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AuthorTopic: The original castle (Read 226 times)
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Re: The original castle
« Result #1 on May 28, 2009, 7:51am »		[Quote]
Orrrrrrrrrr, knock down all the new housing and roads built in Elvaston and Alvaston from 1980 onwards and put back all the fields and wildlife to how they were, please yourself whether you move the tenants out first :P
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« Result #2 on May 28, 2009, 7:47am »		[Quote]
And now fenced off with timber ???
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Re: The original castle
« Result #3 on May 11, 2009, 8:37pm »		[Quote]
Badly needed housing are you having a laugh !!!,we need to save this lovely place and grounds get it restored to it former glory and enjoy some history !
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AuthorTopic: why dont they do the right thing (Read 176 times)
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Re: why don't they do the right thing
« Result #4 on Apr 13, 2009, 11:30pm »		[Quote]
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Dear Elvaston Castle

This email is regarding the Owls of Elvaston Castle. I think that the castle is really good because that last time I went there I really enjoyed myself. Until I saw the Owls section. To see the Owls tied to chains that just broke me heart and also made me cry. It is just like someone putting a chain on us and saying that we can not walk the thing that we do best. Owls they are endangered birds and tyeing a chain so that i can not fly. Or instead of doing that you could get some enclosures to put the Owls in instead. And people will still be able to see what beautiful birds they are. This email is also regarding the hawk that was there as well.

Well i hope that you could take one of my suggestions that is better four all of us and the owls and hawks.

From A Sweet Caring 11 Year Old

Nefisa Hylton
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« Result #5 on Feb 13, 2009, 6:50am »		[Quote]
hello to you all
the English garden was once the green houses.and the statue plinth at the bottom of the gardens was from derby river gardens.
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Re: The original castle
« Result #6 on Feb 8, 2009, 5:08pm »		[Quote]
Thanks Danny, but the estate dates back to the 11th century. Was there an actual medieval castle built in the estate back then? I'd be very grateful if someone could let me know.
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« Result #7 on Dec 20, 2008, 8:51pm »		[Quote]
Those plans are probably in the pipeline at this very moment!
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Re: The original castle
« Result #8 on Dec 20, 2008, 2:44pm »		[Quote]
Its about time they bull dozed the house and built some "badly-needed" cheap housing for the single Mothers and homeless immigrants.
If only someone,could see this would make sense. :)
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« Result #9 on Aug 18, 2008, 7:31pm »		[Quote]
Originally built in 1633, it was redesigned by James Wyatt in the early 1800s for the 3rd Earl of Harrington and further modifications were made in the 1830s by the architect Lewis Nockalls Cottingham.

In 1968, the estate was sold by the then Earl of Harrington to Derbyshire County Council. This coincided with the Countryside Act of the same year which proposed the creation of "country parks" "for the enjoyment of the countryside by the public".

The council opened the estate to the public in 1970 and have operated it since then, as Elvaston Castle Country Park.

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The original castle
« Result #10 on Aug 18, 2008, 9:35am »		[Quote]
Hello,

I've just been reading about the history of the castle online and had no idea that the original building was erected in the 11th century.

Does anyone have any more details about the original castle? Was it just a motte and bailey affair or something grander?

Many thanks.
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