EPW062713 ENGLAND (1939). Thornbridge Hall Park and surrounding countryside, Ashford in the Water, 1939

Or, as it's known locally, Shady Lane. Much of it is overhung with trees from the Thornbridge estate and is beautifully sheltered - but very dark at night!

You mean ThornBRIDGE hall. Thornfield is in Jane Eyre!

This was once an all-women's teacher training college. The outbuildings were used as well as the hall itself as residential 'halls'.

The Hall had its own railway station! I think it was a Mr Boot (a businessman who owned the Hall) had it built for his convenience. The railway tracks have been lifted and, like many other former railway lines, has become a very popular trail for walkers and cyclists.

Now the Hall is once again privately owned and houses its own highly successful brewery.