HEATH HALL, YORKSHIRE. HEATH HALL is situated near the village of Heath, and about one mile from the large and populous town of Wakefield, not far from the banks of the Calder. It is an ancient but handsome house, supposed to have been erected about the latter end of the reign of queen Elizabeth. Heath Hall was the seat of the late sir George Dulston, baronet, but now belongs to, and is the residence of Dillon, esquire, who married sir George Dul ston's only daughter. The grounds of this family mansion are laid out with considerable taste in the style which prevailed in the early part of the last century, and from many points the house has a venerable and majestic appearance. The river adds much to the beauty of the scene. The village of Heath, which, for situation, gives place to few in the kingdom, rises on the side of a hill, south of the river Calder. It consists of various elegant houses, built round a green, with hanging woods and gardens, well laid out, inclining to the river. At this beautiful place, about the year 1740, Joseph HEATH HALL. gentlemen, in which were employed nine masters, with their proper assistants, to teach every branch of learning necessary to qualify them either for gentlemen divines, or trade. There were usually about 200 pupils in this academy, but it is now broke up, the principal master having failed. |