Category Archives: 2022

The very best wishes for Christmas from Martha, me and all at Knebworth House and Park.  Whatever the weather this holiday time – and in such a bizarre weather year, I don’t think we’d be surprised if it was bright … Continue reading →

Old Knebworth calling.  Can you hear us?  We would jump on the Tube to come visit you down in New Knebworth, but there isn’t one.  Because we are not in north London.  Despite what Hertfordshire’s Local Transport Plan 4 seems … Continue reading →

The sad and tumultuous events of the last month lead me, for the third time this year, to publish a photograph of my grandfather, Cameron ‘Kim’ Cobbold (1904-1987), who lived with his wife Hermione (née Bulwer Lytton) in Knebworth House … Continue reading →

A love of dogs is evident all over Knebworth House and Gardens.  From the affectionate remembrances on the stones in the Pet Cemetery to the many different types of dogs depicted in the decorations of Knebworth House.  I am sure … Continue reading →

My father, David Cobbold, was always delighted that his birthday fell on Quatorze Julliet, the French national holiday.  Even if he couldn’t be in his second favourite country that day, it made him happy to know that in town squares … Continue reading →

What a wonderful month of festivals, fetes and jubilees June was!  A welcome return to traditional summer festivities after two difficult years.   Having been on the Knebworth Festival Committee for a number of years at the beginning of the century, … Continue reading →

What lovely tributes to my father we have received!  Thank you to the so many who have sent warm condolences and happy memories of David.  He died at 1.20pm on Monday 9th May at home at Park Gate House surrounded … Continue reading →

Last month I mentioned the Rex Whistler drawing that has been revealed, rather incongruously, in the middle of Knebworth House’s Indian collection (from the Lytton family’s time in India in the 1870s and the 1920s).  I should also encourage you … Continue reading →

I hope you enjoyed a visit Knebworth House on Parish Open Day, and saw for the first time our revised exhibition space.  Did you notice the sketch on the wall that was uncovered when we removed the old 1970s Delhi … Continue reading →

Spring!  Weddings, at last, are picking up again at the Barns, after two years of restrictions.  In that time we have welcomed a new catering company to Knebworth Park, RA Venues.  If you are planning an event and haven’t been … Continue reading →