The Yorkshire estate of Haddow Hall has been in the Haverford family since the original owners backed the wrong king at the time of the Glorious Revolution, when James II left the country just ahead of the arrival of William and Mary, his replacements.
The Haverford of the time was one of those who negotiated with William of Orange. That he also was instrumental in providing sea transport to the fleeing king was something he managed to keep hidden from the new regime. A pound either way has ever been the strategy of the family, helping them to navigate many troubled periods in the history of England and its associated kingdoms.
Haddow Hall is, in part, medieval. The great hall is original, as are many other rooms and features of the complex of buildings, and the moat is in the same place it ever was.
