Items matching manors taken from The Leisure Hour (1904)

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manors: stately homes; the home of the local lord in Feudal times, hence the lord of the manor; often manorhouses have become large farmhouses today.

Synonyms: manor-house, stately home

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Images and some text from The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading, 1904/5.

Individual images may or may not be out of copyright here; I cannot guarantee that I have it right, sorry.

Tyninghame on the Tyne

The Leisure Hour (1904)

“Tyninghame on the Tyne (Residence of the Earl of Haddington) “The glory of Tyninghame is its gardens and trees. Since the days of the sixth Earl of Haddington, the Lords of Tyninghame, the charming [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, trees

Places shown: Tyninghame; East Lothian; Scotland

Added: 2006-07-23

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Hobgoblin Hall

The Leisure Hour (1904)

A ruined hall, with cobwebs galore, a gothic mansion, a scene of death and decay, of neglect and ruin, a goth dream, perhaps the home of Victor or Victoria from the film Corpse Bride! “ “HOBGOBLIN HA [...]

Keywords: manors, wallpaper, backgrounds, ruins, spooky

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-05-24

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The Deceiver: Grania and Verney in the Garden

The Leisure Hour (1904)

Grania’s face was full of tenderness, and her eyes seemed to plead for pardon. The hands she held out to Verney trembled. “Verney Drake did not see his sister-in-law till late in the morning following [...]

Keywords: people, manors, ruins, romance, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-10-08

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