Name/Title
Lifestyle Magazine Article on Burton Agnes HallEntry/Object ID
2014.013.0225Description
This is an article from December 2011 that Hope saved that has connections to her ancestral family of Cunliffe.The estate itself is over four hundred years old with three thousand acres and is located in East Yorkshire. Burton Agnes Hall sits next to the remains of an Norman manor house that had been built in 1173. Along with the couple and their three children is a staff of fifty who help maintain the tourism side of things.
The article itself shares of an interview with the the family who are custodians as opposed to owners on the estate. The husband named Simon Cunliffe-Lister inherited the land from his cousin named Marcus Wickham-Boynton. in 1977, Marcus handed the estate to a charitable trust that guaranteed it's protection and future upkeep while also allowing future generations to live there. The architect of the hall was a Robert Smythson; a master mason to Queen Elizabeth I.Collection
Hope Grace Research CollectionLocation
Container
Hope Grace Collection, Box 7Table
Archives 2 Work TableRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Simon Cunliffe-Lister, Marcus Wickham-BoytonRelated Places
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* Untyped Place
Yorkshire, England