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Meet the Neighbours - Coombe Abbey # 81
Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th June 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,Meynell,mediaeval banquets,Earl of Craven,capability brown,Coventry City Council,Warwickshire,Cistercian monks,monasteries,King James I,King Henry VIII,Edward IV,Gunpowder plot,Earl of Warwick,Bridgerton,Downton Abbey,history,barons eden,stately home,haunted house,my dad bought a mansion
...istercian monks by Richard de Camville and they lived in temporary wooden buildings while they built the monastery; it was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. Numerous gifts of land were made to the monks during their four hundred years of occupation and they did a lot of work helping the poor in the area. In 1470 King Edward IV actually visited the abbey while chasing his enemy, the Earl of Warwick, during the Wars of the Roses. Of course, it had to shut down in the 1500s when Henry VIII came along!
In 1603 King James I sent his daughter, Princess Elizabeth, to live there and be educated, when it was bought by a John Harington but by 1622 the Craven famil...
Ventures New! #10
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th July 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,J C Bamford,Uttoxeter,banquet,King,jester,seventies,antiques
...when the monks lived in the house, and we had great fun learning to walk on them like they did in the circus! We also built a treehouse in one of the huge cedar trees which lined the path to the church. As per usual the three of us would hide up there and watch the visitors walk by on their way to the church, as this was also open to the public, then we would make animal noises or suchlike and throw pine cones into nearby bushes to make them jump! It was also a good place to hide from our dad!
The barrels left behind by the monks
The visitors continued to come on a regular basis and my parents tried to think up different ideas to attract them. At...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st August 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,de Mesnil,william the conqueror,Emily Meynell,El Alamein,second world war,Downton Abbey,Bridgerton,River Nile
...nies. The monks had full use of the Hall and lived in the Lodge and Gatehouse. Before they received the funding they started their building work, demolishing the kitchens and laundry rooms at one end of the house as this was going to be a swimming pool. However, the funding never transpired and they were asked to leave in 1969, leaving the house unfinished and the gardens in sad neglect.
The monks' plans for the Hall
In 1970 my parents, William and Gwynyth Bickerton-Jones bought the Hall and we settled there for nearly 20 years until it was sold and became the Spa Hotel that you see today.
Don’t miss next week’s instalment: 'Rags to Riche...
A Home fit for a King #21
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th September 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Buckingham Palace,The Crown,The Monarchy,King Charles III,prince of wales,duchy of cornwall,Queen Victoria,Downton Abbey,william the conqueror
...ed to the monks of Westminster Abbey.
In 1531, Henry VIII acquired the Hospital of St James, which became St James' Palace and in 1536 he took the Manor of Ebury from Westminster Abbey. These transfers brought the site of Buckingham Palace back into royal hands for the first time since William the Conqueror had given it away almost 500 years earlier. Although it seemed to be a very glamorous place to live it apparently had a few design faults and only the state rooms were gilded and colourful. It was reported that the chimneys smoked so much that the fires had to be damped down thus making the palace quite cold. Ventilation was so bad that the interior smelled...
Hoar Cross Hall - A bit of History #54
Posted by Viv Wilson on 12th May 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,st james palace,first world war,second world war,military cross,Bishop of Portsmouth,Red Cross,church of the holy angels,mediterranean,the crown,downton abbey,my dad bought a mansion
...nies. The monks had full use of the Hall and lived in the Lodge and Gatehouse. Before they received the funding they started their building work, demolishing the kitchens and laundry rooms at one end of the house as this was going to be a swimming pool. However, the funding never transpired and they were asked to leave in 1969, leaving the house unfinished and the gardens in sad neglect.In 1970 my parents, William and Gwynyth Bickerton-Jones bought the Hall and we settled there for nearly 20 years until it was sold and became the Spa Hotel that you see today.
Don’t miss next week’s instalment: 'The Church of the Holy Angels'
If you would like to fo...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history! #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd June 1973 in History | Meynell,First World War,Second World War,Newborough,Hugo Meynell,William the Conqueror,hoar cross hall,red cross,George VI,Queen mother
...es. The monks had full use of the Hall and lived in the Lodge and Gatehouse. Before they received the funding they started their building work, demolishing the kitchens and laundry rooms at one end of the house as this was going to be a swimming pool. However, the funding never transpired and they were asked to leave in 1969, leaving the house unfinished and the gardens in sad neglect.
In 1970 my parents, William and Gwynyth Bickerton-Jones bought the Hall, living there for nearly 20 years until it was sold and became the Spa Hotel that you see today. If you're interested in history going back to before the time of my story, please keep checking my Blog w...