Wimpole hall history book

To the east is harley street and to the west is wimpole street. The map above shows wimpole in 1638 as a medieval fourgabled manor house surrounded by a moat and deer park. Wimpole is part of an ancient landscape, a recent archaeological excavation revealing a late iron age to early roman c. The street runs northsouth, with weymouth street to the north and new cavendish street to the south. The estate has been owned by a number of different families. Wimpole history and nature festival 2020 national trust.

Click to share on twitter opens in new window click to share on facebook opens in new window. Wimpole hall is a grade i listed building in wimpole, cambridgeshire, england. While wimpole s garden provides almost a case book history of english gardening from 1690 to 1830. Enjoy falconry, sword school and archery, catch a talk by your favourite author or come and participate in our 50 things activities. It is a grand old estate and is now under the national trust that looks after historical buildings etc. Our spinning panorama shows the long library at wimpole hall in cambridgeshire which houses an extensive collection of books. Sited close to the great roman road, ermine street, wimpole was listed in the domesday book of 1086. Wimpole has been continuously occupied for at least 2000 years with evidence from roman, anglo saxon and medieval times, and has two entries in the domesday book. The chicheley family entries from the wimpole church registers 15761698, baptisms, marriage, burials, plus a speculative chicheley family tree. Authoritative texts and superb illustrations illuminate the history of the place and tell the stories of the people who have lived and worked there. First built in 1643, wimpole hall has developed into the largest country house in cambridgeshire. The creation of wimpole hall as it appears today began in about 1640 when thomas chicheley began to build a new hall on the estate which his family had leased since 1428. Wimpole hall national trust guidebooks souden, david on. Successive designs for the park were prepared by charles bridgeman, robert greening, lancelot brown, william emes and humphry repton, who produced a red book for wimpole in 1801.

Situated to the north and south of this were three medieval villages. A story of wimpole hall written by wit hill about wimpole hall. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. At that time there was a moated manor house set in a small 81 hectares 200 acres deerpark. Historic development the creation of wimpole hall as it appears today began in c 1640 when thomas chicheley began to build a new hall on the estate which his family had leased since 1428.

The remains were extremely dense, representing several phases of changing land use over a few hundred years. Prior to this there had been a medieval moated manor house, just to the northwest of the present buildings. It is named after wimpole hall in cambridgeshire, the seat of edward harley, 2nd earl of oxford and earl mortimer 17 wimpole mews was the home of the osteopath stephen ward 19121963 in the early 1960s. A unique working estate owned by the national trust, which includes a grand mansion, home farm with rare breed animals, gardens and parkland. The owners of wimpole hall a quick guide through 550 years of big house history. Wimpole history festival 2021 june is a day out full of things to see and do, come and enjoy the hidden stories of the past with our interactive living history displays.