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leased the south wing to house her holiday scheme for concentration camp survivors from Poland. This scheme, which ran at Melford Hall for 11 years, eventually grew into her work with charity
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One wing of the hall was gutted by fire in February 1942 but rebuilt after World War II, retaining the external Tudor
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and is still lived in by the Hyde Parker family. Since 1960 it has been owned by the National Trust.
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The Hall grounds host a number of events including the "Big Night Out" every November to mark
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of 1642 the house was attacked and damaged by an anti-Catholic crowd. In 1786 it was sold to
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was a cousin of the family and was a frequent visitor to the hall from the 1890s onwards.
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The hall was first opened to the public in 1955 by Ulla, Lady Hyde Parker. In 1958
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The hall was mostly constructed in the 16th century, incorporating parts of a
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which had been in use since before 1065. It has similar roots to nearby
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Grade I listed historic house museum in Long Melford, United Kingdom
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Epistolae Ho-Elianae: the familiar letters of James Howell
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The Adventures of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny
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stately home
Long Melford
Suffolk
Parker Baronets
medieval
abbots
Bury St Edmunds
Kentwell Hall
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Queen Mary
William Cordell
James Howell
Elizabeth Savage, Countess Rivers
Stour Valley Riots
Sir Harry Parker, 6th Baronet
Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet
Beatrix Potter

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