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Historic Buildings of Northamptonshire
Image right - Cottesbrooke Hall, Northampton
Image by Cj1340 (talk) - Own work (Original text: I created this work entirely by myself.), Public Domain, Wiki
The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Northamptonshire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those establishments can be linked to this project and/or to individual projects where they have been set up.
If you have information about any of the Buildings mentioned below please share it here. If you have ancestors linked to any of the places please add them to the project.
Including Castles, Abbeys, Priories, Manor Houses, Mansions, Stately Homes, Country houses, Estate houses, Courts, Halls, Parks and other listed buildings of historic interest.
Full sizes of the thumbnail images can be seen in the Gallery attached to the project or by clicking the thumbnail image. TIP - Use ctrl+the link to open the image in a separate tab, or use "back" to return to this project page) Sources for the images can be found in the image details as seen in the gallery.
Names with Bold links are to Geni profiles or projects. Other links take you to external biographical web pages. Please copy and paste the bullet used - ● - instead of * when adding items to the list.
● Althorp House
● Apethorpe Hall
● Arthingworth Manor
● Astrop House
● Astwell Castle
● Aynhoe Park
● Barnwell Manor
● Barton Seagrave
● Blakesley Hall
● Blisworth
● Boughton House
● Canons Ashby House
● Castle Ashby Manor
● Caswell
● Cosgrove
● Cottesbrooke Hall - Grade I listed country house and estate. The Cottesbrooke estate was purchased in 1635 by Sir John Langham, 1st Baronet, a rich London merchant and MP. It descended in the Langham family to the 4th Baronet, who in 1702 began the building of the present hall. Sir James Langham, 7th Baronet was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1897 and MP for Northamptonshire from 1784 to 1790. Sir James, the 11th baronet, had mental issues and the estate was managed by Sir Herbert Langham, his brother and eventual successor. In 1877 the Hall was let for several months to the Empress Elisabeth of Austria as a base for a hunting holiday. In 1911 financial pressures forced the family to sell the estate to Captain Robert Bingham Brassey, MP and move to County Fermanagh. Since 1937 Cottesbrooke has been the home of the MacDonald-Buchanan family. In 1937-8 they employed Lord Gerald Wellesley (later the 7th Duke of Wellington) to make alterations to the Hall, including changing the entrance front to the other side of the house.
● Courteenhall
● Cransley Hall
● Crostwight Hall
● Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough
● Deene Park
● Drayton House
● Easton Neston
● Edgecote House Northamptonshire (Now Oxfordshire)
● Eydon Hall
● Finedon Hall
● Gayton Manor House
● Glassthorpe Manor (demolished)
● Highgate House
● Holdenby House
● Kelmarsh Hall
● Ken Hill (house)
● King's Sutton
● Kirby Hall
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● Lamport Hall
● Laxton Hall
● Lilford Hall
● Lyveden New Bield
● Oakleigh House
● Rockingham Castle
● Rushton Hall
● Rushton Triangular Lodge
● Sheringham Park
● Southwick Manor Sir John Knyvet, Lord Chancellor of England (c.1322 - 1381)
● Stoke Park Pavilions
● Sulgrave Manor,ancestral home of George Washington
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