A Remnant of a Feudal Society

'The rich man in his castle and the poor man at his gate ' was how it used to be on the old country estates, and there are still a few people who remember what it was like. Minterne, in Dorset, the home of the Digby family since 1765, managed to uphold this tradition until the 1930s. With the aid of old film, and the memories of the Bailiff, the Carpenter, the Post-mistress, the Head Gardener, a Groom, a Housemaid, a Farm Hand, and a Woodman - as well as Her Ladyship and her son - we learn of a way of life that will never return.