Bostock (Cheshire)
Purchased 1st Jan 1792 £44,600
1775 country house, bought for Hayhurst-France's father Thomas France (ne Hayhurst) c. 1798. Modified both by James France France, Hayhurst-France's older brother, and by the Rev. Thomas Hayhurst-France himself. The latter also significantly developed the village of Bostock
See Jane McLellan and Tony Bostock, A History of Bostock Village and its People (2010) [A href="http://www.tonybostock.com/bostock.pdf">http://www.tonybostock.com/bostock.pdf [accessed 21/09/2015] for more detail on the development of the village by the France-Hayhurst family.
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Modified?
Yes
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Details of modifications
Modified in 1850s and 1870s. |
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Current owner
Not known
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
