#gisburne park

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One of a pair of lofty names. Gisburne Park in Lancashire was built by the affluent Lister family.

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The affluent Lister family built this estate.

The Kennels and The Temple, Gisburne Park, Gisburn, Lancashire

Built in the later 18th century, The Kennels were designed in the style of a sham castle, with a central room flanked by two squat towers. The building also served as an eye-catcher from the bridge over the River Ribble, although this latter function has been lost as trees now block the view. Sadly the castellations are also long gone, but the building appears to have a happier future ahead.

(mo…

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Thomas Lister and Family at Gisburne Park

Artist: Arthur Devis (English, 1712–1787)

Date: 1740–1741

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IIL, United States

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Robin Hood at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre today! And of course it bucketed down solidly for an hour leading up to it. They delayed the start for about 20 mins, and finally the rain petered out, and our (compostable!) ponchos were not needed for the show itself - but the sunscreen was.

If you are in/near London and have the chance to go see it, I highly recommend it. It's on until 22nd July, so there's only a short run. If you do, go prepared for British weather.

Spoilerific review behind cut, in case anyone does go see it.

A good reinvention of the Robin Hood legend, with emphasis on making the story less male and white (in the end, the real Robin was young, black, and female), lots of derring-do and traditional elements (the arrow contest!) mixed with some unsubtle but enjoyable modern politics (the king ends by disenfranchising the wicked Barons, declaring all land to be common land, and abdicating, lol).

About half the cast were POC, and idk whether I'd say this was well-done or under-utilised? It's not really my shout, but it was interesting to note that the story itself did not explicitly point it out, but the heroic, good, and victimised characters were mostly POC, while the villains were mostly white and male.

Also, about half of the characters were female, including Little Joan (former court jester, with a slight look of Harley Quinn), and Mary Tuck (an ex-nun, with a penchant for Earth Mother spiritualism and mushroom tea). Marion was the lead - very similar to the other stage production of Robin Hood that I've seen (The Heart of Robin Hood at the RSC in oh god 2012?!). In that version, she was the true hero of Sherwood; in this (the next step on the ladder?), she was the one firing all the arrows, yes, but she also had a bad case of (Wealthy) White Saviour-ism, which ultimately held her back.

There was a fine selection of villains, too: the Sheriff was enjoyably rakish and selfishly ambitious, Gisburne was gorgeously terrifying and unhinged, and the wicked Council of Barons (all three of them) first appeared in a selection of boy band poses, to much hilarity.

And of course, being the old-skool Robin Hood fan that I am, I could not help loving the old Robin Hood references. First came the Errol Flynn-style Robin, in his hat, tunic, and green tights, a little untidy and possibly drunk, impatiently shooed offstage by the other characters. Then the hyper-masculine Russell Crowe/BBC 2006 type, called out for his accent ("Where are you even FROM?" "I come from the North of England! But I spent some formative years in Ireland...and my mother was French-Canadian..." I LOL'D). And then, oh my heart, the first bars of the Clannad theme rolled out, and the Michael Praed 80s Robin showed up, all athleticism and lucious locks - and there was such a delicious reaction from about 2/3rds of the audience (from which you could tell that this was a formative experience for a generation, many of whom are now parents. Behind me, a small kid asked in bewilderment, "Who's that?"). All three were barred from taking the hero role for being outdated caricatures - but also fondly given a place as forest spirits, part of the realm of the dead and the fictional, giving a cheery, sympathetic greeting to anyone who died.

There was some rather woolly but well-intentioned neo-pagan-esque woodland spirituality, which ultimately won the day and defeated the bad guys. I'm not sure they quite stuck the landing there, but I appreciated the aim all the same.

I loved it, and it was a great play to see outdoors, despite the weather. I'd love to go back and see it at night, I'm sure it's much more atmospheric, which would probably help sell me on the woo-woo parts - but sadly that's not going to be possible in the short time it's on. Still, overall, a great time was had.

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Arthur Devis (1712-1787) - Thomas Lister and Family at Gisburne Park

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Starlink Installation Paythorne

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Thomas Lister and Family at Gisburne Park, Arthur Devis, 1740, Art Institute of Chicago: European Painting and Sculpture

Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne Size: 115.1 × 103.8 cm (45 5/16 × 40 7/8 in.) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/75390/

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Thursday, 19 June 1823

8 3/4

1 1/4

.. Down to breakfast at 10 55/60 – Off from Settle at 11 10/60 – Got out at the George Inn (– Pilling) Gisburn at 1 40/60 – Beautiful drive from Settle to Gisburne 11 miles –

t 5 miles from Settle (turned off to the right at long Preston) on our right very prettily situated on the rising ground above the Ribble, Halton-house (Halton West) Mr Yorke’s – let to a Mr Batty from Huddersfield – about 2 miles from Gisburne, the woods about the Park beautiful – a common white gate about a mile from the village opens into a back way leading to the house –

Gisburne a very neat-looking little market town – the church rather anticipant looking on the outside, but nothing particular within – only one monument, and that put up by one of the Listers to one of the Ashtons (styled his benefaction) in 1709 – Going to be a funeral – the church doors therefore open –

Got the clerk’s son, a boy of 13 or 14, for a guide, and walked to the hall – the Gothic approach lodges, close to the village, very handsome – the approach rather too short (perhaps 1/4 mile), but chiefly wooded on both sides, and pretty enough – the hall door open – went in – then walked round to the back part of the house – went into the kitchen, and got a woman servant to show us over the below stairs rooms – the house shewn when the family was not there – Only mylord at home – riding out in the grounds – very infirm – saw a wheel-chair like my late aunt Lister’s that he is wheeled about in – Mr Lister at York with his Craven legion – Miss Lister daily expected from London – the battle of Marston moor, a good painting by Abraham Cooper – Oliver Cromwell, General Lambert, and Captain Lister, all likenesses – Cromwell, 1/2 length by Sir Peter Lely, very good – Dr. Whitaker (in his Craven) mentions this as perhaps the best likeness ever taken of him – the house wants painting and new-furnishing – asked about the upstairs rooms – the woman said the furniture was old and worn out – they were not shewn – the place altogether indicates that its present possessor does not lay out much money upon it – a great deal wants doing – several pictures in oils by Mr Lister, and a new style in oils or resembling them that he has lately learnt in Bath – heads, landscapes – A large view of Gordale, in oils, just finished, taken by Mr Lister the best likeness of the place I remember to have seen –

walked across the park and thro’ the fields to Westby, 1/2 a mile or more, once a village and the original nest, as it were, of our family and Lord Ribblesdale’s – but the village has been taken away – and nothing remains but 2 modern looking cottages – a barn bearing no trace of antiquity, modern dog-kennels, and a large well-walled kitchen garden now in use for the hall – the wild cattle very gentle – milked night and morning, and as quiet as the rest – Midhope, great and little, 2 farm- houses, not so old looking as Westby – a mile beyond Westby – on the moor – nearer to Pendil hill – then the Midhopes must be modern indeed – perhaps recently rebuilt as farm houses – Set out to walk at 1 50/60 – got back at 4 5/60 –

Off from Gisburne at 4 17/60 – Gisburne 11 miles from Skipton, 9 from Colne, and 7 1/2 from Clitheroe – Turned down from the road to the right, and got to Salley abbey and village (4 miles) at 5 10/60 – went a few yards out of one onto the bridge over the Ribble for a distant view of Bolton hall (Colonel Bolton from Liverpool who fought a  duel with ––) mentioned by Dr. Whitaker as the oldest house bishop Pococke ever saw – It was a white-looking gable-ended house, too far out of our way, and possibly not a very direct road – merely a few bits of old walls remaining of Salley Abbey – the neighbouring cottages have widely been built out of its spoils, – but are very shabby – the surrounding beautiful – the monks knew how to choose situations –

From Salley to Clitheroe beautiful drive – the first view of Clitheroe castle very imposing – this castle-capped mound and town beneath it, reminded at 6 35/60 – most beautiful drive from Gisburne to Clitheroe –

went to the castle immediately after ordering dinner and beds – Except a little of the old wall about midway the mound, the shell of a square Tower at the very top of it, and its surrounding wall at 5 or 6 yards distance is all that remains – From this wall immediately surrounding the Tower a very fine view – Pendil-hill very fine – the valley on all sides very rich – the altogether reminded us of Denbigh and the vale of Clwyd – we called Clitheroe (for it is only a miniature likeness) little Denbigh – From Clitheroe to the top of that part of Pendil over which the road goes to Huntroyde Mr Starkie’s, 2 miles – to the farthest and highest point, I should guess to be about 4 miles, going right across from the Town –

Sat down to dinner at 8 – Roast leg of lamb, mashed potatoes – goos[e]berry tarts and cream – all pretty good –

after dinner wrote out pages 34, 35, of this volume of my journal and went upstairs to bed at 12 1/4 – [E two dots O two dots, marking discharge from venereal complaint] – several drops of dischar ge very slightly tinged so that I fancied my cousin coming –

Very fine day – but the road from Settle to Long Preston so dusty, we were quite covered – after leaving Long Preston, the road was more like a by-road (tho’ good) and it was much less dusty (since any dust at all) and much pleasanter –

left margin:

Gisburne.

Westby.

Midhope.

Bolton hall.

Salley-abbey.

Clitheroe.

Clitheroe castle belongs to the old duchess of Bucleugh [Buccleuch]. the castellated house near the castle inhabited by her steward Mr Kerr.

reference number: SH:7/ML/E/7/0029

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x Sunday 16 March 1834

8 10

11 ¾

incurred a cross just before getting up thinking of Miss W- very fine morning F51° at 8 ¾ - breakfast at 9 ¼ with Marian - civil note from Mr. Waterhouse with the catalogue of Mr. Radcliffe’s (quondam Rouge Croix) catalogue of manuscripts and letters etc now selling at the ‘prices affixed by Thomas Thrope, no. 38, Bedford street, Covent Garden, London’ 1834 - the widow is in a mad house and her scamp of a son (said Mr. Parker yesterday) takes this means of raising money - from  10 ½ to 12 ¼ in my walk - delightful morning - read prayers and sermon 2 Mr Knight volume 1 to my aunt and Oddy  - my aunt poorly - saw her leg dressed - I think the sore rather larger, but as Oddy thought it much the same glad to withhold my own opinion - asleep for ¼ hour - came to my study at 2 - wrote out yesterday and so far of today till 2 ¾ - Mr Sunderland came about 4pm - told me the wound was certainly rather larger but my aunt’s pulse very favourable - again particularly desired him not to come less seldom than twice a week - as my aunt so dislikes taking the anodyne draughts (thinks they prevent her sleeping) thought it would be better to recommend suppositories to answer the purpose of the draughts - till 6 wrote 3 pages and ends (small and close) to Mrs Norcliffe copying the title page of the catalogue (25 of my close small lines) and the  long article chiefly concerning Mrs N- no. 546, and copying or giving sufficient extracts from articles 638, 799 and 839 (Radcliffe, Wake, Wray) - the widow in a lunatic asylum etc as above-  ‘I may perhaps be within York of you again before quite the end of the month - it depends upon my aunt’s continuing as at present - she suffers a great deal, but I have no fear of immediate danger but if I have a day or 2 at command, I shall hope to see you again - we talk of going to Duncombe park’ - cannot be long absent - shall be not off (if at all) between afternoon-post-time on Saturday the 29thinst    ‘Do pray write and tell me how you are - come what may, I never do, and never shall forget all your kindness - I always think with gratitude and pleasure that you, at least , have done me the justice to believe,  I had some sincerity, some steadiness of heart, some deeper and better feeling than many have given me credit for - I have been annoyed and hurt by those from whom I least deserved, and least expected it; but you have never changed in kindness, nor I in gratitude, for four and twenty years, and believe me, my dear Mrs. Norcliffe, always very affectionately yours. A L’. Love to Isabella and all at Croft, and to Charlotte too - ‘you don’t know the good she did me 2 years ago’ - and wrote to ‘Mr. Thomas Thorpe’ to desire him to send me n° 467 Lister pedigree , £2.2.0 of the catalogue if still unsold; if not, to inform me who is the purchaser - on receipt of the papers will immediately an order on Messrs. Hammersleys’ for the money - ‘I am sir, etc, etc’ - ‘No. 647 Lister pedigree - absent of the will of Samuel Lister of Shibden Hall, parish of Halifax, Yorkshire 1632 - letter of John Pate Neville, Esquire Doncaster 1812, relative to recording the genealogy of the Listers in the college of arms - ten letters of Miss A. Lister (1816-1817) relative to the pedigrees of Lister of Shibden Hall, replete with very interesting notices of the early descent of the family, from their branching off from the Listers of Gisburne and settling at Ovendeyne, now Ovenden, near Halifax, about the year 1399 –

SH:7/ML/E/17/0009

very copies notices, from registers, of the births, baptisms, marriages and burials of the Listers of Shibden Hall (1554-1771) - Lists of proofs wanting (1817) relating to the completion of the pedigree - two letters of Miss A. Lister 1824-25 announcing the decease of several of the family who had died since the completion of the pedigree - Letter of EC Lister esquire of Manningham, as a subscriber to Radcliffe’s Yorkshire Pedigree 1827. Pedigree of the Cunliffes of Ickley, in Wharfdale, connected by marriage with the Listers 2£ 2 shillings’ - Dinner at 6 ¼ - then coffee - Marian came to me - staid down talking to her till 8 - then wrote the last 20 lines and sent off at 8 35 my letter to ‘Mrs. Norcliffe Langton Hall Malton’ and my letter to ‘Mr. Thomas Thorpe 38 Bredford street Covent Garden London Postpaid’ - with the catalogue in parcel and note to ‘John Waterhouse Esquire Wellhead’  Dear sir - thanks ‘particularly obliged’ for the catalogue which I returned tonight for fear of being too late in the morning - much obliged for his ordering the catalogue for me at Whitleys - have written for the 2 guineas lot - united kind compliments to his family party - ‘very truly yours A. Lister’ -  Read from page 508 to 560 end of Waldensian researches during a 2nd visit to the Vaudois of Piemont  with an introductory inquiry into the antiquity and purity of the Waldensian church and some account of the compacts with the ancient princes of Piemont, and the treaties between the English government and the house of Savoy in virtue of which this sole relic of the primitive church in Italy has continued to assert its religious independence.  By William Stephen Gilly, m.a. prebendary of Durham

‘Thou small, but holy spot of favoured ground!

‘where’er we gaze, above, around, below

‘what rainbow tints, what magic charms are found!

‘Rock, river, forest, mountain, all abound:

‘And bluest skies that harmonize the whole.

‘Beneath, the distant torrents rushing sound

‘Tells where the volum’d cataract doll roll,

‘between those hanging rocks, that shock, yet please the soul’.

 London printed for C.J.G. and F. Rivington, St. Paul’s churchyard and Waterloo-Place, Pall-Mall 1831’ ‘Gilbert and Rivington printes, St. John’s square’ 8vo pp. 560 - with my aunt from 9 35 to 10 35 - read the morning Herald partly aloud to her - looking 2nd series Waldensian Researches till 11 ¼ - very fine day - F55° at 10 ¾ pm.

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Sunday 16 March 1834

8 10/60 11 3/4

x

Incurred a cross just before getting up thinking of Miss W [Walker] very fine morning Fahrenheit 51.° at 8 3/4 breakfast at 9 1/4 with Marian - civil Note from Mr. Waterhouse with the catalogue of Mr. Radcliffe's (quondam Rouge Croix) catalogue of MSS [manuscripts] and letters &c.  now selling at the 'prices affixed by Thomas Thorpe, no. [number] 38, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London' 1834. the widow is in a madhouse and her scamp of a son (said Mr. Parker yesterday) takes this means of raising money -

from 10 1/2 to 12 1/4 in my walk - delightful morning - read prayers and sermon 2 Mr. Knight volume i. to my aunt and Oddy - my aunt poorly - saw her leg dressed - I think the sore rather larger, but as Oddy thought it much the same glad to withhold my own opinion - asleep for 1/4 hour - came to my study at 2 - wrote out yesterday and so far of today till 2 3/4 - Mr. Sunderland came about 4 p.m. - Told me the wound was certainly rather larger but my aunt's pulse very favourable - again particularly desired him not to come less seldom than twice a week - as my aunt so dislikes taking the anodyne draughts (thinks they prevent her sleeping) thought it would be better to recommend suppositories to answer the purpose of the draughts -

Till 6, wrote 3 pp. [pages] and ends (small and close) to Mrs. Norcliffe copying the title page of the catalogue (25 of my close, small lines) and of the 3 or 4 articles The long article chiefly concerning Mrs. N- [Norcliffe] no. [number] 546, and copying or giving sufficient extracts from articles 638 799 and 839 (Radcliffe, Wake, Wray) - the widow in a lunatic asylum &c. as above -

'I may perhaps be within York of you again before quite the end of the month - it depends upon my aunt's continuing as at present - She suffers a great deal; but I have no fear of immediate danger; but if I have a day or 2 at command, I shall hope to see you again - we talk of going to Duncombe park' -

cannot be long absent - shall not be off (if at all) before after-post-time on Saturday the 29th. instant

'Do pray write and tell me how you are - Come what may, I never do, and never shall forget all your Kindness - I always think with gratitude and pleasure, that you, at least, have done me the justice to believe, I had some sincerity, some steadiness of heart, some deeper and better feeling than many have given me credit for - I have been annoyed, and hurt by those from whom I least deserved, and least expected it; but you have never changed in Kindness, nor I in gratitude, for four-and twenty years, and believe me, my dear Mrs. Norcliffe, always very affectionately yours AL- ' Love to Isabella and all at Croft and to Charlotte too - 'You dont Know the good she did me 2 years ago' -

and wrote to 'Mr. Thomas Thorpe' to desire him to send me no. [number] 467, Lister pedigree, £2.2.0, of the catalogue if still unsold; if not, to inform me who is the purchaser - on receipt of the papers will immediately an order on Messers Hammerleys for the money - 'I am, sir, &c. &c. &c.' -

'no. [number] 467 Lister pedigree. - Abstract of the will of Samuel Lister, of Shipden hall, parish of H-x [Halifax], York, 1632 - Letter of John Pate Neville, Esquire Doncaster, 1812, relative to recording the Genealogy of the Listers in the College of arms. - Ten letters of Miss A. Lister, 1816-17, relative to the pedigrees of Lister of Shibden hall, replete with very interesting notices of the early descent of the family, from their branching off from the Listers of Gisburne and settling at Ovendeyne, now Ovenden, near H-x [Halifax], about the year 1399. -very copious notices, from registers, of the births, baptisms, marriages, and burials of the Listers of Shibden hall, 1554-1771 - Lists of proofs wanting, 1817, relating to the completion of the pedigree - Two lets. letters of Miss A. Anne Lister 1824-25, announcing the decease of several of the family who had died since the completion of the pedigree - Letter of E.C. Lister, Esquire of Manningham, as a subsriber to Radcliffe's Yorkshire pedigrees, 1827. Pedigree of the Cunliffes of Ickley, in Wharfdale, connected by marriage with the Listers. 2£ 2s. shillings' -

dinner at 6 1/4 then coffee - Marian came to me - staid down talking to her till 8 - then wrote the last 20 lines and sent off at 8 35/.. my letter to 'Mrs. Norcliffe Langton hall Malton' yorks and my letter to 'Mr. Thomas Thorpe 38 Bedford Street Covent Garden London Post Paid' - and note with the catalogue in parcel to to 'John Waterhouse Esquire Wellhead' Dear sir - Thanks ('particularly obliged') for the catalogue which I returned tonight for fear of being too late in the morning - much obliged for his ordering the catalogue for me at Whitleys - have written for the 2 guinea lot - united Kind compliments to his family party - 'very truly yours A Lister' -

read from page 508 to 560 end of 'Waldensian Researches during a 2nd visit to the Vaudois of Piemont. with an introductory inquiry into the Antiquity and purity of the Waldensian church and some account of the compacts with the ancient princes of Piemont, and the treaties between the English government and the house of Savoy, in virtue of which this sole relic of the primitive church in Italy has continued to assert its religious independence. By William Stephen Gilly, M.A. prebendary of Durham. 

'Thou small, but holy spot of favoured ground! 'Where'er we gaze, above, around, below, 'What rainbow tints, what magic charms are found! 'Rock, river, forest, mountain, all abound: 'And bluest skies that harmonize the whole. 'Beneath, the distant torrent's rushing sound 'Tells where the volum'd cataract doth roll, 'Between those hanging rocks, that shock, yet please the soul.'

London printed for C.J.G. and F. Rivington, St. Paul's churchyard, and Waterloo-Place, Pall-Mall. 1831.' 'Gilbert and Rivington printers, St. John's square' 8vo. octavo pp. pages 560'

with my aunt from 9 35/.. to 10 35/.. - read the morning Herald partly aloud to her - looking 2nd series Waldensian Researches Till 11 1/4 - very fine day - Fahrenheit 55.° at 10 3/4 p.m. -

Reference: SH:7/ML/E/17/0008 - SH:7/ML/E/17/0009

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1740-1741 Arthur Devis - Thomas Lister and Family at Gisburne Park

(Art Institute of Chicago)

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Starlink Installation Paythorne. Gisburn

Here we have new installation of a Starlink system on a Static Home on Ribble Valley Country and Leisure park, Paythorne on the outskirts of Gisburn fitted by Andy and Ethan.

Customer had just purchased this new home and then realised that the internet up in this remote location was none existent, so ordered Starlink and contacted us for a professional installation.

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Maria and Greg - Gisburne Park Teaser from Dave Spink Photography & Film on Vimeo.