30-540: Kiplin is the small hamlet that accompanies Kiplin Hall to form the civil parish of Kiplin in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire , England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2015 was estimated by North Yorkshire County Council to be 60. As the population was less than 100, details are included in the civil parish of Great Langton . Besides the hamlet of Kiplin, the civil parish includes Kiplin Hall, and
60-415: A hunting lodge , it was a slightly rectangular building fashioned of red brick with diamond patterning known as diapering formed from blue-black headers incorporated into the brick bond. Kiplin had four towers, which unusually were not placed at the corners of the structure but at the centre of each of the four walls, the north and south towers containing staircases whilst the east and west comprised part of
90-509: A Grade I listed building . It is not far from the River Swale in the Vale of Mowbray . Kiplin Hall is rich in education , in architecture and art , a museum of history , a gallery and provides a biographical record of its past English country house owners. The nearest villages are Scorton , Great Langton and Bolton-on-Swale . As with many great estates, the history of Kiplin
120-689: A century of decline. Much of the nearby local landscape has since been extensively quarried for sand and gravel extraction. In 1937 Sarah Turnor shared ownership of the Hall with her first cousin, Bridget Elizabeth Talbot , daughter of the Admiral's youngest brother, Alfred. Miss Talbot had happy memories of visiting the estate in her childhood and had previously campaigned to save the Ashridge Estate near her home in Little Gaddesden (near Berkhamsted ). In an attempt to capitalise on
150-481: A chevron azure, 3 cross crosslets or." Crest, on a wreath a globe in a frame all or. Supporters, two horses, party-perfess, embattled argent and gules. Motto: "Per Acuta Belli" (Through the Asperities of War). These arms descend from John Carpenter, the younger (abt. 1372–1442), who was the noted Town Clerk of London during the reigns of King Henry V and King Henry VI . These arms are often referred to as
180-531: A letter dated 7 August 1907 that his family bore the Hereford Arms. Sir Noel Paton , upon painting the family arms, informed him that the supporters were originally a round-handled sword, which in drawing over time became shortened, until nothing but the cross and globe were left beneath it. Those Hereford Arms were used by "John Carpenter, town clerk of London, who died 1442 A. D." His grandson John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter (1908–1998), continued
210-585: A team of Anglican clergy . He accepted these conditions and inherited the estate in 1868, eventually taking up residence in 1887. He instructed the architect William Eden Nesfield to add a further floor to the Gothic-style drawing room and the space was converted to a Jacobean-style library. His second wife, Beatrice de Grey, was prominent in the Arts and Crafts movement and the Hall contains some beautiful works by local craftsmen in this style. Eventually he
240-847: A three-week summer course in English Literature. Lectures are presented each morning and students participate in afternoon field excursions that include historic, literary, landscape and architectural sites of interest. Influential literary figures such as Wordsworth, Coleridge and Shelley found the area around Kiplin Hall inspiring to their works. The University of South Carolina has a summer course (Hist 786) in England to "provide comparisons with U.S. theory and practice in archives administration, museum management, and historic preservation. It offers behind-the-scenes tours of museums and historic sites, as well as meetings with curators, archivists, administrators, and government officials to discuss
270-647: Is bisected by the B6271 road between Northallerton and Richmond, which cuts across the parish on a north-west to south-east axis. George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore and founder of the US state of Maryland , was born there. [REDACTED] Media related to Kiplin at Wikimedia Commons Kiplin Hall Kiplin Hall is a Jacobean historic house at Kiplin in North Yorkshire , England , and
300-676: The Second World War the Hall was requisitioned by the Royal Air Force and used as a maintenance unit, storing and supplying armaments for local airfields at RAF Catterick , RAF Croft and RAF Middleton St George . In addition some of the rooms were converted to flats for officers’ use and it was used by men from the 1st Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment as a place to recover after being rescued at Dunkirk . In February 1968 Miss Talbot set up
330-513: The British naval fleet with wine and olive oil . Combined with his activities in collecting antiquities for the British aristocracy his wealth and power grew. He found the hundred-year-old house lacking comfort - the Calverts had never lived there - and set about a renovation programme including the addition of a grand staircase , fireplaces and dado rails as well as a servants' wing to
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#1732801414822360-510: The Hall and estate on their own deaths. Predeceased by her husband, in 1868 Sarah died, leaving the estate to John Carpenter's first cousin twice removed, Captain Walter Cecil Talbot. Talbot was the second son of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and inherited Kiplin Hall on condition that he legally change his surname to Carpenter , marry a Protestant and submit to a seven-yearly examination of his faith by
390-589: The Hereford Arms, named for the later ancestral home of the Carpenter Family in Hereford, England. The crest, supporters and motto apparently has changed several times over the centuries. Sir William Boyd Carpenter (1841–1918), an English clergyman of the Established church of England, Bishop of Ripon , afterwards a Canon of Westminster and Chaplain to the reigning sovereign of England, wrote in
420-729: The Italian Medal for Valour for her work with the Red Cross on the Italian-Austrian front during the First World War and who invented a waterproof torch for lifebelts which saved the lives of many seamen during the Second World War . She stood as a Liberal Party candidate for Bermondsey in 1950 and in 1968 established the Kiplin Charitable Trust to preserve the Hall." Bridget Talbot
450-590: The Kiplin Hall Trust , its purpose being to hold Kiplin Hall and its appurtenances in trust permanently to preserve them for the benefit of the nation as a place of beauty and historical and architectural interest. Bridget Talbot died in November 1971, leaving the contents of the Hall to the Trust, which still cares for the Hall and estate today. Bridget Talbot was a rather "remarkable woman who received
480-655: The Second World War – How children lived (KS2 only). In 1986 the University of Maryland , with funding from the state of Maryland, opened the University of Maryland Study Center at Kiplin Hall, established a resource "built out of what was originally a stable house and blacksmith’s shop." It is open for students in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Washington College in Maryland offers
510-437: The arms into the new century by passing it down to his son, Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, who was himself knighted after a military career as a lieutenant-general and for public service. There is no direct male-to-male Carpenter descent connecting Lord Tyrconnell and Sir William Boyd Carpenter. The family connection is by marriage through the females in the family. The Hereford coat of arms described above should not be confused with
540-677: The arms of Bishop Richard Carpenter (c 1450s?–1503) presented in the "Visitations of the County of Oxford taken in 1566, 1574, and 1634, published in 1871, which describe the arms displayed in the buildings at the University in Oxford – "In the Lyberarye of Baliall College." – as recorded by the officials performing the visitations in those years. The Visitations describe the arms of Richard Carpenter (theologian) as: "Paly of nine Gu. and Az. on
570-488: The connection with Maryland (see above) she advertised the Hall as a guest house to American visitors and as a conference centre. From 1937 until 1958 she tried to interest the National Trust in taking over Kiplin but it remained largely indifferent, considering the Hall of little historical significance and insisting that the north and south wings, which were later additions, would have to be demolished. During
600-415: The dining room. Lady Tyrconnell inherited Kiplin the following year and in 1819 commissioned the architect P. F. Robinson to build a wing to the south. Built in ' Wyatville's Gothic ', this room was initially a Gothic-style drawing room . After 30 years of marriage the couple had one daughter, Elizabeth, who died the day she was born. They were now faced with the problem of to whom they might pass
630-1008: The founding of the American state of Maryland by George Calvert, and the lives of the families who lived in Kiplin Hall through the centuries. Historic records of Kiplin Hall and its families from the early 18th century to the 21st century are held at the North Yorkshire County Record Office in Northallerton and at Kiplin Hall. Kiplin Hall provides programmes that support the National Curriculum Attainment Targets in art, art and design, patterns/materials/buildings, geography, history, physical education and science. Specific programmes include Victorian Childhood, Portraits, Patterns and Materials, Nature Detectives and
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#1732801414822660-455: The north (much of which was demolished in the 1970s). Crowe enlarged the Kiplin estate to some 4,000 acres. In 1817 Christopher Crowe's great-granddaughter Sarah Crowe married John Delaval Carpenter , fourth (and final) Earl of Tyrconnell of the fourth creation. The first Earl's daughter had been mistress to a Prince and Almeria Carpenter 's portrait by Angelica Kauffmann is displayed in
690-541: The practice of public history in the UK." This includes Kiplin Hall. Kiplin Hall received two Hudson's Heritage Awards in two categories "at a prestigious awards ceremony in London" on 3 December 2012. One was England's "Hidden Gem" award and the other was for the "Best New Discovery". John Carpenter, 4th Earl of Tyrconnell John Delaval Carpenter, 4th Earl of Tyrconnell GCH , FRS (16 December 1790 – 25 June 1853)
720-471: The rooms in which they were contained. At the summit of each tower is an ogee dome . In 1722 Charles Calvert , found himself in financial difficulties and sold the Kiplin estate to his mother's second husband (his stepfather), Christopher Crowe, for £ 7,000 (equivalent to £1,390,000 in 2023). Crowe had been British Consul in Livorno, Italy, and enjoyed the lucrative contract for supplying
750-488: The title. He married on 1 October 1817 Sarah Crowe (abt 1795 – 1868), the only child of Robert Crowe, Esq., of Kiplin, county York and Anne Buckle, his wife, who was the daughter of Christopher Buckle, Esq., of Burgh, in Banstead. In 1818, Sarah Crowe Carpenter inherited Kiplin Hall from her father and lived there until her death in 1868. John and Sarah had only one child, a daughter named Elizabeth Anne Carpenter who
780-556: Was a British peer. He served with the North York Corps of Yeomanry. Carpenter was the second son of Charles & Elizabeth (MacKenzie) Carpenter. His father Charles (3 January 1757 – 5 September 1803) was a naval officer of rank who married on 19 May 1785 the only daughter of Thomas Mackenzie, Esq. His uncle was George Carpenter, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell who died 15 April 1805, leaving the title to John's older brother George. When George died on 20 December 1812, John inherited
810-836: Was awarded for her service the Italian Medal of Military Valor (Medaglia d'oro al Valore Militare) for exceptional valour as a nurse, Croce di Guerra (Croce al Merito di Guerra) and the British Order of the British Empire as an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.). Following extensive renovation and refurbishment the property is now open to the public, and represents an insight into almost four centuries of life in North Yorkshire. A permanent exhibition charts
840-628: Was born and died on 19 February 1847. Kiplin Hall passed to a cousin, Walter Cecil Talbot, second son of the Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury , who changed his surname to Carpenter as a condition of the will. From 1887 to 1904 Royal Navy Admiral Walter Talbot now surnamed Carpenter lived at Kiplin Hall, near Scorton, Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. Lord Tyrconnell's arms , inherited by title from his great-great-great-grandfather Lord Carpenter, appear to be of French or Norman heritage, "Paly of six, argent and gules, on
870-560: Was promoted to Admiral but died on a trip to London in 1904 and his only daughter, Sarah Marie Talbot Carpenter, inherited. Sarah Talbot Carpenter married Christopher Hatton Turnor from Stoke Rochford in Lincolnshire in 1907 but they had no children. The couple never resided at Kiplin and the house was let. Five sales of land reduced the estate to 120 acres and disposed of many of the tenant farms, land and cottages that had contributed to its running. The estate entered virtually
900-618: Was shaped by the 16th-century religious conflicts around the Reformation . The land was originally a monastic holding under the ownership of Easby Abbey . Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries , the land at Kiplin passed to John Scrope, 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton , and then to Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton . The house was built sometime during 1622–1625 for George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore . Initially built as
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