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.
The Unitarian Collection
As you walk into William’s study, you can see on the right-hand side, three shelves from the top, a most uninspiring-looking collection of books, all wrapped in dull brown paper. Yet on inspection these turn out to be, possibly, the titles most likely
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First Impressions
I was told by a lecturer on my first day at university, 'the more you learn, the more you will realise you do not know yet,' and I can say the same is true of the wonderful Elizabeth Gaskell’s House. On my
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Books in Translation
The United Kingdom is an insular country. Which is a truism, I know, but I am not just thinking about its geography. Compared to other European countries we read far fewer books written originally in other languages. That is not only something
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Elizabeth’s Bedroom Update
Despite the lock-down and closure of the House, we are still on track to restore Elizabeth's Bedroom this year, albeit a little later than we planned. Whilst the House was closed, we continued with our fundraising, and aided by donations from several
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Ferns in the Study and in the Garden
A group of volunteers have been cataloging all the books in William Gaskell's study and they have unearthed some gems! We have books from the library of Dorothy L Sayers, books signed by Charles Darwin's sister, we've found shopping lists and some
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