Waingrove Country Cottages
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The crowning achievement of Restoration country house architecture, Belton was built in 1685-88 and later altered by James Wyatt. The stunning interiors contain exceptionally fine plasterwork and wood-carving, as well as important collections of paintings, furniture, tapestries and silverware. There are also formal gardens, an orangery, a magnificent landscape park and a large adventure playground
Event : February Flowers Venue : Belton House Date(s) : 9 February Details : 12 noon until 4pm; £2 contribution per car (including members). Call 01476 566116 Note : Welcome Spring with a walk through Belton's gardens. Shop and Restaurant open.
Event : February Flowers Venue : Belton House Date(s) : 16 February Details : 12 noon until 4pm; £2 contribution per car (including members). Call 01476 566116 Note : Welcome Spring with a walk through Belton's gardens. Shop and Restaurant open.
Event : Lecture Lunch: One hundred and one things you never knew about the Brownlow/Cust family Venue : Belton House Date(s) : 17 February Details : From 10.30am. £11.95. Meet in the Stables Restaurant. Booking essential - call 01476 566116 for more details. Note : An opportunity to find out more about the family that lived at Belton for over three hundred years
Event : February Flowers Venue : Belton House Date(s) : 23 February Details : 12 noon until 4pm; £2 contribution per car (including members). Call 01476 566116 Note : Welcome Spring with a walk through Belton's gardens. Shop and Restaurant open.
Event : Lecture Lunch: Caring for Collections Venue : Belton House Date(s) : 24 February Details : From 10.30am. £11.95. Meet in the Stables Restaurant. Booking essential - call 01476 566116 for more details. Note : If you have ever wondered what goes on behind closed doors outside of visiting hours, or wish to learn about some of the secrets of how the National Trust cares for it's great houses and all they contain; then this is the talk for you!
Event : Snowdrop Planting Venue : Belton House Date(s) : 6 April Details : 2 - 4pm; free event. Pick up your bulbs from the Orangery for planting in Belton's informal gardens Note : Help the gardeners plant their spring bulbs.
Event : Belton Horse Trials Venue : Belton House Date(s) : 12 to 13 April Details : 9.30am to 5.30pm. For further details and admission charges please call 07889 512048 Note : Belton's annual Horse Trials - a variety of events take place on each day.
Event : Horse Trials Venue : Belton House Date(s) : 12-13 April Details : Further details/admission charges 07889 512048 Note : Entrance via Belton Village
'Here is subscribed the inquisition of lands as the barons of the king have made inquiry into them; that is to say by the oath of the sheriff of the shire, and of all the barons and their Frenchmen, and the whole hundred, the priests, reeves, and six villains of each manor; then, what the manor is called, who held it in the time of king Edward, who holds now; how many hides, how many plows in demesne, how many belonging to the men, how many villains, how many cottars, how many serfs, how many free-men, how many socmen, how much woods, how much meadow, how many pastures, how many mills, how many fish-ponds, how much has been added or taken away, how much it was worth altogether at that time, and how much now, how much each free man or sokeman had or has.