Julie, my father was president of the men's garden club. He loved his roses; it was our special time together as father/daughter, trimming, cutting roses in the mornings. Your video is a delight.
Lady Faith's letter had me in tears. As an American, what we consider old really isn't. But both my family homes that had been in the families for over a hundred years were sold when the grandmothers either died or became too infirmed to live alone. None of the children lived in the area anymore. When I visit that town, I drive by and sit and look, and remember. And I always weep.
I really feel for you. Isn't it poignant, when you think of what our ancestors experienced, and the fact that time separates us from the very ones without whom we would not be here.
I’m in tears as well , what a beautiful and poignant letter and wow, he only just found it as well … Julie you have such a kind and caring heart …thank you so much for yet another fabulous video .
3-8-22 U.S.A. I greatly enjoyed learning about the history of Rockingham Castle, and its connection to your family. Lady Faith's letter was an incredible discovery. It brought back memories of the house my siblings and I grew up in. Although not as grand or beautiful as your family's estate, I felt great sadness when my father sold it due to retirement and relocation. My parents had owned it for 35 years, and it was the scene of many large family gatherings during the holidays. I remember walking through the empty house by myself, knowing that when I locked the door and closed it, I would never walk through its doors again. The word home conjures up many feelings and emotional attachments. After all of these years, the sense of loss that your family experienced as a result of selling their beautiful home is clearly still felt. I'm so glad that you are able to maintain a connection with it through a shared history with Rockingham Castle.
Hi, new here commenting but an have been watching for a few months. I must say, I’m learning more here than in a history class and that’s not to take away from any instructors. It’s to say thank you to UA-cam and your channels for introducing exquisite instruction of the history of English culture while detailing and connecting for us the entire family lineage. Your channel adds the personal background we ordinarily would not see. I took took my husbands background and learned as much as I could so I relate to what you are doing and creating. I look forward to watching more and catching up on the other channels. Thank you.
This was wonderful. I’m glad you found more of your family history. That rose garden is stunning. What a beautiful place to get married when they are in bloom. I love this series.
So glad you are doing extended episodes on Rockingham. Each one adds so much! What a place to live! Thank you all for all your efforts to make these as interesting and enjoyable. Looking forward to the next one!
Really looking forward to the visit to Hinchingbrooke! Your emotional response was so appropriate to the letter. Many would react the same way to their ancestral homes.
I love the part about Faith and Michael and Hinchingbrooke! So very moving! Lovely! I'm sure your roses will bloom and will do well! You were transplanted into England and YOU flourished and your roses will, also! Wonderful video! ❤️
WHILE WATCHING THIS VIDEO AND HEARING SUCH A TOUCHING LETTER I WENT THROUGH TWO HANDKERCHIEFS AND BOTH OF MY SWEATER SLEEVES. THESE VIDEO SHARES JUST GET BETTER AND BETTER. THANK YOU!
Wow Julie what an amazing connection to E.M Foster and Howard’s End one of my favourite books. That letter absolutely broke my heart. How amazing thanks so much for sharing!
What an exceptionally informative segment on the rose garden. How interesting. I love the cardboard pot idea for getting the roses started. The beautiful letter regarding the family home Hintchingbrooke. EE Forrester is one of my favorite period author. Thanks Julie for a truly wonderful episode.
Dean is marvelous! I loved they way he shared his knowledge of the gardens! Basil is wonderful! I could listen to him for hours!! The letter is amazing! I'm so glad you read it to us! What a beautiful chapel. Love from Vermont
My absolute favourite Montagu is Mary Wortley-Montagu! She lead fascinating life in the Ottoman Empire in the early 18th C, was a great writer and introduced small pox innoculation into Britain! She was married to a grandson of the 1st earl of sandwich, so didn’t have any ties to hinchingbrooke per se, but was, generally, a total badass.
So neat and your family letters touching, family homes hold a special piece of us. Can’t wait for when you and your Father in law video and walk down memory lane. ❤️🇺🇸
I just love all your videos. How sincere you are to learn about your husband's family & roots! You always make me smile & laugh because you are so down to earth, kinda like Princess Diana. You are royalty but with the human factor! I just adore your channel & love to learn new things right along with you!
A church is a building, but rather than a magical feeling within, to me it’s a spiritual feeling. I’ve really enjoyed this series and look forward to your visit to Hinchingbrooke.
I always look forward to your updated and videos. In your capable hands, the Hitchingbrook family is safe and secure. Our British cousins are blessed to have you with them.
Hearing You Read that Family Letter about the Loss of Hinchingbrooke House, was so Heart💔Breaking, &. Incredibly Enlightening at the same time Julie.😌 Love both your Channels, Keep up the Wonderful Work.🥰
I’ve just found you and enjoying watching a few episodes. I know I will be catching up and truly enjoying each and every one of them. Thank you. From New Hope, Pennsylvania
How special, how dear, that you were able to capture on video the living history that continues through you and Luke, as you were able to hear the words from another who, like you, understood the meaning of place.
Has it ever been discussed putting the historical draperies that hang in Mapperton in a museum type setting (one of the many rooms on site where people could see them on tour) where the draperies are treated so they do not decay any further? Like the clothes that were recovered from the Titanic were done.
You could then put new draperies (copies of what is there) that would enhance the beauty while keeping forever the original ones from decaying further. Seems like it would be a win, win situation. Just a thought for ensuring the historical pieces for the future.🥰
I found the information on how to replant new roses in old soil really interesting. I’d love to know if it worked or not. Also the family history was a real find but very sad. Did she lose her sons in the war?
Oh, my, the comments fromLady Faith about selling Hitchingbrook, and it being left empty, but with such unbelievable history attached to it,is just…… I don’t know how to express it. I am Canadian and we are still a comparably young country, but to have that history would be amazing
i love your educational escapades and thank you for that! but it’s a shame that parts are so short and in those short parts intro and in between additions take up so much of those already short parts
Oh that made me tear up when you read the letter Mr Morgan had found. Really interesting rose garden issues I never knew existed. Really enjoy this channel
How sad that great aunt of your husband who lost her three boys then that's why your husband's family own it now because of this great tragedy to lose three children is horrifying may God Almighty gave Faith and her hus band peace and eternal rest to their souls at least they are together with their boys amen
Two questions please....... My late wife & I lived in Peterborough for several years, having left the UK 50 years ago. And Rockingham Castle was our favorite of all the stately homes we visited for a nice Sunday outing. Have you mentioned it was "Bleke House" from the Charles Dickens book? Oops, I guess that was question three? Question 1: What year is the Corvette in your videos? I'm thinking a 1957 but can't be certain. Question 2: Which Monty Python movie was Rockingham Castle in? I know it wasn't "The Holy Grail" but can't remember which. Thanks!
Do you ever go to the Hinchingbrook house? Who owns the property now? Who Is Luke still called Viscount Hinchingbrook if the family no longer owns that property. Why is he not Something-or-other Mapperton?
Using cardboard in gardening isn't a new idea. Some people dig out a garden space and put down cardboard first before soil, compost, and any planting. The cardboard keeps weeds down for a few years until the cardboard breaks down. It works really well.
DNA tests have become affordable for most people now. And they usually do half price deals around holidays. I’ve researched my biological family tree both with Ancestry DNA and 23 and me. Both have advantages. Good luck searching!
Love 💕 the rose garden. I just learned so much about roses. Thank you. I will be working my rose 🌹 garden very differently now. Wishing your rose 🌹 much success! Mariaknits27 💃🏻💕👩🏻🌾🪴
So Lady Faith married the heir to Rockingham and they lived there having 3 baby boys who all died. How sad. :-( Did they have any living children? Who inherited Rockingham after that?
And I add I hope Hitchibrooke has not been demolished a house with such a historywhere Queen Elizabeth the first visited and Charles I fought with Oliver Cromwell when they were children tell me it has not being demolished Julie it must be forbidden by the State
Julie, my father was president of the men's garden club. He loved his roses; it was our special time together as father/daughter, trimming, cutting roses in the mornings. Your video is a delight.
Just love how you embraced your husband's family and heritage. You have done them proud. Love to see some or your family.
Lady Faith's letter had me in tears. As an American, what we consider old really isn't. But both my family homes that had been in the families for over a hundred years were sold when the grandmothers either died or became too infirmed to live alone. None of the children lived in the area anymore. When I visit that town, I drive by and sit and look, and remember. And I always weep.
I really feel for you. Isn't it poignant, when you think of what our ancestors experienced, and the fact that time separates us from the very ones without whom we would not be here.
I’m in tears as well , what a beautiful and poignant letter and wow, he only just found it as well … Julie you have such a kind and caring heart …thank you so much for yet another fabulous video .
I do admire your enthusiasm and commitment to the Sandwich history.
I love that just after reading the letter, the sun shone through the windows and Julie was suddenly surrounded with sunlight. A special moment indeed.
Julie,
Your heart & soul shone throughout this entire episode.
Our world sorely needs the Lovingkindness you exemplify for us all
🙏🕊️
3-8-22
U.S.A.
I greatly enjoyed learning about the history of Rockingham Castle, and its connection to your family.
Lady Faith's letter was an incredible discovery. It brought back memories of the house my siblings and I grew up in. Although not as grand or beautiful as your family's estate, I felt great sadness when my father sold it due to retirement and relocation. My parents had owned it for 35 years, and it was the scene of many large family gatherings during the holidays. I remember walking through the empty house by myself, knowing that when I locked the door and closed it, I would never walk through its doors again.
The word home conjures up many feelings and emotional attachments. After all of these years, the sense of loss that your family experienced as a result of selling their beautiful home is clearly still felt. I'm so glad that you are able to maintain a connection with it through a shared history with Rockingham Castle.
Hi, new here commenting but an have been watching for a few months. I must say, I’m learning more here than in a history class and that’s not to take away from any instructors. It’s to say thank you to UA-cam and your channels for introducing exquisite instruction of the history of English culture while detailing and connecting for us the entire family lineage. Your channel adds the personal background we ordinarily would not see. I took took my husbands background and learned as much as I could so I relate to what you are doing and creating. I look forward to watching more and catching up on the other channels. Thank you.
Julie, you're a fabulous representative of the US...Britain is lucky to have you!
Yes we are’!
This was wonderful. I’m glad you found more of your family history. That rose garden is stunning. What a beautiful place to get married when they are in bloom. I love this series.
Thank you so much!
So glad you are doing extended episodes on Rockingham. Each one adds so much! What a place to live! Thank you all for all your efforts to make these as interesting and enjoyable. Looking forward to the next one!
Really looking forward to the visit to Hinchingbrooke! Your emotional response was so appropriate to the letter. Many would react the same way to their ancestral homes.
I love how the sun shines in 19:37 as if to comfort Julie :-)
What a wonderful vlog! I look forward to hearing your father-in-law’s memories of living in the family home.
Does touch my heart to hear the sadness of losing the family estate, but so happy it was saved.
Thank you, Julie for your caring and respectful sharing of your family story.
This is fascinating, just fascinating!! I love Julie’s enthusiasm for history and for her family, the Mapperton family’s part in it.
I love the part about Faith and Michael and Hinchingbrooke! So very moving! Lovely!
I'm sure your roses will bloom and will do well! You were transplanted into England and YOU flourished and your roses will, also!
Wonderful video! ❤️
WHILE WATCHING THIS VIDEO AND HEARING SUCH A TOUCHING LETTER I WENT THROUGH TWO HANDKERCHIEFS AND BOTH OF MY SWEATER SLEEVES. THESE VIDEO SHARES JUST GET BETTER AND BETTER. THANK YOU!
Wow Julie what an amazing connection to E.M Foster and Howard’s End one of my favourite books. That letter absolutely broke my heart. How amazing thanks so much for sharing!
Obviously, Lady Faith approved of all the loving devotion to the family she also loved so much.
What an exceptionally informative segment on the rose garden. How interesting. I love the cardboard pot idea for getting the roses started. The beautiful letter regarding the family home Hintchingbrooke. EE Forrester is one of my favorite period author. Thanks Julie for a truly wonderful episode.
You are so welcome!
Dean is marvelous! I loved they way he shared his knowledge of the gardens! Basil is wonderful! I could listen to him for hours!! The letter is amazing! I'm so glad you read it to us! What a beautiful chapel. Love from Vermont
Lovely to see the Rockingham Archivist featured. Hurrah for archivists!
My absolute favourite Montagu is Mary Wortley-Montagu! She lead fascinating life in the Ottoman Empire in the early 18th C, was a great writer and introduced small pox innoculation into Britain! She was married to a grandson of the 1st earl of sandwich, so didn’t have any ties to hinchingbrooke per se, but was, generally, a total badass.
Oh my, a couple of my favorite things: Roses and mention of Howard's End!
This series of episodes on Rockingham is really very special, I have thoroughly enjoyed watching all of them! Thank you for making them!
Glad you like them!
The rose garden is beautiful. Love the continued finding of Montagu connections!
Thank you! Cheers!
So neat and your family letters touching, family homes hold a special piece of us. Can’t wait for when you and your Father in law video and walk down memory lane. ❤️🇺🇸
Thank you so much!
What a beautiful letter, I really hope the Earl finds the letter comforting.
I just love all your videos. How sincere you are to learn about your husband's family & roots! You always make me smile & laugh because you are so down to earth, kinda like Princess Diana. You are royalty but with the human factor! I just adore your channel & love to learn new things right along with you!
Thank you so much!
A church is a building, but rather than a magical feeling within, to me it’s a spiritual feeling. I’ve really enjoyed this series and look forward to your visit to Hinchingbrooke.
The letter was lovely! Thank you!
It is like an episode of Downton Abbey, but real! ❤️ Emotional!
I always look forward to your updated and videos. In your capable hands, the Hitchingbrook family is safe and secure. Our British cousins are blessed to have you with them.
Yes we are she’s wonderful 🌹
Hearing You Read that Family Letter about the Loss of Hinchingbrooke House, was so Heart💔Breaking, &. Incredibly Enlightening at the same time Julie.😌
Love both your Channels,
Keep up the Wonderful Work.🥰
I’ve just found you and enjoying watching a few episodes. I know I will be catching up and truly enjoying each and every one of them. Thank you. From New Hope, Pennsylvania
Welcome aboard!
I have used cardboard in my garden before buy never as a pot! Thank you for the suggestion ☺️
Glad it was helpful!
How special, how dear, that you were able to capture on video the living history that continues through you and Luke, as you were able to hear the words from another who, like you, understood the meaning of place.
You are doing a great job! Just be careful of burnout. Blessings from Salem Oregon here!
Listening to you read the letter brought tears to my eyes. The sadness of leaving your family home.
Loved watching the rose planting and Julie getting emotional finding the family letters!!!!
A+.So wonderful to watch this.
That was such a touching letter. It’s great when you find such amazing historical insights
Has it ever been discussed putting the historical draperies that hang in Mapperton in a museum type setting (one of the many rooms on site where people could see them on tour) where the draperies are treated so they do not decay any further? Like the clothes that were recovered from the Titanic were done.
You could then put new draperies (copies of what is there) that would enhance the beauty while keeping forever the original ones from decaying further. Seems like it would be a win, win situation. Just a thought for ensuring the historical pieces for the future.🥰
It was so special to see how moved you were reading the letter. Memories!
You are so lovely Julie! Thank you for making your videos 🥰
What wonderful and sad letters. Especially the letter about the sale of Henchingbrook. So sad.
Very touching finding history of extended family
I love your Tam and matching fingerless gloves.
Thank you so much! I learn how to plant my own roses. This video will go into my save & share with my family & friends. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Great job! 👏👏👏👏👏
You are such a warm person. I love the care you show in presenting e erything.
Amazing connections, and explanations
I found the information on how to replant new roses in old soil really interesting. I’d love to know if it worked or not. Also the family history was a real find but very sad. Did she lose her sons in the war?
I love these indoors/outdoors videos.
Wonderful history, thank you for sharing.
Our pleasure!
Julie your passion reading this historical account is moving .. and apparent why your husband fell in love with you.
This was absolutely brilliant
Beautifully presented 🏰🌷🌹💐 I have chills! ❤️
Hi Julie. When did you make the films at Rockingham? Can't believe you didn't pop into Boughton and see us while you were here !
Such a special episode today, you had me in tears ❤️
Oh, my, the comments fromLady Faith about selling Hitchingbrook, and it being left empty, but with such unbelievable history attached to it,is just…… I don’t know how to express it. I am Canadian and we are still a comparably young country, but to have that history would be amazing
i love your educational escapades and thank you for that! but it’s a shame that parts are so short and in those short parts intro and in between additions take up so much of those already short parts
All teared up when you got emotional reading Faiths letter
Well done!
Beautiful
Oh that made me tear up when you read the letter Mr Morgan had found.
Really interesting rose garden issues I never knew existed.
Really enjoy this channel
Will you do a series on Althorp and Spencer House?
How sad that great aunt of your husband who lost her three boys then that's why your husband's family own it now because of this great tragedy to lose three children is horrifying may God Almighty gave Faith and her hus band peace and eternal rest to their souls at least they are together with their boys amen
Two questions please.......
My late wife & I lived in Peterborough for several years, having left the UK 50 years ago. And Rockingham Castle was our favorite of all the stately homes we visited for a nice Sunday outing. Have you mentioned it was "Bleke House" from the Charles Dickens book? Oops, I guess that was question three?
Question 1: What year is the Corvette in your videos? I'm thinking a 1957 but can't be certain.
Question 2: Which Monty Python movie was Rockingham Castle in? I know it wasn't "The Holy Grail" but can't remember which.
Thanks!
Love the rose info!!
Thank you!
If the opportunity arose to sell mapperton to reacquire hinchingbrook would the family do that or are resolved to Mappperton now?
Do you ever go to the Hinchingbrook house? Who owns the property now? Who Is Luke still called Viscount Hinchingbrook if the family no longer owns that property. Why is he not Something-or-other Mapperton?
The title belongs to the family, not the house
Well now you've "promised us a Rose Garden".
Wow,awsome topic 💗
Montegue and capulet ? any-relation to Shakespeare?
I am guessing the estate of Rockingham castle had to come to an agreement to allow her to take the letter prior to the filming.
Need to auger those holes.
Using cardboard in gardening isn't a new idea. Some people dig out a garden space and put down cardboard first before soil, compost, and any planting. The cardboard keeps weeds down for a few years until the cardboard breaks down. It works really well.
Thank you so much, I really enjoyed that. 👵👵👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
You are incredible and are such a treasure.
What a wonderful story. My maiden name is Watson and my family came from England. Related??
DNA tests have become affordable for most people now. And they usually do half price deals around holidays. I’ve researched my biological family tree both with Ancestry DNA and 23 and me. Both have advantages. Good luck searching!
Watson means "son of Walter ." It's an extremely common surname in Scotland, Wales, and England.
Im cying😢
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Love 💕 the rose garden. I just learned so much about roses. Thank you. I will be working my rose 🌹 garden very differently now. Wishing your rose 🌹 much success! Mariaknits27 💃🏻💕👩🏻🌾🪴
So Lady Faith married the heir to Rockingham and they lived there having 3 baby boys who all died. How sad. :-( Did they have any living children? Who inherited Rockingham after that?
Sadly not.
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And I add I hope Hitchibrooke has not been demolished a house with such a historywhere Queen Elizabeth the first visited and Charles I fought with Oliver Cromwell when they were children tell me it has not being demolished Julie it must be forbidden by the State
It is now a school so luckily hasn't been demolished.
Julie doesn’t seem herself in this episode :(
One of the first here, Yay!!!!
Sława Ukrajini! Слава Україні! 🇺🇦