Newfield Hall
Newfield Hall
Built in 1850s by William Nicholson Alcock, barrister of the middle temple. William Alcock, who had been leasing Gisburn Park, took up residence in 1856. William died in 1876, and having no child of his own, left Newfield to his nephew William of Aireville, Skipton. William lived there for a while before moving to live down south. The census of 1881 shows no one living at the Hall. In 1890 he sold the Hall to William Illingworth, a wealthy worsted textile manufacturer, who in the 1891 census was 42 years of age
The hall was bought by John William Morkill in 1901. J.W. Morkill is renowned for his History of the Parish of Kirkby Malhamdale, published in 1933, from which much of this history is taken. Following Morkill’s death the Hall was sold to the holiday fellowship, a Christian Charity organisation, and has been used for holidays ever since
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