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Hickleton Hall and the Meynells #38
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th January 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,lewis carroll,alice through the looking glass,Alice in Wonderland,Dunkirk,Viscount Halifax,Christ Church,second world war,Viceroy of India,chancellor of the exchequer
This lovely Grade II listed Georgian house in South Yorkshire was once the childhood home of the Honourable Emily Charlotte Meynell who married Hugo Meynell of Hoar Cross and who, together with Hugo, built Hoar Cross Hall to be their family home in 1873, a hundred years before my family lived there.
the original house was called Hickleton Palace and had been built for Judge Francis Rodes in the 16th century but in 1745 Hickleton Hall was built just to the south of this house after the estate was bought by Godfrey Wentworth in about 1730. Thirty years later he extended the house and added two low wings, one either side, and a servants wing (see header picture)...Hickleton Hall and the Meynells #43
Posted by Viv Wilson on 16th March 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Hickleton Hall,Hoar Cross Hall,Meynell,second world war,Dunkirk,brewhouse,Sue Ryder Home,Earl of Halifax,Viscount,Baronet,keeping up with the aristocrats,Downton Abbey
This lovely Grade II listed Georgian house in South Yorkshire was once the childhood home of the Honourable Emily Charlotte Meynell who married Hugo Meynell of Hoar Cross and who, together with Hugo, built Hoar Cross Hall to be their family home in 1873.
the original house was called Hickleton Palace and had been built for Judge Francis Rodes in the 16th century but in 1745 Hickleton Hall was built just to the south of this house after the estate was bought by Godfrey Wentworth in about 1730. Thirty years later he extended the house and added two low wings, one either side, and a servants wing.
Emily's father, Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet, inherited the house in...
the Halifax Estates - Garrowby #46
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th March 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,hickleton hall,Garrowby Estate,Pocklington,Country Life,king george v,Queen Mary,Temple Newsam,Queen Consort,King charles,Lord Irwin,Queen Victoria,the Crown,Downton Abbey,viscount halifax,belgrave square,queen elizabeth,Duke of Edinburgh,Royal Ascot
Hugo Meynell-Ingram and his wife Emily Charlotte built Hoar Cross Hall to be their home after getting married in 1863. Emily was the daughter of Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax who owned considerable estates in the north of England. their wealth came from the discovery of coal on their ancestral estate. In addition to this Sir Charles had a very successful political career, owning many seats in Garrowby and Pocklington near York; Hickleton near Doncaster and a home in Belgrave Square, London.
He was a member of the Whig party, which in those days was likened to the Liberal party of today and served as chancellor of the exchequer from 1846-52. In the 1850...
Bacon's 'Essay on Gardens' # 56
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th May 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram,emily meynell,Country Life,temple newsam,pleached walks,fountains,Francis Bacon,Essay on Gardens,Italian gardens,elizabethan,the Crown,Downton Abbey,Bridgerton
Francis Bacon was born in 1561 and was 1st Viscount St Alban. He wrote his Essay on Gardens in 1625, a year before his death of pneumonia. He was also Lord chancellor of England under King James I and led the advancement of both natural philosophy and scientific method and his works remained influential even in the late stages of the Scientific Revolution. the essays he wrote between, mainly, 1612 and 1625 were about anything from love and marriage to superstitions to gardens and any subject in between! Bacon's genius as a phrase-maker appears to great advantage in the later essays and the 'Oxford Dictionary of Quotations' includes no fewer than 91 quotations...