Visiting historic manor homes in the Cotswolds with priest holes!

Check with the National Trust UK...they might give you some leads on priest holes. Historic Scotland offers floor plans of their properties. Did you see "Skyfall"..."M" escapes thru priest hole. Read Edward Rutherfords "New Forest". One chapter features the Jacobian War.

The term "priest holes" is surprisingly new to me. Did they shove them in or shove them out?

A little bit further north than the Cotswolds proper, but one of the most elaborate priest hole complexes in England is at Harvington Hall near Kidderminster (www.harvingtonhall.com)

thanks for all the helpful suggestions!

I second Baddesley Clinton. Other than it having been for many years in my backyard - full disclosure so you can see how biased my comments are - it is a lovely moated manor house. Still has plenty of ducks in the moat - no, they're not caught for dinner, at least as far as I know - stained glass, good restaurant with tasty reasonably priced grub, sheep up next to the house and great walks all around, excellent docents in the rooms who will tell you anything you want to know, the kitchen is well worth seeing as are the various secrets you will discover as you wander around the delightful old house. Note the connections with the "Gunpowder Plot" by Guy Fawkes and Co., to blow up the houses of Parliament. Do be advised that it is in Warwickshire just near Stratford but certainly out of the Cotswolds. Well worth the time. Best with a car. Be aware of the Early May Bank Holiday.

Thank you

lol Monte...I was thinking it sounded a little...'risque'...in the title