A note about Soulton Historical Documents
Considering our ancient and interesting book-related furniture (Old Sir Rowland’s sea chest, and the Restoration-period book press), we have had some questions about what literary survivals exist at Soulton…
Old Sir Rowland’s sea chest
It is understood that Hill’s library survived at Soulton, albeit some of it went to Cambridge with Parker, until the Civil War when it was evacuated (his chair of estate being broken by Parliament in that moment).
After that, the Hill dynasty’s main library was passed down at Hawkstone following the construction of the hall there in the early eighteenth century, and when Hawkstone was stopped as a Hill family machine parts of its papers went to Hodnet Hall.
The Restoration Book Case
We do have some rural treats.
Recipes for special beer and special cheese survive in our records, as does the book in which the famous Dancing Pavement was designed!
Soulton Hall’s 1830s account book, open at the pages the DAncing Pavement was desigened at (the design used was cut out, and given to the masons, as seen)
We are hoping to bring forward lines of our beer and cheese in the future… watch this space!
The Soulton Dancing Pavement, showing The Dance, which features in AS YOU LIKE IT
