Bingley St Ives

Bingley St. Ives, or St. Ives is a former estate near Bingley in West Yorkshire, England.http://www.friendsofstives.org.uk/page2.htm Friends of St. Ives] The park and mansion were donated to the town in the 1920s and the land is now used as a public park, as well as for the Bingley St Ives Golf Course.

The St. Ives mansion was built in 1616, when it was known as Harden Hall (the village of Harden is about 1 km west of Bingley)http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=53.849236,-1.862698&spn=0.014633,0.048752&t=h&z=15&om=1 Google satellite view of St. Ives] . The hall was used as a base by General Fairfax during the civil war; a table found in the house was inscribed: "This table was at Harden Hall when the troops under General Fairfax were encamped at Harden Moor MDCXLII"

In the 19th century, the estate was called alternately Halton Grange and Harden Grange. The present name may be after a holy well in the area which is associated with the 7th Century abbess St. Iva.

The property was owned by the Ferrand family in the 19th century. A granite obelisk near the lake commemmorates the career of Busfield Ferrand (1809-1889), a Member of Parliament and magistrate.

References

Harden Hall is South of the actual village of harden and nothing to do with St. Ives Mansion.

External links

* [http://www.friendsofstives.org.uk/page2.htm Friends of St. Ives] , retrieved November 20, 2007
* [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=409155&y=439045&z=3&sv=409155,439045&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf Streetmap map of St. Ives] , retrieved November 20, 2007
* [http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=53.849236,-1.862698&spn=0.014633,0.048752&t=h&z=15&om=1 Google satellite view of St. Ives] , retrieved November 20, 2007