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Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Pages from the Archives of the Dyson Family - Part Nine - The Dyson Family of Upper Willow Hall

Upper Willow Hall still retains the name of the manor of ‘The Wylleys’ or Willows in which it is situated which belonged to the Saville family. Some time previous to 1546, William Kinge, a local dyer took out a lease on ‘ The Wylleys’ and he seems likely that he demolished an existing house on […]

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Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Pages from the Archives of the Dyson Family - Part Eight - The Dysons of Clay House, Greetland

Clay House was the home of the Clay family from 1313 to 1687. It was originally a half-timbered house but it was rebuilt or encased in stone in 1654 by John Clay who called it ‘The New House at Clay Hill.’ 
In 1713, Clay House was bought by John Wheelwright, the founder of Rishworth Grammar School […]

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Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Pages from the Archives of the Dyson Family - Part Seven - The Dyson Family of Sunnybank, Greetland

Sunnybank is located at Greetland which is on the western outskirts of the town of Elland, just south of Halifax. The house was named ‘Sunnybank’ by Thomas Wilkinson, (1438 - 1480) the Vicar of Halifax, but was previously called Over Nabroyd.  
Sunnybank is believed to be the oldest house in Calderdale and dates back to […]

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