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Eyam Hall
Eyam Hall is a Jacobean style Manor House located in the centre of the village, near to the the church and just behind the row of cottages where the plague started in 1665.
Thomas Wright, the second son of William Wright, built the house in 1671.
The house began life as a wedding present for Thomas's son, John Wright and his new wife Elizabeth.
It has been in the Wright family ever since that time and currently for eleven generations.
The historic house is an unspoilt example of a gritstone Jacobean manor house.
The National Trust took on the lease of Eyam Hall in 2012 and opened it to the public in 2013. The lease comes to an end in January 2018.
Due to the considerable costs involved in running a property like this the Trust has decided not to renew the lease and the house will be handed back to the Wright family who will manage the house thereafter.
The house will revert back to being a family home but it will still be open to the public for 30 days each year.
Scullery
Askham Bog is remarkable survivor of the ancient fenlands of Yorkshire. It occupies the site of an ancient lake, left behind by a retreating glacier 15,000 years ago - the low hill to the south of the Bog, along which the A64 road runs, is the terminal moraine from that glacier.
Since Roman times it has been used by local communities as a source of peat for fuel, resulting in a mosaic of habitats and a legacy of ditches, probably originally used for peat extraction.
The edges of the Bog are kept base-rich by water draining from the moraine and harbour the greatest diversity of plants and insects, including marsh orchids, marsh violet and meadow thistle. The colony of gingerbread sedge in Far Wood is the largest in England and some of the royal ferns are huge and probably very old.
The site was once renowned for water beetles and though some rare species still occur, many were lost when the adjacent Challoner's Whin was used as a municipal dumping ground early in the 20th Century. However, the moth fauna is still exceptional, with rare species such as the fen square-spot. Birds are abundant, including woodcock, buzzard, willow and marsh tits, grasshopper and reed warblers. In winter huge twittering flocks of goldfinch, lesser redpoll and siskin feed on birch and alder seeds. Roe deer and foxes are seen regularly and the pond is a great place to watch water voles, while overhead many dragonflies including the spectacular emperor can be seen on warm summer days.
In 1946, the Bog was purchased by the famous sweet manufacturers Francis Terry and Arnold Rowntree and the Yorkshire Naturalists' (now Wildlife) Trust was formed to receive it as a gift: Askham Bog therefore holds a special place in the history of nature conservation in Yorkshire.
Decades of active management, including cutting meadows for hay and grazing by Exmoor ponies, have restored its biodiversity.
Seen at Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre, Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. 14/05/2019
My first experience of Dog’s Trust was when I first visited the Kenilworth and fell in love with a 4 year old Bull Mastiff x Rhodesian Ridgeback called Primrose.
Since adopting her on the 4th September 2011, Primrose has proved to be a complete dream to own. It really does show that if you give a Rescue dog the stable and loving home environment that it so truly deserves, it will most definitely repay you with a loving, loyal companion who supplies you with endless amounts of fun and a constant smile! I also have Primrose to thank for the dream job that I have now – if I’d have never visited Kenilworth centre that day, I would never have found out about the new site they were building in Loughborough.
It really is true what they say about a dog being for life. Owning a dog isn’t just about giving a dog a home to live in! It’s about friendship and communication and giving you something to wake up for each morning. I can honestly say that since adopting Primrose I’ve had some of the most enjoyable times of my life - with many, many more to come!
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Photo shoot @ Uppcon 2011
Felt to do something different from other photos :3
A National Trust property just north of York.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/beningbrough-hall-gallery-and-ga...
Packwood House is a timber-framed Tudor manor house near Lapworth, Warwickshire. Owned by the National Trust since 1941, the house is a Grade I listed building. It has a wealth of tapestries and fine furniture, and is known for the garden of ancient yews.
History
The house began as a modest timber-framed farmhouse constructed for John Fetherston between 1556 and 1560. The last member of the Fetherston family died in 1876.[3] In 1904, and the house was purchased by Birmingham industrialist Alfred Ash.[4] It was inherited by Graham Baron Ash (Baron in this case being a name not a title) in 1925,[3] who spent the following two decades creating a house of Tudor character. He purchased an extensive collection of 16th- and 17th-century furniture, some obtained from nearby Baddesley Clinton. The great barn of the farm was converted into a Tudor-style hall with sprung floor for dancing, and was connected to the main house by the addition of a Long Gallery in 1931.[5]
In 1941, Ash donated the house and gardens to the National Trust in memory of his parents but continued to live in the house until 1947 when he moved to Wingfield Castle.[6]
Gardens
The famous Yew Garden containing over 100 trees was laid out in the mid-17th century by John Fetherston, the lawyer. The clipped yews are supposed to represent "The Sermon on the Mount". Twelve great yews are known as the "Apostles" and the four big specimens in the middle are 'The Evangelists'. A tight spiral path lined with box hedges climbs a hummock named "The Mount". The single yew that crowns the summit is known as "The Master". The smaller yew trees are called "The Multitude" and were planted in the 19th century to replace an orchard.
The Yew Garden is entered by raised steps and a wrought-iron gate. The garden path follows an avenue of trees, which leads up a spiral hill[1] where a wooden seat is placed beneath a yew tree. This vantage point provides views of the house and the Yew Garden.[5]
Some of the yews at Packwood are taller than 50 feet (15 m).[7] The soil on the estate has a high level of clay, which is detrimental to the trees during wet periods. As a result, parts of the garden are often closed to the public while restoration work is undertaken[7] The house and gardens are open to the public throughout the whole year as of 2013.
I was so scared I cried... First time I've ever cried out of fear. Funny thing was I intended to follow it through and wouldn't back out.
Birthday card from the ex---would've been sweet if he hadn't decided less than 2 months later that he didn't want to marry me anymore. A little too ironic, I think.
Images from the two night dinner event for Trust America with Jeb Bush. Joel Silverman Photography, serving the Denver Metro area.
Iqbal Said, Chairman, Indonesian Trade Union Confederation, Indonesia, in Trust or Bust? at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 20, 2015. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Fon Thanachaiary
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Our middle cat, TJ must be the most curious feline on the planet. He investigates everything, and wants to see firsthand whatever is going on in our house. He's a good companion to me and my husband, and follows us around and asks to see and smell anything we touch. But when it comes to other people, TJ has no interest. He positively hates when we have guests in our home. He instantly runs and hides and stays hidden until the guests leave, no matter how long that takes. As soon as they are gone, TJ reappears as if nothing has happened.
Except for Bert. Our friend Bert has this mysterious relationship with TJ that no other human besides my husband and I have ever experienced. TJ simply loves Bert, and trusts Bert to be gentle with him and give him quality loving when he visits us.
I captured these pics of Bert and TJ in our hallway on New Year's Eve. TJ had been hiding under the guest room bed, but when he realized it was Bert in the hallway, he came out to greet him and rub his legs, as if to say "Long time no see, buddy!". And I just had to capture the special moment with my camera.
The trust has over forty charities including the Oxford University "seat" of the Carroll Chair of Irish History the US Capitol Hill Historical Society in conjuction with the Carroll Institute and the Leap Castle Trust County Offaly Ireland. The HM Queen Elizabeth II Gerald Carroll charitable interests including the Royal Society of Portrait Painters together with the HRH Prince of Wales Prince's Trust.
The embers are raked across the pit to create an even bed with no flames. The participants gather outside after 2 hours of instruction, motivation and group bonding.
George Dunlop of Aberbrothock Skea Trust presented a cheque for £2,000 to Arbroath Volunteer centre in October, 2010. From left were - Michael Crighton, Andrew Morton, George Dunlop, Edward Ferris and Lydia Banks.
I was drinking coffee with Abby yesterday and the postman arrived. Elsie clambered on to the large basket by the window whilst Abby dealt with the post. Then, Abby encouraged Elsie to jump into her arms. Usually Elsie is picked up and swirled round, but this jump required Elsie to trust her mother to catch her before being whirled through the air. By the time I had my camera ready they were on jump 2 or 3 . . . there were about 8 in all. This little series is of the moments in between the jumps