Comments on: Lady Amabel and Landscape Ornament at The Grove, Hertfordshire https://thefollyflaneuse.com/lady-amabel-and-landscape-ornament-at-the-grove-hertfordshire/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:41:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/lady-amabel-and-landscape-ornament-at-the-grove-hertfordshire/#comment-23599 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:41:16 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=5995#comment-23599 In reply to Amabel Richardson.

How lovely to hear from an Amabel. Thank you for getting in touch and sharing the history of your name. There’s another Amabel in the world of follies – Amabel Strachey who married Clough Williams Ellis, creator of Portmeirion and Plas Brondanw.

]]> By: Amabel Richardson https://thefollyflaneuse.com/lady-amabel-and-landscape-ornament-at-the-grove-hertfordshire/#comment-23583 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:29:32 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=5995#comment-23583 Thank you for the research that went into this story. I discovered Lady Amabel after visiting Wimpole Estate in Cambridge and am in a bit of a deep dive into her life, as I too am an Amabel – there are not many of us around! For the record, yes our name is pronounced like Annabel but with an M. According to an old baby name book, the name Mabel came from Amabel, and Annabel is an Americanisation.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/lady-amabel-and-landscape-ornament-at-the-grove-hertfordshire/#comment-12747 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:17:12 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=5995#comment-12747 In reply to Alan Knight.

Good evening Alan and thanks for taking the time to share your memories. The Grove today is a rather different place of Ferraris rather than follies, and it is very far from derelict. I can imagine how the abandoned site exercised your imagination as a child.

]]> By: Alan Knight https://thefollyflaneuse.com/lady-amabel-and-landscape-ornament-at-the-grove-hertfordshire/#comment-12745 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 17:31:48 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=5995#comment-12745 We are very fortunate to have access to such rich material on line, thank you.
The Grove and the Eggshell temple were part of our playground during the 1939 -45 War and the years following when the whole house and grounds were near derelict. It seemed to us a no-mans land of wonders especially the Round Temple which was incomprehensible to us, and the entrance lodges, and the Gate houses to Lady Capel’s Wharf.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/lady-amabel-and-landscape-ornament-at-the-grove-hertfordshire/#comment-10145 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:03:37 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=5995#comment-10145 In reply to Tony Cleaver.

Good morning Tony and many thanks for your comment, which I was delighted to receive.

]]> By: Tony Cleaver https://thefollyflaneuse.com/lady-amabel-and-landscape-ornament-at-the-grove-hertfordshire/#comment-10144 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:00:16 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=5995#comment-10144 In reply to Hazelle Jackson.

A fabulous read, as ever. Thank you so much. Tony

]]> By: Mrs Barbara Howard https://thefollyflaneuse.com/lady-amabel-and-landscape-ornament-at-the-grove-hertfordshire/#comment-10139 Sun, 09 Oct 2022 13:04:03 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=5995#comment-10139 In reply to Editor.

Thanks!

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/lady-amabel-and-landscape-ornament-at-the-grove-hertfordshire/#comment-10138 Sun, 09 Oct 2022 08:44:17 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=5995#comment-10138 In reply to Hazelle Jackson.

Hello Hazelle. I’m pleased to hear you enjoy the posts, and I appreciate you taking the time to let me know.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/lady-amabel-and-landscape-ornament-at-the-grove-hertfordshire/#comment-10137 Sun, 09 Oct 2022 08:43:17 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=5995#comment-10137 In reply to Barbara Howard.

Morning Barbara. I’ve always pronounced it in the same way as ‘Annabel’, but I am happy to be corrected if anyone knows differently.

]]> By: Hazelle Jackson https://thefollyflaneuse.com/lady-amabel-and-landscape-ornament-at-the-grove-hertfordshire/#comment-10136 Sun, 09 Oct 2022 07:55:30 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=5995#comment-10136 Fascinating stuff, as always. Hazelle.

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