Hardwick Hall

  • Favourite Historical Visits of 2019

    Favourite Historical Visits of 2019

    Happy New Year! And as well, happy new decade! I’m excited to get researching and blogging for the year and have lots of ideas – but I wanted to start off the year by looking back at some of my favourite historical sites I’ve visited in 2019… Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton I’ve loved Jane read more

  • Dynastic Strategist, Architectural Patroness and Businesswoman: Bess of Hardwick

    Dynastic Strategist, Architectural Patroness and Businesswoman: Bess of Hardwick

    Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury by Unknown Artist, probably 17th century based on a work c.1590, oil on canvas (on display Montacute House, NPG 203) Elizabeth Talbot, or, as she is more commonly known, Bess of Hardwick, was born into a Derbyshire gentry family that became increasingly impoverished and subjected her childhood to hardships, but read more

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