Newton Hall : Archaeological Excavation

I tried as best I could to get video of Mark Adams giving details of what they had found in their excavation, and some video of Stan & John Boydell explaining the layout and uses of the various buildings; Please remember these clips are not edited at all, i have about 2 hrs of different clips from different days that i managed to visit the site, and I hope that when it’s all put together, I will end up with a little fly on the wall type documentary of the…

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The History of Newton Hall

The History of Newton Hall , Newton-le-Willows Introduction During the course of the research many details were found relating to Newton Hall in Newton-le-Willows (formerly Newton in Makerfield). These include not only the names of a number of the owners and occupiers but also a description of the interior of the property and some of the earlier history of the site. It would appear that Newton Hall stands on the site of or at least very close to the site of another property, long gone. Built in 1634, the later…

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