tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704095971276575721.post3202343403912122572..comments2024-03-19T10:53:35.554+00:00Comments on Landed families of Britain and Ireland: (221) Aston of Aston Hall, Aston-by-SuttonNick Kingsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03588322361791532910noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704095971276575721.post-15806946636587665122024-02-14T11:53:51.037+00:002024-02-14T11:53:51.037+00:00no but it does look sad now no but it does look sad now peter g vinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09665637667372372544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704095971276575721.post-79223645992264865242023-05-25T06:58:31.861+01:002023-05-25T06:58:31.861+01:00In addition to the images published here I only ha...In addition to the images published here I only have one distant picture of the house. Together with what the plan above shows, it suggests very strongly that the house sat directly in its landscape without any terraces (which might have balustrades) or other outbuildings. Sorry not to be able to solve this puzzle!Nick Kingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588322361791532910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704095971276575721.post-65851454795119684382023-05-24T13:38:49.803+01:002023-05-24T13:38:49.803+01:00Do you have any photographs of the Aston Hall gard...Do you have any photographs of the Aston Hall gardens or structures around the Hall? I was always led to believe that certain ballustrades (if that's the correct term) that we had in our garden came from Aston Hall after it was demolished. The year 1938 was engraved into some of the pieces that would fit with the year of the demolition. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704095971276575721.post-50682824506017859722021-09-11T22:51:54.274+01:002021-09-11T22:51:54.274+01:00If you haven't already found it, this page wil...If you haven't already found it, this page will fill in much of the 1800s at Wadley House:<br />https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera01byuburk/page/658/mode/2up?view=theaterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704095971276575721.post-46338394345018344762021-09-11T09:34:31.744+01:002021-09-11T09:34:31.744+01:00A side-note on the family of Sir Willoughby Aston ...A side-note on the family of Sir Willoughby Aston 2nd Bt: Sir Willoughby's youngest surviving daughters were Charlotte bn 1679 and Purefoy bn 1690.<br /><br />Charlotte married John Pickering of Thelwall Hall near Warrington in 1695 and their youngest child, Henry, was born somewhere between 1706 and 1720. Henry is often referred to as 'Henry of Westminster' but he was also Henry Pickering the portrait painter. He had studied under Hamlet Winstanley, an artist from Warrington, and later in Italy, with his return from there being noted by George Vertue. <br /><br />Initially settling in London, one of Henry Pickering's early commissions was for a portrait of Sir Wolstan Dixie of Bosworth Hall, Leicestershire. This is likely to have come about because Sir Wolstan, a widower, had married Henry's first cousin Theodosia Wright in 1740, Theodosia being a daughter of Purefoy Aston and Sir Henry Wright of Mobberley in Cheshire. <br /><br />Henry Pickering married Mary King in 1746 in Bloomsbury, later taking his family to Manchester, from where he travelled around several counties in the north of England and in North Wales to carry out commissions, and he appears to have died in mid-December 1770 in Skipton in Yorkshire. <br /><br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704095971276575721.post-34969893736664493462020-06-07T17:16:08.412+01:002020-06-07T17:16:08.412+01:00Glad my piece was of help to you, and thank you fo...Glad my piece was of help to you, and thank you for your offer of help and access to papers. It is probably best if you consider whether the documents you hold add materially to what I have said above or whether they demonstrate any errors in what I have said and send me a message through the comments facility in the right-hand side bar with any corrections or additions.<br />Nick KingsleyNick Kingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588322361791532910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704095971276575721.post-53289471572442473192020-06-07T04:14:16.211+01:002020-06-07T04:14:16.211+01:00My Name is Natalie Ann Aston, this evening upon lo...My Name is Natalie Ann Aston, this evening upon looking through an old family chest Ive inheritied, I came across photos of Aston house ( no address but thought to be after the renovations) as I’ve googled to try find some information And match the picture It’s directed me to this page And this exact house! I’m absolutely mind blown to see my full family history/Tree In more depth then I have found Myself so far. This is amazing! I have letters in my possession Dating as far back as 1845 To Richard Aston from his parents Peter & Mary. Letters discussing the inheritance of estates. Alfreds suicide note he left to his daughter Mary after taking Cynanide. I’m more then happy to share any related information if it would be of interest to you or if you’d like to See any related documents please do let me no. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704095971276575721.post-3483391308436968622020-05-22T15:34:00.362+01:002020-05-22T15:34:00.362+01:00i remember a house opposite the Smithy....guy ther...i remember a house opposite the Smithy....guy there used to repair Triumph Cars 1980/2 ish....was the building thats been knocked down?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02363269593192361922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704095971276575721.post-30333612556797034282020-03-23T13:54:34.795+00:002020-03-23T13:54:34.795+00:00Thank you! Corrected above.Thank you! Corrected above.Nick Kingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588322361791532910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704095971276575721.post-28834998141699858242020-03-23T09:59:14.375+00:002020-03-23T09:59:14.375+00:00A minor point: Anne Willoughby (c1614-1688) was t...A minor point: Anne Willoughby (c1614-1688) was the sole heiress of her mother (Elizabeth Knollys) but one of three heiresses of her father, Sir Henry Willoughby.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15001473834571436144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704095971276575721.post-23075198121697228752018-11-09T21:05:26.849+00:002018-11-09T21:05:26.849+00:00i lived in 1 smithy cottage aston till i was eleve...i lived in 1 smithy cottage aston till i was eleven years of age my brother malcolm vine was born there.a great place to grow up in,very fond memories of the school . i would love to know more about the house , also when we moved to the council houses on aston heath there was a house in the old sand hole now filled in.peter g vinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09665637667372372544noreply@blogger.com