Backroads of Britain - Althorp and the Thames

Althorp has been held by the prominent aristocratic Spencer family for more than 500 years, and has been owned by Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer since 1992. It was also the home of Lady Diana Spencer. We then travel south to the Thames Valley to explore Cliveden which flourished in 1893 at the hands of William Waldorf Astor, America's richest man at the time.

DELIVERY MODE

• Online

SUGGESTED READING

• The Spencers of Althorp, Georgina Battiscombe, 1984
• Althorp: The Story of an English House, Charles Spencer, 2020
• The Mistresses of Cliveden, Natalie Livingstone

COURSE OUTLINE

• Althorp – The Ancestral home of the Spencers.
• The Temple  –  Memorial to Diana.
• St Mary the Virgin – The Spencers’ family church.
• Francis Frith – Victorian era photographer.
• Cliveden – Wonderful stately home, now a first-class hotel.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Have an understanding of the significance of Althorp and Cliveden as cultural sites.