[4] The Beatles stayed at Holdsworth House in 1964, when the property was known as The Cavalier Country Club, before it was a hotel.

[5] Jayne Mansfield stayed at Holdsworth House in 1967 when she was booked to play at the Batley Variety Club.

[6] Sir Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid stayed whilst filming the BBC TV show Last Tango in Halifax[7] Suranne Jones visited and Gemma Jones stayed at Holdsworth House in 2019 during filming of the joint HBO and BBC TV series Gentleman Jack at nearby Shibden Hall.

[10] Although Henry Wadsworth owned Holdsworth House from 1657 he retained his residence in Warley where he died in 1671.

[11] The next residents were John and Deborah Wadsworth who carved their initials with the date 1680 on the west porch.

She also helped fund and make plans for the foundation of St John’s Church, Bradshaw.

She was the last surviving Wadsworth so she left her estate to a distant relative Matthew Henry Ayrton.

[14] In 1895 Annie Eliza Wadsworth died[15] and the family sold the house to Richard Ayrton Woodhead.

[21] The hotel has appeared in Channel 4's Ackley Bridge TV drama, which was mostly filmed across the road at the former St Catherine's School [22]