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Alice - the ghost in the mirror
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th December 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,Alice through the looking glass,Lewis Carroll,Charles Dodgson,ghost,hoar cross hall,Spa Hotel
...ll into a Spa Hotel and managed to source a lot of the original furniture from the Victorian era when Emily Meynell (nee Wood) lived there with her husband, Hugo. He found the original mirror which came from Hickleton Hall and now it hangs over the fireplace in the Library, just as it did all those years ago.
But it seems that the ghost of Alice may have come with the mirror. Ever since the mirror was installed in the Library people have seen a little girl running around the house. There is also a bedroom upstairs called ‘The Alice room’ where guests have heard a child knocking on the door and running away!
One evening a barman working in the Library l...
Change and the Country House #61
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th July 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram,new years eve,mediaeval banquets,queen victoria,The National Trust,Historic Houses Association,industrial revolution,Edwardian era,victorian era,downton abbey,The Royal Family,aristocracy,Hoar Cross Hall Spa Hotel,Barons Eden
...it’s a Spa Hotel with even more work done to the grounds to bring them back to their Victorian splendour, which is a real pleasure to see whenever I return there.
And so the country house continues to evolve and long may we enjoy their treasures within!
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Moving On #33
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd September 1985 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,motor racing,bmx,servants,meynell,spooky,blog,victorian,GP 2,Hotel,Spa,burton
...MOVING ON - And so we come to the end of my story. My dad and Gavin moved out to live in Burton and my mum carried on running Mediaeval Banquets for a few more years. She and the singer eventually got together much to my dad’s chagrin. He spent a lot more time at the Hall helping my mum run the banquets; however, Piers didn’t really get on with him. When he was about 14 years old my dad received a phone call from Piers – he had run away from home and was ringing from the phone box by the Meynell Arms car park! He told my dad that he was hiding behind a bush and could he come and get him. Of course, my dad was only too happy to fetch him and get...
Alice - the ghost in the mirror #38
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th May 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,lewis carroll,Christ Church,Oxford,emily meynell,Hickleton Hall,Alice in Wonderland
...ll into a Spa Hotel and managed to source a lot of the original furniture from the Victorian era when Emily Meynell (nee Wood) lived there with her husband, Hugo. He found the original mirror which came from Hickleton Hall and now it hangs over the fireplace in the Library, just as it did all those years ago (see header picture).
But it seems that the ghost of Alice may have come with the mirror. Ever since the mirror was installed in the Library people have seen a little girl standing in that room. There is also a bedroom upstairs called ‘The Alice room’ where guests have heard a child knocking on the door and running away!
One evening a barman working in...
Ghouls Galore! #85
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th October 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Barons Eden,my dad bought a mansion,amazon,history,stately home,ghosts,haunting,ghouls,attic,Victorian,Christian,halloween,pagan,spiritual,Library,mirror
...became a Spa Hotel. The mirror that is now in the Library is the original mirror that came to the Hall with Emily Meynell after she got married to Hugo in 1863. The current owners managed to source the mirror from another house and ever since it was installed in the Library people have seen a little girl running around the house! There is also a bedroom upstairs where guests have heard a child knocking on the door and running away! So even now, people are still seeing a ghostly child – or is it another one that came with the mirror?
The story goes that one evening a barman working in the Library looked into the mirror and saw a little girl standing b...Alice - the ghost in the mirror #28
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th December 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,alice through the looking glass,alice in wonderland,hickleton hall,Charles Wood,lewis carroll,Christ Church
...ll into a Spa Hotel and managed to source a lot of the original furniture from the Victorian era when Emily Meynell (nee Wood) lived there with her husband, Hugo. He found the original mirror which came from Hickleton Hall and now it hangs over the fireplace in the Library, just as it did all those years ago (see header picture).
But it seems that the ghost of Alice may have come with the mirror. Ever since the mirror was installed in the Library people have seen a little girl running around the house. There is also a bedroom upstairs called ‘The Alice room’ where guests have heard a child knocking on the door and running away!
The Mad Hatter looking for...