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Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history! #14

...ed in the First World War and even Margaret served with the Red Cross as a volunteer.  Francis married Lady Dorothy Legge in 1907, the elder daughter of the 6th Earl of Dartmouth.  On the death of his father they moved into Hoar Cross Hall and raised their family of five children.  Sadly, one of their children died aged 8 years.  In 1919 Lady Dorothy founded the Hoar Cross Women’s Institute.  As well as this she was a County Magistrate and devoted a lot of her time to the Red Cross Society.  She was also a very knowledgeable horticulturist and so was very keen to tame some of the more ‘wild’ areas in the Hall gardens.  She was especially interested...

Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #11

...ed in the First World War and even Margaret served with the Red Cross as a volunteer.  Francis married Lady Dorothy Legge in 1907, the elder daughter of the 6th Earl of Dartmouth.  On the death of his father they moved into Hoar Cross Hall and raised their family of five children.  Sadly, one of their children died aged 8 years.  In 1919 Lady Dorothy founded the Hoar Cross Women’s Institute.  As well as this she was a County Magistrate and devoted a lot of her time to the Red Cross Society.  She was also a very knowledgeable horticulturist and so was very keen to tame some of the more ‘wild’ areas in the Hall gardens.  She was especially interested...

Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #17

...ed in the First World War and even Margaret served with the Red Cross as a volunteer. Francis married Lady Dorothy Legge in 1907, the elder daughter of the 6th Earl of Dartmouth. On the death of his father they moved into Hoar Cross Hall and raised their family of five children. Sadly, one of their children died aged 8 years. In 1919 Lady Dorothy founded the Hoar Cross Women’s Institute. As well as this she was a County Magistrate and devoted a lot of her time to the Red Cross Society. She was also a very knowledgeable horticulturist and so was very keen to tame some of the more ‘wild’ areas in the Hall gardens. She was especially interested in a sunken ar...

Hoar Cross Hall meets Downton Abbey #99

...uring the First World War, Highclere opened the house up as a hospital with the then Lady Carnarvon assisting as a nurse.  In the Downton story Lord Grantham opens up the house to be used as a hospital for injured officers and some of the family assist in nursing them back to health.  The Meynell family at Hoar Cross Hall  also offered their home to be used as a hospital but were told that it was unsuitable owing to its isolation and inaccessibility in the country.  However, Lady Mary Meynell opened her London home in Lennox Gardens to be used as a Military Hospital for officers during the First World War.  Indeed, her own son, Francis, stayed there for a...

The War Years and Beyond #36

...uring the First World War, the Meynell home in London was offered to the War Office and the Red Cross and became a Military Hospital for officers, being used by Francis Meynell himself who was wounded in action. View from the Deer Park (the copse is on the right)   One feature at the Hall was the daily barometric readings; these had been taken since 1880 up until the Second World War, when readings ceased. The Clerk of Works at Hoar Cross, namely one F W Lycett, had kept a meticulous Meteorological Register in the early years of the century. He kept them in two large leather-bound volumes, the last entry being in February 1941. Once the War was over thi...

The War Years and Beyond #37

...uring the First World War, the Meynell home in London was offered to the War Office and the Red Cross and became a Military Hospital for officers, being used by Francis Meynell himself who was wounded in action. One feature at the Hall was the daily barometric readings; these had been taken since 1880 up until the Second World War, when readings ceased. The Clerk of Works at Hoar Cross, namely one F W Lycett, had kept a meticulous Meteorological Register in the early years of the century. He kept them in two large leather-bound volumes, the last entry being in February 1941. Once the War was over things got back to some sort of ‘normality’; however, times...