Hartforth

Hartforth

Hartforth
Hartforth
Hartforth shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference NZ173064
• London 210 mi (340 km) SSE
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber

Hartforth is a small village in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately 9 miles (14 km) south-west from the market town of Darlington, and is part of the civil parish of Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury.

Hartforth Hall

Description

Hartforth Hall is a Grade II* listed country house. It was built in 1744 for William Cradock of Gilling, who had bought the manor of Hartforth in 1720. Additions were made in 1792 and c. 1900.[1] Rear Admiral Christopher Cradock, who died at the Battle of Coronel, was born at Hartforth in 1862.[2] The property descended in the Cradock family to Major W. Cradock, whose family sold it.

The current Lord of Hartforth is Romero Anton Montalban-Anderssen, Juris Doctor, the direct blood descendent of Wigan de Hartforth, the first Lord Hartforth.[3][4] Montalban-Anderssen is a member of several high IQ groups, including Mensa, Triple 9 Society, International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, and Prometheus Society.[3] He is a legal anthropologist and writer specializing in high culture.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Hartforth Hall (1131933)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Halpern, Paul G, Cradock, Sir Christopher George Francis Maurice (1862–1914), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press (2004); online edition, January 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2011. Subscription or UK public library membership required
  3. 1 2 3 "Anton Anderssen, Lord of Hartforth", Hartforth.com. Retrieved 6 December 2013
  4. ↑ "Hartforth England". Hartforth.com. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

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