SCOUT or SCOTE HALL, Shibden near Halifax

[Keith Sherwood]

Malcolm,
Entirely possible, which makes it even more imperative that I try and find something about the function of Scout Hall - or who lived there - in the late 17th/early18thC...
Keith

[Malcolm Bull]

Keith:

The Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society [1946] had an article on Scout Hall - see

http://www.halifaxhistory.org.uk/

I'll see if I can find it when I'm next in Halifax Reference Library

Regards

Malcolm Bull

[Keith Sherwood]

Malcolm,
More grist to the mill, and I'd be very interested in details from that 1946 article if you can find it in Halifax Library.
Thanks very much again,
Keith

[Marmaduke 123]

I remembered the thread about Scout Hall when I came across it while searching for my Tempest ancestors. It appears to heve been in multiple occupation in 1841, as there are several pages of entries on the census, showing many different households. Same in 1851.

I wonder what happened to the original family?

Anne

[Keith Sherwood]

Anne,
That's all very interesting - I don't suppose anyone could have look on the 1851 Census (more information than the 1841) and give us some kind of idea about Scout Hall's function then...
Keith

[Marmaduke 123]

Hi Keith
I have had a look and they appear to be normal households with a range of ages and occupations. All except one or two shown as born in Northowram, but maybe a lazy enumerator!

It did occur to me that they might be living in estate cottages rather than the big house.

If you have access to Ancestry search for Barzilla Tempest born 1789 on the 1851 census and you can see for yourself. He is down as Barzellai in 1841 but it is the same person.

Anne

[Malcolm Bull]

Keith:

If you visit my Calderdale Companion website and take a look at the article entitled:

*    Scout Hall, Shibden

     http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/calderdale2/s.html#s307

you'll see that I've expanded the material, based on the 1946 Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society.

If you follow all the links, you'll see that it had a fairly busy occupancy, and the 1946 article even notes the large number of names on the records and comments that the Hall probably had multiple occupancy in addition to all the servants (perhaps they were the born in Northowram people?).

If you want to add or elaborate this or any other entries, please email me directly

Regards

Malcolm Bull

[Keith Sherwood]

Malcolm,
Very impressed by all this updating of your website.  I'm going to e-mail you now with details of recent information that has come to me - hopefully some of it will be of use in adding to and possibly emending your excellent Calderdale Companion.  Some of the names and places mentioned may well already be familiar to you...
Keith

[Scout Hall]

Hi although your message is dated 2006 i am hoping that you get this information.
I am the owner of Scout Hall shibden Halifax. I am in the process of selling it at auction on the 10th September 2009 with eddisons Leeds. If I can be of any help or you wish to view the property please do not hesitate to contact me. pribsl@fsmail.net
Regards Paul Reid