One of the characters that stuck in my mind from John Vigar’s talk is William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, the 5th Duke of Portland. He was a man who was a recluse who liked tunnelling, he even built a tunnel from his house, Welbeck Abbey, to the local railway station. By all accounts he oversaw the digging of over twelve miles of tunnels in and around his home. Here is an article if you would like to find out more about this strange man:
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