Enjoy Instantly Lytham Hall Lancashire Crafted By John Kennedy Ready In Publication Copy

before the termination of the reign of Richard I inthe Manor of Lytham, on Lancashire's north west Fylde Coast, passed into the hands of the monks of Durham.
They founded a Benedictine cell and a manor house there and it became known as the priory of Lytham,

The monks continued their occupation untilwhen the Manor, house and church were let to a Thomas Dannett at an annual rent ofsd he somehow obtained a reduction tosd in his second year!

After going through a number of inhabitants, the manor was sold to Cuthbert Clifton for,in.
The Cliftons were one of the oldest families in Lancashire and over the years played an important part in the history of the County,

Sir Cuthbert eventually went to live at Lytham Hall inand he completely redeveloped the site, The new house containedbedrooms, dining hall, study or library, a gallery, and

closets, kitchen, buttery and cellar, larder, brewhouse, bakehouse and deyhouse with farm buildings and two windmills.


Inthe later owners Sir Thomas Clifton and his brother William were suspected of conspiracy in the Lancashire Plot to restore James II to the throne and they were arrested and taken to the Tower of London.
They were eventually acquitted after trial in Manchester,

Inthe Cliftons deemed the house to be inadequate ! and Carr of York was retained to construct a new one, The work was completed in the earlys when the old house was demolished an a new Georgian edifice stood in its place,

Interestingly the last person to actually live in the Hall was Violet Carson, Ena Sharples of 'Coronation Street' fame, and then Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance purchased it inand have put the Hall into its present excellent state of preservation.


John Kennedy gives us a smart easy to read, well illustrated portrait of the Hall and also paints an entertaining picture of a bygone age and way of life.
' The Hall was then fully furnished and maintained with household staff, including housekeeper, butler, chef, footmen and maids, The stables held the Squire's racehorses ministered to by grooms and stable boys, under the critical eye of the trainer, . . '
from the Foreword.