People who search genealogy websites often find birth and marriage records, newspaper clippings, faded photographs or maybe a long-lost relative. Hopwood DePree found a 60-room
American producer Hopwood Depree traded Hollywood for his family’s ancestral home, a 600-year-old English estate that had fallen into complete despair. Depree details the massive
LONDON – Many people searching genealogy websites for information about their ancestors encounter poignant geographical details, long-lost relatives or historical insights – good, bad and ugly. Michigan-born actor,
When US film-maker Hopwood DePree discovered his family’s derelict English ancestral home a decade ago, he left Hollywood and started a new life near Rochdale
It is a majestic castle that would not look out of place as the centrepiece of any glossy TV period drama. However, when an American
In 2013, Hollywood producer Hopwood Depree was winding down after work with some wine and casual Internet scrolling. Scanning ancestry websites, he discovered a massive
Rochdale (United Kingdom) (AFP) – As a child, Hopwood DePree heard stories about the family owning an ancestral country home in England but always thought it
At a meeting of Rochdale Borough Council Planning and Licensing Committee last Thursday (20 October), a full planning application that Hopwood DePree had submitted to
