Worsley New Hall

Worsley New Hall is a landed estate and former mansion by the Bridgewater Canal in the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England.

Worsley New Hall, designed by Edward Blore, was built in 1846 for Francis Egerton the First Earl of Ellesmere. The plans are held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Queen Victoria visited the hall in 1851 and 1857; Edward VII and Queen Alexandra visited when Edward was Prince of Wales in 1869, and on 6 July 1909.[1] The hall was used as a hospital in World War I and in World War II housed Dunkirk evacuees, American soldiers preparing for D-Day and the Lancashire Fusiliers. In 1943 the hall was badly damaged by fire and demolished in 1949.[2]

RHS

In October 2015 it was announced that the Royal Horticultural Society would renovate the 156-acre garden at Worsley New Hall, which includes a 10-acre walled kitchen garden, with a planned opening date of 2019, under the brand name RHS Garden Bridgewater.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ University of Salford: History of the Hall
  2. ↑ "Plans to bring Worsley Hall back to life". BBC News. 13 January 2012.
  3. ↑ https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/blogs/RHS-Gardens/new-rhs-garden-announced
  4. ↑ Salford's in bloom as Worsley New Hall set to be transformed into £30m national garden

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