Belvoir Castle Cannon Terrace, Vale of Belvoir, Grantham, Leicestershire, England, UK is a photograph by Neale And Judith Clark which was uploaded on March 15th, 2023.
Belvoir Castle Cannon Terrace, Vale of Belvoir, Grantham, Leicestershire, England, UK
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Belvoir Castle Cannon Terrace, Vale of Belvoir, Grantham, Leicestershire, England, UK
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Neale And Judith Clark
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Belvoir Castle (pronounced as BEEVAR) is a faux historic castle and stately home in Leicestershire, England, situated 6 mi west of the town of Grantham. The Castle was first built immediately after the Norman Conquest of 1066 and has since been rebuilt at least three times.
It is the seat of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland (the tiny county of Rutland lies 16 mi south of Belvoir Castle), whose direct male ancestor inherited it in 1508.
The castle is situated at the extreme northern corner of the county of Leicestershire and is sandwiched between Lincolnshire to the east and Nottinghamshire at west, and overlooks the Vale of Belvoir to the northwest on the Nottinghamshire border.
Whilst visiting Belvoir castle in the 1840s, Anna, Duchess of Bedford, found that the normal time for dinner was between 7:00 and 8:30 p.m. An extra meal called luncheon had been created to fill the midday gap between breakfast and dinner, but as this new meal was very light, the long afternoon with no refreshment at all left people feeling hungry. She found a light meal of tea (usually Darjeeling) and cakes or sandwiches was the perfect balance. The Duchess found taking an afternoon snack to be such a perfect refreshment that she soon began inviting her friends to join her. Afternoon tea quickly became an established and convivial repast in many middle and upper class households.
The castle's name means beautiful view. In 2018, the 11th Duchess of Rutland gave a televised tour of the castle to journalist Phil Spencer, explaining how the name Belvoir is a Norman import by the French-speaking invaders of the 11th century, but the native Anglo-Saxon population was unable to pronounce such a foreign word, preferring to call it "Beaver Castle" – a usage which persists today
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