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Stansfield Hall, Yorkshire, England. Further historical information.

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STANSFIELD HALL

STANSFIELD HALL, (the seat of John Sutcliffe, Esq.) in the township of Stansfield and parish of Halifax. Stansfield Hall is situated in a very beautiful part of the valley of Todmorden. Here lived a family of considerable repute, who took their name from their situation. The original of them was one Wyan Marmions, probably of Norman extraction, and a follower of Earl Warren.

In Stansfield, are many Druidical places of worship, such as Hawkstones, Bride Stones, &c. the last consists of one upright stone or pillar; called the Bride, whose perpendicular height is about five yards, its diameter in the thickest part about three, and the pedestal about half a yard; near this stood another large stone, called the Groom, which is now thrown down by the country people; and at small distances several others, of different magnitudes, and a vast variety of rocks and stones, so scattered about the common, that at first view, the whole looks something like a temple of the serpentine kind, described by the late Dr. Stukeley. --Watson's History of Halifax.
[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]