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BAGULEY HALL 1982

Forge reader, Mrs. Donald (Sue) Bigelow of Ottawa, Ontario, whose husband is of the Port Hope, Ontario branch of Bigelows, was in England in the autumn of 1982 and wrote Loring Bigelow as follows:

Dear Loring,
In September I took a holiday in Britain and dropped in on Baguley Hall one afternoon to see how the restoration was progressing. It is going slowly but they plan to be finished in 18 months to 2 years. The only person on the site was the caretaker (technically, there are sill no visitors allowed on site), so although I didn't get much information from him, I was able to get some good pictures of the Hall without any workmen in the background.
I'm sure you can see a dramatic difference since your visit.

January 1983 --- FORGE: The Bigelow Society Quarterly ----Vol. 12 --------- No. 1 See also: Baguley History
and : Baguley History 2
and : Baguley History 1
and : Baguley Hall
Note:
Subject: Baguley (Bagley) Hall see Baguley Hall
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:58:02 EDT
From: Diedra Morris     DiedraM@aol.com

     I just finished reading your homepage about the history of the Baguley family. My mother was a Bagley from Texas. I have a book called Bagley Family Tales written by Kaaren M. Perry which takes our family back to Baguley Hall. However, in her book she states that the Hall was being renovated and was to be opened to the public as a tourist attraction since it is one of the "oldest timbered" buildings in England. Also, it has an authentic Viking roof - the roof of the Great Hall is a replica of a Viking ship upside down. It was supposed to be opened in 1982.
   I am now living in Dublin, Ireland, and plan to go look for this building in a few weeks. Do you know anything about it? I met a lady from Manchester who said she knew where it was and thought it had burned about a year ago. Who knows?
Thanks, Diedra Morris

Rod Bigelow

Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929

rodbigelow@netzero.net

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