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Temple Newsam and the Meynells #40
Posted by Viv Wilson on 19th February 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell Ingram,Temple Newsam,history,Jacobean,hugo meynell,keeping up with the aristocrats,Downton Abbey
...sts three lakes or 'Menagerie Ponds' set in parkland and bordered by perennials and bamboo.
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Meet the Neighbours - Alton Towers #82
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th July 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,victorian,Alton Towers,Earl of Shrewsbury,History,balloon festival,English Civil War,Norman conquest,Iron Age,Crusades,stately home,mansion
...h various lakes and pools. It really was, and still is, a beautiful place where you can get into that ‘back to nature’ spirit.
The house stayed in the Talbot family for many years and when the 20th Earl of Shrewsbury inherited it during the 1890s he began the tradition of summer fetes at Alton. The grounds had already been opened to the public to raise funds to refurbish the house but now people could see fireworks displays, balloon festivals and exhibitions of instruments of torture (sounds very Victorian!). The 20th Earl was a very active businessman and in 1902 founded the manufacturing of Talbot cars – however, by now the Earl and his wife had sep...