SCOUT or SCOTE HALL, Shibden near Halifax

[Jonathan Lowe]

Hello Keith and all,
I've obtained the notes and will begin to scan. Keith I'll send directly to your email. It might take some time, but I hope it's helpful.
Yours,
Jonathan Lowe PhD

[Jonathan Lowe]

From Jonathan Lowe; related to Mitchell, Stancliffe and possibly you all.
Cheers.

[Keith Sherwood]

Jonathan,
Looking forward to seeing it all when it appears in my inbox!
Hope the severe weather where you are has abated somewhat now...
keith

[Jonathan Lowe]

Snowing again, severe weather this winter. I am taking the type written notes to an office store tonight. I'll have them scan into an email, or DVD. Should be complete tomorrow. I also picked up a copy of the Stancliffe family history book. I'll review it to see if it might be of any interest to you. It might, but I'm somewhat unsure.
The notes are too much for me to scan on my little print/scanner. So off to the office store, Staples. I'll contact you when I have the DVD. I'm very interested in reading them myself because I have not looked at them until just now. Cheers.
Jonathan Lowe

[Jonathan Lowe]

Hello Keith and Malcolm,
I sent 133 page PDF file to both of your email addresses. Please let me know that you could open them. I have not read much of this information. I still need to receive one more set of documents that will follow.
I found that Mr. Chew lived on the Shibden, Scout Hall property, but not an owner nor relative. He had a small house on the far edge of the property. He may no longer reside there. The first 11 pages are typed by my mother, Joann Lowe, née Stancliffe transcribed from Heywoods history selectively by Mr. Chew. Chew may no longer be alive, I have no idea about him, but that is the Chew connection. I'll look forward to your response.
Jon

[Keith Sherwood]

Jonathan,
Have just opened my e-mail account, and good job you posted on here to tell us to expect those files, for I've just rescued them from my junk folder.  I usually delete everything I find there without opening them, so that was fortunate!  Will have a good look now and come back to you later with my comments.
Regards, keith

[Jonathan Lowe]

Good news Keith.
Malcolm had a problem opening the PDF. I re-sent it to him. I'm very anxious to know what parts of those documents may shed new light on this topic. Especially because Scout Hall is my ancestral home. I will make plans to come and visit as I and my children are looking forward to see it. Most likely will be at Scout early to late summer. Do you live close by
Jon

[Keith Sherwood]

Jonathan,
I think Malcolm could tell you more about what could now be added to his knowledge of Scout Hall in his Calderdale Companion - I do hope he has been able to successfully open your labour of love now.  I imagine he probably lives closer than I do to Shibden - I'm in Cambridge, quite a way away.
Still reading through it all, amazing details, will re-contact you once I've finished it.  My 5-times-gt-grandfather James Kershaw's baptism place being given as Scout Hall in the 1720's is what started this thread in the first place.  He gets mentioned in John Wesley's journals in the 1760's, traveling with the great man up to Scotland, on horseback I presume…
keith

[Jonathan Lowe]

Keith,
Malcolm did open it just now. I need to go back and read all the posts from the beginning to get a grasp of all this as I've been too busy with other things to really absorb any of it. I plan to continue to search for more info as I am going to dedicate much time to this. As a research scientist I am very good at finding things, if more is out there I will find it. Cambridge isn't so far. Nothing is very far in. The UK. I used to work between NYC and Los Angeles, flying back and forth every two weeks. That my friend, is far!
Cheers, Jon