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From charming villages gardens to acres of wildflowers, these are the best gardens open to the public
2 June 2021 • 2:28pm
Many members of the National Garden Scheme like the village of Froyle (pictured here) will open multiple gardens this summer
Credit: National Garden Scheme
Every weekend in June, more than 300 gardens are opening for the National Garden Scheme in England and Wales so there will be one close by wherever you are. The British weather might not be reliable but there is plenty to visit when things start to perk up. Most gardens are opening with a combination of booked tickets or pay on the gate; for further details on all of the gardens listed here and many others, visit ngs.org.uk.
Little Ponton Hall near Grantham listed in Historic England report on buildings linked to slave trade
| Updated: 11:13, 09 February 2021
An 18th Century country house near Grantham is included in a list of properties which have links to the slave trade.
Historic England has published an audit of buildings with historic connections to the transatlantic trade between the 15th and 19th centuries.
Included is Little Ponton Hall, the Grade II-listed home of George McCorquodale, whose aunt was Princess Diana and as such is cousin to Duke of Cambridge Prince William and Duke of Sussex Prince Harry.
Little Ponton Hall hosted a fund-raising Rock in the Garden event in 2019. (11669366)
Grantham s whalebone arch collapsed after many years of children taking samples as souvenirs
| Updated: 09:30, 29 December 2020
Then & Now with Ruth Crook, of Grantham Civic Society
Little Ponton Hall was built in about 1725 by William Thorold.
After several owners and tenants, the Turnor family of Stoke Rochford purchased it in 1863.
The whalebone arch, in what is now Whalebone Lane, became the target of souvenir-hunters and eventually collapsed. (43739062)
It was previously thought that Christopher Turnor installed the whalebone arch on the approach drive, now called Whalebone Lane, to create a theatrical, picturesque welcome to the hall.
The whalebone arch, once 18 feet tall, was much older, however.