Blacksmiths, Calke Abbey, Derbyshire, England, Historical, March, Stables

IF Walls could talk……many a tale would be told!

Brick-Wall

Patched and crumbling this old wall, overlooking a stable yard, could know doubt tell a few tales of a way of life long gone.  A time when the stables were one of the main hubs of any large household.

And each door, a window into another world, dark and mysterious…..

Stable-Doors

 

The-Stalls

These rather fine Stalls rather begs the question as to whether there were different classes of accommodation for horses.  ‘4 Star’ for the horses of the Lord of the Manor and more basic for the everyday working horses.

But what ever ‘class’ of horse enjoyed these elaborate surroundings one thing is for sure, they would all need the services of the Farrier and Blacksmith.

Blacksmith’s were important to the smooth running of any estate needing to turn their skills to much more that just shoeing horses.  

Blacksmiths-shop

 

These images were taken at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire a house that can tell many a story….but I suspect many more of this countries Houses can tell similar tales of labour and hard graft by Estate workers in the ‘service’ of the Owner.

26th March

12 thoughts on “IF Walls could talk……many a tale would be told!”

  2. Great Post David, I love walking through old metal work shops seeing the olde world equipment.

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  3. Yes you are so right dear David, there should be so many stories behind them… Thank you, you did a great shots, I loved their colours, they are so artistic too. With my love, nia

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  9. Really interesting posts on the stables and Calke Abbey. Colours pop out from the photos, too. Are my eyes deceiving me, or are the floors of the stalls angled down? That could certainly ease clean-up…8^)

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    1. Yep…they slope and despite all those years of use long ago they still look as if they would survive service today…even the utilitarian stables are solid and so well constructed.

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