A Hidden Gem: A word of Thanks

Wednesday, 14 May 2008

A word of Thanks

Look what dropped into my Inbox this morning !! A lovely letter of thanks from the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club. It is always nice to be appreciated for the hard work that all my staff endeavour to provide. Well Done to all staff concerned.

Hello Mr Alcock

A belated note of thanks for taking such good care of the XK8 Forum members of the JEC last weekend. We thoroughly enjoyed your hospitality, and for the way your staff looked after us so well, both for those who stayed overnight on Saturday and those that joined us on Sunday morning!

Should you wish you can see some pictures taken during our very wet day out on the web site address below:

http://www.johnbrennand.co.uk/2008_lancashire_hot_pot.htm

Thanks again, and if you will have us we would very much like to repeat the experience sometime in the future.

Bye for now

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History of The Shireburn Arms

The Shireburn Arms is a little corner of Old England for you to savour. When it began life in 1679 it was a farm with a series of outbuildings. Stonyhurst College, just one mile away is one of the finest buildings in Lancashire and all England, acclaimed even by Alec Clifton-Taylor. A Jesuit school of enviable reputation and responsible for the schooling of many influential authors, Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), J.R Tolkien (Lord of the Rings), the seven Victoria Cross's and the setting of many period dramas and films.
In fact, the Shireburn Coat of Arms appears only in the College and in stained glass in the hotel.
This historic hotel itself comprises of three buildings which have been sensitively combined to provide a place of charm and character.

The "Sherburn" was sold by the Weld family in 1831 and then run as a hotel by Richard Parker. His daughter, a Dominican nun, inherited the "Sherburn" and it became a convent from 1856. It was then sold to Stonhurst College in 1866, who then owned it until 1975, and was run by various landlords as a hotel. On an interesting note, the wife of an earlier publican, Ralph Holden, was said to have murdered one of his relatives in 1834. However, she claimed that she "had only put the arsenic in the tea pot, he had chosen to drink the tea." She was hung at Lancaster Castle.

Wednesday, 14 May 2008

A word of Thanks

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