Comments on: Independence Day: The Arch, Parlington Park, Aberford, West Yorkshire.

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 19 Dec 2020 11:03:23 +0000

In reply to Jane Padfield. Thanks for mentioning this. Brian has been a great help with my posts on Parlington, and I too enjoyed this talk and would recommend it.

By: Jane Padfield

Jane Padfield — Sat, 19 Dec 2020 09:57:24 +0000

There is a very interesting online talk by Brian Hull about the lost lake at Parlington on the Leeds Civic Trust website, first broadcast as part of this year’s Heritage Open Days

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:29:48 +0000

In reply to Grace Ellis. Hello Grace. Yes the modern history of the Magna Carta is fascinating. Did you see the exhibition at the British Library a few years ago? If not, I can recommend the catalogue. Dr Alex Lock, who discovered the Pevsner connection, is a major contributor.

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:28:04 +0000

In reply to Susan Kellerman. Thanks Susan. Yes, the 'amateur' drawing was clearly an important step in the process towards the final design.

By: Grace Ellis

Grace Ellis — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 12:50:00 +0000

In reply to Susan Kellerman.

Re copies of Magna Carta – The Lincoln cathedral copy of Magna Carta – 1 of 4 in Britain was in
USA in 1939 for the New York world fair – it was decided to keep it there for safety during the war – it was kept in Fort Knox till after the war – Churchill I believe was of a mind to donate it to USA as a national gesture of thanks – but in fact it was returned to Lincoln in 1946 – is now in specially designed vault in Lincoln Castle grounds – see link
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/magna-carta-muse-and-mentor/magna-carta-comes-to-america.html

By: Susan Kellerman

Susan Kellerman — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 15:31:44 +0000

There were strong elements of rebellion and anti-government sentiment in both Sir Thomas and his father, Sir Edward, who left England in 1743 and spent his remaining years in France.
An account of Sir Edward’s creation of the early C18 landscape (1718-43) at Parlington, and discussion of his reasons for this self-imposed exile, based on his personal accounts and journals, can be found in the Garden History journal (47/2), 2019:
Susan Kellerman, ‘ “A.M.D.G. An Account of what Plantations and other Improvements I have made in ye Lands at Large”: An Early Eighteenth-Century Planter at Parlington.’
It is interesting that the circular or oval mouldings suggested on the early ‘amateur’ design (perhaps by Thomas himself) have returned in the built version, replacing the more detailed rectangular projections on Leverton’s drawing.