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Hoar Cross Hall - Life below stairs #39
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st June 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,maids,governess,chapel,church of the holy angels,chubb
...as also a carp pool for their fish stock. In total there were about 50 servants employed by the Meynell family which included cooks, housemaids, chambermaids, lady’s maid, a governess, a nanny, a butler, footmen and a house-keeper among others. All staff were expected to attend the 9am service which was held in the Chapel in the house. They were also expected to attend services at the church which had been built in the grounds; however, they weren’t allowed to walk down the drive to the church but had to make a detour around the perimeter of the grounds so that they wouldn’t be seen by the family!
In the Victorian days a lowly housemaid earned about £10...Hoar Cross Hall - Life below stairs #18
Posted by Viv Wilson on 12th October 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,servants,gardeners world,butler,aristocracy
...as also a carp pool for their fish stock. In total there were about 50 servants employed by the Meynell family which included cooks, housemaids, chambermaids, lady’s maid, a governess, a nanny, a butler, footmen and a house-keeper among others. All staff were expected to attend the 9am service which was held in the Chapel in the house. They were also expected to attend services at the church which had been built in the grounds; however, they weren’t allowed to walk down the drive to the church but had to make a detour around the perimeter of the grounds so that they wouldn’t be seen by the family!
In the Victorian days a lowly housemaid earned about £10...
Hoar Cross Hall - Life below stairs #19
Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th September 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Victorian,servants,first world war,Downton Abbey,Bridgerton,The Crown,gentry,pheasants
...as also a carp pool for their fish stock. In total there were about 50 servants employed by the Meynell family which included cooks, housemaids, chambermaids, lady’s maid, a governess, a nanny, a butler, footmen and a house-keeper among others. All staff were expected to attend the 9am service which was held in the Chapel in the house. They were also expected to attend services at the church which had been built in the grounds; however, they weren’t allowed to walk down the drive to the church but had to make a detour around the perimeter of the grounds so that they wouldn’t be seen by the family!
The Yew Tree Walks were constantly being trimmed
...Hoar Cross Hall - Life Below Stairs #35
Posted by Viv Wilson on 9th January 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Hoar Cross Hall,Meynell,Victorian,19th century,servants,Bridgerton,Downton Abbey,gardeners world
...as also a carp pool for their fish stock. In total there were about 50 servants employed by the Meynell family which included cooks, housemaids, chambermaids, lady’s maid, a governess, a nanny, a butler, footmen and a house-keeper among others. All staff were expected to attend the 9am service which was held in the Chapel in the house. They were also expected to attend services at the church which had been built in the grounds; however, they weren’t allowed to walk down the drive to the church but had to make a detour around the perimeter of the grounds so that they wouldn’t be seen by the family!
The 'bothy boys' hard at work!
In the Victorian d...Hoar Cross Hall - Life below stairs #45
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th March 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,first world war,second world war,chapel,Lady Dorothy,Downton Abbey,upstairs downstairs,The Crown,Amazon,my dad bought a mansion
...as also a carp pool for their fish stock. In total there were about 50 servants employed by the Meynell family which included cooks, housemaids, chambermaids, a lady’s maid, a governess, a nanny, a butler, footmen and a house-keeper among others. All staff were expected to attend the 9am service which was held in the Chapel in the house. They were also expected to attend services at the church which had been built in the grounds; however, they weren’t allowed to walk down the drive to the church but had to make a detour around the perimeter of the grounds so that they wouldn’t be seen by the family!
In the Victorian days a lowly housemaid earned about £1...
HUNTIN’, SHOOTIN’ & FISHIN’ #6
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th February 1972 in Early Days | hunting,shooting,fishing,hoar cross hall
...ses was a carp pond where I guess they kept fish for the family to eat. Like everything else though it was empty and overgrown and full of weeds so no fishing for us, although we did try and find some fish in the big ponds in the woods but never did. In the main gardens there were two round lily ponds with a fountain in the middle which must have looked lovely in their day but like everything else they didn’t work. My dad did have a go at trying to make them work, even finding huge water tanks under the terraces which were the water supplies to the fountains but the pipes were rusted up so we left them alone.
However, in the garden which we used as our...