Bosses at Stoneleigh Abbey had no idea the bridge ... The photo shows the daughter of Lord Leigh, the former resident of the stately home, standing on the bridge in about 1886.

At stake was inheritance of the large and rich Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire ... occurred around 1811-12 but revived for Chandos Leigh in 1839. The culprit who created ambiguity about who ...

Stoneleigh Abbey had been acquired by Sir Thomas Leigh, Lord Mayor of London, in 1558. Charles I gave Leigh the barony after he offered hospitality when the gates of Coventry were closed to ...

Thanks to Lord Leigh and the on-site fire fighters, much was saved but due to the fabric of the building being damaged, the house was forced to close. In 1996, Stoneleigh Abbey Limited was formed ...

When Jane Austen’s cousin, the Rev Thomas Leigh, inherited the palatial Stoneleigh Abbey she went with him to see his new estate and home. She was so impressed that she used it in her novels ...

Stoneleigh Abbey began life as a Cistercian monastic house in 1154 A stately home is trying to raise funds for a new visitor centre by building 12 new homes on its land. The plans would see a £4m ...

The plans would see a £4m development near Stoneleigh Abbey, Kenilworth. The home said the houses would be built on the remaining half of the Old Sawmill Field, where 10 homes were created 18 ...