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Thankfully, Hinchingbrooke was turned into a school and not some awful condo housing or retail/entertainment/residential monstrosity.

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God bless you

Is the thumbnail the wrong castle on this video, for anyone else?? My thumbnail is a fully abandoned castle with vines all over it which is definitely not Hinchinbrook.

Love your new channel Julie. I love Castles and Tiaras

wondered why the artwork was left behind?

Thank you Julie enjoyed this so much. To think of all the history that happened in one beautiful building.

I found the story of the young Irish man who took two lives quite sad. Unfortunately, in that time period, there was a lot of racism towards the Irish by the English. Even in America, back in the 1840's, there was an Irishman who was hung, and later pardoned in i believe 2011. His name was John Gordon, and his older brother had come to America first, in a time when everything was owned by British American's, and you couldn't vote or be involved in local government unless you owned property valued at 200$. The older brother opened a small store selling sewing needles, and thing's one would need in their house, while most people worked in the many mill's that employed many Irish immigrants who were looked down on, called dog's, drunkards, and other demeaning names. Harold, the older brother made enough money to get a license to sell bottled liquor, which increased his income, then was able to get a license to sell liquor by the glass, which afforded him the money to buy land, and to bring his mother, brother's, a sister, and several other family member's over here. Harold employed John at his store, but ran into trouble when he was accused of selling liquor to mill worker's in the morning, which he was not the one selling it, but another man was selling it without a license. The issue was that production was down in the mill's, and accidents were increasing because worker's came in drunk. The town leader, named Sprague cancelled the Gordon liquor license, which cut his income down significantly. Gordon told Sprague he would regret taking his license because he was innocent. Harold Gordon was responsible for the people he brought to America, which was why he was so angry. Six month's later Sprague was killed quite violently, and they blamed John, and charged Harold and his other brother William, even though they had been seen by many people at a christening by many people. The local paper printed lies, and the jury was instructed to consider English witnesses over any Irish witnesses. They found John guilty with no evidence and false testimony. On the day he was hung, the priest told him he would be free of the cruelty and prejudices of this world. In those day's a killer would confess to the priest, and he would have the person being executed confess, which John never did, and walked up and said goodbye, and he died very fast for a hanging. This was known by many people to have been the execution of an innocent man. They stopped executions after this, because many people knew he was innocent. I 2011, Rhode Island pardoned John, and the murder is now the oldest case file in Rhode Island. There are still many places in the world with prejudices and racism, but at least the British and Irish aren't fighting one another as they have for so long, even in the last part of the 20th century. I like all these old home's, and the stories that go along with them are always so interesting. G-d bless.

Thank you!

Thank you 😊❤

Julie, this is the second time I’ve watched this and still cried right along with you. Thank you for sharing this family history with us and those incredibly special moments. Keep up this wonderful work and continue sharing history with us all. Happy New Year!

I could feel the nostalgia of bygone memories through my screen. Xxx

Thank you, Julie, as well as the rest of the Montagu family, for sharing your memories with us.

What am amazing look into your beautiful familys home thank you for allowing us all to be part of that experience ❤️ ❤❤

This will be such a treat for the school too. Imagine being a student or teacher and standing at the window that the earl used to pray at in his private bedroom and casually pulling files out from the cabinet that now takes his place. Gives a whole new level of pride for their school.

Happy New Year to to the Montagues from my family to your's

Julie Thank you sooo much for this gorgeous tour👍👍👍💖🥰

Absolutely loved loved loved this Thank you so much

🇨🇦I have to subscribe I am so enjoying this historic tour. I love hearing the personal stories of family and I love history so look forward to seeing other castles and such.

What a wonderful episode Julie! You had me in tears. So beautiful and informative.

this is a repeat😢

What house is used in the thumbnail? The one with the turrets and ivy?

Amazing work Julie! Truly a labour of love 💗 This is absolutely inspiring for me and as a result I have begun to research my family’s heraldry where my late uncle left off. Thank you and have a wonderful 2025!

Magic! Loved loved loved this tour and hearing the history from actual inhabitants of this majestic castle. Thank you to all of you for sharing your cherished family memories.

Mangler washing machines were called wringer washing machines in the States. Automatic washing machines replaced these.

Phenomenal! I love history and even though I’m in America, it all fascinates me! Thank you for this tour through history!👏❤️

This was a beautiful film, and every time you cried, Julie, I cried. It was informative, emotional, and enlightening. The Montagu family is so lucky to have you as a member- you're tireless work to preserve the Montagu heritage is impressive, to say the least.

What an amazing family you have married into Julie . And how lucky there are your keeping it alive . you are a treasure .Love and hugs from California

How wonderful that you were able to tour and visit with your father in law and Luke’s Aunt Kate. So special to hear their stories first hand❤ Julie- I love all of your sweater vests. Where do you purchase them from?

Wonderful! Thank you!

Luke and father won't admit to their sadness, I would wager.

Julie, I've been watching your channels for a while now, and adore it all! So I found myself feeling quite uncomfortable when I realised that I was getting worked up over that fact that you were getting so emotional about losing the Hinchingbrooke family home after the war. As I'm not from an aristocratic family, I felt it was quite elitist to focus so much on all the potential memories your bloodline missed out on, instead of being happy for all the memories that hundreds of school children of Hinchingbrooke School now gain. As I've been watching you for so long now, and I generally really like you and your family, your commendable work ethic and your outlook on life... it bothered me that I was getting angry about what I considered to be a somewhat selfish, silver-spoon reaction to losing the house. Usually, I try to put myself in the shoes of the person that I'm not agreeing with, but in this case it's difficult, as I don't come from a family that lost such a patrician estate. It's simply a problem I can't identify with (as I suspect most other people can't). I then thought back to my grandfather. He went off to fight in the war as well. He was the oldest son of the family, so was set to inherit the family farm. It had been in the family for hundreds of years. He'd been captured as a prisoner of war, but his family was told that he had died during the war. He had actually survived, and had returned home when the war ended. He returned home, only to learn that after his parents' death, the farm had instead been given to his younger brother (as the family had erroneously been informed that he had died during war). His younger brother was concerned that he might find a way to take the farm back (as he was the eldest son, and should have inherited it), so he sent my grandfather away, effectively ostracising him from the family estate. My grandfather would from there on out, farm other people's farms until his death. He lived in relative poverty, and felt an intense feeling of loss and betrayal. My own father still gets quite emotional about this, as he and his siblings had to grow up in the shadow of those feelings of hurt and betrayal throughout their lives as well. That side of the family still lives on the farm, and it is now a very successful and affluent estate. We've visited the farm a few times, but as you can imagine it's quite an uncomfortable affair. All a long winded way to say that I think it's easy for people to sneer at what is perceived as 'rich people problems'. Yet, if you truly try to identify with them (in any way that your personal experience lends itself to do so), you'll be able to at least sympathise with them, even if you don't always end up agreeing with them. Seen from this angle, I truly am sad with you and Luke that Hinchingbrooke was lost to the Montagues. I still think it's wonderful that it is now a beautiful place of learning and making memories for hundreds of children, but I find myself also wishing that it was still a Montague family home... I suppose history has a way of pulling your heart in many different directions. Thank you for taking us on all these journeys to these beautiful manors and castles! I sincerely enjoy following all the work and progress you and Luke are putting into Mapperton, and conserving so much of the years long gone by. I look forward to visiting Mapperton one day, as we also live in Dorset ❤

British don't do emotional

5th time seeing this episode but always a pleasure My favourite episode İt is very nice to know things about the Sandwich-Montagu family 😀 Thank you and conrgrats for the new channell

I like your point that other stories, new stories, if you will, are happening in these homes. This is a great story! I look forward to future ones! I understand your sadness at the losses of homes and the abandonment and decay of historic homes. It makes me incredibly sad, too. Where I live, there is no history like this. History this old. Thank you for starting this series!

Julie I think another reason houses were knocked down was because the Labour Government imposed about a 90 percnt tax on these big estates after the wars to pay for the 2 world wars. There is an illustrated book of all the big houses knocked down in the 20 th Century. Also, no one wanted to work as servants after WW2. Lastly a lot of them were badly damaged by troops being billeted there. Not really the fault of the soldiers, but sad all the same. ( I forgot, some sons and heirs were killed in the wars , so there was no one to inherit the house unless the daughters took it over .)

Wow!! So happy to see this, since starting to watch your other channel I have been so curious about Hingingbrook! It was incredible to see!! ❤ I hope you get to buy it back some day.

Subscriber #900..... Yay!!! ✨🎊🎉💫 Great start to the New Year!!! Hello 2025!!! 🥳

Looking forward to these videos. Great job, to Julie and her team.

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