Sixhills and Hainton Hall
The chapel in the village of Sixhills near Hainton Hall had served Catholics of the Hainton estate and those living in the area since the 17th Century. It had been registered with the authorities as a public place of worship for Catholics in 1791. The future Cardinal Howard had been baptized in this chapel ion March10th 1829. The parents of the future cardinal were staying with the Heneages at the time. The Squire of Hainton decided to build a chapel near to the hall to favour his wife, who objected to making the journey to Sixhills for Mass.
This chapel would replace the one at Sixhills when it was built in 1836 by the architect E.J. Willson a local man from the village of Hainton. Willson first designed a chapel in the classical style, but rejected his first draft in favour of the Gothic. The bricks for the building were brought by water from Hull to Bishops bridge on the Ancholme and then carted to Hainton. It became the Hainton Mission Chapel with a resident priest living in the presbytery built nearby for him. John Abbot was the first priest to reside there. He was replaced in the following year by James Simkiss who remained as the priest in charge for 20 years.
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