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Course synopsis
This introductory course will look at the surviving physical remains relating to the manor houses and halls of North West England from the 12th to the 20th centuries. The course will look at sites in Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, and Lancashire, taking in lowland and upland areas, timber, brick, and stone built halls, and excavated sites. This ten-week course will cover the physical remains of the earliest halls from the Norman period and later medieval box-framed and cruck built halls, through the Great Rebuildings of the 16th and 17th centuries, to the rise of the country house in the 18th and 129th centuries and the decline halls in the face of industrialisation in more recent times. Specific halls covered will include: Newton Hall in Hyde; Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire; Smithills Hall in Bolton; OrdsallHall in Salford; Speke Hall in Merseyside; and Dunham Hall in Trafford.
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Book your place
| Time/Place | Price | Sessions | Quantity |
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Spring 2024/2025 Wednesdays, 19:00 - 21:00 | £158.40 | 10 |
About the teacher
Mike Nevell
I am a landscape, buildings, and industrial archaeologist and author. I have more than 30 years' experience in researching and writing about the archaeology of Britain, and have published...
