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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
...II listed kennels which were built specially for them in 1873, and here they resided in their up-market residence until about a year ago when the hunt was disbanded. So there is quite a connection between Hoar Cross and Sudbury going back years! But going back to the house, it is the 17th century craftsmanship that really shines through and it is considered to be one of the most richly decorated houses of the period. The ornate Great Staircase and Long Gallery are beautifully carved and were built to impress and it certainly is an amazing piece of craftsmanship. More recently the staircase has been renovated and repaired to its former glory and is finally...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history! #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd June 1973 in History | Meynell,First World War,Second World War,Newborough,Hugo Meynell,William the Conqueror,hoar cross hall,red cross,George VI,Queen mother
...ables and kennels there, having 30 horses stabled at its height. In 1758 he became High Sheriff of Staffordshire and Member of Parliament for Lichfield. When his son, Hugo, died in 1800 he sold Quorn Hall to the Earl of Sefton and left to live in Derbyshire; although the family owned large amounts of property all over the Midlands in at least five shires.
The Meynell family claim to be descendants of the Norman baron, Hugo de Grand Mesnil, who came over with William the Conqueror. He is said to have died in Leicester in 1093 and his descendants settled in Derbyshire and Yorkshire. The sons of Hugo went off to the First Crusade and a representation of...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 26th January 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell,fox hunting,quorn hall,temple newsam,emily meynell,bowes-lyon,Eton college
...ables and kennels there, having 30 horses stabled at its height. In 1758 he became High Sheriff of Staffordshire and Member of Parliament for Lichfield. When his son, Hugo, died in 1800 he sold Quorn Hall to the Earl of Sefton and left to live in Derbyshire; although the family owned large amounts of property all over the Midlands in at least five shires.
The Meynell family claim to be descendants of the Norman baron, Hugo de Grand Mesnil, who came over with William the Conqueror. He is said to have died in Leicester in 1093 and his descendants settled in Derbyshire and Yorkshire. The sons of Hugo went off to the First Crusade and a representation of...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #11
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th November 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,first world war,second world war,christian community,Goshen,El Alamein,HRH Princess Alice,Earl of Dartmouth
...ables and kennels there, having 30 horses stabled at its height. In 1758 he became High Sheriff of Staffordshire and Member of Parliament for Lichfield. When his son, Hugo, died in 1800 he sold Quorn Hall to the Earl of Sefton and left to live in Derbyshire; although the family owned large amounts of property all over the Midlands in at least five shires.
The Meynell family claim to be descendants of the Norman baron, Hugo de Grand Mesnil, who came over with William the Conqueror. He is said to have died in Leicester in 1093 and his descendants settled in Derbyshire and Yorkshire. The sons of Hugo went off to the First Crusade and a representation of...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #13
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th September 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Quorn hunt,fox huntiing,william the conqueror,Florence,mediterranean,River Nile,British Empire
...ables and kennels there, having 30 horses stabled at its height. In 1758 he became High Sheriff of Staffordshire and Member of Parliament for Lichfield. When his son, Hugo, died in 1800 he sold Quorn Hall to the Earl of Sefton and left to live in Derbyshire; although the family owned large amounts of property all over the Midlands in at least five shires.
The Meynell family claim to be descendants of the Norman baron, Hugo de Grand Mesnil, who came over with William the Conqueror. He is said to have died in Leicester in 1093 and his descendants settled in Derbyshire and Yorkshire. The sons of Hugo went off to the First Crusade and a representation of Hugo’s s...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st August 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,de Mesnil,william the conqueror,Emily Meynell,El Alamein,second world war,Downton Abbey,Bridgerton,River Nile
...ables and kennels there, having 30 horses stabled at its height. In 1758 he became High Sheriff of Staffordshire and Member of Parliament for Lichfield. When his son, Hugo, died in 1800 he sold Quorn Hall to the Earl of Sefton and left to live in Derbyshire; although the family owned large amounts of property all over the Midlands in at least five shires.
The Meynell family claim to be descendants of the Norman baron, Hugo de Grand Mesnil, who came over with William the Conqueror. He is said to have died in Leicester in 1093 and his descendants settled in Derbyshire and Yorkshire. The sons of Hugo went off to the First Crusade and a representation of Hugo’s s...