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Langley Hall and Sutton Hall, Cheshire, England= Pictured Right Langley Hall AFTER THE NORMAN CONQUEST the Norman earls granted manors to individuals in return for certain duties. The recipient of the Manor of Sutton assumed the title 'de Sutton' and sometime in the Middle Ages the family built a hall to reflect their status. For centuries, little disturbed the tranquil farming communities in t...
Historic Mill in Mystic River , Connecticut The area that houses the Rossie Velvet Mill was primarily agricultural until the mid 19th Century, with its farmers providing goods to the shipbuilders and other businesses in Mystic. A small textile mill began operation on the bank of the Mystic River in 1850, on what are now the grounds of the museum, precipitating development as a modestly scaled...
The Medieval Merchant's House, Hampshire, England= The Medieval Merchant's House is a restored late-13th-century building in Southampton, Hampshire, England. Built in about 1290 by John Fortin, a prosperous merchant, the house survived many centuries of domestic and commercial use largely intact. German bomb damage in 1940 revealed the medieval interior of the house, and in the 1980s it was res...
Lancaster House, London, England= Lancaster House (previously known as York House and Stafford House) is a mansion in the St James's district in the West End of London. It is close to St. James's Palace and much of the site was once part of the palace complex. This Grade I listed building[1][2] is now managed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.===History===Construction of the house commence...
Calshot Castle, Hampshire, England= Calshot Castle is one of Henry VIII's device forts, built on Calshot Spit at the Solent near Fawley to guard the entrance to Southampton Water (grid reference SU488025). Also known as a Henrician Castle, Calshot was built as part of Henry's chain of coastal defences to defend England's coast from foreign invasion especially during the turbulent times after hi...
Cambridge House, Piccadilly, London, England= Cambridge House is a grade I listed mansion on the northern side of Piccadilly (Number 94) in central London, England, named after one of its owners, the Duke of Cambridge, 7th son of George III. It has also been known as Egremont House, Cholmondeley House, The Naval and Military Club, and the In and Out Club.===History===The house was built for Cha...
Cynthia Drake Cemetery resides in Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. This small burying ground was established in 1714. Cynthia Drake cemetery was once apart of the Old Burying Grounds in Easton. The two cemeteries are now separate in function and separated physically by Church Street, which was once known as Cynthia Drake Road. The town of Easton owns the cemetery and records for the cemet...
Greenwood Cemetery resides in Brantford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1850, Greenwood Cemetery is Brantford's oldest cemetery. It contains monuments representing a wide segment of society, from some of the city's most influential families to fugitives. The burying ground's earliest, recorded burial dates from 1801. The last recorded burial was in 2022. This cemet...
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Crewe Hall, Cheshire, England= Crewe Hall is a Jacobean mansion located near Crewe Green, east of Crewe, in Cheshire, England. Described by Nikolaus Pevsner as one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire,[1] it is listed at grade I. Built in 1615–36 for Sir Randolph Crewe , it was one of the county's largest houses in the 17th century, and was said to have "brought London into Cheshire".[...
Historic Buildings of Norfolk England Image right - Holkham Hall Image by Sean Cooper, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wiki The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Norfolk, 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 individ...
Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire, England= Titchfield Abbey (or Place House) in Hampshire is perhaps best known for its Shakespeare associations: its owner, the Third Earl of Southampton, was the playwright's patron (and, many assume, the 'Fair Youth' to whom the majority of his sonnets are addressed), and some of the bard's plays are believed to have been performed there for the first time.Titchfie...
Saint Francis Catholic Cemetery resides in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The earliest burials recorded for this large burying ground are from 1885. The cemetery is active. "History of the Catholic Cemeteries in the Diocese of Phoenix The most significant history of Catholic Cemeteries & Funeral Homes is written in the stone or bronze monuments and memorials of all the faithful buried ...
Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland ==Main PageThis is the umbrella page fro Historic Buildings of England projects Image Right - Buckingham Palace London ===== Image © Copyright Lewis Clarke and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence. Geograph Historic houses can be stately homes, the birthplace of a famous person, or houses with interesting history or architecture.The object...
It has been discussed many times and a number of people have often wondered: "What IS my family's Coat of Arms?" and "HOW do I find out?" There are a few key points to keep in mind when doing this kind of specialized research.1. If you are Full-Blooded Eskimo, Aborigine, Pygmy, Neanderthal, Iceman, Hobbit (yes, this was an actual human race), Martian, or any other Race, which does not have dire...
St. Columb Minor Cemetery resides in St Columb Minor, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England. The parish registry began record keeping in 1559; however, there are burials from 1545 in the burying ground. The last burials took place in 2015. "St Columb Minor is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall. Newquay is a chapelry of St Columb Minor." "The parish of St Columb Minor, (Co...
St. Martin and St. Meriadoc Churchyard resides in Camborne, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England. The earliest, recorded burials date from 1550 while the latest is from 2014. "It is uncertain when the parish church was first constructed, but the site could date from the Celtic and pre-Norman period. Much of the ground around the church has been used and re-used for burials since at lea...
Elm Grove Cemetery resides in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island. Also known as Rhode Island Historic Cemetery North Kingstown #26, the cemetery is overseen by the town of North Kingstown. Elm Grove is a large cemetery which has reinterments dating from the 1690s. The cemetery is still active at present. "Elm Grove Cemetery was founded in 1851 as the first public cemetery in the town. E...
Town Cemetery resides in Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island. This small cemetery is also known as Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Jamestown #2. Recorded burials date from 1744 until 1975. Town Cemetery is no longer active.
Elder Benjamin Waite Lot is located in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island. Also known as Rhode Island Historic Cemetery South Kingstown #A03, this small bury ground hosts two graves - Dr. Benjamin Waite and his wife Dorcas Gardiner Waite. "This is Lot SK A3 in the South Kingstown Cemetery book by Sterling, Wheaton, and Bamberg. James N. Arnold visited this lot on 4 Nov 1880, writ...
Two Mile Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery resides in Cope, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. Earliest burials date from the 1850s and continue through the present. The cemetery is active. The town of Cope, South Carolina is home to under 80 individuals and boasts the historic Cope Depot, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Glympton Park, Oxfordshire, England= Glympton Park is a former deer park at Glympton, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It includes Glympton House (an 18th-century country house) and has a 2,000 acres (810 ha) estate including the village of Glympton, its Norman parish church of St. Mary, 21 stone cottages and 167 acres (68 ha) of parkland.===History===Glympton House ...
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Hillside Cemetery is located in Thetford, Orange County, Vermont. This historic cemetery is also known as Hillside-Ellis-Doble Cemetery. The first known burials started in 1768; however, those markers/stones still existing are from the 1810s through to the present. The cemetery was incorporated August 14, 1937. Hillside is an active cemetery. Thetford, Vermont, USA Coordinates: 43.79184, -72...
Cooks - Great House=Please add profiles of those people who were cooks in a Great House to this project. For Cooks who do not fit this description please add them to also be aware that there are many projects for Great Houses (Historic Buildings) so worth discovering these to associate profiles with them too.The cook in an English great house was traditionally female; today's residences may emp...