Medieval Bramall Hall & Food Fayre, Cheshire, England

16th July 2006

It was a gorgeous sunny day in July and we decided to go to Bramall Hall (about 35 minutes drive from Mossley, in the county of Cheshire) because we had read they were having a Food Fayre and I had been wanting to go inside it, so off we went. There was good food everywhere (we brought home a loaf of Welsh Barabrith & a few other items).

By the way, several of these photos are blurred a bit because I wasn't allowed to use flash in the hall but I went ahead and took photos with no flash, so that made the shutter speed open the lens wider to let in the light but causes it not to be as steady or something like that, Ken says. LOL

We had free entry to the hall because of the Food Fayre being partly inside it, so we got to see Medieval Bramall Hall for FREE and it is one of my favorites I've seen. I love the medieval halls best, I think. There are old homes from every period all over the UK and it's hard to pick favorites. The medievals are very very very very old and this one has been kept in good shape. It has been owned by only 3 families in the last 800 years. Here is a website to go have a really good look at it and its history. Very interesting!

http://www.bramallhall.org.uk/

It's amazing and I want to go back and see it again. LOL We walked through it twice the day we were there and then walked all around the grounds as you can see in the photos. Before we left, I got a nice homemade "beef burger" with onions & Ken's got a "beef burger" with English bacon.

I will describe each photo underneath it, as best I can. Enjoy your tour with us of this beautiful part of English history.

WE PARKED AND WALKING TOWARD BRAMALL HALL	FOOD FAYRE IN THE OLD HALL	FOOD FAYRE IN THE HALL
PHOTO IN THE CHAPEL IN BRAMALL HALL	CHAPEL IN BRAMALL HALL	STAIRS INSIDE THE HALL	LOOKING AT THE STAIRS THAT GO ON UP TO THE THIRD FLOOR BUT WE DIDN'T GET TO SEE UP THERE
ONE OF THE GREAT HALLS IN BRAMALL HALL	NOTICE THE ORIGINAL MEDIEVAL PAINTINGS ON THE WALL	BUTTERFLY THAT WAS TRYING TO GET OUT	ORIGINAL MEDIEVAL PAINTINGS ON WALLS IN THE HALL
ONE OF THE BEDROOMS	NOTICE HOW "THICK" THE DOORS ARE...THAT WAS ABOUT 2.5 INCHES, AWESOME!	A MEDIEVAL BED CALLED "FLEMISH TRAVELLING BED"	ROOM IN THE HALL
INFO ABOUT THE TRAVELLING BED (THAT IS HOW IT IS SPELLED HERE)	FOOD FAYRE IN THE HALL	MORE YUMMY FOOD	MORE FOOD!
FOOD FAYRE IN THE OLD HALL	ONE OF THE BEDROOMS	ANOTHER BEDROOM	VIEW OF THE WEST FRONT OF BRAMALL HALL
WEST FRONT OF BRAMALL HALL	FOOD FAYRE AT BRAMALL HALL	JANIE OUT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HALL	EAST FRONT OF BRAMALL HALL
GROUNDS OF BRAMALL HALL	GROUNDS OF BRAMALL HALL	READ THE SIGN! LOL WISH THEY WERE THAT STRICT ABOUT LITTERING! LOL	JANIE ON THE EAST FRONT OF BRAMALL HALL
LAKE ON BRAMALL HALL GROUNDS