Raikes Currie Currie, Distiller and Banker, of Gatton Park, Surrey. In the 1830s Isaac Currie was compensated ₤15,379 by the British government for 841 slaves he held in Jamaica at the time of the abolition of slavery. The Curries belonged to an old Scottish family descended directly from the Curries of Duns, Berwickshire. His mother, Mary Anne Raikes, was the daughter of William Raikes and granddaughter of Robert Raikes, another partner of the bank. Thomas Raikes, Governor of the Bank of England from 1797 to 1799 and Robert Raikes, the founder of Sunday schools, were her uncles. On 28 June 1825 Raikes
Raikes Hall Raikes Hall Raikes Hall was a cricket and football ground in Blackpool, England. It was the home ground of Blackpool F.C. between 1888 and 1899, and it was the thirteenth ground to be used for a Football League game. The Raikes Hall ground was located in Raikes Hall Park, a pleasure ground. It consisted of a covered seated stand on the northern touchline, but the remainder of the ground was undeveloped as the pitch was also used for cricket. Blackpool moved to the ground in 1888, and were elected to the Football League Second Division in 1896. The first League