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A family history for family and friends.
Slack Hills
Slack Hills is a farm at Hurst. Now a single farm, in the past it was probably two or three dwellings of related family units often with the Hillary family name. In the old photo below, Slack Hills is in the top right.
Slack Hills
Washfold and Slack Hills (Kind permission of NMRS)
Historic Map
Slack Hills residents
Here is a list of relations who have lived or stayed at Slack Hills at some time or other.
| Name | Lifespan |
|---|---|
| John Hillary | b. PROB 1753 |
| Elizabeth Hillary | b. 1787 |
| John Hillary | b. Abt 1792 |
| Sarah Hird | b. Abt 1799 |
| William Whitell | b. Abt 1807 |
| Jane Frankland | b. Abt 1808 |
| Edward Hodgson | b. 1814, d. 1870 |
| John Hillary | b. 1816, d. 26 May 1885 |
| Isabella Guy | b. 11 Dec 1819, d. 1879 |
| William Metcalfe | b. Abt 1822 |
| John Hillary | b. Abt 1824, d. 1843 |
| Elizabeth Hillary | b. 1828 |
| George Charles Whitte | b. Abt 1830, d. Bef 2 Apr 1871 |
| Robert Robinson | b. Abt 1833 |
| Hannah Whitel | b. 1834 |
| Elizabeth Haykin | b. Abt 1836, d. 1880 |
| Eleanor Hillary | b. 1836 |
| William Garthwaite | b. Abt 1839 |
| Elizabeth Whitell | b. Abt 1841 |
| Lydia Whitell | b. Abt 1843 |
| Edward Hillary | b. 1843 |
| John Hillary | b. 20 Jun 1843, d. 14 Dec 1915 |
| John Hillary | b. Abt 1845 |
| Hannah Hillary | b. 1845 |
| Susannah Hillary | b. 24 Dec 1845 |
| Isabella Hodgson | b. Abt 1846 |
| Sarah Hillary | b. 16 Mar 1848, d. 1873 |
| Jane Metcalfe | b. 1850, d. 9 Aug 1930 |
| Mary Hillary | b. 1852, d. 1875 |
| George Hillary | b. Abt 1853 |
| George Hillary | b. 1854 |
| Ellen Whitte | b. Abt 1855 |
| Ellen Hillary | b. Abt 1856 |
| George Whitte | b. Abt 1857 |
| Isabella Hillary | b. 1857 |
| Henry Hillary | b. 1858, d. 1873 |
| Susanna Hillary | b. Abt 1859 |
| Ann Hillary | b. Abt Aug 1861, d. Abt Oct 1928 |
| Mary Eleanor Wensley | b. Abt 1863 |
| Sarah Jane Whitte | b. Abt 1866 |
| Ann Whitte | b. Abt 1868 |
| George Wensley | b. Abt 1868 |
| Sarah Hillary | b. 1874 |
| Mary Ann Hillary | b. Abt 1876 |
| Jane Elizabeth Hillary | b. Abt Feb 1878, d. 1881 |
| Isabella Guy Hillary | b. Abt 1880 |
| Jane Elizabeth Hillary | b. 1882 |