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Skools out for Summer! #58
Posted by Viv Wilson on 9th June 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately home | hoar cross hall,Meynell Ingram,emily meynell,hugo meynell,Spain,Portugal,Majorca,Greece,Uttoxeter,the home of the good shepherd,victorian,midnight,Library,ghosts
When Hugo and Emily Meynell built Hoar Cross Hall they also included on their estate kitchen gardens, greenhouses, stables, a farm and cottages. Old Hall (their original home) was also on the estate and was accessed via a private road, which ran from the main road.
By the time the seventies came along the stable block and Old Hall were private houses and another part of Old Hall had been made into a children’s home. Emily Meynell had started this home in the Victorian days, calling it ‘the home of the good shepherd’ but it was for boys only at that time. When we were there it was a mixed home and run by a husband and wife couple. they used to have fetes t...
Victorian Society #93
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th April 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately home | hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,the home of the good shepherd,Great Ormond St Hospital,victorian,Music Halls,light bulb,history,Meynell,Royal Victoria Military Hospital,charity,Downton Abbey,period drama,Victoria,Victoria and Albert,royal family
Victorian society was built around Queen Victoria’s reign, loosely between 1820-1914. It was characterised by a class-based society and Britain being the most powerful empire in the world.
Hoar Cross Hall was built in 1870, at the height of the Victorian era, and boasted up to seventy rooms, twenty-five of them for the servants, approximately fifteen for the kitchens and utility areas, leaving around thirty rooms for the family and their guests. During this time a lot of people, particularly women, went into domestic service and the Housekeeper at the Hall earned about £50 a year, while a housemaid earned £15 a year – quite the difference! By all ac...
Skools out for summer #13
Posted by Viv Wilson on 26th July 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Greece,Spain,Portugal,Caves of drach,Victorian,Library,camels,bullfight,Bridgerton,Downton Abbey
When Hugo and Emily Meynell built Hoar Cross Hall it included a whole estate with it, namely kitchen gardens, greenhouses, stables, a farm and cottages. Old Hall (their original home) was also on the estate and was accessed via a private road, which ran from the main road. By the time the seventies came along the stable block and Old Hall were private houses and another part of Old Hall had been made into a children’s home. Emily Meynell had started this home in the Victorian days, calling it ‘the home of the good shepherd’ but it was for boys only at that time. When we were there it was a mixed home and run by a husband and wife couple. they used to have...
Skools out for Summer #16
Posted by Viv Wilson on 28th July 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,camels,morocco,kasbah,holidays,portugal,spain,majorca,greece
When Hugo and Emily Meynell built Hoar Cross Hall it included a whole estate with it, namely kitchen gardens, greenhouses, stables, a farm and cottages. Old Hall (their original home) was also on the estate and was accessed via a private road, which ran from the main road. By the time the seventies came along the stable block and Old Hall were private houses and another part of Old Hall had been made into a children’s home. Emily Meynell had started this home in the Victorian days, calling it ‘the home of the good shepherd’ but it was for boys only at that time. When we were at the Hall it was a mixed home and run by a husband and wife couple. they used to...Skools out for Summer #98
Posted by Viv Wilson on 19th August 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately home | hoar cross hall,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel,downton abbey,period drama,history,ghosts,library,Spain,Majorca,greece,portugal,morroco,mediaeval banquets,bullfight,camels,stately home,my dad bought a mansion,holiday,summer
When Hugo and Emily Meynell built Hoar Cross Hall it included a whole estate with it, namely kitchen gardens, greenhouses, stables, a farm and cottages. This was quite common in those days as the estate supported the house with food etc and also gave employment to local people. Old Hall (their original home) was also on the estate and was accessed via a private road, which ran from the main road. By the time the 1970s came along the stable block and Old Hall were private houses and another part of Old Hall had been made into a children’s home. Emily Meynell had started this home in the Victorian days, calling it ‘the home of the good shepherd’ but it...Skools out for summer! #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th January 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately home | hoar cross hall,caves of drach,Majorca,Portugal,Greece,Morocco,Kasbah,Europe,Library
SKOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER! When Hugo and Emily Meynell built Hoar Cross Hall it included a whole estate with it, namely kitchen gardens, greenhouses, stables, a farm and cottages. Old Hall (their original home) was also on the estate and was accessed via a private road, which ran from the main road. By the time the seventies came along the stable block and Old Hall were private houses and another part of Old Hall had been made into a children’s home. Emily Meynell had started this home in the Victorian days, calling it ‘the home of the good shepherd’ but it was for boys only at that time. When we were there it was a mixed home and run by a hu...