Whitmore, England - 5/1/2018
Sarah had done some online searches into the history of the Whitmore family. She traced the Whitmore lineage to Staffordshire
Country in the West Midlands of England. Within the country is the small village of Whitmore and that was our destination for
today.
Our journey began in London at Euston Station at 9:45am as our train departed on its two hour trip to Stoke-On-Trent.
Click here to see my pictures from the train journey to and from Whitmore, England.
We arrived at the train station at noon, where the four of us then crowded into a taxi for the 10 minute ride to Whitmore.
We walked the narrow village street. There were picturesque rural country hillsides with cattle grazing. The homes and
buildings of the village are the very image of quintessential English country living.
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We found our way to the Whitmore Tea Rooms, a place Sarah and I had previously found researching our trip. I chose to have
breakfast and had oatcakes with eggs and sausage, salad, breakfast tea.
Click here to see my pictures of the Whitmore Tea Rooms.
Next we walked onto the vast grounds of Whitmore Hall. We had traveled all this way to tour the historic manor which has been
in the same family for over 900 years.
The tour was conducted by a member of the area historical society. She guided us through nearly every room of the home as she
told of the history of the family and pointed out several members of the family portrayed in the many portraits on the walls. At
the end of the tour we happened to be able to meet the owner, Guy Cavenagh-Mainwaring.
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We then toured the grounds surrounding the home including the stables, lakes and gardens.
Click here to see all of my pictures from the Whitmore Hall Grounds.
Adjacent to Whitmore Hall and its grounds is the Parish Church of Saint Mary and All Saints Whitmore. There we visited the
church grounds and cemetery.
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Before leaving Whitmore we decided to stop back in at the Whitmore Tea Rooms for dessert. We had seen the amazing selection of
desserts during our lunchtime visit and we knew we had to come back. I had the salted caramel cake and green tea.
Click here to see my pictures of the Whitmore Tea Rooms.
After another short taxi ride we were back at the train station for our departure from Stoke-On-Trent at 6:30pm. While on the
train ride back to London we chatted and watched the scenery roll past. I took notice of the canal that often paralleled the
railway and the classic canal boats and locks.
Click here to see my pictures from the train journey to and from Whitmore, England.
We arrived at Euston Station in London at 8:50pm. Once back at the hotel we ate in the hotel’s restaurant where I enjoyed a
Caesar salad. It was time to get some rest for tomorrow’s early start for our day-trip to Paris.
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