We know a lot about the man who was buried in Liff’s Low but nothing about himself as a person.
As one of the artists in the “Collection of the Artists” project, I worked with children from Biggin School: the school in the village below the hill where Liff’s Low lies. Two pieces of writing came out of your session: this one: a sort of Neolithic lullaby and the story of why he was buried in the Low (that is in a separate entry)
This print from around 1860 shows a view across the Gardens with the Old Hall Hotel in the background. Can you still see the hotel from where you’re standing?
Curiously, the print describes the view across the ‘Fountain Gardens’. This is because it predates the creation of the Pavilion Gardens by at least ten years
This area has been developed as gardens since around 1600, originally attached to the ‘Hall’ (now the Old Hall Hotel). It was altered and improved a number of times, notably by the Duke of Devonshire’s gardener, Joseph Paxton. Shortly after this print was published the gardens would be redeveloped again. The Pavilion Gardens officially opened in 1871.
This is Joe – find out how he came to stand on Platform 2 at Buxton Station.
[Read more…] about Joe the commemorative statue at Buxton Station
