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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...