Mayroyd

Mayroyd Hall in the early 19th century

A hamlet on Burnley Road Hebden Bridge made up of Mayroyd Hall and associated Cottage (mid 17th century) and Mews.

Originally a farm-building called Thornhollin in 1399. In 1435, it was called Meherrode. It was rebuilt in the 15th century.

The present building is an early 17th century hall-and-cross-wing house.

In the 16th century, it was the home of the Sutcliffe family.

Members of the family who are recorded here have included

• John de Wethelay [1434]
• Robert de Southclyff [1435]
• John Sutcliffe [1500s]
• Robert Sutcliffe [1530]
• Matthew Sutcliffe an English clergyman, academic and lawyer who was born here about 1550
• Adam Sutcliffe [1582]
• Brian Bentley [1584]

In the winter of 1643 when Yorkshire was largely the theatre of operations in the English civil war , Mayroyd was a stronghold for the royalists. At that time it belonged to the Cockcroft family, and in the 17th century, it was the home of William Cockcroft, Henry Cockcroft, William Cockcroft [1700], William Cockcroft, and Grace Cockroft [1745].

Several local attorneys – including Thomas Sayer and Robert Alcock - lived and practised here from the early 18th century.

an auction of property - Robert Alcock of May-Royd 1796

Subsequent owners and tenants have included

• Rev John Crook [1834] who founded Hope Baptist Church in Hebden Bridge in 1858
• John Horsfall [1854] who founded the cloth factory at Calder Mill John Horsfall & Sons
• James Sutcliffe-Thomas JP [1927]
• Sir Harold Sutcliffe [1950s] Conservative member of parliament