The Hall Brinkley (RGL 2022)

The Hall, Brinkley

History of the Hall Brinkley

Listed Building

Large House, late C18 extended to double pile plan in early C19, straight joints in side elevations

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30 July 1934

It is only a year since Sir Hugh and Lady Ripley went to reside at Brinkley Hall but they been instrumental in making village life much brighter. They have formed branches of the Women’s Institute and British Legion and held a garden fete to raise funds with cocoanut shies, Aunt Sally, bowling for a pig, clock golf, treasure hunt and darts. There was a lady whose dress contained 100 pockets in which there were presents while Monty the Dalmatian invited people to guess the number of his spots. Haverhill Co-operative band played for dancing on the lawn in the evening. 34 07 30 — Mike Petty, Brinkley Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, p. 3.

6 August 1935

Brinkley British Legion standard was dedicated in the grounds of Brinkley Hall. The Bishop of Ely said they owed a debt to those who had laid down their lives during war and also to the tens of thousands of men maimed, wounded, invalided, blind and incapable of profitable employment. He called on the ordinary man to exert himself in the cause of peace and pointed out the results of dictatorship 35 08 06 — Mike Petty, Brinkley Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, p. 4.