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Crosby Hall is situated in the ancient manor of Little Crosby, formerly in
Crosby Hall has been the manorial home of the Blundell family, ''Merseyside Lieutenancy'': Mark Blundell
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Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
. Close to the city of Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...
in the modern county of Merseyside
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, it is a Grade II* listed building.
The existing hall was constructed ''circa'' 1785 in place of the previous Elizabethan manor house
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...
, some of which still remains. Almost square in layout it is a three-storey structure built of sandstone ashlar with a 3-span hipped roof of green slate.
History
Crosby Hall has been the manorial home of the Blundell family, lords of the manor
Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seigno ...
of Crosby Crosby may refer to:
Places
;Canada
*Crosby, Ontario, part of the township of Rideau Lakes, Ontario
*Crosby, Ontario, a neighbourhood in the city of Markham, Ontario
;England
*Crosby, Cumbria
*Crosby, Lincolnshire
*Crosby, Merseyside
** Crosby (U ...
since the Middle Ages. Devoutly Catholic
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, Richard Blundell died in Lancaster Gaol in 1590 for his beliefs, where his son and daughter-in-law were also imprisoned for several years likewise for espousing Catholicism.
The family were Royalists during the Civil War
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
, when the then squire, William Blundell, being severely injured at the Siege of Lancaster Castle was jailed with his family estates confiscated for ten years.
In 1838-39 William Blundell was High Sheriff of Lancashire
The High Sheriff of Lancashire is an ancient officer, now largely ceremonial, granted to Lancashire, a county in North West England. High Shrievalties are the oldest secular titles under the Crown, in England and Wales. The High Sheriff of Lanc ...
and various members of this gentry family have been Knights of Malta. The present head of the family is Mark Blundell DL./ref> They are related to the staunchly
Catholic
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Welds, from whom came Cardinal Weld
Thomas Weld (22 January 1773 – 10 April 1837) was an English landowner who renounced his assets to enter the Roman Catholic priesthood. He was consecrated Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Family
Weld was born in London on 22 January 1773 ...
and to the Weld-Blundells.
Modern use
Crosby Crosby may refer to:
Places
;Canada
*Crosby, Ontario, part of the township of Rideau Lakes, Ontario
*Crosby, Ontario, a neighbourhood in the city of Markham, Ontario
;England
*Crosby, Cumbria
*Crosby, Lincolnshire
*Crosby, Merseyside
** Crosby (U ...
Hall houses the Crosby Hall Education Trust (CHET), a registered charity, which was founded in 1988. CHET was opened by The Princess Margaret on 8 May 1991. Its current role is to offer outdoor activity
Outdoor recreation or outdoor activity refers to recreation done outside, most commonly in natural settings. The activities that encompass outdoor recreation vary depending on the physical environment they are being carried out in. These activiti ...
to various youth groups, besides corporate sidelines such as weddings and conferences.
See also
* Landed gentry * Listed buildings in Little Crosby *Nicholas Blundell
Nicholas Blundell (1669 – 1737), sometimes styled "of Crosby", lord of the manor of Little Crosby, was an English landowner seated at Crosby Hall, Lancashire, and is best known for his diaries which provide first-hand insight into the life of ...
*Blundellsands
Blundellsands is an area of Crosby in the ceremonial county of Merseyside, England and in the historic county of Lancashire. It is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, and a Sefton council electoral ward. At the 2001 Census the popula ...
References
{{Reflist Buildings and structures completed in 1609 Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool