Tring, Park 1897
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Photo of Tring, Park 1897

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This imposing 17th-century mansion was originally designed by Sir Christopher Wren for Henry Guy, and was formerly a home of the Gore family, before being purchased by the Rothschild banking family in 1873. The upper storey was added in 1890, and the old walls encased with red brick and pediments in 1915. The second Lord Rothschild was an enthusiastic, if eccentric, collector of birds and animals and established the nearby Zoological Museum in Akeman Street, which he bequeathed to the British Museum in 1938.

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A Selection of Memories from Tring

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Tring

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I went to Tring Park (Arts Ed back then) from 1985 to 1991 - many memories of the beautiful mansion
I was born in January 1942 on the estate of Lord Rothschild in Home Farm, the former estate manager's residence. Lambeth Maternity Hospital in London was bombed and my mother was sent to Tring.
Hi When I was about 10 years old and my younger brother was 9, we went on a holiday to Tring for under privileged children around 1962. It was arranged by the CCHF We stayed in a Bungalow, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Atkins and they had a son Stephen a daughter and 2 cats Snowball and Fleur We thought we were miles away from London and remember going in the woods to a tree house, fishing and helping to save some sheep ...see more
I was born at Aylesbury Hospital in 1948 and lived briefly at Pitstone, then Tring in Park Road and later Western Road. My Parents, Grandparents and many other relatives lived in the town. I attended Gravelly infant school in Park Road then Tring C of E Junior school under the headship of Miss Baker, who we were all terrified of! I went to Ashlyns school Berkhamsted and left school in 1964, joining John Dickinson's at ...see more