Hello All, Because of the interest in these papers to the extent several donated money towards preventing them going to the States, I thought you might like an update. First because of donations & lottery fund they were saved to remain in Northamptonshire, you probably knew that; but I have some additional information that I was given permission to share with you all. Aynhoe Park House was recently bought by a James Perkins, he is turning it back to how it was with complete renovations inside & out, and to be his private home. He has bought back the grounds that haven't been developed called Rylands; there is planning to put back the cricket pitch, that was there in the 30's, and additionally to build a museum. In the museum he plans to have many specimens related to Aynhoe and surrounding area. Plus he has met several times with the Northants archival people to arrange the rotation of the Cartwright papers into the museum. So far response for this has been extremely positive, and looks like it will take place. If necessary at first he will use part of the Park House as part of the museum. He has been travelling world wide buying stuff to have a considerable display at the museum - not just Aynhoe coverage. He has bought entire museums for specimens. He has also bought the Cartwright Arms (local pub), over the past 40 + years it has been bastardised, he has called in British Heritage to turn it back to how it was originally- a village pub. He will have a restaurant but it will sell typical pub fare at reasonable prices and decent sized servings. I have seen what he has done so far in the Park House it is a credit to him. By Sept he believes he will have enough done to open it up for the villagers to see for themselves, of course at no charge. He is a very personable and unpretentious young man about 40 years old. He wants to be able to go to the pub for a drink, and have a meal of one of his favourites 'bangers & mash'. He has met with some of the villagers at the annual village meeting, and he was very well received by all there, including old villagers and new transplants. Which says a lot, if you know Aynhoe as I do. I will keep you posted on the progress of the museum etc as I hear it. Regards, Dawn

That sounds wonderful. How exciting to see something of this magnitude going back to a better time instead of horrible new buildings popping up everywhere. Aynho is/was a beautiful little village, it now seems that as much as possible is going to be done to restore it. Thank you for the very interesting update. Jill. Dawn & Mike Griffis <[email protected]> wrote: Hello All, Because of the interest in these papers to the extent several donated money towards preventing them going to the States, I thought you might like an update. First because of donations & lottery fund they were saved to remain in Northamptonshire, you probably knew that; but I have some additional information that I was given permission to share with you all. Aynhoe Park House was recently bought by a James Perkins, he is turning it back to how it was with complete renovations inside & out, and to be his private home. He has bought back the grounds that haven't been developed called Rylands; there is planning to put back the cricket pitch, that was there in the 30's, and additionally to build a museum. In the museum he plans to have many specimens related to Aynhoe and surrounding area. Plus he has met several times with the Northants archival people to arrange the rotation of the Cartwright papers into the museum. So far response for this has been extremely positive, and looks like it will take place. If necessary at first he will use part of the Park House as part of the museum. He has been travelling world wide buying stuff to have a considerable display at the museum - not just Aynhoe coverage. He has bought entire museums for specimens. He has also bought the Cartwright Arms (local pub), over the past 40 + years it has been bastardised, he has called in British Heritage to turn it back to how it was originally- a village pub. He will have a restaurant but it will sell typical pub fare at reasonable prices and decent sized servings. I have seen what he has done so far in the Park House it is a credit to him. By Sept he believes he will have enough done to open it up for the villagers to see for themselves, of course at no charge. He is a very personable and unpretentious young man about 40 years old. He wants to be able to go to the pub for a drink, and have a meal of one of his favourites 'bangers & mash'. He has met with some of the villagers at the annual village meeting, and he was very well received by all there, including old villagers and new transplants. Which says a lot, if you know Aynhoe as I do. I will keep you posted on the progress of the museum etc as I hear it. Regards, Dawn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ British History Online ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.

Hi Dawn: This message took a bit of digesting and sounds absolutely wonderful. Who is this young man, some sort of hi tech millionaire or what? It sounds as though he has a very definite idea of what he wants, does he have any previous connection to Aynhoe or is this an "out of the blue" buy? I thought the Park House had been split up into apartments, what has happened to that, did it go on the market or did he negotiate with all the 'owners' 'tenants' to buy them all out? What a shame that I will not be there in Sept. to have a chance to see it this year. But I will be back and will look forward to having a visit to the museum and whatever else is open to view. Will he be doing anything about gardens? I thought the Cartwright Arms looked pretty shabby when I was in there when visiting your Mother, anything would be an improvement. Have been sorting out photos for Nigel etc. and hope to get Neil to scan some in the near future. Nigel sent me one today of his Grandparents Golden Wedding and my grandparents are on it also. Regards, Barbara,. On 17-May-07, at 8:36 AM, Dawn & Mike Griffis wrote: > Hello All, > > Because of the interest in these papers to the extent several > donated money towards preventing them going to the States, I > thought you might like an update. > > First because of donations & lottery fund they were saved to remain > in Northamptonshire, you probably knew that; but I have some > additional information that I was given permission to share with > you all. > > Aynhoe Park House was recently bought by a James Perkins, he is > turning it back to how it was with complete renovations inside & > out, and to be his private home. He has bought back the grounds > that haven't been developed called Rylands; there is planning to > put back the cricket pitch, that was there in the 30's, and > additionally to build a museum. In the museum he plans to have many > specimens related to Aynhoe and surrounding area. Plus he has met > several times with the Northants archival people to arrange the > rotation of the Cartwright papers into the museum. So far response > for this has been extremely positive, and looks like it will take > place. If necessary at first he will use part of the Park House as > part of the museum. He has been travelling world wide buying stuff > to have a considerable display at the museum - not just Aynhoe > coverage. He has bought entire museums for specimens. > He has also bought the Cartwright Arms (local pub), over the past > 40 + years it has been bastardised, he has called in British > Heritage to turn it back to how it was originally- a village pub. > He will have a restaurant but it will sell typical pub fare at > reasonable prices and decent sized servings. > I have seen what he has done so far in the Park House it is a > credit to him. By Sept he believes he will have enough done to > open it up for the villagers to see for themselves, of course at no > charge. > He is a very personable and unpretentious young man about 40 years > old. He wants to be able to go to the pub for a drink, and have a > meal of one of his favourites 'bangers & mash'. He has met with > some of the villagers at the annual village meeting, and he was > very well received by all there, including old villagers and new > transplants. Which says a lot, if you know Aynhoe as I do. > > I will keep you posted on the progress of the museum etc as I hear it. > Regards, > Dawn > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ > British History Online > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Barbara I don't often come in as I haven't connections with Banburyshire proper but have been interested in the Cartwright Papers. I have copied part of your email that sounds as though Aynhoe Park House is open at certain times of the year. Do you know or anyone know of any 'open days'? A friend and myself drive past whenever we visit Cheltenham, Gloucester area and wondered about the estate. We have stopped and looked around the village and was overwhelmed by the historical nature of the buildings. Maureen Bucks. "What a shame that I will not be there in Sept. to have a chance to see it this year. But I will be back and will look forward to having a visit to the museum and whatever else is open to view. Will he be doing anything about gardens?" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Adair" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 23 May 2007 00:12 Subject: Re: [BAN] Cartwright archivial papers > Regards, Barbara,. > > On 17-May-07, at 8:36 AM, Dawn & Mike Griffis wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > Because of the interest in these papers to the extent several > > donated money towards preventing them going to the States, I > > thought you might like an update. > > > > First because of donations & lottery fund they were saved to remain > > in Northamptonshire, you probably knew that; but I have some > > additional information that I was given permission to share with > > you all. > > > > Aynhoe Park House was recently bought by a James Perkins, he is > > turning it back to how it was with complete renovations inside & > > out, and to be his private home. He has bought back the grounds > > that haven't been developed called Rylands; there is planning to > > put back the cricket pitch, that was there in the 30's, and > > additionally to build a museum. In the museum he plans to have many > > specimens related to Aynhoe and surrounding area. Plus he has met > > several times with the Northants archival people to arrange the > > rotation of the Cartwright papers into the museum. So far response > > for this has been extremely positive, and looks like it will take > > place. If necessary at first he will use part of the Park House as > > part of the museum. He has been travelling world wide buying stuff > > to have a considerable display at the museum - not just Aynhoe > > coverage. He has bought entire museums for specimens. > > He has also bought the Cartwright Arms (local pub), over the past > > 40 + years it has been bastardised, he has called in British > > Heritage to turn it back to how it was originally- a village pub. > > He will have a restaurant but it will sell typical pub fare at > > reasonable prices and decent sized servings. > > I have seen what he has done so far in the Park House it is a > > credit to him. By Sept he believes he will have enough done to > > open it up for the villagers to see for themselves, of course at no > > charge. > > He is a very personable and unpretentious young man about 40 years > > old. He wants to be able to go to the pub for a drink, and have a > > meal of one of his favourites 'bangers & mash'. He has met with > > some of the villagers at the annual village meeting, and he was > > very well received by all there, including old villagers and new > > transplants. Which says a lot, if you know Aynhoe as I do. > > > > I will keep you posted on the progress of the museum etc as I hear it. > > Regards, > > Dawn > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ > > British History Online > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY- > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ > British History Online > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >