Hartforth

Hartforth
Hartforth
	Hartforth
	Hartforth Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	NZ173064
• London	210 mi (340 km) SSE
Civil parish	Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury;
District	Richmondshire;
Shire county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°27′11″N 1°44′01″W / 54.45318°N 1.73355°W

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.

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

^ Historic England. "Hartforth Hall (1131933)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
^ 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)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Anton Anderssen, Lord of Hartforth", Hartforth.com. Retrieved 6 December 2013
^ "Hartforth England". Hartforth.com. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

External links

Media related to Hartforth at Wikimedia Commons

"Whashton, Kirby Hill, Ravensworth, Gilling, Hartforth Census Data and Information", Whashton.net. Retrieved 6 December 2013

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[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)

[:0-3] "Anton Anderssen, Lord of Hartforth", Hartforth.com. Retrieved 6 December 2013

[4] "Hartforth England". Hartforth.com. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

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