Chronology
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200 million years ago
Belton’s Own Jurassic Park geological time travel over 30 million years
~14,000 to 4,000 years ago
Molehill Archaeology from the Late Upper Palaeolithic to the Bronze Ages in Belton Park
17th century
Layd out when my Master came into the Cuntrey 1683 Belton accounts relating to the old manor house
Weather Why does Belton have so many chimneys?
Belton Stables 1688 says the graffito on the east façade
Belton's floor plans servants' use of the House in 1688, 1698 & 1737
Hammersmith 1690s The Brownlows home in London
The Window Tax
Tapestries in the Indian style 1692
Architecture articles on features to be found at Belton
Arlington Street a Brownlow home in London from 1699
Weddings from 1699, the four surviving Brownlow daughters got married
18th century
London Holiday 1702 to Holland House, details travel and London living
Smallpox 1710 How did the Brownlow sisters acquire this virus that demanded close contact with an obviously infected person?
What's Cooking? Food prepared in Belton's basement kitchen
Daniel Delander Clock notes on this c. 1720 long case clock and the discovery of another Brownlow-owned Delander pocket watch
Tyrconnel & the Yamacraw Britain's first anti-slavery law of 1735
Floor plans what were the different areas in the Mansion used for? Includes a subpage on sanitation
Servant Orders 1737 orders for senior servants & inventories
Belton Booze 1730s what the family and their servants drank
Lighting 1739 style candle use at Belton
Bellmount Tower inspiration & construction
Memorial to Richard & Anne Cust commissioned by Sir Brownlow Cust their grandson in 1797
19th century
Remedies & Recipes Belton's recipes & household concoctions C17, C18 & C19
Gardens constructing the Italian Garden & head gardeners from 1813
Housekeepers from 1813 to 1927
Belton Park Keepers Shepherds & Gamekeepers1813 to 1958
Pump House 1817 Braithwaite's pump engine that led to fire engines and trains
Exedra Lion's Head Fountain c1817
Abraham Hume's picture catalogue 1824
Building accounts 1830 the year the Chinese Bedroom was created
Inventory of furniture 1830 see also other inventories
The Boat House c1830s
1841 Census for 1st Earl Brownlow's 12 Belgrave Square, London
1851 Census Belton & Manthorpe
W. G. Rogers conservator of Grinling Gibbons' limewood carvings
Tunnel under Belton junction canal between Grantham & Sleaford
Clerk of Works 1853 to 1863 Over 800 entries that uncover hidden areas of the Estate that no longer exist.
Women of Belton distinguished women associated with the Brownlow/Cust family, spanning 18th to 20th centuries.
3rd Earl Brownlow's notes on Belton under Architecture
The Primrose League in 1886 the Grantham Habitation, Countess Adelaide Brownlow, a League Ruling Councillor, became Dame President.
The Harry Cust Scandal 1893 a scandal that rocked the highest echelons of society
Establishment Accounts how much did it cost to run Belton in 1897 to 1898?
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee How did Belton celebrate?
Alford Letters mainly letters to Lady Marianne Alford from the great and the good of Victorian society
20th century
3rd Earl Brownlow's Diary samples from 1896 to 1914
WWI
Belton Park Military Camp trained first the 'Pals' regiments and then the Machine Gun Corps
Belton at War a timeline of Belton's involvement & the diary of Private William Alfred Victor Bulstrode, a soldier at Belton
Edith Smith the first female police constable with powers of arrest
Interwar
1921 Census Belton House
Maud Brownlow wife of the 5th Baron Brownlow, her diaries from the 1920s
Osmond Wainwright Belton forester from 1886 to 1924, reminisces about the Belton landscape
WWII
Visitor Book spanning 1927 to 1952 - war and peace, and espionage
Anschluss and Belton Perry & Kittie Brownlow aid Austrian Jews fleeing Hitler
RAF Belton the initiation of the RAF Regiment at Belton Park from 1941
Post War
21st century
Ancient Trees comparing an estimated age of a tree to its tree ring count
AI-ding History how artificial intelligence can help our perception of history. Discover evidence for an unknown portrait of 'Young' Sir John Brownlow
Reconnecting Grantham to its Historic Landscape and the research performed for guided tours of the site and Bellmount Tower
360 degree views from Belton's balustraded platform
Behind the spines what history the book conservation on Belton's 20,000 or so books reveals
Coronations Charles III in May 2023, but how did Belton celebrate those of earlier monarchs
Architectural tour around the outside of the Mansion.