Tattenhall (Cheshire)
According to his will made in 1833 Abraham Hodgson in order to provide for his two daughters had invested £20,000 on mortgage to George Walmsley secured on Bolesworth Castle and on £20,000 in 5 life assurance policies on Walmsley's life. Walmsley had Bolesworth Castle built (on the site of an earlier house) by William Cole between 1826 and c. 1831: he was obliged to sell it in the mid-1830s. Hodgson's mortgage was presumably facilitating finance or refinance in the building of Bolesworth. The current website for Bolesworth makes no mention of Walmsley's role as the builder of the Castle, focusing instead on the period of Barbour family ownership, https://bolesworth.com/heritage-history/.
There seems no authoritative account of George Walmsley and the building of Bolesworth Castle.
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Architect
William Coles
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???? - 1848
Widow of prominent mahogany merchant and landowner
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
