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Temple Newsam and the Meynells

TEMPLE NEWSaM aND THE MEYNELLS:     On 11th august 1863, Hugo Francis Meynell an class='highlight'>inan>gram married the Hon. Emily Charlotte, daughter of Sir Charles Wood, Bart, afterwards 1st Viscount Halifax.  The Woods were an old gentry family, for many centuries respectable York merchants.  They were to turn grand upon the discovery of coal beneath their ancestral estates.  This was the great Barnsley field, with several hundred acres of Britaan class='highlight'>inan>'s deepest and fan class='highlight'>inan>est coal.  Sir Charles Wood had a distan class='highlight'>inan>guished political career and they owned family seats at Garrowby, Pocklan class='highlight'>inan>gton, near York and Hickleton, near Doncaster.  They also owned a London house an class='highlight'>inan> Belgrave Square....

Mediaeval Mayhem!

MEDIaEVaL MaYHEM!     It was the end of the summer season at Hoar Cross Hall an class='highlight'>inan> 1973 and rehearsals had started for the new venture of Mediaeval Banquets.  all the cast would come around to the house each week for rehearsals and my mum and one or two other ladies were busy makan class='highlight'>inan>g the skirts and blouses for the wenches.   My mum also made about 200 bibs which the guests were goan class='highlight'>inan>g to be wearan class='highlight'>inan>g as eatan class='highlight'>inan>g five courses with a dagger can be quite messy!   We had a Kan class='highlight'>inan>g, a Jester, a Fire-eater, a Halberdier, an organist and various wenches and servan class='highlight'>inan>g ladies.  To launch the banquets my parents decided to hold a Press Reception about a month before and so we...

Eat, dran class='highlight'>inan>k and be merry! #10

EaT, DRan class='highlight'>inan>K aND BE MERRY!       It was the end of the summer season at Hoar Cross Hall an class='highlight'>inan> 1973 and rehearsals had started for the new venture of Mediaeval Banquets when the cast would come round to the house each week to practice their routan class='highlight'>inan>es. My mum and one or two other ladies were busy makan class='highlight'>inan>g the skirts and blouses for the wenches; my mum also made about 200 bibs which the guests were goan class='highlight'>inan>g to be wearan class='highlight'>inan>g as eatan class='highlight'>inan>g five courses with a dagger can be quite messy! We had a Kan class='highlight'>inan>g, a Jester, a Fire-eater, a Halberdier, an organist and various wenches and servan class='highlight'>inan>g ladies. To launch the banquets my parents decided to hold a Press Reception about a month before and...

Temple Newsam and the Meynells #42

TEMPLE NEWSaM aND THE MEYNELLS:     Followan class='highlight'>inan>g on from last week's blog about Emily Meynell an class='highlight'>inan>gram's family background, this week I am delvan class='highlight'>inan>g an class='highlight'>inan>to the family background of Emily's husband Hugo which explaan class='highlight'>inan>s how Emily came to own the Temple Newsam estate after his death.   an class='highlight'>inan> 1782, Hugo's grandfather, Hugo Meynell of Quorndon, the 'father of fox huntan class='highlight'>inan>g', married the Hon. Elizabeth an class='highlight'>inan>gram Shepheard.  She was the daughter of Charles an class='highlight'>inan>gram, 9th Viscount Irwan class='highlight'>inan> and Lord an class='highlight'>inan>gram.  The family seat was Temple Newsam an class='highlight'>inan> Yorkshire and this was how the Meynell family became associated with this great house.  Through this marriage of Hugo and Elizabeth, the Meynel...

Mediaeval Mayhem! #11

It was the end of the summer season at Hoar Cross Hall an class='highlight'>inan> 1973 and rehearsals had started for the new venture of Mediaeval Banquets. all the cast would come round to the house each week for rehearsals and my mum and one or two other ladies were busy makan class='highlight'>inan>g the skirts and blouses for the wenches. My mum also made about 200 bibs which the guests were goan class='highlight'>inan>g to be wearan class='highlight'>inan>g as eatan class='highlight'>inan>g five courses with a dagger can be quite messy! We had a Kan class='highlight'>inan>g, a Jester, a Fire-eater, a Halberdier, an organist and various wenches and servan class='highlight'>inan>g ladies. To launch the banquets my parents decided to hold a Press Reception about a month before and so we all gathered at the Hall one day an class='highlight'>inan> ea...

Becoman class='highlight'>inan>g a rock chick #18

BECOMan class='highlight'>inan>G a ROCK CHICK:        My schooldays were coman class='highlight'>inan>g to an end now and I absolutely couldn’t wait to leave.  The school itself was an old Victorian grammar school an class='highlight'>inan> Uttoxeter which still had wooden desks with an class='highlight'>inan>kwells an class='highlight'>inan> them!  Even the teachers wore their mortar boards and gowns just like the ones at Eton and Harrow – or the Beano!   However, an class='highlight'>inan> the last two years there I had made a few good friends and we would go an class='highlight'>inan>to town every lunch time to meet up with a group of guys that worked at the local J. C. Bamford firm.  They were all an class='highlight'>inan>to motor bikes and one of the first films I watched was ‘Easy Rider’.  They also went to a lot of concerts...