Carriage Tour

The Dennett Gig takes its name from the Dennett spring which takes its name from…Oh well, we’re not too sure. The Dennett springing systems is actually made up of 3 springs – 2 at the ends and 1 crosswise. Bridges Adams, who wrote one of the classic works on English Carriages, spreads a bit of gossip about the 3 dancing Dennett sisters who were exceedingly popular about the time the springs were first used. Thus, perhaps, it is from these lovely girls that the name is derived. The body of this carriage is quite like the Stanhope. It was built by the Kuhnle-Kutschen Company of Germany in 1986. As Tom Ryder points out in THE COSON CARRIAGE COLLECTION AT BEECHDALE*, "This gig is a good example of a traditional design adapted to modern materials and finish."