Astley Hall is a country house in Chorley, Lancashire, England. The hall is now owned by the town and is known as Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery. The extensive landscaped grounds are now Chorley's Astley Park.

Why was Astley Hall built?

In 1922 the house and its contents were given to Chorley Corporation by Reginald Tatton, as a memorial to the local men killed in World War I. ...

Did Cromwell stay at Astley Hall?

A second connection for Astley Hall and the Civil War in Lancashire is the visit of Oliver Cromwell, but this could just be local folklore. ... Astley Hall has a Cromwell Room where he supposedly stayed, a Cromwell bed which he slept in (now in the Oak Room), and even a pair of his boots !