Speke Hall is located in Speke, Liverpool in England.
The hall was built in 1530, the Great Hall being the first part to be constructed. There were earlier buildings on the site of Speke Hall and it is believed […]

Hellens Manor House is located in Ledbury, Herefordshire in England.

The de Balun family was granted the manor house in 1096. It was then passed through to the Mortimer family by marriage followed by the […]

Michelham Priory is located in Upper Dicker, East Sussex in England.

Gilbert d’Aquila founded the Priory of the Holy Trinity in 1229. Originally the building was in the shape of a cross with the Chapter house […]

Preston Manor is located in Preston, Sussex in England.
During the Domesday survey of 1086 it is believed that Preston had a manor house with a simple timber-framed structure but no trace of it exists today. In […]

As a child he was, and still is, an amiable type of person. Easy-going and always with a smile on his face. Willing to help others when possible. As a teenager, a lover of sports. Himself a great football player and wrestler. In fact, it was while he was still in high school that we found [...]

Bolebroke Castle is located in Hartfield, East Sussex in England. The Castle was built around 1480 and is thought to be one of the earliest brick-built buildings in Sussex. King Henry 8th used Bolebroke Castle as a hunting lodge when he hunted in Ashdown Forest located nearby for wild boar and venison. It was from [...]

Somerleyton Hall is located in Lowestoft, Suffolk in England. Somerleyton Hall stands on the site of an earlier building which was erected in 1240 by Sir Peter Fitzosbert. When Peter’s daughter married into the Jernegan family, the male heirs of the of the Fitzosbert family were no more and the estate was passed over to the [...]

Thetford Forest is located in Thetford, Suffolk in England. The forest was created after the first world war to provide a reserve of timber as the country had lost so much oak and other slow growing trees during the war. Thetford Forest is managed by the Forestry Commission. Reported Paranormal Activity There have been reports of [...]

Shugborough Hall is located in Great Haywood, Staffordshire in England. In 1693 the construction of Shugborough Hall had begun, replacing the earlier building which had stood there previously by William Anson. In around 1748 Williams great-grandson, Thomas Anson hired an architect named Thomas Wright to remodel and extend the hall. During the 18th…[Read more]

Sinai House is located in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire in England. The Saxons used the local area as a stronghold. The building which stands today replaced an earlier fortified manor of the de Schobenhale family. The de Schobenhale family held courts and trials in the manor house and had a strong influence and generally ran the [...]

Tamworth Castle is located in Tamworth, Staffordshire in England. It is thought that Tamworth Castle was originally a Motte and Bailey which was built around 1070 by Robert le Dispenser. When Robert died he had no children to pass his estate onto, so his property was left to his brother’s daughters, one of whom was named [...]

Tutbury Castle is located in Tutbury, Staffordshire in England. Hugh d’ Avranches was granted Tutbury in 1068. Between 1068 and 1069 Tutbury Castle was built in the form of a Motte and Bailey. In 1071 Tutbury was granted to Henry de Ferrers. The town of Tutbury was recorded in the Domesday Book as the third [...]

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Theatre Royal is located in Bath, Somerset in England. George Trim built the Theatre Royal in 1705. The theatre was very small and cramped. It made very little to no profit. The theatre was demolished in 1738 to make room for the Mineral Water Hospital. Some plays were held in the Simpsons rooms in the [...]

Moreton Corbet Castle is located in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire in England. The castle was first established by the Toret family in the 1100′s. The castle remained within the Toret family until 1239 when it was passed over to the Corbet family through marriage who still owns the castle to this day. It is thought that [...]

Lilleshall Abbey is located in Telford, Shropshire in England. The abbey was built during the 12th century, founded by Richard de Belmeis. Richard settled a group of Arrouasian (later know as Augustinian) Canons at the site in 1148. The abbey was visited twice in the mid 12th century by King Henry 3rd. Farmland, watermills and properties gained [...]

Shrewsbury Railway Station is located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire in England. The station was originally built in October 1848 by an architect named Thomas Penson. Thomas made the building look like it was from the Tudor period to match Shrewsbury School which is directly opposite to the station. Today the school is now a library. Between 1899 [...]

Ironbridge Power Station is located in Shropshire in England. The first part of the power station ( Ironbridge A) was built in 1929 and officially opened in 1932 by an Architect named Alan Clark and a Landscape Architect named Kenneth Booth. The two men worked together to ensure that the power station blended into its [...]