Horsforth Hall Park
The couple chose not to live in Low Hall as they preferred to build a new house which was started two years after their marriage.His first tenant was Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Lloyd (1751–1828) who was the commander of the Leeds Volunteers during hostilities with France in 1801.[citation needed] The next tenant from 1843 was John Marshall (1796–1870)[11] who was a wealthy business man and member of the Leeds Council.During his tenancy John Spencer Stanhope died and his son Walter Thomas William Spencer-Stanhope (1827–1911) became the owner.In 1930 William Mathieson (1852–1943) who had lived in Horsforth for over 40 years offered to buy the Hall from the Stanhope family and to donate it to the Council.William's family owned a factory in Larbert making iron goods such as stoves and gas fires.In 1888[15] he moved to Leeds to set up a similar factory which was called Wilsons and Mathiesons Ltd and was situated in Forge Lane Armley.[17] After an extensive lay-out scheme was completed and many recreational facilities the Park was opened by Mr and Mrs Mathieson in 1932.
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