Howarth Hall
Howarth Hall seems to have been designated as being in the Brinsworth area though an old map shows it closer to Whiston. The hall was demolished in 1965.
I have not found out when it was built but Mr Charles Laughton resided "at his old family seat"
in 1625. The property passed to Dorcas, wife of John Laughton who died in 1687, and on
her death, to her nephew Thomas Westby. Members of the Westby family lived there in the 18th Century. By 1822 the Waring family were living there but I do not know if they were owners or
tenants. There seems to be some confusion here as the Boomer families are also mentioned as living at Howarth Hall. Perhaps it was split into more than one residence.
George Frederick Saville and his family lived at 'Haworth Hall' according to the census of 1901. In 1911 John Armstrong, a market gardener lived here.
Legend has it that the hall contained a priest's hole which was a secret room where a Catholic family would hide a priest when the practising of the Roman Catholic faith was proscribed in Britain. This would argue that Howarth Hall or at least some part of it went back to Elizabethan times.
An espondent has mentioned that it was bought by the Electricity Company, demolished and that the pylons now cover the site.
This is bugging me as I have a very distinct remembrance of looking at an old map of this area at some time. There were areas along the river described as 'liable to flood', a cricket ground - I can see it in my mind's eye, but can I find the map, can I heck as like. Either I borrowed it from somebody and gave it back, or somebody borrowed it from me and didn't give it back. Oh well!