Hi,
I was interested in the info on the
Byrom Family. I am not a
Byrom but was born and raised at
Byrom HALL in
Lowton, Near
Warrington. My family still live close to
Byrom HALL. I believe that an Edward
Byrom is buried in the Local Church at
Lowton St
Lukes, and there used to be a pew in the church with the
Byrom name on it. He was supposed to be related to the
Byrom who wrote
Christians Awake, a hymn. Byrom
HALL has a priests hole above the Chimney breast and
Oliver Cromwell once supposedly hid in it. This would make sense as he was supposed to have stabled his horses at
Winwick,
Warrington at some point. Judge
Jeffries (the hanging
Judge) was also rumoured to have stayed at the
HALL. The house is supposed to be the 3rd on this site and the original Byrom's (not spelt this way) came over in 1066 with William the conqueror. My family were told that the
HALL used to sit in approximately 5 square miles of land.
A member of the
Byrom family once visited us from the US and was writing a book about the Byroms. I have a copy of it. He also had connections with a family at Kercel Cell, near
Manchester. I hope this is of some interest to you.