Clayton Hall
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Clayton Hall is a 15th-century manor house on Ashton New Road in Clayton, Manchester, England, hidden behind trees in a small park. The hall is a Grade II* listed building, the mound on which it is bu
Clayton Hall in 2023
Clayton Hall in 2005
Manchester Town Hall from Lloyd St
Rylands Library Deansgate
Humphrey Chetham
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Humphrey Chetham was an English textile merchant, financier and philanthropist, responsible for the creation of Chetham's Hospital and Chetham's Library, the oldest public library in the English-speak
Clayton Hall
…Lord Byron was a later member. The Byrons lived there for more than 400 years until they sold it for £4,700 in 1620 to London merchants, George and Humphrey Chetham, who originated from Manchester. George Chetham died in 1625, leaving his share to his brother Humphrey Chetham, who later died at the hall in 1653…
Portrait of Humphrey Chetham, now in the library reading room
Crumpsall Hall, The Birthplace of Humphrey Chetham
The arms of the Chetham family as displayed above the door of the Chetham Arms pub in Chapeltown
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