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Rufford Old Hall is in Rufford, Lancashire.
Around 1520 Rufford Old Hall [Map] was commissioned by the Hesketh family.
In 1662 a brick-built extension was added to Rufford Old Hall [Map] at right angles to the great hall.
Around 1820 a third wing was added to Rufford Old Hall [Map].
Rufford Old Hall Great Hall, Lancashire, North-West England, British Isles
Doorway and carving in the Great Hall at Rufford Old Hall.
bay window with fine leading in the Great Hall at Rufford Old Hall.
Fireplace in the Great Hall at Rufford Old Hall.
The Great Hall at Rufford Old Hall [Map] is the central part of an H-shaped structure which originally had two wings. It is an example of Tudor hammerbeam construction, richly carved and broadly proportioned.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Around 1530. Bog oak screen in the Great Hall at Rufford Old Hall.
Collection of armour in the Great Hall at Rufford Old Hall.
Statues in the Gardens of Rufford Old Hall Great Hall.
