Wainwright was writing something for her amateur dramatics group and wanted to set it around her local area in the Cotswolds. There is a large car park (Mereside carpark) off the A58 providing access to the park, café and Hall.

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The site's consensus reads, "Blessed with Suranne Jones' exquisite performance and some of the crispest dialogue on television, Gentleman Jack remains a total ace. Due to the historic nature of the architecture of Shibden Hall there is restricted access for wheelchair users to the Ground Floor only. Lister was from a minor landowning family at Shibden in Calderdale, West Riding of Yorkshire, and conducted multiple lesbian affairs from her schooldays onwards, often on long trips abroad. See Jill Liddington's Presenting The Past for a chapter dedicated to Muriel Green's work at Shibden.That autumn, the couple was out exploring present-day Georgia (the country) when Lister came down with a horrible fever, possibly as the result of a tick bite. When the author does weigh in more (late in the book) my conclusions about Anne coincided with hers.

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Anne Lister was the second child and eldest daughter of Captain Jeremy Lister (1753–1836) who, as a young man in 1775, served with the British 10th Regiment of Foot in the Battles of Lexington and Concord in the American War of Independence. As with all her books, Jill Liddington provides an updated preface with each edition offering relevant historical perspectives about changing norms and how they shaped different levels of understanding over time. The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited.Gentleman Jack: The Life and Times of Anne Lister – The Official Companion to the BBC Series" (PDF).

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Wainwright has had letters from women all over the world who’d never heard of Lister and now “she’s become the most important thing in their lives”.Additionally, if you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must share alike —distribute your contributions under the same license as the source material ( CC BY-NC-SA 4. Green’s “Selected Letters” shed light on Anne’s developing character and maturity starting with a precocious letter at age 9 to her beloved Aunt Anne, and ending with a final draft letter to her long-term lover Mrs. From her first love affair with a girl at school, her aspirations to cultivate well-to-do friends to help her rise socially, her ambitions for wealth and status (often hampered by limited funds) and her quite fascinating drive, determination and intellect. Lister took an active role in managing her significant other’s estate, which was located near Shibden Hall. Anne Lister reveals her true feelings nine months later: 30 August 1823 “Mrs Taylor’s sketch of me, like a person afraid of speaking.