The following current information, from varous sources, relate to the title subject. I may, in due course put together a 'story' of Park Hall to summarise some of the key issues but for the time being here is a treasure trove of separate articles, videos etc - some of which may appear elsewhere on the blog.
The first item is a publication, which speaks for itself, being a history put together by a number of folk, including Mike Dean who kindly lent me a copy of this to scan. At the time of publication Mike and Di Dean lived at Pool Cottage.
Little Hayfield 2000
In 1932 the owners of Park Hall (Mr & Mrs Hobson) made many alterations to the Hall, built additional bungalows on the estate and the 'renowned' Park Hall Pool which remained in use until 1970. The following article appears here and within the Civic Trust Display post on the blog. It gives some of the history to the pool and mentions the next item, below, which is a video thought to be circa 1966 of folk enjoying the pool.
Water supplies in Hayfield and Little Hayfield is something I have researched quite extensively and the Hayfield Harry Moor water supply in the blog details much of this including aspects associated with Little Hayfield. The following item is part of that story but I thought it useful to show an extract from it here, as it relates to Little Hayfield and Mr Sumner's provision of a supply both for Park Hall and some parts of the village. Following this summary is a video record of some aspects of my research in connection with this. I'm indebted to Mel Cranmer, who lives at 'The Crescent' at Park Hall for his great assistance to me in understanding the complexities of the system.
When Francis Sumner of Park Hall Hayfield died, the executors of his will had to sell a large part of his aquired estate. The following is the Sale particulars of 18 farms and gives a great insight to the properties.
18 Farms For Sale 1919
The following items are sales brochures for Park Hall, owned by Francis Sumner, being sold in 1928 and subsequently in 1978. The brochure given to me by Jean Rangely is a combinaion of the 1928 and 1978 brochures but this is incomplete in relation to the 1928 sale. Mr Stephen Chesire of Jackson Stops Estate agents kindly sought out and provided me with a full copy of the 1978 brochure.
Combined 1928 and 1978 Park Hall Sales brochure
1978 Park Hall Sales brochure
