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Bell House Winter 2024 Newsletter
Bell House Winter 2024 Newsletter

In the 2024 Winter edition, you’ll find a selection of recent news and updates from Bell House, which we hope you will enjoy!

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Bell House Summer 2024 Newsletter
Bell House Summer 2024 Newsletter

Welcome to our Summer newsletter - ‘our call out to help out’ edition!

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Bell House Spring 2024 Newsletter
Bell House Spring 2024 Newsletter

The four seasons of 2023 have flashed by! We are so excited to bring you our second Spring quarterly newsletter with four new Bell House articles which we really hope you enjoy reading.

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Bell House Winter 2023 Newsletter
Bell House Winter 2023 Newsletter

Welcome to the fourth of our seasonal newsletters. In this Winter edition, you’ll find a selection of recent news and updates from Bell House, which we hope you will enjoy!

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Bell House Autumn 2023 Newsletter
Bell House Autumn 2023 Newsletter

Welcome to the third of our seasonal newsletters. In this Autumn edition, you’ll find a selection of recent news and updates from Bell House, which we hope you will enjoy!

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Bell House Summer 2023 Newsletter
Bell House Summer 2023 Newsletter

Welcome to the second of our seasonal newsletters. In this Summer edition, you’ll find a selection of recent news and updates from Bell House, which we hope you will enjoy!

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Bell House Spring 2023 Newsletter
Bell House Spring 2023 Newsletter

We're excited to launch our new quarterly newsletter. It’s a chance to share a few short stories which we hope you both enjoy and find interesting.

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Cabinet of Curiosities' Stories: Princess Mary Christmas Gift Tin
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Cabinet of Curiosities' Stories: Anthony Harding’s chair
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Thomas Wright and the City of London
Thomas Wright and the City of London

Thomas Wright took a diligent role in civic affairs at a time when the City was developing rapidly and confidently. The Seven Years War had just ended, paving the way for Britain’s global expansion.

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The Wrights move to Dulwich
The Wrights move to Dulwich

After qualifying as Master Stationer Thomas Wright and his brother-in-law William Gill opened a shop in the chapel of St Thomas à Becket in the centre of the old 12th century London Bridge.

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Thomas Wright, printer and paper merchant
Thomas Wright, printer and paper merchant

After qualifying as Master Stationer Thomas Wright and his brother-in-law William Gill opened a shop in the chapel of St Thomas à Becket in the centre of the old 12th century London Bridge.

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A Fragment of an Envelope

Chief craftsman Andrew McLynn was renovating the Bell House windows, using traditional techniques to restore them to their original splendour.

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London Almanac for the year of Christ 1794
London Almanac for the year of Christ 1794

The very first almanacs were produced in the second millennium BC in the Near East, providing information such as favourable and unfavourable days and how to deal with each of them.

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Bell House Gardening : Rural Retreat, the History of Bell House's Garden
Bell House Gardening : Rural Retreat, the History of Bell House's Garden

When Thomas Wright built Bell House in 1767, the garden was extremely important to him: it was a symbol of his wealth and status but it was also a refuge from his busy life as a City merchant.

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