It’s a shame the public don’t know more about you. A lovely American woman who loves her husband and his heritage and wants her own children to grow up recognising their traditions as so important. Wonderful 🙏🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@Mes287

6 ай бұрын

The aristocracy are not relevant in moment times , the House of Lords and all the peers should be abolished as ancestors of very dubious characters who plundered the wealth and Laine of the UK

@nothing2seehere34

6 ай бұрын

All you have to do is to tune in to any news programs showing the Royal family and she is there hyping her QWeen Meghan Markle. Saying how mis understood she is, how wonderful she is.. blah blah blah.. that's all you really need to know about her.

@Mes287

6 ай бұрын

Heritage equals privilege undeserved and should be abolished

@tattoobillyband7725

6 ай бұрын

​@AmericanViscountess have you ever done your own family research?

I am forever grateful to Julie for opening this traditionally quite closed world to people all over the world. Her videos are so warm and natural, while being beautifully pulled together and always engaging. Thank you, Viscountess Hinchingbrooke!

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤

I love how kind, humble and respectful you are of your father in law and his sister. You value them and respect their presence and voice. It was lovely to watch. I love history documentaries and castles, I wish like you that this lovely house had stayed in the family.

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@Mes287

6 ай бұрын

Why?they didn’t do a days work to sererve or try to keep it

@diannamaree7854

4 ай бұрын

The family opened the home to the public and charged admission to try to keep it! Not a very polite comment....

@Mes287

4 ай бұрын

@@diannamaree7854 neither yours

The way Julie coaxes people out of their shells is wonderful to watch. She has a beautiful vibrant energy that even the most stuck up aristocrats cannot ignore. Her warmth and vivaciousness is infectious! I also love the way she gets involved in small projects - gets her hands dirty and has a giggle whilst she's at it. When I first discovered this series I wondered why an American was presenting British homes, castles, manor houses. It didn't sit right with me until I realized just how much she's enveloped herself in the history of these homes and the life and heritage she's embraced as a Viscountess. She's just lovely!

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤

I found it so touching how the Earl considered Small, the butler, his special friend. His continued interjection of Small in conversation to stress how the butler cared for them brought a tear to this American's eye. ❤😊

This highlights the ingredients of the ‘special relationship’ -American enthusiasm with British sense of history.

I sat down and only planned to watch 5-10 minutes, and I ended up watching the entire program. Julie you’re such an intelligent and outgoing woman and an amazing breath of fresh air to watch. Do you have any plans to do more programs/shows about your family?

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

❤ yes we are planning to film another episode soon ❤

I found it extremely moving to watch Dear John & Kate reminiscing about their childhoods, Johns fondness for his Butler George Small, his Family, the familiar paths & the flying Scotsman, the hiding places. Lovely, Thankyou

I found myself shedding tears listening to these two wonderful people, brother and sister, reminiscing about their childhood home. Very touching 😢

I am so glad I found this channel. It is awesome to learn about manors and castles of England. Viscountess Hinchingbrooke is a lovely and brilliant presenter.

I so enjoy Julie's videos that show her appreciation for English history with a unique American perspective.

The subtitles keep changing “Tudor” to “Cheetah” which I’m enjoying immensely. “In the Cheetah period”😂

I have seen many of your KZread videos and enjoy your warmth and excitement as you share your life and local history with us. But to see your emotions come out and the deep love of your family really struck me. What a blessing you are to everyone around you. Thank you for sharing your family history and love of the old manor homes of England with the rest of us. And thank you for being such a great representative of the U.S. .

Hearing their memories and seeing the pictures, is so extraordinary!! How lucky and blessed

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

xx Julie

What a charming man - a wonderful day for you all. You are so sweet x

Absolutely BRILLIANT!!! You were good on Ladies of London, but this takes the cake!! You have found your calling ❤🇺🇸❤️

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@juliethompson3470

6 ай бұрын

I concur with you that Ladies of London was a good show an Julie was the BEST cast member. Yet these shows on historical homes has been a God sent. I’ve spent 3 weekends watching someone with so much energy and a gigantic personality!! I adore these video. Thank you

This is one of the best ever. John and Kate were wonderful and the joy they exhibited showing us the house and bringing their memories to life was priceless. Thank you so much.

I think this is my third time d enjoying this video. Julie , your reaction to Kate describing how John would direct her when to put her finger resulting in a shock was priceless. ! This was wonderful to hear their memories...measles room, collecting money from tourists, the flower room etc. Well done

Ohhhhh Miss Julie! This video made me weep! What tender memories these lovely people shared. Thank you so very much!

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

What a beautiful school, it must cost a fortune to attend. I've watched this program befor on one of the Viscountess' own channels. Her in-laws delight while they visit the home of their early childhood memories is contagious! Edit; Oh my. I just watched to the end (again), and I understood it was said that it's a State funded school, without tuition fees paid by the student's families. How wonderful for everyone, not the least of them being the Hinchingbrooke property itself. What a great way to preserve that amazingly important history for the future!

@darrens3

Ай бұрын

It was a state school and you paid nothing to attend. The house was restricted to the Sixth Form years 12 and 13 only. I went to the school and the Sixth From both for free. No fees. As I was in the catchment area. The dance room was where we sat to take exams in the 2000s. It's still a free state school today.

@silva7493

Ай бұрын

@@darrens3 I hope it was as enjoyable for you as it appears to be (looking in from outside), and that your memories are very good.

Oh, I can remember mum having a mangle - it was over this double concrete trough. Hard work. And a beautiful big copper. It was my job to light the copper and I vividly remember the smell of singed eyebrows and eyelashes. Oh, they smelled. And I had to still go to school to be made fun of. Then mum got this washing machine ( made by Pope!) and it had a - much smaller - mangle attached to it. You could swing it over the machine or over the trough. Then you’d put the bigger things ( sheets etc) into the ‘blue’ which was in the rinsing water. It was a Great Leap Forward. I remember that so clearly. Thanks for that memory 🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

@louisebrislane6607

6 ай бұрын

yes, we had the same thing out here in Australia in the 1950s when I was born just after the war finished. Our first electric washing machine was a single tub by hoover & so my mother still used the double concrete tubs & the hand wringer for many years until we finally bought a twin tub. Eventually we wore a hole in the bottom of the concrete tub & so it was finally discarded by my brother who moved in to live in the 1980s.

Such an amazing glimpse into history. I’m forever grateful. Thank you.

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

xx Julie

Do you have a "work vacation" for people who want to know what it's like to work "under stairs"? I love to clean and would love to work there for a couple of weeks for free to see what kind of experience that would be like.

@MizQue

6 ай бұрын

Julie has a channel, "American Viscountess", and the family also have a channel, "Mapperton Live". The house and gardens are open to the public, so you might want to check that out.

❤️❤️.👍 I’m from AMERICA and of course you know we don’t have anything imo in America to equal the magnificent stately homes and interesting history you have provided Julie for everyone to enjoy. I watch and share your enthusiasm. I have followed you your videos from the beginning and you have come a long way with your journey throughout Britain. I wish the best for you. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

It’s so sad to see such a beautiful castle turned into a school. The old pictures shown were absolutely gorgeous and hearing of the rooms before the school took over.

I went to school at hinchingbrooke It’s a beautiful building. We all learnt about the history of hinchingbrooke.& the family & visitors.

What you are doing now Julie will be forever important in the continuation of Mapperton so that history will not repeat itself ! It will become sustainable and God willing continue to tell its story for centuries to come . This episode made me immeasurably sad . I am so grateful for the spectacular photos of the Once Upon A Time home of your dear Father in Law . As it sits now it is just a very very large house … but the photos tell a story of happy times and precious memories! Bless you Julie on this impotent journey to keep history alive and well !! Love from 🇨🇦 Canada!

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

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@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤

Yes I remember when I had measles all the windows of my room were covered with tissue red paper to protect my eyes from the light 😊

So nice to see this part of history of your family and your passion. It would be nice to hear about your family history as well may be one time. How rhis came to be the story of where you are today.

@leannsmarie

6 ай бұрын

She has a channel where she talks about those very things. Her channel is called American Viscountess and the family also runs the channel Mapperton Live.

@len6871

6 ай бұрын

@@leannsmarie How nice, thank you.

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

Julie, I sense you may somehow workout declaring Hitchinbrooke back as your family home. Your commitment to your family history is very admirable. I love your passion and ability to share it with us! Thank you!

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

you never know! xx Julie

@Mes287

6 ай бұрын

Al least she works , bit more than the family did to maintain the last house never mind mapperton , it’s the American in her , the brisitish aristos are lazy

Thank you for bringing history to life - so interesting to see how early nunneries evolved into grand houses as history evolved

For people like us, who live in little boxes, seeing these wonderful buildings never gets old.

Kids, I have bad news...we lost our castle. The good news...we have an extra castle😂

@Mes287

6 ай бұрын

Exactly , crocodile tears , replaced by mapperton not a council house , not an ounce of sympathy for these unreal people who do not live in the real world, if it wasn’t fro Julie they prob lose mapperton too

@ej12349

6 ай бұрын

@@Mes287 Your comments are rude and express jealousy. I wish you well.

@karentucker2161

Ай бұрын

Can you imagine that conversation?😂 it's sad to lose a place and than come up with that ending

I think what you have done and felt , was awesome. You have me in tears as well. I certainly understand that walls are imprinted with the past. Thank you for doing this. Thank you

History isn't just what is found in books. History is all the knowledge and memories and documents and records and evidence of the people who lived in the past and up to the present. Your family isn't just the people you met. Your family are the people who came before you, who donated a part of themselves a long time ago so you can exist. You didn't simply come from your parents and grandparents. The live on through you and any descendants you have.

Fabulous! The past of this magnificent home truly came to life with the charming recollections of a brother and sister. Beautifully shot and edited too! A legacy piece for the ages. Thank you!

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! xx Julie

I adored watching this video, could not take my eyes off it. I cryed tears with you when you spoke about your family and the feelings of love and family bond you hold. God bless you x

Fascinating! As a fellow American, I cried when you cried Julie! At 38:00 in the video, the Earl mentioned his grandmother's room with hidden areas. I wanted to see that so bad! 😅

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

xx Julie

I've watched this video twice and 9h my gosh the emotions are so raw for me and I can't imagine the emotions that you and your in laws felt going through the house. I loved the history, the films and the tour of the home. It is heartbreaking that they had to move. I loved mapperton but my goodness the life they had at Hichingbrook. I'm so glad you take so much interest in their history, not only for your family but for all of us to learn and enjoy. It's a lifestyle us Americans don't really understand but we can still enjoy. We called the wrangle a wringer that would squeeze all the water out of the clothes after they were washed and they dry faster.

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

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fabulous video and a look into the history. What is striking are the shared memories with your family and so many others....from sliding on trays, washing clothes with the wringer washing machine, to carving memories into the fireplace! It is heartbreaking to loose the home. My parents own home was torn down, I had to sell mine. Life moves forward, changes....It really is very striking how the British can look to the past through such great houses. Thank you so much Julie for sharing your family's history.

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

xx Julie

@Mes287

6 ай бұрын

Come on , they didn’t do a thing to deserve that house and clearly wdnt work to keep it but look what they got instead ……. It’s hardly a sob story

@ej12349

6 ай бұрын

@@Mes287 Why are you so hateful and angry?

So sad. I am so glad you appreciate how lucky you are to have such a place. I am American. This many years of history is but a dream for us. We are an infant Republic.

This is so charming. They all seem like a lovely family.

Thoroughly enjoyed your showing us this magnificent building as a HOME to your father-in-law and your great aunt, which makes it so much more special and interesting. Thank you so very much for sharing xx I’ve subscribed to your channel because you’re so wonderful as is your family !

I just love your excitement, joy, respect and love for these beautiful places and their histories

I helped my grandmother with laundry when I was a child. We had a wash board and a barrel for cleaning the clothes and the hand cranked double roller was called the wringer, which squeezed out the water and then hung out to dry on the clothesline. Had several hours before the clothes had to be ironed and my grandmother taught me how to cook and bake. Loved my grandmother very, very much.

Great episode. The wringer washer is the American equivalent to the mangle in your laundry room discussion. My grandma would use the wringer washer, then the regular washer, dryer and hung out on the clothesline outside. The bedsheets were absolutely amazing after her tedious laundry process!

Julie you are a very welcome addition to this family! Preserving and documenting the history, taking the time to share even the most minuscule memories of John & Kate’s past, speaking with Tom and his wealth of knowledge 🤗 Well done !

Oh Julie I’m crying with you.

What lovely memories of your family and its history at Hinchingbrook! Thank you for sharing the experiences of your Aunt Kate and Father-in-law growing up there I will be leaving MY family home of 51 years upon the death of my 99 year old Mother. I know the history of my family is not as long as yours nor as illustrious but the thought of going has me gutted. I think of what Mr. Forster said of the home for the family, I’ll remember that always.

Julie, your love and pride for your family and your family’s history is wonderful. Your family is very lucky to have you. While it is sad that the family seat is no longer in the family, I think that Mapperton makes a far more beautiful, family home. You’re extremely blessed to have such a wonderful family and place to put down your American roots.

It’s clear that Julie really loves her father in law. It’s very affecting but lovely to see. Her emotion seems also to be due to her strong empathy for her family. Not as common as one might expect.

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

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The American term for the "mangle" or "mangler" is is "wringer." We had a smaller version of that 60 years ago in our house in Massachusetts.

@kevinchambers1101

6 ай бұрын

My grandmother had one in her basement, and every time she would point it out, she would call it a mangle.

Thank you very much, a very fascinating documentary opus has been released. I watched your film in the bomb shelter with great admiration. This is an outstanding documentary. I watched the film on KZread since the alarm was announced in Kyiv. And we have been bombed in Ukraine for the second year now. During the entire period of the war, I also had thoughts of rethinking drawing a certain line between creation, architectural destruction, and decadence. I am a representative of the Kyiv dynasty which has lived in Kyiv since the 9th century. And unfortunately, over the course of 500 years, they lost everything they built and created. One of our ancestors was killed by the Mongols in the 13th century, around 1240, and during his burial, a stone with his last name carved on it was placed on his chest. This stone was from the ruins of his house, demolished by the Mongols. Later, the remains of our ancestors were found in 1840 during the reconstruction of the city by order of Emperor Alexander 1 and the demolition of the Kyiv necropolis. Since 1727, our family built a lot in Kyiv. But unfortunately, over 296 years, endless wars have destroyed everything. And there is only the Story of those people from whose grains of sand the earth that is under our feet was created. Thank you very much!

The old family footage is wonderful! Family films in the 1930s was rather rare because the cameras were expensive.

Gives new meaning to the idea of "downsizing". Heartbreaking 💔. So much history lost.

I’m 71. My kids and their cousins all in their late 30’s are all wanting my Kate husband’s grandmother refrigerator from the 50’s. It still works❤️

This is so bittersweet for me. I love that the building is again being loved, as it should be. But it makes me somber that the family lost such prescious, tangible family history. I really hope your children will be back in Hitchingbrook raising and teaching their own children about centuries of family history.

@darrens3

Ай бұрын

It's a state school. I don't think they're going to sell it as it's the only school in the area.

Julie, this was such a beautiful, lovely, informative and heartwarming presentation of Hinchingbrooke. Watching how you engaged with John and his sister literally brought tears to my eyes. Your love and passion for your family history and other historic manors in the Uk Is extremely admirable. Its wonderful to see someone take so much interest and keep it "alive ".

You must be able to feel the history radiating out of those walls.

Julie, I watch your videos and really enjoy them. Then I snicker. I used to live in Charlotte, North Carolina. There is a family there named Montague. They have a sandwich shop.

I loved Hinchingbrook House when we visited for a function I remember admiring the Fireplace that was so large, the vicountess is brilliant.

Wonderful presentation,

Imagine having a master on country houses.

I love seeing Julie's videos in the longer version. But please adjust the audio volume. As the viewer has to crank the volume way up and when the adverts come on, they blow you out of the room!

WOW….,.,,, What a film…..Thankyou so much❤I love history so much and to see something that was shown in almost real time was amazing and unbelievable……The memories……..❤😮😊. Thank you so much. i too would have cried….. Xxxx

How lovely and emotional! My folks certainly didn’t grow up in a grand castle but I would have loved to have taken them back to their growing up home before they passed and experience their thoughts and memories. What a wonderful opportunity and experience to have had with your in-laws! I enjoyed this production immensely.

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤

I did not realize that the great homes and castkes of E gland were built, rebuilt and reimagined over the centuries until I started watching this series. Wonderful on soooo many levels.❤

I learned about _Duke's/Dutchess'_ and _Earl's/Earlette's/etc_ going broke after the Second World War watching Downton Abbey 😂.

Julie, I love your videos. I’ve loved you since Ladies of London. If you haven’t already, will you do an episode on the history of Mapperton? I have enjoyed learning about your family, but would love to learn more about the past families of Mapperton too. Thanks! With Love from Alabama

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

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This was amazing, thank you so much for the tour and the tears...so happy this treasure was saved...!

This is a great episode!

What a wonderful video with your family.. so beautifully and naturally told..it’s so humbling and gratifying.. I love my family and history..I have been so enthralled and amazed by our British history I cannot get enough.. please if u any more i could watch..I would love to keep Learning ❤❤❤

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

I've visited Hinchingbrooke House a couple of times a beautiful building with so much history.

OMG! I so enjoyed this. I’m dual Canadian American citizen living in the U.S. Thank you so much!

Julie, you made me cry at the end of the family tour! I wish I was that close to my siblings, and I miss them terribly! I long to see my brother and sister again, even though our memories are not grand like your family. What an amazing family home that is/was!! Incredible.

I absolutely love the old videos ❤. They were beautiful and so sweet to watch. Thankful to your family for letting us in on their story. I can understand your emotions at the end, this wasn't even my family and I felt emotional watching it. Something so wonderful about hearing about the past, these stories, theirs joys and their struggles. That these people will never be forgotten, they are a part of history. You can see how much tradition, family, and duty meant to them. There was something super emotional and touching when they were in rooms so heavily frequented by their parents and they could remember things they were doing in those rooms in addition to see their parents in the videos, I have one parent gone and who has a lot of health issues.....in the end, the memories are all we have. You can tell despite their age; they miss their parents. Thank you for this, Julie. Truly the best and most touching video you have done.

This made me tear up

Thank you for making this video. I have watched a few in the series so far, but this one makes my heart happy.. Providing a brother and sister a means by which they can spend time together with happy memories of their lives is something special.I am sure all the former Earls are looking down smiling on your efforts.

It’s called a Wringer…I remember seeing one in my grandmothers basement in Illinois. Those women worked so hard in those days.

Very interesting! The change happening after WW2 was huge! Going from 20 staff to 3!

Your videos are inspiring and special, your presentation is so enthusiastic genuine and warm. I’m addicted

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!xx julie

I loved your in-laws.They were so kind and friendly and had such sweet memories of their childhood home.

This precious place revisited, & the losses the family have had to suffer! Julie you've done a lovely thing to bring the family back to reminisce & share with us. Thank you, & thanks to the Earl & Katy for sharing with such open hearts

You are such a treasured addition to the Montegue family. The respect and awe you have for the history of your family is so sweet. You dear lady, truly knows what’s important in life- family. ❤

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤

@kristinhall8435

6 ай бұрын

@@AmericanViscountess You are so very welcome!! I love your channel. Please keep up your work. I love the homes you show us and I do appreciate you taking us with you who would never see these treasures if not for you!!

Spectacular tour. Thank you.

How amazing to see these generations coming back to visit their Heritage Home .. knowingly of the 100s of years connection and depth to their position and History that attached them along w the British Nation

Incredibly fascinating! Thank you, Julie!

Love seeing and learning about the history and lifestyle of the magnificent homes and family. Thanks for sharing

Love this video, so much history & sweet childhood memories.

You make these shows so interesting. I really enjoyed watching these. Glade I found them.

Loved this film. I was totally Iost in it. Thank you so much for bringing it to us x

Simply lovely and wonderfully interesting x

Such a beautiful and meaningful tour.

Loved watching this, I'm sure the family appreciates you so much for giving them back all those special memories 💜

Lovely video - I drive by here all the time - wonderful to hear the history from the family. Would love to see a video about Kimbolton Castle, also now a school with a fascinating history including Catherine of Aragon! My kids go to school there and I love the historical tours they do…but I bet you could get more access! 😊 From another American living in, and loving, the UK ❤

It was also called a mangle in the US. It was similar to a ringer washer but was used to iron large items. You would feed the sheet or whatever through the rollers and it would come out smooth. Was used a lot up into the 1950's. OMG! Luke looks just like his father!

Julie, you are a pure gem. ❤

@AmericanViscountess

6 ай бұрын

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Hello Again Julie, I say of all the videos I find this one on Hinchingbrooke the most touching of all on several levels. First, bringing your father in law and his sister back to their roots is very healing because they are once again touching their ancestral heritage in person. I realize this is large castle, however there is an invisible thread or connection that is brought back while there because their minds and hearts are making that connection to their ancestral home and heritage, plus while talking over of what happened with their selling this castle heals the situation even more because it is addressing the root cause. The more you talk about it, the more you lessen the wounds both financial and emotional and very likely physical as well.

This is perhaps already in one of the comments, but wanted to say in the US that mechanism for removing excess water from clothes is called a “ this is perhaps already in one of the comments, but wanted to say in the US that mechanism for removing excess water from clothes is called a “wringer” that was placed above the wash bin, so it was actually called a “wringer washer”.💜

What a treasure this video is!! Beautifully done. Thankyou!!!