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House of Shakespeare's Old Sir Rowland, built in renaissance code. Historic manor - venue, centre for theatre & the arts. Hidden in Shropshire, revealed on our website www.soultonhall.co.uk

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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Great to see the @ShropshireStar highlighting the latest on Soulton Hall. From local research to the national record in Hansard, it’s a big moment for our local history. ​https://www.shropshirestar.com/your-world/2026/03/14/new-chapter-for-soulton-hall-as-committee-findings-enter-hansard/
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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Shropshire Manor’s Role as ‘Nation’s Safe Box’ reaches Parliament
A North Shropshire manor house took centre stage in the House of Commons earlier this month, as a series of formal parliamentary questions has placed the county’s role as a guardian of English identit...
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Visited Moseley Old Hall today. ​It is fascinating to see their late C16th house chapel, which seems to originate from the same architectural DNA as the prayer room and aedicule at Soulton Hall from a few decades prior. ​A relatable heritage context, even across the different polarities of the era.
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
We are aware that our @Meta @Facebook and @Instagram accounts are currently down. This is part of a widespread global technical issue affecting many organizations. Contact us directly via: 🌐 soultonhall.co.uk 📧 enquiries@soultonhall.co.uk 📞 01939 232786
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Soulton Hall – Home of England’s Soul
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
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Historic Tudor site formally recognised in government papers
A Tudor-era discovery site has been formally recognised on the national record.
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
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From Fact to Fiction – The Alegory in Dance: Hannah Deakin’s Pavement
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Following research entering the record yesterday, Lambeth Palace was formally notified. They acknowledge the "historic significance" and seriousness of the work on Sir Rowland Hill’s legacy, valuing the Anglican jurisdiction of Lichfield. ​Link: soultonhall.co.uk/2026/update-...
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The research on St Erkenwald & the Old St Paul’s High Altar stone is now part of the @ShropCouncil public record. Following a heritage audit. Watch: youtu.be/bPY4eR5CqnM?...
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Erkenwald and St Paul's Altar Stone: Public Statement via Q&A in Full Shropshire Council Meeting
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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Distinguished legal figures to gather in Shropshire for Magna Carta talk
Soulton Hall is to welcome Mary Arden, Lady Arden of Heswall—former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom—for a landmark lecture on Magna Carta on Friday, April 24.
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Delighted to learn that Jacob Chandler's profiled in "Hidden Talents: International Art Magazine" for #ASYI commission &collaboration between him and our heritage consultants at Byrga Geniht "artistic triumph exploring the the movement... fusion of Geometry, Light and Meaning"
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
"architectural cousinhood" revealed. 🔍 ​New (to us) 1931 prints map the link between Old Sir Rowland Hill’s House and the lost Palace of Whitehall—sharing a 55ft cube silhouette and the same Grinshill stone found at 10 Downing Street. 🏰✨ ​Full story: soultonhall.co.uk/2026/downing...
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
SAVE THE DATE: 08 MAY 🌲🎧 ​@ShropsYouthThea brings As You Like It to Soulton Hall! We’re reframing the Forest of Arden as a 1994 free party. 🕺✨ ​A homecoming 500 years in the making. This is Shakespeare, reclaimed. ​Details: soultonhall.co.uk/2026/arden-9...
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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
A privilege to spend some time with the Thegns of Mercia @thegns.bsky.social; the quality of the work they are producing is astonishing and humbling and hugely helpful to think with. May they thrive! Photo from their bluesky banner. www.thegns.org
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
​A burial without a funeral? 🕯️ ​Sir Rowland Hill was playing a dangerous game in 1550, smuggling a secret from the heart of London to the mists of Shropshire. ​Watch the full 20-minute deep dive on "The Hidden Stone" here: youtu.be/x8TG7XtwnlM?...
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From Fact to Fiction: A Burial Without a Funeral - The Hidden Stone
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Andrew Fusek Peters @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Hugely honoured to get the Times News in Pictures lead pic and the express for sunset near solstice at Soulton Long Barrow A magical pilgrimage to a place of wonder and peace - the effect only lasts a few minutes. @omsystem.bsky.social @natgeoyourshot.bsky.social @soultonhall.bsky.social
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Nov 1st: we acknowledge the long-standing tradition of honoring the departed. 🍂 The Soulton Long Barrow offers a peaceful space for this reflection ​ It privileges no one perspective. Instead, it connects us to the rhythms of nature and the shared human endeavor to build lasting, beautiful memorials
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
The next open day at the barow is Sun, 2 Nov: 10:00-13:00. Image: Soulton Long Barrow under construction In summer 2019.
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
The November Soulton Hall Heritage Tours are officially FULLY BOOKED due to overwhelming demand! 🥳 We have just 2 FINAL TICKETS remaining for December to close out 2025. Don't miss your last chance for an intimate historical journey this year 👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/soult...
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Old Sir Rowland Hill, 'Renaissance Hero', repaired the Commonwealth by refounding the London Hospitals (and more). This spirit lived on: Robert Dudley founded the Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick to fill the similar gaps. @Historic_Houses 🤝 #LordLeycester #SoultonHall
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The Lady Margaret Hall Brwon Book has carried an account of the 813th Quit Rents Address given at the RCJ last October: Link (pp. 22): www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Please note that due to the 10K road race, there is a road closure in Wem today. If you are traveling to Soulton Hall, you must take an alternate route via the A49. Please do not attempt to travel through Wem. Thank you.
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
"And to the skirts of this wild wood he came" #asyoulikeit #Shakespearesunday
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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 04/10/2025
🌍 | Wildlife populations have declined by more than two-thirds over the last 50 years. Oxford experts are giving conservation actions the best chance of success ⬇️ www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-environmen… #OxfordClimate | #WorldAnimalDay2025
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Nature protection and recovery
Explore the work Oxford experts are doing to understand how nature is responding to climate change, how we can better protect nature from climate impacts, and how we can reverse nature’s decline.
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
SOLD OUT AGAIN! The Heritage Tour this Sunday is full. ​Don't miss future dates to explore: ​📜 Geneva Bible clandestine base. ​🌳 Ground that inspired Shakespeare's As You Like It. ​🗝️ Hidden chapel & priests' hide. ​Tours sell out fast—book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/soult...
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Barn owls ringed in a bird survey this morning! 😍
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Are you subscribed to our Mailing List "THE NEW NEWS"? 📰 (Yes that *is* an 'As You Like It' quote 😀! Sign up for our Free Copy of the mailing list here ➡️ soultonhall.co.uk/2025/the-new...
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Mary Arden's Farm.
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
A fantastic morning for bird ringing! 🐦 We ringed 52 new birds at Soulton, including highlights like Stonechats, Chiffchaffs, and Meadow Pipits. ​Each tiny ring helps unlock the secrets of migration and survival. #BirdConservation #BirdRinging #SoultonHall #Shrewsbury
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Join the next Open Day at Soulton Long Barrow! Step into the stillness of the barrow and be welcomed by our local guardian, Merryn. ​🗓️ Sunday 5 October 2025 ⏰ 10am - 1pm 📍 Soulton Long Barrow, Soulton Hall, Shrewsbury ​#OpenDay #Shrewsbury #SoultonLongBarrow #Heritage
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
"If walls could talk"
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Our new and improved guidebooks are here! 📖✨ But to find out what's inside, you'll have to book your spot on one of our Heritage Tours. 😉 @historic_houses
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
This current service room is being restored for future tours (some day!). The intense original yellow colour has been confirmed, and the Tudor beams are now highlighted with black infill. #Tudor #historicbuilding
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The Green Wood Tree.
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
We were so touched by this recent feedback from a guest on one of our heritage tours. It's a privilege to share the history of Soulton Hall with all of you. Tomorrow's tour is fully booked, but there are still plenty of opportunities to join us. Book future dates: soultonhall.co.uk/whats-on/
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
"My father charged you in his will to give me good education" #asyoulikeit #Shakespearesunday
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Soulton Hall's 1668 door case (? by Christopher Wren) is linked to a 1560 Geneva Bible Ezekiel illustration Built by Sir Rowland Hill (d.1561) for teaching and statecraft, this hall was the center of the Elizabethan settlement The door case was part of Restoration repairs
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
"Be truly welcome hither"
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Today we supported PhD research at @harperadamsuni.bsky.social with extended contributions to wirk investigating the current changes in agriculture.
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Messenger:... Buckingham's army is dispersed... he.. wander'd away.. No man knows whither. RICHARD III: my purse to cure that blow of thine...Reward to him that brings the traitor in 📷 site of Buckingham's arrest, on the Soulton boundary @HollowCrownFans #Shakespearesunday
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Amazing golden hour light last night
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Sir Rowland Hill's Prayer Room, this morning: once a sanctuary for those persecuted for faith, soon to open to tours. Reminding of the dangers people of conscience face, still honouring the pluralism Hill promted An ecumenical service precedes opening, to support reconciliation
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Today, Tim was in Birmingham at Solicitors Offices. He was giving an interview for BBC News. It concerned years of shared work to vindicate rights of many people harmed by disappointing corporate behaviour.
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
“Soulton is a rich and fascinating bridge between sixteenth-century worlds. Not Just from the late modern, but also between the traditions of Britain and an international Renaissance... I don’t think any house has quite as many surprises per square foot as Soulton” – James D. Wenn, Byrga Geniht
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Martin George @jannerbirder.bsky.social · 31/08/2024
Excellent, that one's usually a crowd pleaser. Basically a series of setup gags for Falstaff! We went to an outdoor performance of the play at Soulton Hall near Wem in 2022, our first social gathering since the start of the pandemic, and it was a great morale booster for everyone. We needed it!
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Lesley @englishfolkfan.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
If you ever find yourself in North Shropshire them do visit @soultonhall.bsky.social where they have a 'new contemporary' long barrow, which is used for cremated interments in individual niches, and special open days for public visits. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulton... soultonhall.co.uk/whats-on/
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What’s On – Soulton Hall
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Many thanks to @ShropshireStar for covering last weekend's historic performance in the Epidaurus Court, the first fkr over 200 years. www.shropshirestar.com/your-world/2...
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Epidaurus Court comes alive with theatre after centuries at Soulton Hall
The magic of live theatre returned to the historic setting of Soulton Hall this weekend, with spectacular performances that bridged centuries of history and dramatic storytelling.
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Incredibly evocative work by Samuel van Hoogstraten, born on this day in 1627. A kind of domestic still life. Nothing & everything.
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
"Every fairy take his gait; And each several chamber bless, Through this palace, with sweet peace; And the owner of it blest Ever shall in safety rest. Trip away; make no stay" A Spectacular return to theatrical use after a rest of a couple of centuries in the Epidaurus Court!
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Join something historic this Saturday! The normally private Epidaurus Court will host its first performance since at least 1783: a staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream in the pageant court of Old Sir Rowland [cousin of Shakespeare] at the #asyoulikeit birthplace. #Shakespeare
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Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Exciting news! 🎉 @ByrgaGeniht research supported by Soulton revealing hidden maths in medieval art, is hitting the national stage! Catch it on @TheRestHistory (Sept) with @holland_tom & see the exhibition in Colchester this August. Endorsed by Oxford's Marcus du Sautoy
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