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Post by mouse on Aug 30, 2010 11:34:22 GMT -5
hi gabe..here are the pics i promised of one of the places mary stayed on here way south its now a hotel where i take my moring coffee or lunch when in the area these are three views one from across the park opposite one showing buildings at the back of the hotel where the roman baths are and one of the doorway/entrance...looking a bit beaten by the years The Old Hall Hotel was originally Buxton Hall. It was built by the 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, George Talbot, whose wife was Bess of Hardwick, in 1550, replacing an earlier building. Buxton Hall is situated over a natural spring, the warm mineral waters of which were the reason for Buxton's origin. This was the site of the Roman Baths ("Aqua Arnemetiae") thought to have been named after the Celtic water Goddess Arnemetiae. c ![]() i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd217/objector/IMG_4524.jpg[/IMG]  |
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Post by mouse on Aug 30, 2010 11:38:46 GMT -5
one shows the comemorative plague   |
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Post by mouse on Aug 30, 2010 11:42:36 GMT -5
the room where i take my coffee and a copy of a letter sent by mary   |
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Post by beth on Aug 31, 2010 9:43:46 GMT -5
What lovely photos, mouse. I'm going to bump this up so it won't be missed.
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Post by mouse on Aug 31, 2010 13:38:59 GMT -5
thanks jen the hotel does dinner and dance during the run up to Christmas and in the new year down in the vaults..all very atmospheric the building with the arches at the back...was built as a sort of town house by the duke of Devonshire,,,the famously rich Cavendish's,,,,he also bult a stable block which was later a hospital[my mother was a patient there once] and which is now part of the university the duke also built a club for himself and his cronies which is now a bar resturant...lovely place..... dont know if anyone has read ""Georgiana ""the story of one of the duchess of devonshire.... the present dowager duchess was one of the Mitford girls..and could often be seen delivering eggs to the chats worth farmshop chats worth the ducal seat is a few miles away.. its a massive place..but not as large as the Churchill's Blenheim this is the dowager duchess taken at a wi meet at the arboretum last year when she unvielded a stone seat the wi ,members had donated as their imput into the national memorial .just before her 9oth birthday  |
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Post by mouse on Aug 31, 2010 14:06:22 GMT -5
unlike the photos above these two are not my photos... the stable block known locally as the dome...its vast..and under the dome inside is a totally empty space,,which was where they excersised the horses  and this is a veiw of the town house...known as the cresent because its cresent shaped...  |
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Post by mouse on Aug 31, 2010 14:26:15 GMT -5
14 March to 31 October 2010 In honour of the 90th birthday of Deborah, now Dowager Duchess of Devonshire and the last surviving Mitford sister, we mark the nine eventful decades of her life with a special exhibition, free with house admission, illustrating her many interests and achievements. Fascinating personal mementos and keepsakes personally chosen by her Grace, much never seen before, offer a unique insight into the Dowager Duchess's life and work, from her childhood in Oxfordshire and marriage, her friendships with people as diverse as Lucian Freud, Evelyn Waugh, Jack Kennedy, Tom Stoppard and Alan Titchmarsh, to her many years of public service, and current well-earned status as a best-selling author and national treasure.   |
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Post by mouse on Sept 1, 2010 2:18:06 GMT -5
and a final view of chatsworth[which is where i get a lot but not all of my meat from,,from the farmshop.]  |
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Post by mouse on Sept 1, 2010 2:19:32 GMT -5
near to chats worth is haddon hall....home of the dukes of rutland it has the most glorious garden..the smell of roses in june nearly knocks one over...haddon has apeared in many films and tv series Haddon Hall stands on an outcrop of limestone overlooking the River Wye and its surrounding water meadows. William the Conqueror's illegitimate son, Peverel, and his descendants held Haddon for a hundred years until it passed into the hands of the Vernon family in 1170. The chapel, which once served the vanished village of Nether Haddon, dates from 1195 when Richard Vernon received permission to build a high wall around his house. The Vernons were not feudal barons and their house, built of old grey limestone with a picturesque skyline, was never a castle. The present appearance dates mainly from the 14th century, when the upper courtyard including the hall range was built, and the 15th century, when the second, lower courtyard was built to provide more lodgings for the household. On the death of Sir George Vernon in 1567 the house passed to his son-in-law, Sir John Manners, younger son of the Earl of Rutland. At the end of the 16th century he made major changes to the upper courtyard including rebuilding the Long Gallery in its present form. In 1641 his grandson inherited the earldom of Rutland and in 1703 the 1st Duke of Rutland moved to Belvoir Castle, the family's principal seat in Leicestershire. Haddon Hall was left to fall into picturesque decay. In the early-20th century the 9th Duke rescued the house and made it habitable again. The appearance of Haddon Hall today reflects not only its long and romantic past but also the careful restoration carried out by the 9th Duke and his architect Harold Brakspear.   |
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Post by mouse on Sept 1, 2010 2:25:17 GMT -5
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Post by mouse on Sept 1, 2010 2:27:32 GMT -5
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Post by mouse on Sept 1, 2010 2:39:07 GMT -5
on top of these and many other grand houses..we have the area where the last great battle between the celts[brigantes tribe] and romans took place...roman baths,,roads..the medeval and the pre medeval..lots of archeology...and of course the moors and the pennines ...highway men...william the conquerer..peveril of the peak ...the howards,,the shrewsburies[talbots]......so much history in the area..then there are the caverns and the blue john stone...and the remains of various ice ages.. you can even drive between the remains of a coral reef when water covered the area...and here is the coral reef.. you can find sheels in the rocks....and now a road goes through it...it used to be a haunt of highway men and robbers its a very steep road[i took this from inside the car[you can see the tax disc]  |
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Post by mouse on Sept 1, 2010 3:37:13 GMT -5
a 1400 grammer school[ in lancashire.]..just thought i would add it as a bit of interest... its still in use,,as a club house...its been renovated in that the roof has been re done,,,and the walls pointed and new glass was put in some time during the last hundred years......but other than that it is exactly as it was..the inside is better but i couldnt get a photo inside  |
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Post by mouse on Sept 1, 2010 3:51:21 GMT -5
and these show the areas around the places mentioned[not lancashire though] taken earlier this year when i was going stir crazy having not been out of the house for nearly a month due to the snow ..as soon as the roads were reasonable my daughter took me a run around to see the snow...it looked wonderful..but oh so cold...[as you can see its pretty high up]   |
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Post by mouse on Sept 1, 2010 3:54:12 GMT -5
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