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Ask the Past
Agecroft's Blog
Libby Howlett
- Mar 30
- 2 min
Tales of Train Travel
Thomas C. Williams, Jr., was a man of varied interests, both business and personal, as evidenced by where he left his money after he...
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Libby Howlett
- Feb 29
- 3 min
Williams' Wishes
T.C. Williams, Jr. was inspired to create the Windsor Farms neighborhood in the image of an idyllic English village. In the center of his...
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Libby Howlett
- Jan 30
- 2 min
Distinctive Dining Decor
The dining parlor at Agecroft Hall has obviously changed throughout its centuries in existence. While we are not sure when a dining...
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Libby Howlett
- Dec 19, 2023
- 1 min
Season's Greetings from Agecroft Hall
These greeting cards are a few of those held in our collection. They are from the 1880s through 1949. We extend our sincerest wishes for...
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Lauren Hatfield
- Nov 30, 2023
- 3 min
A Roaring 20's Afternoon Tea
During the holiday season, Agecroft Hall is dressed to impress. While wreaths and garlands abound, a special piece of our collection can...
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Education Department
- Oct 13, 2023
- 2 min
The Pendle Witches of Lancashire
“...These are they who by the permission of God disturb the elements, who drive to distraction the minds of men, such as have lost their...
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Libby Howlett
- Sep 26, 2023
- 3 min
Dear Diary - A View of 19th Century World Travel
In the March Ask the Past post, we introduced a Williams’s family letter collection from the family’s voyage around the world--a trip...
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Libby Howlett
- Jul 10, 2023
- 3 min
Fashionable Franklin Street
T.C. Williams, Jr.’s name is inextricably linked to Agecroft, but he only lived in the house for a little over a year before his death at...
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AgecroftHall
- Jun 1, 2021
- 1 min
Going to Market: Setting out From Agecroft Hall
The Tudor Marketplace. Photo courtesy of www.norwich-heritage.co.uk The farms and gardens at Agecroft Hall provided for most of the...
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AgecroftHall
- Jun 1, 2021
- 1 min
The Open-Air Market
Bread and produce sellers at an open-air market. Photo courtesy of The Tudodr Monastery Farm. Outdoor, open-air markets have been...
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AgecroftHall
- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
History of the Market Town in Britain
Ruins of Trajan's Market in Rome, Italy. Photo courtesy of romesightseeing.net. Markets as we think of them today began in the Roman...
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AgecroftHall
- Jun 1, 2021
- 1 min
The Planted Market Town
Illustration courtesy of lookandlearn.com Planted market towns were either chartered by the monarch, in exchange for services to the...
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AgecroftHall
- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
Comparing the Market Village to the Market Town
Horse and cart filled with goods for markets. Photo courtesy of kulturdb.de.com Most people living in Tudor England lived in a village...
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AgecroftHall
- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
Local Organizations: Craft and Trade Guilds
Guild Sign (Zunftzeich) for Mittenwald Tailors – Schneiderei (Photo Wofgang Morscher, 2007) Trade and merchant guilds were an important...
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