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Libby Howlett
Jan 301 min read
Where do these stairs go?
The staircase installed at Agecroft Hall is from Warwick Priory, the façade of which was used by Alexander and Virginia Weddell in...
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Libby Howlett
Nov 26, 20243 min read
Legal Languages
The museum's collection has over a hundred deeds relating to the history of Agecroft Hall, both the land and the people associated with...
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Libby Howlett
Oct 30, 20243 min read
Food for Thought
Savory tongue pie, trout pasties, scotch collops, and quaking pudding; sound yummy? These are examples of dishes made during the Tudor...
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Libby Howlett
Sep 28, 20243 min read
Tokens to Treasure
Love tokens were small, personal gifts given to a loved one: be it from a man to his betrothed, a husband to his wife or a wife to her...
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Libby Howlett
Aug 10, 20243 min read
Book Nooks Worth Looks
Who doesn’t love a good beach read? Something quick and entertaining, be it a romance, comedy, mystery, or thriller, as long as it is not...
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Lauren Hatfield
May 30, 20244 min read
Toys & Games of Tudor England
From Barbies to basketball, jump ropes to Jenga, children of today have a seemingly endless variety of toys and games with which to play....
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Libby Howlett
Mar 30, 20242 min read
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
Jan 30, 20242 min read
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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AgecroftHall
May 20, 20211 min read
Word Search and Scavenger Hunt
Download our fun word search and scavenger hunt all about Shakespeare!
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AgecroftHall
May 20, 20212 min read
The City and the Theater in Shakespeare's Time
To see one of William Shakespeare’s plays during the time period that he lived would have been a very different experience compared to...
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AgecroftHall
May 20, 20212 min read
Elizabethan-Era Shakespeare
Someone who lived during Shakespeare’s time could get into the theater to see a play for as little as one penny. What does this say to...
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AgecroftHall
May 20, 20213 min read
Modern versus Early Modern English
One of the things that would have been quite different during Shakespeare’s day compared to our own is the very pronunciation of the...
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AgecroftHall
May 20, 20212 min read
Through the Ages: The Victorian Period
While many things about theaters and plays have changed since the late 1500s and early 1600s, from stages, to who could be an actor, to...
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AgecroftHall
May 20, 20212 min read
Shakespeare's (Harlem) Renaissance and Beyond
Though William Shakespeare wrote his works during a time period known as the English Renaissance, which lasted from the early 1500s to...
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