Down Hall, Barrow upon Humber

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Down Hall is a large red brick merchant's folly in Barrow upon Humber in North Lincolnshire, England. Built in 1877 by JW Beeton, a willow merchant from Hull, the building originally served as both a grand house and a factory for the manufacture of coal baskets, chairs, and prams on its top floor and attic.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Barrow upon Humber is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 3,022.

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Beeton was an eccentric who paid his workers in distinctive octagonal tokens, and observed them cutting osiers from a panoramic view glass tower, (now removed,) on the roof of the building.^[2] It is alleged that he lined the drive to the hall with skulls removed from a Saxon burial ground which was disturbed during building.^{[ according to whom? ]}

Salix viminalis, the basket willow, common osier or osier, is a species of willow native to Europe, Western Asia, and the Himalayas.

Saxons confederation of Germanic tribes on the North German Plain

The Saxons were a Germanic people whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country near the North Sea coast of what is now Germany. Earlier, in the late Roman Empire, the name was used to refer to Germanic inhabitants of what is now England, and also as a word something like the later "Viking", as a term for raiders. In Merovingian times, continental Saxons were associated with the coast of what later became Normandy. Though sometimes described as also fighting inland, coming in conflict with the Franks and Thuringians, no clear homeland can be defined. There is possibly a single classical reference to a smaller homeland of an early Saxon tribe, but it is disputed. According to this proposal, the Saxons' earliest area of settlement is believed to have been Northern Albingia. This general area is close to the probable homeland of the Angles.

Down Hall was built by John Sleight of Barrow, who said that the house was based on the calendar using the numbers seven, twenty-four, twelve, fifty-two and even three-hundred-and-sixty-five for numbers and measurements of doors, windows and other fittings. Sleight claimed that the effort of building a house to such eccentric specifications almost killed him.

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References

↑ "Down Hall". About the Village. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
1 2 Down Hall .geograph.org.uk; retrieved 7 April 2011
↑ "appraisal for the Barrow upon Humber conservation area". North Lincolnshire council. Retrieved 22 May 2013.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Lincs to the past

External links

"Barrow upon Humber" shonamcisaac.com; retrieved 7 April 2011
recent auction details retrieved 22 May 2013
"Probate notice, John William Beeton" (PDF). London Gazette. 23 August 1907. Retrieved 23 May 2013.

Coordinates: 53°40′56″N0°22′32″W / 53.6822°N 0.3756°W / 53.6822; -0.3756

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[1] "Down Hall". About the Village. Retrieved 23 May 2013.

[downhall-2] 1 2 Down Hall .geograph.org.uk; retrieved 7 April 2011

[NL-3] "appraisal for the Barrow upon Humber conservation area". North Lincolnshire council. Retrieved 22 May 2013.^{[ permanent dead link ]}