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Ghouls Galore #18

Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th September 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,ghosts,ghouls,attic,basement,Downton Abbey,Bridgerton,The Crown,meynell ingram arms,seance,candSpan>lelight,bats

One of the great things about living in a stately home is that you can have a wild party with the loudest of music – andSpan> no-one will hear it! I was now going out with Kev, whom I had met at college. Mum was a bit disappointed that my sensible boyfriend andSpan> I had parted company after 18 months of an on/off relationship but she accepted Kev into the fold andSpan> eventually met all the other members of the bandSpan>. I think she wanted to put her mind at rest that they were a bunch of nice lads andSpan> not a drug crazed rock bandSpan> eating bats! Which of course they were! No – I’m only kidding! After the awful split up at Christmas my parents were now living at each end of t...

Ghouls Galore! #18

Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th August 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,ghosts,attic,basement,seance,candSpan>le,keeping up with the aristocrats,downton abbey,bridgerton

Hoar Cross Hall meets Downton Abbey #99

Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th September 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall Spa HotelSpan>,barons eden,downton abbey,Highclere Castle,Bishop of Winchester,first world war,Great War,meynell ingram,Shropshire,Leicestershire,Derbyshire,History,period drama,Servants,Suffragettes,my dad bought a mansion,Earl of Carnarvon,Tomb of Tutankhamun,Eqyptologist,Lord Grantham

With the new Downton Abbey film out this month I thought I would do a comparison of the two family homes, Downton andSpan> Hoar Cross Hall, the latter being my old family home for those of you who are new to these blogs. Although Downton Abbey is fictional, the house on which it is based is not, it being Highclere Castle in Hampshire which was built in 1679 andSpan> is owned by the Earl of Carnarvon. Hoar Cross Hall was the original home of the Meynell Ingram family who first came from Leicestershire andSpan> was built in 1863. Hugo Meynell of Quorndon was the High Sheriff of Staffordshire andSpan> Member of Parliament for Lichfield andSpan> the family owned considerable property in...

Here Comes the Bride (Part 2) #33

Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th January 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,church,ferrari,vicar,Bible,Lady Di,magician,dove

HERE COMES THE BRIDE (Part 2): andSpan> so our wedding day at Hoar Cross Hall arrived bright andSpan> clear, all thoughts of solicitors, legals, fights andSpan> arrests behind us! Myself andSpan> my bridesmaids went to get our hair done in the morning andSpan> Kev slapped a piece of steak on his jaw to bring the swelling down after the rather unfortunate fight at his stag do. Fortunately, the bruise didn’t show up too much on the photos! Gavin drove my dad’s Mercedes Benz car all the way down the drive andSpan> back up the road to the church – this was one of the drawbacks of having a church in the grounds; you don’t get to drive all through the town with everyone looking at you...

Here Comes the Bride (Part 2) # 28

Posted by Viv Wilson on 22nd November 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,wedding,groom,bridge,rings,Chris Meek,Lady Di,champagne,pomagne,magician

andSpan> so our wedding day at Hoar Cross Hall arrived bright andSpan> clear, all thoughts of solicitors, legals, fights andSpan> arrests behind us! Myself andSpan> my bridesmaids went to get our hair done in the morning andSpan> Kev slapped a piece of steak on his jaw to bring the swelling down after the rather unfortunate fight at his stag do. Fortunately, the bruise didn’t show up too much on the photos! Gavin drove my dad’s Mercedes Benz car all the way down the drive andSpan> back up the road to the church – this was one of the drawbacks of having a church in your grounds; you don’t get a nice long drive through the town where everyone can see you! Never mind, a small crowd of l...

The Church of the Holy Angels #55

Posted by Viv Wilson on 19th May 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram,emily meynell,hugo meynell,George Bodley,Bishop of Lichfield,ecclesiastical,the church of the holy angels,The Sacred Faith,wedding,vicar,history,The Crown,Downton Abbey,Gardens

Many stately homes had churches built near them or even a chapel inside them, as was done at Hoar Cross Hall. However, the church that was built in the grounds of the Hall became known as 'The Cathedral of the MidlandSpan>s' due to its magnificent structure andSpan> is generally regarded as one of the finest Victorian churches in the country. It resembles a cathedral in miniature, being more like an English minster than a humble village church. When Emily Meynell Ingram's husbandSpan>, Hugo died in 1871 from a hunting accident, she wanted to keep his memory alive. They had only been married for eight years andSpan> she had no children to comfort her andSpan> so in 1872 she commissioned...

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