Submitted by Upperphonny t3_y9gsut in history
TimeEfficiency6323 t1_itaxdxr wrote
Reply to comment by LanewayRat in Was this behavior and culture like that with the wealthy Englishmen in the early 20th century? by Upperphonny
A lot of it came to an end after World War I. Terrified by the idea of Bolshevism spreading westwards the UK government brought in the start of the social welfare system and paid for it with Income and Inheritance taxes.
Land became less of a guarantee of wealth and by World War II a number of the old estates had fallen into ruin. Meantime, family heads were having to cut off their wastrel sons.
LaoBa t1_itmd3a9 wrote
Since 1900, 1,200 country houses have been demolished in England. In Scotland, 378 architecturally important country houses have been demolished,
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