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[[File:8SHO2 Advert for Curate 1872.png|left|thumb|''<small>Advertisment for a Curate 1872</small>'']]

The Rev. Isaac Temple became Rector of Plemstall in 1833. He was born in Harrington, Cumberland in 1793 and attended Queen’s College, Cambridge obtaining his B.A. in 1817 and M.A. in 1821. He was ordained as a Deacon by the Bishop of Chester in 1816, and as a Priest by the Bishop of Norwich in 1821. An advertisement for his Curate tells us that he ran Plemstall Church on “''sound Evangelical Church principles, without ritualistic sympathies''”.

 

 

[[File:8SHO3 Patriotic Fund Donations 1854.png|left|thumb|394x394px|''<small>Patriotic Fund Donations 1854</small>'']]

In 1854 he is recorded as paying £2 into the Patriotic Fund set up by Royal Warrant during the Crimean War to provide assistance to the widows, orphans and other dependants of the armed forces. His wife and two daughters separately gave one and a half guineas. Other Hoole donors included Lady Broughton and (separately from their own pockets) her servants at Hoole House, Mr. F. Boydell and (also separately) servants at Hoole Hall, Mr. Peter Ewart at Hoole Bank House, Mrs. Grindley at Hoole Old Hall, and Mrs. Hamilton and (also separately) servants at Hoole Lodge.

 

'''Family'''

 

[[File:8SHO4 Map showing Rectory next to Church.png|thumb|265x265px|''<small>Map showing Rectory next to Church</small>'']]

'''Residence'''

 

Isaac Temple lived at Mayfield House in Hoole Village on the Warrington Road. The Hoole Tithe Map (mid 1830s) shows that he owned the house, which was set in an acre of grounds, plus another 4 acres called ‘Bottoms’. The 1851 Census shows that he acquired another 28 acres which he farmed. An advertisement in 1858 publicises the sale of oat straw from there, through John Chamberlain who could also be reached at The Parsonage in Plemstall. Isaac chose to live at Mayfield which enabled him to run both his school and farm there. There was a Rectory at Plemstall shown on O.S. maps next to the Church, which was lived in by the aforesaid John Chamberlain.

[[File:8SHO5 Extract Samuel Bagshaw's 1850.png|left|thumb|382x382px|''<small>Extract from Samuel Bagshaw's History Gazetter & Directory 1850</small>'']]

'''The Living'''

 

 

 

 

In the 1841 and 1851 Censuses, Isaac Temple is listed as running a Boarding School at Mayfield House. It was not an uncommon practice for clergymen to do this.

 

 

[[File:8SHO8 Advert for School for Girls.png|thumb|''<small>Advertisment for School for Girls</small>'']]

It appears that Isaac Temple gave up his Boys’ School in 1852 (he was by then aged 59) because in February 1853 his daughters advertised “''to receive a few young ladies in their father’s house to educate''”. There are no records to show that this happened.

 

 

 

It has not been possible to identify a school building in Plemstall. A newspaper report in April 1875 refers to the National School at Plemstall, which appears to be the same National School in Mickle Trafford; in the report Mr. S. W. Crump received a presentation for being the schoolmaster.

 

'''Mayfield House'''

S.J.R. Dickson was one of the signatories of the 1889 memorial (petition) to build an entrance into the general railway station from Hoole. The Dicksons were a very large family and when S.J.R. died in February 1917 it was noted that 20 of his nephews were serving in the armed forces. Mayfield remained in the possession of the Dickson family until the death in August 1949 of Major V.H. Dickson D.S.O.

[[File:8SHO11.png|left|thumb|''<small>Mayfield House today</small>'']]

 

 

 

In 1971 the Trustees of Mr. W. Jones who had lived at the property for a number of years applied to change Mayfield into a private hotel. The planners recommended that this be refused because the site lay within the green belt. Furthermore, 4 applications for different types