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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...
Meet the Neighbours - Blithfield Hall #78
Posted by Viv Wilson on 26th March 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,Blithfield Hall,world war 2,Bagot,goat,death duties,South Staffs Waterworks Company,victorian,Downton Abbey,The Crown,Grade 1 listed,Blithfield Reservoir,Elizabethan,Civil war
This month I start a brand new series on stately homes local to Hoar Cross Hall and the first one is Blithfield Hall, which was probably the nearest stately home neighbour to Hoar Cross Hall and had been privately owned by the Bagot family since the 14th century. The house, which is Grade I listed, is situated between Rugeley and Abbots Bromley and is about 6 miles from the Hall. I remember calling round with my parents once to see Nancy, Lady Bagot, and admiring the goats they had roaming around the nearby fields. Blithfield Hall is known as the home of a breed of goat, the Bagot goat, which for several hundred years have lived semi-wild on the estate....
Race Day Parties! #25
Posted by Viv Wilson on 30th October 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,motor racing,motor bike,Bob Gerrard,Tom Wheatcroft,champagne,parties,Lotus Elite,racing cars,VIPS
My dad used to be a racing driver so he was often invited to parties and open days at various racing circuits. He naturally knew lots of racing people and on this particular occasion he was invited to an Open Day at Donington Park. Tom Wheatcroft, a local entrepreneur, had bought Donington Park in the 1970s as he owned the largest collection of Grand Prix cars in the world at that time. In 1973 he opened a museum there to house them all and called it the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition. This sadly closed in 2018. Donington became the favoured home of the British round of the MotoGP motorcycling championships but he was really hoping to bring Formula 1 racing b...
RACE TRACK ‘AFTER PARTIES’ #27
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th July 1977 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,racing car,donington park,mallory park,bob gerard,kirkby hall,grand prix,museum,car,racing driver,alvin stardust,joe bugner
RACE TRACK ‘AFTER PARTIES’ Because my dad used to be a racing driver he was often invited to parties and open days at various racing circuits. He naturally knew lots of racing people and on this particular occasion he was invited to an Open Day at Donington Park. Tom Wheatcroft, a local entrepreneur, had bought Donington Park in the 1970s as he owned the largest collection of Grand Prix cars in the world at that time. In 1973 he opened a museum there to house them all and called it the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition.
Donington became the favoured home of the British round of the MotoGP motorcycling championships but he was really hoping to bring F...
Race Day Parties #27
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st April 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | mallory park,Silverstone,donington park,hoar cross hall,mediaeval banquets,Bob Gerrard,Tom Wheatcroft
RACE DAY PARTIES: My dad used to be a racing driver so he was often invited to parties and open days at various racing circuits. He naturally knew lots of racing people and on this particular occasion he was invited to an Open Day at Donington Park. Tom Wheatcroft, a local entrepreneur, had bought Donington Park in the 1970s as he owned the largest collection of Grand Prix cars in the world at that time. In 1973 he opened a museum there to house them all and called it the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition. Donington became the favoured home of the British round of the MotoGP motorcycling championships but he was really hoping to bring Formula 1...
Race day parties #26
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd March 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | donington park,mallory park,hoar cross hall,graham hill,Jim Clarke,silverstone,bob gerard
RACE DAY PARTIES: My dad used to be a racing driver so he was often invited to parties and open days at various racing circuits. He naturally knew lots of racing people and on this particular occasion he was invited to an Open Day at Donington Park. Tom Wheatcroft, a local entrepreneur, had bought Donington Park in the 1970s as he owned the largest collection of Grand Prix cars in the world at that time. In 1973 he opened a museum there to house them all and called it the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition. Donington became the favoured home of the British round of the MotoGP motorcycling championships but he was really hoping to bring Formula 1 ra...