Timothy Stocks

The monument to Timothy Stocks was given by Mary, Countess of Rosse. Mary was the elder daughter of John Wilmer Field and Timothy Stocks was Field’s steward. Hence Mary would have known him all her life. Stocks was born in 1788. As steward he had the responsibility of running the estates.

Until 1865, St Paul’s was the parish church of Heaton. Stocks had standing in the community and served as Overseer for the Poor Law and on a Grand Jury, he subscribed to the Bradford Hospital and gave to charity.

He lived in part of a new wing at Heaton Hall with an extended family and in charge of the servants. Following Field’s death, Stocks remained as agent for the Countess of Rosse. Timothy Stocks died in 1868 at the age of 80 and is buried with other members of his family in St Paul’s Churchyard.