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The Edwardian Country House is a British historical reenactment reality television miniseries produced by Channel 4. First aired weekly in the UK beginning in April 2002, [ 1 ] it was later broadcast in the United States on PBS stations as Manor House in 2003, [ 2 ] where extra footage was added.
The first footman would serve as deputy butler and act as butler in the latter's absence, although some larger houses also had an under-butler above the first footman. In a larger household, various footmen might be assigned specific duties (for which there might be a traditional sequence), such as the silver specialist.
William Forrest (Kenny Doughty) - first footman. He is a good-natured rival to George Cosmo. He accidentally kills Lord Harry, an occurrence which later torments him. He develops a fierce enmity with Mr. Adams. George Cosmo (Joe Absalom) - second footman. A conman who lies to obtain a position in the Taplow Estate.
The number of the male domestics in a family varies according to the wealth and position of the master, from the owner of the ducal mansion, with a retinue of attendants, at the head of which is the chamberlain and house-steward, to the occupier of the humbler house, where a single footman, or even the odd man-of-all-work, is the only male ...
Michaelstowe Hall is a manor house in the village of Ramsey near Harwich, Essex, England.. The present Michaelstowe Hall dates from 1903, but the Michaelstowe Estate has a long and varied history which can readily be traced back to the Domesday Book of 1086.
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor in Europe. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets.
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Death and the Dancing Footman is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh, the eleventh of her Roderick Alleyn books and was first published in 1941 in the US by Little Brown of Boston and in 1942 in the UK by Collins Crime Club. It was written in New Zealand, but set in a Dorset, England country house.