)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  6. ^ Philip Davis (26 July 2017). "Peel Hall Tower". Gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d Varey, Sharon (2016). Landscapes Past and Present: Cheshire and Beyond. University of Chester. pp. 91, 131, 134–135. ISBN 1908258284.

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