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What Was Life Like For Victorian Servants In A Country Estate? | Historic Britain (2022x124)

Air date: Oct 28, 2022

Many stately homes conjure up visions of separate ‘upstairs’ and ‘downstairs’ realms, but at Erddig the 18th-century Yorke family took a different approach. Alan learns how they encouraged a romance between nanny and groomsman, immortalized staff in photos and verse, and treated them with a respect unheard of among other grand houses.