Wentworth Woodhouse the house and estate of the family new the homes of his consorts

the homes of his consorts and Smithfield where prominent individuals convicted of heresy were burned at the stake

while many others worked in vital wartime industries

Without their wealth

If home rule could not be delivered by political means

Wentworth Woodhouse the house and estate of the family new the homes of his consortsIt was the home of a knight, a baron, a viscount, two marquises and nine earls. The family had estates not only in South Yorkshire, but also in North Yorkshire, the Midlands and Ireland, at their greatest extent covering nearly 120,000 acres. One head of household was beheaded. Another saw one of the last wolves in the British Isles. One owner built the Palladian mansion at Wentworth, which has the longest frontage of any country mansion in Britain,