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14-02-2012, 17:53
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Hi everyone, does anyone know if you can still walk up to Keppel's Column? I would like to take some photographs from the outside 
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14-02-2012, 17:56
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no been closed for some years
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14-02-2012, 18:15
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thankyou, I just thought you might have been able to walk up to it
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14-02-2012, 18:25
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14-02-2012, 18:29
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no been closed for some years
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OP meant walk UP TO IT which you can as opposed to walk up it which you can't 
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14-02-2012, 18:29
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yes you can
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14-02-2012, 18:36
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Nice picture!
I wonder how the close proximity of a crumbling tower affects the value of those houses.I can't help but notice that those cows aren't getting too close to it!
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14-02-2012, 18:38
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I went up it once....I can't remember the houses being so near though, still, it WAS a long time ago........ 
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14-02-2012, 18:57
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can be known by another name. any one know
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14-02-2012, 19:04
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I went up it once....I can't remember the houses being so near though, still, it WAS a long time ago........ |
I agree.I don't remember any houses last time I was there-probably mid to late 80's.
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14-02-2012, 19:07
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Scholes Coppice
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14-02-2012, 19:07
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Gotta say mate, that is one great picture.
What is a coppice and why was it built?
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14-02-2012, 19:39
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A coppice is a managed area of woodland... Scholes coppice doesnt actually refer to the tower, but some nearby land.
Keppels Column (the tower itself) is a folly of one of the aristocratic types from Wentworth Woodhouse.. If I remember correctly, Keppel was an Admiral friend of the Marquess... not sure if there was something about treason in the story as well, lots of intrigue surrounding the Wentworth Estates...
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Though he praised Sir Hugh in his public despatch he attacked him in private, and the Whig press, with the unquestionable aid of Keppel's friends, began a campaign of calumny to which the ministerial papers answered in the same style, each side accusing the other of deliberate treason: The result was a scandalous series of scenes in parliament and of courts martial. Keppel was first tried and acquitted 1779, and then Palliser was also tried and acquitted. Keppel was ordered to strike his flag in March 1779.
A column was built in the late 18th century to commemorate his acquittal, commissioned in 1778 by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham and designed by John Carr.
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Last edited by Swampster; 14-02-2012 at 19:49.
Reason: Added Some Information Linkage! :)
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14-02-2012, 19:43
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Originally Posted by Swampster
A coppice is a managed area of woodland... Scholes coppice doesnt actually refer to the tower, but some nearby land.
Keppels Column (the tower itself) is a folly of one of the aristocratic types from Wentworth Woodhouse.. If I remember correctly, Keppel was a Admiral friend of the Earl... not sure if there was something about treason in the story as well, lots of intrigue surrounding the Wentworth Estates...
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thank you for that. still love history, just never have the time!
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14-02-2012, 19:46
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thank you for that. still love history, just never have the time!
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There are entries for both Keppels Column and the nearby Hoober Stand on Wikki.I'd do a link if I knew how!
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14-02-2012, 19:48
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There are entries for both Keppels Column and the nearby Hoober Stand on Wikki.I'd do a link if I knew how!
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I've added a bunch of the most relevent links to my post up there ^^
I've done afair bit of researching into the area (a few years ago) in particular Wentworth Woodhouse and it's chequered history
Some info about the Follys in the area here: http://www.inkamera.ukgo.com/wfolly/
Hoober Stand and the mausoleum are open to the public occasionally I think...
Last edited by Swampster; 14-02-2012 at 19:52.
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14-02-2012, 19:55
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There are entries for both Keppels Column and the nearby Hoober Stand on Wikki.I'd do a link if I knew how!
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Cheers, I will have a look. im useless at linking as well 
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14-02-2012, 20:01
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You can walk up to and touch Keppels Column, on the public footpath
I did so in January
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14-02-2012, 20:02
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We always knew it as Scholes Coppice although my mother always pronounced it as Scholes Copy.... 
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14-02-2012, 20:02
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Originally Posted by Swampster
I've added a bunch of the most relevent links to my post up there ^^
I've done afair bit of researching into the area (a few years ago) in particular Wentworth Woodhouse and it's chequered history
Some info about the Follys in the area here: http://www.inkamera.ukgo.com/wfolly/
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Just had a quick look at your link and this sentence stood out:
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Keppel's Column is in a field behind the bungalows in Admiral's Crest off Upper Wortley Road (A629) and accessible on foot or on horseback.
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On horseback?! What century was this webpage last updated? Last time I went there as a schoolkid we took a coach.
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