When it was built in 1779 the hall had more than 300 rooms around the central courtyard and is a testament to the importance of hand-woven textiles to the economy of the, then, WestRidingofYorkshire.
Former miner Jimi Heselden, 62, plunged into the River Wharfe while riding around his WestYorkshire estate in Boston Spa on a rugged country version of the Segway.