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Latest contributions

  • Charlie Beavin, Head Gardener at Knole from 1938

    Born on Knole Estate, started work from the age of 14
  • Emmy Arlett

    Knole Estate Fencer's daughter, grew up in estate cottage in the 1910s and 20s
  • Eve Tucker

  • Graeme Gardiner's work on Knole's 17th century pedigree rolls

    Conservator of the Sackville pedigree rolls and ennoblement documents
  • Kate Arding, childhood memories of Knole where her mother worked

    Summer holidays at Knole, from the age of 8 to 12
  • Knole volunteers who found the Message-in-a-Bottle

    Brenda Jarvis and Jim Parker relive their exciting discovery
  • Maurice Howard remembers visiting NT houses from the 1950s

    Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Sussex, and eminent architectural historian, remembers 60 years of visiting Knole
  • Maurice Howard, OBE, supervised two key PhD theses on Knole

    Emeritus Professor of Art History, University of Sussex; architectural historian
  • Music at Knole

    Stone Court summer and Great Hall Christmas concerts
  • Nathalie Cohen

    Award-winning Archaeologist, Inspired by Knole project
  • Pru Carter, née Fairweather

    Chauffeur's daughter, growing up at Knole
  • Robert Sackville-West

    Lord Sackville, speaking about the Inspired by Knole Project (2013-2019)
  • Robin Mills

    Senior Building Surveyor, National Trust 1988 - 2019; Knole volunteer 2019 to present
  • The Beatles at Knole in 1967

    Filming in Knole Park in 1967
  • Tobit Curteis, conservator, historic wall paintings

    Advisor on Wall Paintings for the National Trust
  • Yannick Chastang

    Specialist conservator, Boulle furniture
Interviews by decade
  • 1880s (2 interviews)
  • 1890s (3 interviews)
  • 1900s (4 interviews)
  • 1910s (7 interviews)
  • 1920s (11 interviews)
  • 1930s (13 interviews)
  • 1940s (18 interviews)
  • 1950s (11 interviews)
  • 1960s (19 interviews)
  • 1970s (14 interviews)
  • 1980s (14 interviews)
  • 1990s (7 interviews)
  • 2000s (6 interviews)
  • 2010s (35 interviews)
  • 2020s (7 interviews)
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