rex Posted March 9, 2017 BBC News item: Rabbit hole leads to 'Knights Templar' cave Kudos to those that made the discovery - it takes some gumption to stick your head in some dark hole. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edward M Posted March 9, 2017 True haha, although, maybe he had a past link with them, and his inner self prompted him to stick his head down a rabbit hole... How far is Shropshire from London? i'll meet you there Rex! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zhongyongdaoist Posted March 9, 2017 This "cave" is apparently well known: From British History online, this account from the 1998 work, A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 10In 1761 Humphrey Pitt of Priorslee owned two farms (179 a.) in Beckbury, (fn. 86) probably part of the former Haughton estate and including HEATH HOUSE, so known by the early 17th century. (fn. 87) That year Pitt settled three quarters of his property on three of his daughters. He died in 1769 and when his coheirs divided the estate in 1782 his daughter Mrs. Maria Edwards received the Beckbury property. Mrs. Edwards (fl. 1787, d.s.p. by 1800) left it to her American brother-in-law W. J. Yonge until his son Henry came of age, when it was to become his. (fn. 88) The Yonges built CAYNTON HOUSE on the estate in 1803. (fn. 89) It seems that Henry Yonge (d. 1833), an army officer and evidently a spendthrift, sold the estate to Capt. William Horton (d. 1844), who in 1837 owned 293 a. in the parish including Heath House and Caynton. The estate was up for sale in 1850; it was probably then that it was acquired by the family of William Legge, earl of Dartmouth (d. 1853), who in 1848 had bought the adjoining Patshull estate. In 1856 the owner of Caynton House was his brother Col. (later Gen.) A. C. Legge. Legge died in 1890 and in 1941 the estate belonged to the trustees of his daughter-in-law Mrs. L. A. G. Legge (d. 1931). (fn. 90) By 1948 Caynton Hall belonged to D. G. Hann who sold it c. 1957 to Philip Trevor-Jones. (fn. 91)Caynton House, or Hall, was built by the Yonges in 1803, (fn. 92) perhaps on the site of a late 18th-century farmhouse called Dennetts Hays (or Dennetts Heys). (fn. 93) Caynton was reputedly styled on an earlier residence of W. J. Yonge's, perhaps Pirbright Lodge (Surr.). Elements of the design are also claimed to have been inspired by mansions in the southern states of North America. The building, of seven bays and two storeys, has a low-pitched slate roof. Office and stable blocks are connected to both sides of the house by arcades. The north (entrance) facade has a projecting centre bow with colonnade. To the rear is a semicircular pillared portico, off which opens a circular hall rising the full height of the house. Caynton was altered in the 1850s by Col. Legge, (fn. 94) and again in the 1960s when a second bay to the south was added, the hall extended east to give a balanced effect, and the stables renovated. The house was divided into three c. 1977. (fn. 95) Cut into a disused quarry 250 m. west of the house is a small neo-Romanesque grotto with irregular ambulatories opening into inner sanctuaries. It is locally reputed to have been made by Gen. Legge but could be older. In the early 1980s it seemed to be in use for black magic rituals. (fn. 96) and From shropshirehistory.com Shropshire Caves and Rock SheltersCaynton Temple, Ryton (SJ775028) This is an underground folly cut out of sandstone to create a temple. It is not known when or why it as built but it was probably created as a folly in the mid-19th Century when this sort of thing was fashionable. The landowners used to allow the public to explore the temple but damage and litter caused by visitors finally made them seal up the entrance. A visit to the second site will show that they are not unique either. I think that an actual connection with the historical Knights Templar is unlikely, but am continuously surprised at how much stuff you can find online if you do a little "digging". 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted March 9, 2017 And here I was thinking someone has finally dug into the rabbit hole connecting modern banksters to the inventors of modern banking... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rex Posted March 10, 2017 True haha, although, maybe he had a past link with them, and his inner self prompted him to stick his head down a rabbit hole... How far is Shropshire from London? i'll meet you there Rex! It's about 140 miles. Now that there has been a bit of publicity we'll have to join the queue 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
