BASLOW HISTORY GROUP DERBYSHIRE AND THE SEABY LIZ KEELEY BASLOW VILLAGE HALL 10TH TUESDAY MARCH 7.30PM
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Derbyshire is about as far from the coast as it is possible to be in the UK. Yet the county has many connections with the sea, some of which might be expected, and others which are less widely known, beginning 330 million years ago, and ending in the present day.
Visitors £5. Refreshments.
Our talk in February had to be changed because of the late unavailability of our speaker. The replacement, “The History Of Haddon Hall” given by Margie Burnet, the archivist at the Hall, turned out to be one of our most popular events attracting over 80 people. They were well-rewarded with an excellently illustrated presentation from an “insider” with specialist knowledge.
Margie covered the history of the “best-preserved mediaeval manor house in England”, showed the continuity of family ownership, gave details of the most prominent individuals in its history and talked especially about John Henry Montagu Manners, the 9th Duke of Rutland who was responsible for the restoration after two centuries of relative neglect. She showed the almost obsessional nature of this work which, because of his training in archaeology, he detailed with exquisite precision in a series of notebooks recording each day’s work and which is faithfully recorded in the archives.
She then highlighted some of the unique features of the hall, room by room. Even those who may have visited many times learned something new. There is a full report on our website but this cannot do justice to the detail and the illustrations. People will just have to visit the Hall itself!
