Kerfies, Cleggies and all that.

A family history for family and friends.

Hurst Head House

Conjecture points to Hurst Head House being close to Hurst Hall and being at the top - the 'head' - of Hurst.

It was consistently inhabited throughout the 19th century and beyond. Hurst Head House is probably the older of the two adjoined buildings and is mistakenly, I think, now labelled as Hurst Hall on some modern maps and the listed buildings register.

 

Hurst Head House
Location of Hurst Head House
Historic Map

Hurst Head residents

Here is a list of relations who have lived or stayed at Hurst Head at some time or other.

NameLifespan
Mary JonesB. Abt 1813
Thomas FranklandB. Abt 1815, d. 1891
Eleanor HirdB. Abt 1820
William MetcalfeB. Abt 1822
Rosamond AldersonB. Abt 1823
John DolphinB. Abt 1841, d. 1889
Thomas GarthwaiteB. Abt 1842
Thomas HodgsonB. Abt 1843
Jane FranklandB. Abt 1844
Jane FranklandB. Abt 1845
George DolphinB. Abt 1845
Eleanor FranklandB. Abt 1847
Matthew AlsopB. Abt 1847
Guy DolphinB. Abt 1848
James FranklandB. Abt 1849
Matthew FranklandB. 1850, d. 1918
Thomas FranklandB. Abt 1853, d. Nov 1908
James AlsopB. Abt 1855
Edward FranklandB. Abt 1856
Lydia GuyB. Abt 1858
Jane FranklandB. Abt 1858
Margaret Guy DolphinB. Abt 1864
Elizabeth Ann GarthwaiteB. Abt 1865
Edward DolphinB. Abt 1865
David DolphinB. Abt 1866
Eleanor GarthwaiteB. Abt 1867
Mary HodgsonB. 1867
George Guy DolphinB. 1867
Thomas GarthwaiteB. Abt 1869
George DolphinB. Abt 1870
John GarthwaiteB. Abt 1870
David DolphinB. Abt 1870
James William GrahamB. Abt 1890, d. 1970
Mary Jane RobinsonB. Abt 1897, d. 1988
George GrahamB. 1 Jun 1920, d. 1999
James Maurice GrahamB. 1922