Friday, November 7, 2008

The Bathing house - Craster - and the 2nd Earl Grey

One of the joys of working with our clients across Northumberland is looking through the history and background on many of the houses. The Bathing house near Craster has a history going back into the 19th century when it was built by the 2nd Earl Grey.With this in mind we were very interested when the opportunity arose to purchase a signature of the Earl from this period.
It's from the front of an envelope sent from Alnwick to Queensferry back in August 1816.You can see the picture below.

We hope to find out a little more about the Earl and what it was like to live in Northumberland back in the 19th century. So will keep you posted!


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