Inquisitiveness
Lound Hall, Nottinghamshire yesterday After my various rambles, I often find matters to research and niggling questions to answer. After yesterday's walk, I wanted to find out who lives in Lound Hall, what the tomb of The Duke Of Newcastle's wife looks like, how much oil lies below the surface of those nodding donkeys and something of the history of Bevercotes Colliery. If you are an inquisitive soul, there is always something more to discover. This is the marble tomb of Georgiana, The Duchess of Newcastle, who died in 1822 during childbirth and the principal reason why Milton Museum was built. Sculpted by Richard Westmacott, you can see that Georgiana is holding her twin babies. The girl died at birth and the boy survived for just ten days. At that point, Georgiana was already dead and the fourth Duke of Newcastle was grief-stricken. Of course, All Saints Church in West Markham is altogether a much more humble ecclesiastical building. Yesterday, I mentioned its amazin...