Publications:
Leckhampton Court: Manor House to Hospice
By Eric Miller, published by Matador. With a Message from H R H the
Prince of Wales, Patron of the Sue Ryder Care Centre at Leckhampton
Court.
ISBN 0 9524200 31, price £6.99 (post free in UK; otherwise US$15,
please make cheques payable to ‘Sue Ryder Care, Leckhampton’). Available
from Eric Miller, 20 Collum End Rise, Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Glos
GL53 0PB, UK.
'One
of the oldest medieval houses in Gloucestershire, Leckhampton Court
has had a rich and varied history. It dominated village life for some
600 years until the estate was sold at the end of the 19th century.
The
Lords of the Manor included members of important local families - the
Giffards, Norwoods and Tryes - and this book relates some of their more
interesting achievements. During the First World War the Court housed
a Red Cross hospital, and in the Second World War a camp was set up
in the grounds, occupied in turn by British and US troops and then by
German POWs.
Today
the Court is best known as a Sue Ryder Hospice, noted for its atmosphere
of love, compassion, unhurried care and understanding of patients' needs.
This book is sold entirely in aid of its running costs.'
