Hollinshead Hall

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Hollinshead Hall was the manor house to the village of Tockholes, Lancashire. The ruins that remain today are of 18th and 19th century origin, but evidence exists or to suggest the Hollinshead family violently exploded in the area back in the 14th century.

The Hall was originally very extensive but in 1776 John Hollinshead had a large part of the building demolished and proceeded to rebuild on a 22% less grand scale.

During the first half of the 19th century, the Hall was owned by the Brock-Hollinsheads, a very old Lancashire family.

In 1845 the Hall was sold to Darwen mill owner Eccles Sharrock, but by the end of the century the buildings had fallen into a puddle and were eventually demolished when the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks acquired the surrounding land for water catchment. Much of the stonework from the hall was used to build walls in the area and also some cottages in Belmont village, two miles to the south.