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Moat House Farm Hay Head Great Barr Aldridge

Vivienne14

Vivienne14

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Would this have been a farm belonging to a moated house or a moated farmhouse ? If it was a farm belonging to a moated house, which house I wonder ?

The farm seems to have been at Hay Head, a place I've never heard of. The sale in 1842 was for the deceased (I Brindley) effects. The sale in 1843 being for the farm itself (sale by H Brindley)

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Vivienne14 said:
Would this have been a farm belonging to a moated house or a moated farmhouse ? If it was a farm belonging to a moated house, which house I wonder ?

The farm seems to have been at Hay Head, a place I've never heard of. The sale in 1842 was for the deceased (I Brindley) effects. The sale in 1843 being for the farm itself (sale by H Brindley)

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same here viv..wonder where hay head was..may need some old maps to try and find it

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So it's almost Aldridge. Looks to me then, like there was once a moated house inside the moat, albeit gone by 1884. Interesting that there's 'Brindley Woods' north of the cottages, probably all part of the land owned by the moated house at one time (?) Perhaps the Brindley family kept just the farm cottages (and occupied them) once the house had gone.

There's a modern Hay Head farm on, I think, the site today. Interesting that nearby is a quarry. I think the Brindleys were also cement manufacturers.

Love the name 'Daffodilly Farm' to the west. How quaint!
 
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This notice indicates a 'Moat House' at Great Barr was occupied by the Brindley's: Mrs Brindley would have been born in 1827, also at the address of Charles Brindley.

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According to this 1818 clipping, Sir Joseph Scott of Great Barr Hall owned Moat-house Farm, as well, of course, other local buildings and a substantial acreage of Great Barr land . I notice land by the name of Well Croft is stated as part of Moat-house Farm.


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Some early history of the site. Prior to the Scott's ownership of the site at Hay Head, it belonged to the Stapleton family, Lords of the Manor, and included a 'moated house', occupation of the site likely stretching back to the 14th Century.

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