Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:08 pm Post subject: Reverend Charles Hesketh
Anyone know anything about this gentleman and his rectorship of St Cuthbert´s?( around 1870) There must also have been some kind of farm attached to the property. It seems that a number of my Howard ancestors were at some time in his employment.
Paul Sutcliffe
Charles Hesketh was the Lord of the Manor, as well as the Rector of North Meols. Charles bought the title in 1845 from his brother Peter, who had no male heirs.
Charles Hesketh was the Lord of the Manor, as well as the Rector of North Meols. Charles bought the title in 1845 from his brother Peter, who had no male heirs.
Charles bought the Manor of North Meols from Peter who bankrupted himself building the town of Fleetwood. In May 1831 Peter took the additional name of Fleetwood to become Peter Hesketh Fleetwood and in 1845, to finance his building works, sold the North Meols estate - the bulk of which was bought by his brother Charles, with the remainder being purchased by Charles Scarisbrick. (Bland's Annals of Southport)
To my knowledge there is no title connected with the estate (the term "Lord of the Manor" being a courtesy one only).
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Bez is correct in saying that Charles Hesketh did not hold a title of 'Lord' . It should be written' lord of the Manor '(note lower case l ). This is used as a description of any one having 'power or authority over others or who holds 'feudal estate'. Over the years this has been corrupted into the use of the upper case L.
Charles Hesketh was a great benefactor to the area of North Meols. The Hesketh Family Tree is depicted in Peter Aughton's 'North Meolos and Southport' book and he is mentioned in Bailey's 'History of Southport' and other histories of the area
I am away from home at present but I think that the Rector of North Meols in the very late 1890's was The Rev. Charles Hesketh Knowlys! He was certainly the man in charge at many of the meetings of The Marshside Fishermen's Provident Association Limited If I remember I will check up when I get home on Friday
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If you follow this link and scroll down to the list of Rectors - it gives the reason for the vacancy and you will see that The Rev Charles Hesketh became Rector on the 6th May 1835 following the death of his predecessor, Gilbert Ford. When he died the Rev. Charles Hesketh Knowyls took up the position on the 4th October 1876 (41 years later) and was succeeded by James Denton Thompson on 6th October 1894 after he resigned.
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1865 Rev. Charles Hesketh donates 30 acres of land to Southport for a public park, with the following conditions, build a wall around the park with four impressive gates, full maintenance and build a road around the outside of the park and connect the road with the rest of the towns sewer system. And so was created Hesketh park a high class residential area of Southport.
The entry in Bland's "Annals of Southport" says this:
"1864 - December 6th. The Rev. Charles Hesketh, Rector, one of the Lords of the Manor, offered to the town 30 acres of sandhills with which to form a public park."
Yes, "Lords" was witten with a capital "L".
The offer was probably not as generous as it first appears, as the sandhills would have been of little commercial value to the estate, but it just goes to show what you can grow on sand. (That's why my veggies usually do so well).
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If I remember I will check up when I get home on Friday
