What is/was the Liberty Hall that's referred to both in episodes of Downton Abbey and in Christie's "The Body in the Library?"

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What is/was the Liberty Hall that's referred to both in episodes of Downton Abbey and in Christie's "The Body in the Library?"

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Last updated Aug 28 2019.
Originally posted Aug 27 2019 12:39 PM.

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It may be a literary/theatrical reference, not one to any actual location.

Liberty Hall, a term for a place where one is free to do as one wishes. The origin is probably Oliver Goldsmith's play 'She Stoops to Conquer' (1773), where in Act II Hardcastle says "Mr. Marlow - Mr. Hastings - gentlemen - pray be under no constraint in this house. This is Liberty-hall, gentlemen. You may do just as you please here."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Hall_(disambiguation)

Aug 28 2019, 5:40 PM

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