Mayroyd

Mayroyd is a hamlet in Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, England. It consists of Mayroyd Hall, a Grade II listed building, an associated 17th century cottage (also a Grade II listed building) and Mews.

Mayroyd Hall was originally a farm-building called Thornhollin in 1399. By 1435, it was called Meherrode.

Mayroyd was rebuilt in the 15th century. The present building is an early 17th-century hall-and-cross-wing house. The oldest section of the house is Elizabethan, the more recent section is Georgian. The gardens have a number of examples of rare bee boles.

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

Members of the family who are recorded here have included

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.

Subsequent owners and tenants have included

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