sherwood forest, thoresby park, the dukeries.: Thoresby Park / Thoresby Estate various photographs part 3.

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Thoresby Park / Thoresby Estate various photographs part 3.

Above: Strong winds bring down a tree in Perlethorpe Church graveyard. (2020). Below: Beautifully overgrown during the “lockdown” summer of 2020. Thoresby employs an excellent ecosystem for trimming the grass: sheep, which are yet to be deployed.

Above: The Cricket Pavilion. Thoresby had a long history of participating in cricket matches against local teams such as Ollerton, Worksop, Welbeck, Nottingham, etc. The earliest known reference to the team comes from a Church Newsletter dated 1890, which mentions a concert being held in April of that year in order to raise funds. Certainly, in the 1950s / early 1960s, the game still thrived here.

Above: Seemingly used today to house farm machinery, the Deer Hutt was originally intended to shelter and feed the park’s deer during the winter months.

Thoresby photos 1 on THIS LINK.

Thoresby photos 2 on THIS LINK.

Below: Perlethorpe lockdown during the pandemic of 2020.

Labels: Perlethorpe, Perlethorpe Church, Thoresby, Thoresby Estate

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Thoresby Hall Hotel, Sherwood Forest and Clumber Park are recommended attractions for a day trip or short vacation. The Dukeries area is of keen historic interest. NOTE: Apart from public domain postcards and brochures ALL photographs herein are copyright Ian Gordon Craig, exclusive permission granted to Thoresby Estate for their use elsewhere.

Thoresby Hall as photographed Summer 2009, now a successful Warners Hotel.

Robert Pierrepont (1584 - 1643), 1st Earl of Kingston upon Hull, bought Thoresby for his second son William.

Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont (1825 - 1900), 3rd Earl Manvers, built the present Thoresby Hall, St John's Church, Perlethorpe School, and generally shaped Thoresby Estate as it looks today.

The 4th Earl Manvers (Died 1926).

Countess Manvers (d.1984). Examples of her paintings are always on show at Thoresby Gallery.

ABOVE: The statue of Robin Hood in the courtyard at Thoresby Hall, by Tussaud - Birt, is showing its age, but remains one of my favourites. The Art Gallery, crafts shops, and restaurant within that courtyard are recommended.

ABOVE: One of the original gas lamps which illuminated the St John's Church Gates, Perlethorpe.

Carved oak fireplace in the Thoresby Hall library with its depiction of the Major Oak (Robin Hood's Tree), and the screen featuring the Cromwell family. Oliver Cromwell is known to have stayed in Thoresby Hall before the English Civil War.

The Green Bridge sited near the edge of the cricket pavilion in front of Thoresby Hall across which the Duke's carriage would take him to Perlethorpe Village.

The view along Thoresby Lake towards Budby. Are these bricks at the water's edge remnants from the original Thoresby Hall?

The River Meden winds its way from 7 Ton Bridge near Thoresby Hall towards Perlethorpe Village.

Budby Castle, once known as William Castle, and the River Meden winding towards Thoresby Lake under the remains of Pierrepont Bridge, once described as classical and elegant.

Children's exercise book from the school, 1958.

CREDITS: Jack Williamson spent his entire life on Thoresby Estate, becoming the head sawyer in the Woodyard's sawmill where I observed him regularly. His 1980 booklet of reminiscences, though short of exact dates, was a useful source of information. As were C. A. Bollans' "Thoresby Park" notes, especially relating to Perlethorpe School where he was the headmaster of from 1964 until its closure. I lived on Thoresby Estate for the first 13 formative years of my life.

Perlethorpe Church graveyard, where the original chapel once stood. The covered gate was a later addition in memorium to the men of Budby and Thoresby who fell in World War 1.

Robin Hood's Tree, the Major Oak, was once under the care and supervision of Thoresby Estate. Responsibility for its upkeep changed to Nottingham City Council c.1969. Here it is pictured in in Spring, Autumn, and Winter.

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