Easton Walled Gardens
Lincolnshire's own 'lost' garden.
Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 5AP
Free admission to members of Historic Houses when you show a valid membership card.
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- The name Easton is late anglo-saxon and means ‘Enclosure to the East.’ By the time the settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book it had roughly 100 residents (as it still does today.)
- The family connection began in 1592 towards the end of the reign of Elizabeth I, when Sir Henry Cholmeley (1562-1620) bought the manor of Easton. The ancient conveyance – written on parchment – mentions orchards, meadows and gardens.
- In the 1900s, the gardens had been photographed for Country Life and the future President Franklin D Roosevelt had fallen in love with Easton. Visiting as a family friend and then as part of his honeymoon, he described it as ‘a dream of Nirvana…almost too good to be true.’
- Easton Hall was requisitioned at the start of the Second World War. It became home to units of the Royal Artillery and of the 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, for four years.
for the latest information.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair ramps/routes
- Guide dogs welcome
- Accessible toilets
- Accessible parking
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