Walterclough Hall, sometimes known as Water Clough Hall or Upper Walterclough, lies in the Walterclough Valley southeast of Halifax

Halifax, West Yorkshire

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 and northeast of the village of Southowram

Southowram

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 in the West Riding of Yorkshire

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, alongside the Red Beck.

The Hall was originally built by the Hemingway

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 family, first recorded there in 1379 and in residence until 1654.
In that year the Hall was bought by William Walker (1596–1676), before he moved to Lower Crows Nest.