Our blog post cover everything that happens at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House from the stories discovered about objects and furnishings, to family connections and past residents. You can read about the garden and the plants we grow as well as the volunteering experience we offer to our brilliant team. The majority of the posts are written by volunteers.
Elizabeth’s Rainy Day Out
Elizabeth Gaskell was born in London in 1810, and sadly lost her mother in 1811. The infant Elizabeth was taken to Knutsford, Cheshire, where she was brought up by her mother’s sister, Hannah Lumb. Despite her love of Manchester, Elizabeth’s connection with
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Understanding Unitarianism and the Gaskells
Elizabeth Gaskell's House is lucky to have been awarded a grant from the Hibbert Trust - a Unitarian charity. We volunteers have been beneficiaries of the grant which has supported our development programme, and at the beginning of this week, we enjoyed
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The Transformation Begins
Following on from our September bedroom update, we've made some very visible progress this month, and those visitors lucky enough to visit in the last week, will have seen this for themselves. The painting and wallpapering is now pretty much complete thanks
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Daily Devotions for the Closet
On 10 October 2016 a slim volume entitled Daily Devotions for the Closet by Rev. Samuel Merrivale inscribed to Elizabeth Gaskell as a gift from the Rev. William Turner of Newcastle was returned to its former home through the kind donation of
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The Story of a Unitarian Chair
In William Gaskell's study we have a comfortable Windsor chair with a brass plaque which reads: 'Originally in Manchester College, York. Occupied by William Gaskell, John Colston, P P Carpenter etc 1825-1856.' So what is the history of the College where William
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