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Tolson Museum
History of Ravensknowle HallJennie Hawes - April 2010tolson.museum@kirklees.gov.uk 
Ravensknowle Hall
Information about the hall and estate and how we come to have these for everyone to enjoy today. 
The Tolson Memorial Museum 1922-1972
How the museum came about and what it used to exhibit. 
The Tolson Museum after 1972
The museum as we now know it. 
Timeline
Important dates and events in the development of the hall and museum. 
John Beaumont of Dalton, JP - 1808-1889
A successful businessman who had Ravensknowle Hall designed and built. 
Mrs Sarah Martha Grove Grady
The daughter of John Beaumont. 
Legh Tolson FSA
The last private owner of Ravensknowle Hall who gifted the land and building to the Huddersfield Corporation. 
James Martin Tolson
Nephew of Legh Tolson - one of the two brothers the museum is dedicated to. 
Robert Huntriss Tolson
Nephew of Legh Tolson - one of the two brothers the museum is dedicated to. 
Seth Lister Mosley
First curator at the museum in 1922. His Bird Gallery is still in situ. |
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