Name: AUDLEY END
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Les Simpson on Kirkby Lonsdale’s Devil’s Bridge – and the bikers who live thereSo glad to see that Kirkby Lonsdale council is hoping to restore "Ruskins' View. We have spent many happy hours in one of Englands' most beautiful villages and never missed the chance to visit. The local ales are excellent and contrary to some I have just read in this article,
marmeladegypsy on ApologyI'm glad everything is back in order. You must have been pulling your hair out. I know I'll be visiting and searching a lot as we prep for our October visit!
Jennie on The Castles of the Lune ValleyYou're welcome, Mike.
Peter's pondering on The Castles of the Lune ValleyThis was well worth waiting for Mike. I always get excited when hearing the words Motte and Bailey as it takes me back to school and one of the few subjects that really grabbed my attention. That, and the fact that these are in one of the most fabulous areas
John on ApologyThings happen, sometimes they are not fun.
joannerambling on The Castles of the Lune ValleyDue to me feeling like shit I only read bits here and there and enjoyed the photos, what I did read I liked as I will never get to visit such places in person
willedare on The Castles of the Lune ValleyThank you for another lovely armchair adventure, Mike! You know SUCH A LOT about British/European history!!!! So many different cultures have visited, conquered, settled down and then assimilated into what is now called Britain... And all the while the river Lune just keeps flowing along, bless it! I did what
Cynthia H Anderson on Was England born in Athelney?I enjoyed this. The Somerset dialect bit reads like Wm. Barnes poetry, which I have an old copy of.
Ida Tipping on ApologyTreasure your page
01mackem on The Castles of the Lune ValleyExcellent work as always, Mike. I know some of the Lune Valley (mainly in passing through it), and I have always thought that it was a lovely, unspoilt area. Perhaps on the back of your most interesting article, it's time that I did some actual exploration. Thanks for this, and

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Audley End is one of the largest Jacobean mansions in England, but is smaller now than when it was first built (1605-14) by Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk. It stands on the foundations of a Benedictine Abbey and is named for Sir Thomas Audley, Howard's grandfather, Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII, who was granted the abbey in 1538. It was briefly owned by Charles II. The 1st Baron Braybrooke commissioned Capability Brown to landscape the grounds and Robert Adam to design new reception rooms. It was sumptuously redecorated in Jacobean style in the 1820s. Now owned by English Heritage, highlights include the Staterooms, Nursery, Stables (complete with horses), Service Wing and Gardens.

Region/Nation

East of England

Location/Address

Off London Road
Saffron Walden

County

Essex

Post Code

CB11 4JF

Main Historic Period

Stuart

Useful Website Address

English Heritage listing

Tip/Nearby

Saffron Walden

Primary Management

English Heritage

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