Locations

The Leijel Family and Knole House

Postcards from Harnäs

Harnäs mill

Leijel headstone in Storkyrkan, Stockholm

Haneberg

In the 1790s, Haneberg was taken over by Captain Pehr Gustaf Leijel.
His wife's name was Sophia Gustava Tigerhielm (1758-1827).
She was born at Lindsbro Manor in Östervåla as the daughter of the forester
Seved Gustaf Tigerhielm and Elisabet Anckarström.

Henry Lyell’s Bourn Hall, Cambridgeshire, England

The present house at Bourn was built around 1602 by John Hagar;
occupying the site of a 12th-century castle built by Picot de Cambridge,
the first Norman Sheriff of the county. The village of Bourn is located
about 10 miles (16 km) west of the university city of Cambridge in the
county of Cambridgeshire.

Torshällas ironworks

Everyone knows Nyby Mill, but how many remember its predecessor,
Holmen's Mill in Torshälla? There, as early as the 17th century, people
hammered out iron ore into malleable bars - with Thor's hammer at its best.

Älvkarleö mansion

Älvkarleö mansion with Peter and Janet Leyel

Älvkarleby kyrka

The church began construction in 1478 and was consecrated in 1790.

Fleräng mansion

The manor was built in 1695 by David Leijel the Younger.
Historical data about Harnäs and Fleräng.

Hammarby manor

The manor's origins date back to the first half of the 18th century.
At that time, the manor was owned by the noble families Leijel and Möhlman.

Fräkentorp

Fräkentorp is mentioned as a settlement in 1599 (the spelling at that time was Frechnetorp,
the nickname torp was often used to denote a settlement) and was then a crown estate.
The main estate, Fräkentorp, was bought for sale in 1638 by D. Stuartp.

Malingsbo church and mansion

Malingsbo church.