Burntwood Hall

Originally a modest farmhouse which was bought around 1700 by William Marsden Esq, a highly influential Barnsley attorney and Steward to the 1st Duke of Leeds.

His son William, succeeded him as attorney of Barnsley and Royal Surveyor of the Woods north of the River Trent to King George III.

His Grandson, Captain Francis Marsden – West Yorkshire Militia/5th Regiment of Foot served as a British officer in the early years of the American Revolution.

Arriving in Boston in 1774 from Monkstown, Ireland[1] he was initially in command of the Grenadier Company in which he served with Lieutenant Lord Francis Rawdon.

The family continued to live mostly in Burntwood, though they had several smaller estates including Newhall, and Kettlethorpe Hall for 150 years.