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Knole Stories

Interviews about the history of Knole in Sevenoaks, Kent

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Interviews about the history of Knole in Sevenoaks, Kent
  • Introducing this website
    Introducing this website
  • Christmases at Knole
    Christmases at Knole
  • The Beatles at Knole
    The Beatles at Knole
  • Acquiring Gainsborough's portrait of the marquis de Champcenetz
    Acquiring Gainsborough's portrait of the marquis de Champcenetz
  • Interviews with staff and volunteers offer fascinating glimpses into life at Knole going back over 130 years
    Interviews with staff and volunteers offer fascinating glimpses into life at Knole going back over 130 years
  • Listen to the stories and memories of the Sackville-West family and those close to them
    Listen to the stories and memories of the Sackville-West family and those close to them
  • Bill Manning worked on the Ballroom sconces
    Bill Manning worked on the Ballroom sconces

Welcome

Explore the featured Knole stories on this page, from our archive of interviews with people who have shared their memories with us. Some interviewees recall stories from their ancestors as long ago as the 1880s, Many have enjoyed telling us about their own experiences in the 20th century to the present.

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Meet our interviewees

  • Visiting Knole

  • Working at Knole

  • The Sackville-West family

Featured interviews

  • Lucy and Agnes Hodder

    Daughters of the Head Gamekeeper at Knole

  • Sophie Reddington

    Paintings conservator, speaking about her treatment of one of Knole's largest landscape paintings

  • Audrey Longley

    Audrey's mother and two aunts worked as Still Room maids at Knole in the 1920s

  • Yannick Chastang

    Specialist conservator, Boulle furniture

  • Nathalie Cohen

    Award-winning Archaeologist, Inspired by Knole project

  • Charlie Beavin

    Head Gardener at Knole from 1938
Interviews by decade
  • 1880s (1 interview)
  • 1890s (2 interviews)
  • 1900s (2 interviews)
  • 1910s (4 interviews)
  • 1920s (8 interviews)
  • 1930s (10 interviews)
  • 1940s (15 interviews)
  • 1950s (10 interviews)
  • 1960s (16 interviews)
  • 1970s (10 interviews)
  • 1980s (10 interviews)
  • 1990s (4 interviews)
  • 2000s (4 interviews)
  • 2010s (27 interviews)
  • 2020s (2 interviews)
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