Longview Publishing

The History and Hulley Families of the One House, Rainow near Macclesfield, Cheshire
by Ray Hulley

ISBN 0-9540314-0-7

This 63 page booklet describes the story of an ancient Cheshire country house from 1166 up to its demolition in 1939, a period of over 770 years. It includes full details of all Hulley families who lived there from 1490 to 1912, together with their family trees containing over 320 Hulley names. Please fill in the Order Form if you would like to purchase it.

Further information on other Hulley family trees in Cheshire can be found in the Family Trees, Cheshire section.

Contents
Index
Reviews
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Contents

Part 1 - The Early Families
Part 2 - The Hulley Connection
Part 3 - The One House Hulleys of the 18th Century
Part 4 - House For Sale
Part 5 - A 19th Century Ghost
Part 6 - An Abode of Gentry
Part 7 - A Sad End

Appendices

1. Grant of land in Rainow to John Hulley 1488
2. Lease to John Hulley of Land called "One House" dated 1490
3. Deed by John Hulley of the nature of a Will c.1500
4. The One House Family Tree
5. The Hulley/Hooley families of Macclesfield Park
6. The Hulley/Hooley/Howley families of Macclesfield Town
7. The Hooley family of Great Warford and Alderley
8. The Hulley/Hooley/Howley families of Macclesfield Forest
9. Location Codes for family trees

List of illustrations

The One House in the 1920s
One House Lease dated 1490
The marble font in St Michael's church, Macclesfield
The One House shown on the 1874 Ordnance Survey map
The Coat of Arms of Arderne Hulley, late of the One House
Front corner of the One House with balcony
The One House in the 1930s with lowered tower on the right
View from the One House site looking west over Macclesfield
The front entrance to the One House site on Buxton Road
The ornate front gate of the One House
The author's wife Joan at the rear entrance to the One House site

Index

Reviews

Journal of One-Name Studies, July 2001 (Guild of One-Name Studies)

The author started his research in 1978 and gradually, over the years, the name "One House" kept surfacing. Curiosity eventually getting the better of him, he decided to investigate the mystery of the Hulley families of Macclesfield and Rainow and the possible connection with the Hulley families of Dukinfield.

The result is not only this interesting history of One House from its first recorded mention around 1166 and its sad, unnecessary demolition in 1939 for a new house which was never built (the site today is still as the demolishers left it) but also an undiscovered Hulley family branch that was part of the landed gentry of Macclesfield and Rainow area for the author's one-name study.

I found the history of One House and some of its residents very interesting. I was pleased to see that the author gave details of his sources and also included the contents of an indenture, a grant of land, will and inventory. There are also 17 pages of family trees and a more than generous index at the back of the book.

Jane Morson

Family History Monthly, August 2001

This is a very good example of how to research and write a family history. It gives an account of the Hulley family and the manor house in which they lived for several hundred years. Mr Hulley clearly differentiates between fact and supposition, using numbered footnotes to indicate his sources. He also includes informative photographs and maps, and the narrative will he interesting even to those with neither Hulley nor Rainow interests.

Paul Gaskell

Rating: ***

North Cheshire Family Historian (North Cheshire Family History Society)

This is based on an article published in the North Cheshire Family Historian in 1991 and as well as a history of One House in Rainow, near Macclesfield, and the Hulleys who lived there for over 400 years. The book contains 16 pages of family trees for the Huoley/ Hooley/ Howley/ Hulleys and other variants. The results of over 20 years of research, the book is well illustrated and a must if you are related to one of the branches of the family.

Mr P A Spivey

Cheshire Genealogist and Family Historian, Autumn 2001 (South Cheshire Family History Society)

The 'One House', Rainow, Macclesfield, together with the Hulley/Hooley family who lived there is the subject of this compact publication. It is interesting and well researched. All references are identified and there is an index, which is an essential tool for researchers. There are plenty of illustrations, although the quality of reproduction of these, could have been better.

The review copy has been placed in the society library - so I just have to buy my own copy now.

[Author's note: Some of the illustrations have been taken from documents ranging from 60 to over 500 years old!]

Manchester Genealogist Autumn 2001 (Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society)

This is the second book under review to have been written by a member of the society. Ray, living in the South of England, will be known to many members as the coordinator of the team responsible for the recovery of the unfilmed portions of the 1851 census covering the Manchester and Salford areas - information that may never otherwise have been available. In between these operations he has found time to produce many articles for various journals and magazines and here we have his latest presentation, the story of the Hulley family in the village of Rainow and surrounding areas of Cheshire. Ray has traced his own family back to Dukinfield not too far from Rainow and, as references to the Rainow branch of the family kept cropping up in his research, he decided to try to discover a link between the two branches. In this he has been unsuccessful but the story of the Rainow Hulleys turned out to be interesting enough for him to decide to publish it, particularly for the benefit of the one name study group for this name. After discounting any connection of the name to a similar one referred to at the end of the thirteenth century he suggests that the earliest reference occurs in 1488. This reference also mentions Knolle House, which may have been an alternative name for the One House although the latter had been first mentioned around 1166. The name 'One House' is certainly unusual and may possibly have been a corruption but no evidence of this appears to have been found during Ray's research. From this point on we are presented with a detailed description of the rise of the family both in affluence and influence over the centuries. At the peak of their fortunes a father and two of his sons had successively held the position of mayor of Macclesfield and some time later, when the estate was advertised for sale, it consisted of the house plus five farms with a total acreage of over 250. Many other families are mentioned in the text and included in the index as also are those shown on the family trees, which occupy 17 pages. There are a dozen illustrations of various aspects of the story and, as well as its interest as a narrative, the book displays an excellent example of the way in which family history research should be carried out in order to result in a proper product. W.B.

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