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Knebworth House in 2007. Knebworth House is an English country house in the parish of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1] Its gardens are also listed Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. [2] In its surrounding park are the medieval St. Mary's Church and the Lytton family mausoleum.
The Knebworth Festival was a recurring open-air rock and pop festival held on the grounds of the Knebworth House in Knebworth, England. The festival first occurred in July 1974 when The Allman Brothers Band , The Doobie Brothers and other artists attracted 60,000 people.
In the 1960s the Lytton Cobbolds undertook an extensive renovation of Knebworth House. They opened it to the public in 1971. [2] The title of her best-selling 1986 memoir, Board Meetings in the Bath: How We Opened Knebworth House to the Public, [1] was inspired by the bathtub she had installed in the kitchen of their Little Venice home.
The grounds of Knebworth House near the village of Knebworth had been a major venue for open air rock and pop concerts since 1974. In 1979, veteran promoter Freddy Bannister booked Led Zeppelin to play that year's concerts which took place on 4 August [1] and 11 August [2] after the bandleader of the Electric Light Orchestra, Jeff Lynne, turned down the offer to headline the festival.
Until very recently, shopping hours remained very restrictive. In 2008 Austria modified its 2003 Öffnungszeitengesetz ("opening times law"). The new regulations allow stores to open from 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. on weekdays, and on Saturday until 6:00 p.m. but they are restricted to a total of 72 open hours per week.
The chapel is attached to the north side of the church and was rebuilt around 1710 to house three exceptionally fine monuments dedicated to members of the family. [ 4 ] The churchyard has several war graves and a listed tomb by Edwin Lutyens .
The remaining stores continued to trade as Netto stores until early 2011, when Asda integrated the stores into its supermarkets division, designated for shops smaller than 2,300 m 2 (25,000 sq ft). [86] These former Netto stores form the core of the Asda Supermarket format. [87] As of 31 January 2021, there are 207 supermarkets. [85]
The Knebworth and Winter Green Railway was a 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge railway built in the grounds of Knebworth House in 1972 as a tourist attraction.. The railway was built by Pleasurerail Ltd. a company set up to build and operate private tourist railways which included the Great Whipsnade Railway and also the line at Blenheim Palace.