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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
- Mar 16, 2018
- 2 min
Food during the Lenten season in 17th Century England
A Christian holy time, the Lenten season begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts approximately 40 days, ending on Maundy Thursday, the Thursday...
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AgecroftHall
- Mar 16, 2018
- 2 min
A Fresh Face for Agecroft Rooms
We’ve been freshening up our bedchambers here at Agecroft Hall. In an attempt to bring more historical accuracy to our tour, we decided...
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AgecroftHall
- Dec 12, 2017
- 2 min
Tudor & Stuart Christmas
The Christmas of the late 16th and early 17th centuries in England is somewhat similar to Christmas of the early 21st century. It is...
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AgecroftHall
- Oct 3, 2017
- 3 min
Three Images of King Charles I
Agecroft Hall is lucky to have three images of Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1825 until his execution in 1649 for...
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AgecroftHall
- Sep 5, 2017
- 2 min
"The Wolf Hunt:" a Mortlake Tapestry
In our collection at Agecroft Hall, we have about ten tapestries. Tapestries were very expensive and indicated that the owner was a...
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AgecroftHall
- Aug 1, 2017
- 2 min
The Coifs of Agecroft Hall
In our collection here at Agecroft Hall, we have three coifs. A coif is a woman’s headpiece that was worn with semi-formal dress, when...
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AgecroftHall
- Apr 4, 2017
- 2 min
A Tale of Two Clocks
Lucky us! We are fortunate enough to have two examples of an English lantern clock in our collection and on display in our museum....
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AgecroftHall
- Mar 7, 2017
- 3 min
Childhood in Elizabethan and Stuart England
The lives of children in Stuart England were much different, in some ways unfathomably different, than the lives of children today....
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