. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . 325326 327328329 33i3^233233^334 BUckling Iball ? ?. THE WEST FRONT OF BUCKLING HALL BUCKLING HALL BY A. H. MALAN THE Manor of Blickling can claim the honour of havingafforded some sort of domicile — if it were but a one-storeyed shed — to Harold, Earl of East Anglia ; and ofhaving been, if not the birthplace, at all events the usual place ofabode, in her youthful years, of the luckless Anne Boleyn. The site of Harolds palace, still known as the Old Manormeadow, lies about a mile from the present Hall, in a prettypiece of rough pasture,
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . 325326 327328329 33i3^233233^334 BUckling Iball ? ?. THE WEST FRONT OF BUCKLING HALL BUCKLING HALL BY A. H. MALAN THE Manor of Blickling can claim the honour of havingafforded some sort of domicile — if it were but a one-storeyed shed — to Harold, Earl of East Anglia ; and ofhaving been, if not the birthplace, at all events the usual place ofabode, in her youthful years, of the luckless Anne Boleyn. The site of Harolds palace, still known as the Old Manormeadow, lies about a mile from the present Hall, in a prettypiece of rough pasture, not unlike a nook in the New Forest ora bit of Surrey common : and the disturbed surface of the groundseems to indicate that the foundations might still be unearthed,by anyone interested enough to set some spades to work with-out expecting any surprising discoveries. After Hastings, the Conqueror gave the manor to Bishop 4 Blicfelina frnll Herfast, his chaplain ; and thenceforward it became a pleasantcountry retreat to the Bishops of Thetford, who continued tohold it for that purpose even after the s
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