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Engraving of Wingfield Manor
Unknowncirca 1920
Derbyshire Record Office
Matlock, United Kingdom
Wingfield Manor is situated near the village of South Wingfield and town of Alfreton, Derbyshire. Construction of the manor began in 1441 for Treasurer to King Henry VI, Sir Ralph Cromwell.
The manor was later the home of Bess of Hardwick’s husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury, who imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots here in 1569, 1584 and 1585 on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I.
The Manor still stands as a ruin, having been deserted in the 1770s.
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Details
- Title: Engraving of Wingfield Manor
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: circa 1920
- Location: South Wingfield, England, Derbyshire
- Provenance: Derbyshire Local Studies engravings collection
- Subject Keywords: Manor houses, Queen Elizabeth I, Monarchy, Ruins, Elizabethan, Architecture, Mary Queen of Scots
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