Oakwell Hall is an Elizabethan manor house in the village of Birstall, West Yorkshire, England set in period gardens surrounded by 110 acres (0.45 km2) of country park.
The builder was John Batt. A recarved stone dated 1583 probably indicates the date of construction. The estate had been purchased by his Halifax-born father, a receiver of rents to the Savile family, who resided at Howley Hall, in Batley.
Oakwell Hall was immortalised in literature by Charlotte Brontë, in her novel Shirley.
Read more about Oakwell Hall: Friends of Oakwell Hall, The House, Stone Ram, Ghost of Oakwell Hall, Oakwell Hall and The Brontë Sisters, Archaeological Work
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