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

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

Delighted to have completad a long day setting up for our forthcoming show ‘The Pomegranate’s Legacy’ with @lucycaddel_art which opens Saturday November 8th 4-7pm (link in Lucy's bio). Lucy will also be giving a pomegranate painting workshop on the afternoon of Sunday 9th November

The next open day at the barow is Sun, 2 Nov: 10:00-13:00. Image: Soulton Long Barrow under construction In summer 2019.

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...

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

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...

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.

"And to the skirts of this wild wood he came" #asyoulikeit #Shakespearesunday

🌍 | 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 ⬇️ https://www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-environment/nature#group-section-Protecting-nature-xAjnQW2ZAq #OxfordClimate | #WorldAnimalDay2025

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...

Tickets released for this!! Find them via the #whatson section of soultonhall.co.uk!

Barn owls ringed in a bird survey this morning! 😍

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...

Mary Arden's Farm.

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

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

"If walls could talk"

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

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

The Green Wood Tree.

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/

"My father charged you in his will to give me good education" #asyoulikeit #Shakespearesunday

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

"Be truly welcome hither"

Today we supported PhD research at @harperadamsuni.bsky.social with extended contributions to wirk investigating the current changes in agriculture.

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

Amazing golden hour light last night

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

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.

“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

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!

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/

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...

Incredibly evocative work by Samuel van Hoogstraten, born on this day in 1627. A kind of domestic still life. Nothing & everything.

"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!

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

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

There is now a dedicated #wedding account for Soulton on Instagram, if you would like to follow that. 😀 🔗 www.instagram.com/soultonhallw...

genuinely gutted i did not know about this in time

Battle of Shrewsbury reenactment is ON today in Shrewsbury! ⚔️ Witness history come alive – just don't expect Falstaff to be taking credit for Hotspur's defeat! 😉 An epic day out for all. #BattleOfShrewsbury #Shrewsbury #Shakespeare #LivingHistory

ROSALIND O, how full of briers is this working-day world! CELIA They are but burs, cousin, thrown upon thee in holiday foolery: if we walk not in the trodden paths our very petticoats will catch them. #asyoulikeit #ShakespeareSunday

We've been doing some development work on the wedding section of the website! Our blog now features helpful new content for anyone planning a wedding, no matter where they're getting married LINK: soultonhall.co.uk/category/wed... #WeddingPlanning #WeddingTips #WeddingInspiration #SoultonHallBlog

✨ Golden hour magic at Haughmond Abbey! 🌅 The ruins were absolutely glowing in the evening light. Stepping back in time, this incredible place was acquired by Sir Rowland Hill during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and later became home to one of his nieces. So much history.

Update on bird survey: "Lots of juvenile bird around this morning including large numbers of swallows and House Martins. We ringed 20 new birds. The totals were: 6 Whitethroat 5 Goldfinch 3 Chiffchaff 2 Wren 1 Blue Tit 1 Swallow 1 Robin 1 Blackbird"

Cows!

Henrietta Maria by Cornelius Johnson in 1638, poised before some elegant architecture painted by Dutch artist Gerard Houckgeest, whose day is today.

JAQUES If it do come to pass That any man turn ass, Leaving his wealth and ease, A stubborn will to please, Ducdame, ducdame, ducdame: Here shall he see Gross fools as he AMIENS What's that 'ducdame'? JAQUES 'Tis a Greek invocation, to call fools into a circle #Shakespearesunday

#OTD 19th July 1545 King Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, sank during the Battle of the Solent between the English and French fleets. #MaryRose #Ship #Flagship #KingHenryVIII #BattleoftheSolent #England #France #Tudors #History

Only 2 tickets remaining for the next heritage access tours of Soulton, these tours always sell out so please secure your spot: Https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soultonhall/1268426/select-date?modal_widget=true&widget=true