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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Oakwell_HallOakwell Hall - Wikipedia

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   Oakwell Hall is an Elizabethan manor house in Birstall, West Yorkshire, England. The Grade I listed hall [1] is set in period gardens surrounded by 110 acres (0.45 km 2) of country park. The house was built for John Batte. A recarved stone dated 1583 probably indicates the date of construction.

2. www.kirklees.gov.uk › beta › museums-and-galleriesStories and history at Oakwell Hall | Kirklees Council

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   About. Stories and history at Oakwell Hall. Discover Oakwell's claims to fame including its growing television stardom as a filming location, its unique Bronte connections, the mysterious...

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3. www.bbc.co.uk › idt-sh › notable_deaths_2017Notable deaths 2017 - BBC News

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   Dec 29, 2017 · Notable deaths 2017. An eyebrow-raising 007, a women’s cricket pioneer, Mr Saturday night... Who died in the past 12 months? Take a look at some of the famous faces no longer with us at the end...

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4. www.bbc.com › news › uk-england-36389581Taken from life: The unsettling art of death photography - BBC

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   Jun 4, 2016 · In images that are both unsettling and strangely poignant, families pose with the dead, infants appear asleep, and consumptive young ladies elegantly recline, the disease not only taking their...

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Post-mortem_photographyPost-mortem photography - Wikipedia

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   Post-mortem photography is the practice of photographing the recently deceased. Various cultures use and have used this practice, though the best-studied area of post-mortem photography is that of Europe and America. [1] .

6. www.kirklees.gov.uk › oakwell-hall › aboutAbout Oakwell Hall and Country Park | Kirklees Council

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   Oakwell Hall was built by John Batt in 1583 and is now furnished as a family home in the 1690s. History comes to life as you explore the fine period rooms, in a building surprisingly unchanged in...

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   Why is Oakwell famous?

   • Discover Oakwell's claims to fame including its growing television stardom as a filming location, its unique Bronte connections, the mysterious ghost story and important civil war involvement. The significant Battle of Adwalton Moor took place famously close to Oakwell.

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   When was Oakwell Hall built?

   • Oakwell Hall is an Elizabethan manor house in Birstall, West Yorkshire, England. The Grade I listed hall is set in period gardens surrounded by 110 acres (0.45 km 2) of country park. The house was built for John Batte. A recarved stone dated 1583 probably indicates the date of construction.

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   Does Oakwell have a hall?

   • Oakwell has a central hall with cross wings at each end. The porch leads into a cross passage which runs right through the building, separating the hall from the east wing. Oakwell features a high main hall, but an inventory of 1611 records a 'hall chamber', indicating there was once a room above the hall which no longer exists.

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   Who owns Oakwell Hall?

   • Oakwell Hall passed into municipal hands in 1928 and is owned and managed by Kirklees Council. The hall is supported by volunteers from the Friends of Oakwell Hall. The hall's interiors were restored to a late-17th-century condition, the time the Batt family lived here, with the aid of research into local inventories .

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   Is Oakwell a grand house?

   • As Charlotte Bronte observed, Oakwell is not a grand house, but it does contain interesting decorative detail. Classical Tuscan columns in the hall were popular in the Elizabethan era when architect Robert Smythson used them in grand mansions.

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   What river runs through Oakwell?

   • Nova Beck is one of two streams that run through Oakwell, both running north to south. Nova Beck forms the western boundary of Nova Wood and flows through areas of wildflowers. Many of the species present such as yellow archangel, wood anemone and wild garlic are good indicators of ancient woodland.

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8. www.theatlantic.com › 07 › pictures-of-deathPictures of Death: Postmortem Photography - The Atlantic

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   Jul 19, 2017 · As a ritual, postmortem photography helped check grief. By pressing subjects to execute specific poses and gestures, death photos helped the living externalize personal loss.