Hodsock Priory
The Buchanans are the ninth generation of their family to live at this ancient site with Tudor gatehouse.
Blyth, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S81 0TY
People have lived at Hodsock for over 2000 years, with evidence from The Bronze Age, Roman and Saxon farmers being discovered in the grounds.
In 1086, Hodsock is listed in The Doomsday Book with Ulsi as the owner, pre the Norman Conquest. After this Torald de Lisorlis owned the estate and it passed to the Cressy family through marriage from about the mid 12th Century.
The family owned Hodsock for over 200 years and nine generations and they entertained three kings here: Henry II, John and Edward I.
At the beginning of the 15th Century the estate passed to the Clifton family, through the marriage of Sir John Clifton to Catherine Cressy. They built the Tudor Gatehouse, possibly when they expected a visit from Henry VIII, who visited Hodsock in 1541.
The Clifton’s held the estate for about 350 years and 14 generations until 1765, when it was sold for the first and only time to the Mellish family, who owned the neighbouring estate at Blyth.
The family lived in Blyth Hall until 1806 when Colonel Henry Francis Mellish sold Blyth Hall to Joshua Walker and land to the Foljambes at Osberton to pay off his massive gambling debts. He owned horses that won the St Leger in 1804 and 1805.