A look at the history of The Ruin, Hackfall Woods, with Dr Emma Wells
If you go down into Hackfall Woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise – more so, as you ascend one …
William Aislabie of Studley Royal, North Yorkshire was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons for over 60 years from 1721 to 1781. Aislabie’s father bought Kirkby Fleetham estate for him in North Yorkshire on reaching his age of majority, c.1722.
If you go down into Hackfall Woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise – more so, as you ascend one …