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Alice - the ghost in the mirror
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th December 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,Alice through the looking glass,Lewis Carroll,Charles Dodgson,ghost,hoar cross hall,Spa Hotel
ALICE – THE GHOST IN THE MIRROR: In 1865 Lewis Carroll wrote another story about Alice following on from ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was called ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’. In this story Alice climbs onto the mantlepiece over the fireplace in her lounge and finds that she can climb through the mirror into another world which is reversed, just like a reflection. Once again, she encounters strange figures in a world dominated by a chess set and nursery rhyme characters, among others. But what inspired Lewis Carroll to write about a little girl having lots of adventures?
In the 1850s Charles Dodgson (Carroll’s real name) studied...
Alice - the ghost in the mirror #38
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th May 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,lewis carroll,Christ Church,Oxford,emily meynell,Hickleton Hall,Alice in Wonderland
ALICE – THE GHOST IN THE MIRROR: Whilst researching the history of my former home, Hoar Cross Hall, I came across this fascinating story from author Graham Phillips who had visited the Hall to do some research into the story of Alice and the mirror that inspired Lewis Carroll. As many of my regular readers will know, Hoar Cross Hall is a very haunted house and so it was incredibly interesting to hear another theory on the ghost of the little girl who haunts the rooms and corridors.
In 1865 Lewis Carroll wrote another story about Alice following on from ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was called ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’. In this story Alic...Alice - the ghost in the mirror #28
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th December 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,alice through the looking glass,alice in wonderland,hickleton hall,Charles Wood,lewis carroll,Christ Church
ALICE – THE GHOST IN THE MIRROR: (Based on true events) In 1865 Lewis Carroll wrote another story about Alice following on from ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was called ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’. In this story Alice climbs onto the mantlepiece over the fireplace in her lounge and finds that she can climb through the mirror into another world which is reversed, just like a reflection. Once again, she encounters strange figures in a world dominated by a chess set and nursery rhyme characters, among others. But what inspired Lewis Carroll to write about a little girl having lots of adventures?
In the 1850s Charles Dodgson (Carroll’s rea...Alice - the ghost in the mirror #32
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th December 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,emily meynell,hickleton hall,ghost,alice through the looking glass,alice in wonderland
Here is another ghost story for the Christmas season associated with Hoar Cross Hall. By an amazing co-incidence Lewis Carroll and Emily Meynell (who built the Hall) became acquainted when she was a child. This is their story -
In 1865 Lewis Carroll wrote another story about Alice following on from ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was called ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’. In this story Alice climbs onto the mantlepiece over the fireplace in her lounge and finds that she can climb through the mirror into another world which is reversed, just like a reflection. Once again, she encounters strange figures in a world dominated by a chess set and nursery rhyme c...Alice - the ghost in the mirror #26
Posted by Viv Wilson on 28th October 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Mansion,lewis carroll,alice through the looking glass,alice in wonderland,Graham Phillips,Hickleton Hall,The Crown,Downton Abbey,Halloween,ghost
In 1865 Lewis Carroll wrote another story about Alice following on from ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was called ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’. In this story Alice climbs onto the mantlepiece over the fireplace in her lounge and finds that she can climb through the mirror into another world which is reversed, just like a reflection. Once again, she encounters strange figures in a world dominated by a chess set and nursery rhyme characters, among others. But what inspired Lewis Carroll to write about a little girl having lots of adventures?
In the 1850s Charles Dodgson (Carroll’s real name) studied at Christ Church in Oxford. A new dean, henry Liddell,...
Meet the Neighbours - Sudbury Hall #79
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th April 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,meynell ingram,hounds,Grade II listed,Doomsday Book,Norman Conquest,Lord,kennels,great staircase,sudbury hall,childrens museum,George Vernon,jacobean,Downton Abbey,The Crown,growing up in a stately home
Continuing the series on neighbouring houses to Hoar Cross Hall, let me introduce you to Sudbury Hall, which is about 7 miles away and on the border of Staffordshire and Derbyshire. The manor of Sudbury was listed in the Doomsday Book following the Norman Conquest in 1086, so a lot older than the Hall, and is a Grade I listed building. The Vernon family came to Sudbury after a 16th century marriage between Sir John Vernon, from Haddon Hall in Derbyshire, and the Sudbury heiress, Ellen Montgomery. It seems the Vernon family have stayed in the Hall for generations right up until the 20th century when the 10th Baron Vernon transferred the Hall and its princip...