Entrance to Gorse Hall
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Entrance to Gorse Hall
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 12 May 2011
The grounds of Gorse Hall are public park. Gorse Hall is situated on a hill overlooking Stalybridge and bordering Dukinfield covering approximately 35 acres of woodland and meadow, with panoramic views over to the Cheshire Plains and the Pennines. The Hall was home to Helen Leech the mother of Beatrix Potter. After Jane's death, William Storrs bought the mansion and gave it to his son George Harry and his wife as a wedding present. On the night of 1st November 1909 George Harry was brutally murdered by an intruder at the Hall, he was stabbed 15 times.Two people were tried and acquitted; his widow had the house taken down in 1910 and moved away never to return. Through a Heritage Lottery Grant the site of this tragedy was opened up and the remaining foundation walls consolidated with support from the UMAU and the Friends of Gorse Hall volunteers. For more information see http://www.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk/gorsehall.htm
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