Sunday Snap - Cavendish's Castle

A long-haired lady riding naked through the streets in order to protest at her husband's unfair taxes was the subject of last week's photograph. Lady Godiva was the lady featured in last week's Sunday Snap and the city she rode through was

Coventry

Some people offered up the answer of Banbury in reference to the nursery rhyme:

Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross,
To see a Fyne lady ride on a white horse.
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
She shall have music wherever she goes.

The right answer was given by Sarah-Louise and Leyla. For your extra pleasure I'll throw in an additional Coventry fact. The term 'sent to Coventry' originates from the Civil War when Royalist troops were sent to the Parliamentarian town of Coventry to be imprisoned. Since the good folk of Coventry didn't think much of Royalists and tried to avoid them as much as possible the act of being 'sent to Coventry' became a widespread saying.

Onto this week's photograph and it is of one of the many fine buildings that was owned by William Cavendish, 1^st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne. Cavendish was the grandson of Bess of Hardwick; a woman who perfected the art of marrying well and burying well. She was widowed four times and each time managed to amass greater wealth and more titles. This part of the castle is known as the 'Little Castle' and was started by William's father, Charles Cavendish. Upon Charles' death in 1617 William embarked on a project to finish the Little Castle. No expense was spared and the finished result included the Star Chamber where the Cavendish family would have received guests and the richly painted Elysium Chamber which is adorned with gods and goddesses of ancient Greece. Despite its hilltop location overlooking Derbyshire William Cavendish meant this place to be a party palace designed for pleasure rather than castle ready for battle. Over the years William's descendants abandoned this site preferring to live at Welbeck Abbey. Indeed the lead roof of the main Terrace Range was stripped in order to fix the Welbeck Abbey roof. The estate is now owned and managed by English Heritage. This week's question therefore is

Which castle is this part of?

We were joined last week by Cheryl who has been feeding the beautiful Lorikeets at Chessington World of Adventure. Over at mamavsteacher they have been enjoying a trip to the seaside. Our trip to New Zealand with Betty takes us to the Wanganui Fountain.

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