tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668364107718026720.post4393117202100955418..comments2024-03-27T02:06:12.996-07:00Comments on Lincolnshire Churches: HawerbyAllan Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00499774849106432968noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668364107718026720.post-85301686060225659022021-09-26T03:01:22.468-07:002021-09-26T03:01:22.468-07:00Hi Isabella,
Just found your post re Harneis famil...Hi Isabella,<br />Just found your post re Harneis family and Hawerby. The church there has been redundant for many years and was in a very poor state of repair when I last saw it. However, I called in last week while driving through Lincs and see that it has now been restored and is currently for sale! <br />Hawerby Hall was my childhood home in the 1950s/early 60s. It was a magical place to grow up, so beautifully located on the edge of the Wolds with (on clear days) just a glimpse of the sea sparkling in the distance with Spurn Head lighthouse just discernible on the Yorkshire side of the River Humber. So I have always known the name Harneis as the builders of the present Hall in 1781, then extended in 1831, I think. There were Harneis family memorials in the little St Margaret's Church and a tomb in the churchyard. Sadly the wall memorials seem to have disappeared and the church has been stripped bare ready for conversion to a house/gallery. <br />Some years ago I met by chance a photographer called John (?) Barton (he has Hawerby pics on Flickr) who told me he had been in touch with present day Harneis descendants, now living in (I think) Somerset. He said they had a lot of old family papers, plans, etc. He told me that the estate at Hawerby was granted to the family in the early 1600s by King Charles 1. I remember being told as a child that the original Hall was down near the road (Barton Street, an old Roman road) but re-built up the hill as a Georgian country house with parkland in front. <br />I have been back to the Hall a couple of times, once in 1993 when it was a hotel, and again five years ago when I met the present owners. They have lavished a great deal of love and money on the house and it looks amazing. So beautiful. From what I saw the other day it looks as though they have now fenced in parts of the park and re-planted a lot of trees to bring it back to its former appearance.<br />I have photos of the Hall is it was when I lived there (1949-62) and also a rather lovely watercolour painting done for my parents in 1958. If you let me have an email address I could send you a few, plus one from across the fields of how it looks now.<br />Good wishes,<br />Richard WoodRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183103355160357294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668364107718026720.post-72318670720977121542021-02-22T13:56:07.426-08:002021-02-22T13:56:07.426-08:00Hi, I'm a descendant of Theophilus Harneis and...Hi, I'm a descendant of Theophilus Harneis and his family. I'm trying to find out more about my ancestors, although unfortunately I live in New Zealand and I don't have the funds to visit England (not to mention I'm 15, can't really go by myself). Does anyone have any more information about the Harneis's? Any help at all will be greatly appreciated.<br /><br />Kind regards,<br />Isabella HarneissIsabella Harneisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13780349561988326654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668364107718026720.post-35400266762436051472019-05-19T12:10:49.206-07:002019-05-19T12:10:49.206-07:00Did you find out who owns the church?Did you find out who owns the church?lincsmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05134747465570563922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668364107718026720.post-35944954420421574162019-05-19T12:09:31.224-07:002019-05-19T12:09:31.224-07:00Would like to know the church's current status...Would like to know the church's current status. It would be nice if someone could record the Harneis family grave memorials. I would do it if I was given permission to access the church.lincsmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05134747465570563922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668364107718026720.post-73279623288857989052018-07-21T08:04:15.387-07:002018-07-21T08:04:15.387-07:00who owns the church ? my dad loved hawerby hall/ch...who owns the church ? my dad loved hawerby hall/church he recently passed away i thought about spreading some of his ashes in the church yard xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05321549768731673279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668364107718026720.post-27113455424458971442018-01-02T10:51:48.646-08:002018-01-02T10:51:48.646-08:00Thank you for generously sharing your fascinating ...Thank you for generously sharing your fascinating and informative researches. My HARNESS ancestors were born and lived in Hawerby in the late 1600s.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122834493716393073noreply@blogger.com