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Knowsley Hall Library. 5000 17th-19th century items from the Library of the Earls of Derby at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire.
Knowsley Hall is a stately home near Liverpool in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. [1] It is the ancestral home of the Stanley family, the Earls of Derby. [2] The hall is surrounded by 2,500 acres (10 km) of parkland, [1] which contains the Knowsley Safari Park. [3] Though the hall is still owned by the Stanley family ...
Knowsley Hall. At the heart of the Estate and the Stanley family is Knowsley Hall, Merseyside’s only stately home. It is believed that a building of sorts has been on the current Hall’s site since the 12th century, but the earliest part of today’s building dates from about 1500. As various Earls of Derby sought to make their mark and ...
Home to the Earl and Countess of Derby, Knowsley Hall is available for weddings, corporate events, private stays and celebrations. Knowsley Hall is open to the public for one week every...
Knowsley Hall is the principal seat of the Stanley family, the Earls of Derby since 1485, where they have been residents since 1385. The earliest part of this large stately home is the Royal Lodgings built for the 1st Earl and his second wife Lady Margaret Beaufort in 1495 to welcome her son Henry VII.
History. Knowsley Hall has been in the ownership of the Stanley family since 1385, and from that time the history of the family has been closely intertwined with the history of the country as a whole. Lord Thomas Stanley was created the 1st Earl of Derby (1435-1504) in 1485 after the Battle of Bosworth when Richard III lost the crown of England ...
