Samlesbury Hall, Lancashire

Wedding Photography at Samlesbury Hall in Lancashire

Lancashire’s medieval Samlesbury Hall is located between Preston and Blackburn, built in 1325, is steeped in nearly 700 years of history, including ghosts, witches and ruin. The venue is made available for a number of events and days out, including wedding ceremonies and wedding receptions. Who knows, maybe your Samlesbury Hall Wedding Photographer will capture you with a ghost in the background!

Samlesbury Hall is available for weddings, with services including catering, ceremonies and the wedding reception. Wedding photography at Samlesbury Hall includes shooting locations on the stone steps with the Hall as a backdrop as well as the grounds of the Hall and the private gardens, especially reserved for your Samlesbury Hall wedding photography. On days when the weather is not so predictable, the wedding photographer at Samlesbury Hall will be able to make use of a number of shooting indoor locations with grand medieval architecture and design features. For larger weddings of up to 120 guests, the Great Hall is used or for ceremonies of up to 90 guests, the Whittaker Room can be used. The Parlour room can also hold more intimate wedding ceremonies. All locations provide Samlesbury Hall wedding photographers with plenty of opportunity for great photos with stunning composition.

The Parlour can also be used for reception drinks the weather is not suitable for the use of Samlesbury Hall gardens. The room features oak panelled ceilings and a Tudor fireplace, making it a perfect room for wedding guests and for your wedding photographer to capture the mood of the day.

A Toastmaster can be arranged, who will be responsible for keeping your day running smoothly. He will announce the arrival of the newlyweds and liaise with the Samlesbury Hall wedding photographer and entertainers. He can also greet new guests, to ensure they know where the wedding reception is being held and will announce the first dance.

The first recorded lord of the manor was Cospatric de Samlesbury, and it is believed that he lived in the Lower Hall on the banks of the river Ribble. During the 13th Century, the manor was divided between the two granddaughters, Elizabeth and Cecily de Samlesbury as there were no male heirs. Cecily went on to marry John Deuyas , having a daughter Alicia, who was married to Gilbert de Southworth around the year 1325. The Deuyas coat of arms was adopted by Gilbert who was responsible for building the Great Hall. Their descendants kept hold of the manor until 1677/78, at which point is was sold to the Bradylls, who rented out the Hall to handloom weavers, before it was converted into the Bradyll Arms.

Joseph Harrison eventually bought the estate, after it passed through the hands of Thomas Cooper, and he spent a large amount of money restoring Samlesbury Hall before it was left to ruin. Finally a group of six businessmen bought Samlesbury Hall in 1924, saving it from being demolished by a building firm who planned to erect a housing estate. The Samlesbury Hall Trust was started in 1925 at has been administered by The Trust ever since.

The half timbered black and white medieval house is believed to be haunted by the legendary White Lady, Dorothy Southworth who is supposed to have died from a broken heart and has been spotted on many-occasion. This hasn’t put people off from using Samlesbury Hall for their wedding however! Samlesbury Hall has featured on UKTV’s Most Haunted on two separate occasions as well as being visited by and ghost-hunter Richard Felix. The Hall is renowned as of the most haunted locations in Britain' Resident spirits include the legendary White Lady - Dorothy Southworth, who died of a broken heart, and has been seen on many occasions.

To ensure your memories of the big day, the venue and the atmosphere are captured perfectly without intrusion, contact Rob Sanderson from Curve Wedding Photography, who will discuss requirements and ideas that you may have for your wedding photography at Samlesbury Hall in Lancashire.

We hope that you have enjoyed our wedding photos of Samlesbury Hall but there are many other venues that we have covered where you can see wedding photos on the web. These include our favourites Inglewood Manor and Crewe Hall. We also have some stunning images from weddings at Thronton Manor House and Capesthorne Hall as well as Tatton Park wedding photos. We have also undertaken wedding photography at Rookery Hall and provide online images for Crabwall Manor weddings and Peckforton Castle. If you like our style and enjoy these fantastic wedding photographs, why not give us a call, there is no hard sell and we always welcome meeting a propsective bride and groom to discuss your wedding photography requirements.

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