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THE RESIDENCE 



EYDON HALL, 



NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. MR. T. WILKINSON HOLLAND. * 



THE county of Northampton is famed, as one writer 

 has said, lor its " spires .UK) squires." and has been 

 styled by old Not don " I lu- Herald's (iarden." SO 

 plentifully i it stored with county seats and the 

 .! the ^ro.it. They lie. indeed, upon 

 v hand, and are mn-tly notable in character, -,,; m - .t 

 them known in history, and n.t .1 1 1 w p.^e-Mim excellent 

 jarden attractions. Burghley and Althorp are perh.ips the 

 matt famous, but Castle Ashby and R.ickmnham are almost 

 as notable. At Milton they show the tree under which WoNey 

 sat; there is Dtayton, the home of the he Veres, the 

 Mordaunts, the (iermaines, and the Stopfords ; Apethorpe, 

 where Kirs J^mes met the youthful < \ . and 



many another old mansion and picturesque residence of the 

 ^ntlemen of Northamptonshire adornins that favoured shire. 

 The district in which Hydon Hall lies is als-, one full of 

 history. At Edgt-cote House, three or four miles ., 

 Queen Elizabeth stayed inAuyi:-!. 1572. anJ there Chatli- I.. 



with his two sons, was the -u. : ' N\r. i-tn Cliauiucv on 

 the ni-lit tvfore the battle of Ed^ehill. < >n nei-hNunn 

 hunsiiKHir. a -real battle was f..u:ht Ion- b fore betw.-en 

 the Saxons and haiu-s. in 014. and in <4<*). on the sime 

 spot, the.e was a san-uin.uy en-.i^-nu-nt Ivtween the 

 p.utisans of hdward IV. and a bojy of insurants, in 

 which the former were deteated, and the l-.nl "f 

 Pembroke with his two l-r-thers and e.^ht other ^e.itle 

 men captured and taken to Banbuvy to be beheaded. 

 Sul-ra\e and Wormleinhton. the ancient Iv-mes of the 

 Washin-t'-ns. are al-o in this neighbourhood, with main' 



other liistonc phu 



The visitor to Hydon Hall has there! .1 -leal t 



interest him in its surroundin-s. while the country itsel! is one 

 of singularly varied beauty, where the townsman would think 

 it pleasant' to rest or to wander. The seat ot Viscount 

 \ ntia, which is now occupied bv Mr. T. Wilkinson H II ind. 

 Stands 0:1 .1 -entle eminence to the south-east ot the anuent 



AN OLD GAKUtN. 



