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Hatfield & the North: Alex Maguire; at the Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton. 25 September 2005
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Tea * Teabags in paper cups
Cakes * Awful pre-packaged rubbish. This is sad because home made cakes were formerly available here. No doubt National Trust bureaucracy demands that cakes shouild be wrapped in plastic and not baked locally. On the positive side, very good chips and hot pasties are served
Location **** Superb lakeside location
Ambience ****Friendly staff and fast service.
St Andrew, Hatfield Peverel, Essex
Locked, no keyholder notice. I was expecting this. It is known as a fortress.
Hatfield Peverel is a large housing estate dumped in the middle of nowhere. As soon as you step off the train, you know you are no longer in East Anglia. This is the South-East, the part of Essex indistinguishable from Kent.
The church is actually in the grounds of the Hall, but the estate has gathered itself around. The church is of little interest, except that it contains a number of 14th Century monuments and also some continental glass. It was the nave of a much larger priory church.
There was a car parked by the church, and when I looked through the glass of the porch I saw that the inner door was open and someone inside was arranging flowers! How mean-spirited! This probably tells you all you need to know about Hatfield Peverel. Fortunately, it was my last taste of inhospitality for some hours.
No doubt they will moan if they ever get a break-in. Basically a posh private venue for their Sunday club.
Hatfield House
The home of the 7th Marquess and Marchioness of Salisbury and their family.
The Estate has been in the Cecil family for 400 years.
In 1611, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, and the son of Lord Burghley, the chief minister of Elizabeth I built this fine Jacobean House adjoining the site of the Old Palace of Hatfield.
The deer park surrounding the house, and the older building of the Old Palace, had been owned Henry VIII who had used it as a home for his children, Edward, Elizabeth and Mary. It was while she was living in the Old Palace, in 1558, that Elizabeth learned of her accession to the throne.
The House was splendidly decorated for entertaining the Royal Court, with State Rooms rich in paintings, fine furniture and tapestries.
Superb examples of Jacobean craftsmanship, such as the Grand Staircase with its fine carving, and the rare stained glass window in the private chapel can be seen throughout the house .
www.hatfield-house.co.uk/house-park-garden/history
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield_House
The Stable Yard
Now used as a retail and refreshment area.
www.hatfield-house.co.uk/stable-yard-shops
www.hatfield-house.co.uk/your-visit/food-and-shopping-at-...
Hatfield House - originally built around a quadrangle, three sides were demolished when the New Palace was built. Fortunately, this part remains. It contains the Great Hall. It is not open to the public (except for a look in from a doorway). It is available for hire and they hold touristy medieval banquets there. I don't believe peacock or swan is on the menu, though.
The Hatfield-McCoy Monument in Ransom, Kentucky twist like the Tug Fork, with markers placed chronologically, representing both sides of the feud.
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Believing the weather forecast on the internet more than on the TV I decided to head for Hatfield Moors again, but much earlier.
Sadly 30 miles into my journey I realised that I had messed up again - the camera was still at home! I decided to turn back would mean arriving too late after what I had learnt last week. So I kept going and arrived around 0805.
For the first time I had taken my 'new' Iphone with me so was able to at least get record shots - the first time I had tried the camera on the phone.
For this scenic view the result was acceptable.
Hatfield House
The home of the 7th Marquess and Marchioness of Salisbury and their family.
The Estate has been in the Cecil family for 400 years.
In 1611, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, and the son of Lord Burghley, the chief minister of Elizabeth I built this fine Jacobean House adjoining the site of the Old Palace of Hatfield.
The deer park surrounding the house, and the older building of the Old Palace, had been owned Henry VIII who had used it as a home for his children, Edward, Elizabeth and Mary. It was while she was living in the Old Palace, in 1558, that Elizabeth learned of her accession to the throne.
The House was splendidly decorated for entertaining the Royal Court, with State Rooms rich in paintings, fine furniture and tapestries.
Superb examples of Jacobean craftsmanship, such as the Grand Staircase with its fine carving, and the rare stained glass window in the private chapel can be seen throughout the house .
www.hatfield-house.co.uk/house-park-garden/history
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield_House
The North Front Main Entrance
St Mary, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex
I cycled on forestwards, and ahead of me on a hill suddenly appeared a dramatic church tower, the houses falling away below it, thickets of dark trees beyond. I climbed to a delightful village, its main street lined by grand 18th and 19th Century buildings, and a pub at each end. It reminded me of Dedham. Halfway between the pubs was the church. A magnificent building - despite it being in the Jenkins book I wasn't prepared for how splendid it is. It is just the former nave of a vast Benedictine church, bankrolled by the de Veres. The splendour of the interior is partly due to a multitude of 18th Century furnishings - there is a feel of a smaller, simpler Walpole St Peter - after which the most famous feature, the stone effigy of a de Vere as a crusading knight, comes as something of a disappointment. This is the kind of church you can't be alone in, and a couple of people I spoke to were very friendly. This was the first church of the day that I thought I really must come back to. And then I veered eastwards from the forest entering the emptiest and most remote area of Essex. No villages for miles, just hamlets, fields and the occasional farmstead.
The geat hall, sole remaining part of the original Hatfield Palace where Elizabeth I held her first councel meeting after hearing of her becoming queen.
The remaining part of the palace was demolished for building Hatfield House, the newer manor house build by Robert Cecil.
Hatfield & the North: Richard Sinclair, Alex Maguire, Phil Miller; at the Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton. 25 September 2005
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St Mary, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex
I cycled on forestwards, and ahead of me on a hill suddenly appeared a dramatic church tower, the houses falling away below it, thickets of dark trees beyond. I climbed to a delightful village, its main street lined by grand 18th and 19th Century buildings, and a pub at each end. It reminded me of Dedham. Halfway between the pubs was the church. A magnificent building - despite it being in the Jenkins book I wasn't prepared for how splendid it is. It is just the former nave of a vast Benedictine church, bankrolled by the de Veres. The splendour of the interior is partly due to a multitude of 18th Century furnishings - there is a feel of a smaller, simpler Walpole St Peter - after which the most famous feature, the stone effigy of a de Vere as a crusading knight, comes as something of a disappointment. This is the kind of church you can't be alone in, and a couple of people I spoke to were very friendly. This was the first church of the day that I thought I really must come back to. And then I veered eastwards from the forest entering the emptiest and most remote area of Essex. No villages for miles, just hamlets, fields and the occasional farmstead.