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Ditton Park, Buckinghamshire (Now Berkshire), England=The detached part of Stoke Poges parish forms the manor of DITTON . Assessed at 5 hides, it was held in 1086 by William son of Ansculf, and the overlordship followed the same descent as that of Stoke Poges Manor (q.v.) until 1472, when it became parcel of the honour of Windsor. In 1086 Ditton was held by Walter,) who also held Stoke Poges (q...
Wokefield Park, Berkshire, England=The Allfreys were Sussex yeomen farmers over many generations, the name first appearing in records as early as 1296. By the end of the medieval period, there were several distinct branches of the family, whose history has been traced by the Felbridge & District History Group. It was the branch of the family at West Dean which eventually rose to greater prosper...
Swallowfield Park, Berkshire, England=The present house at Swallowfield Park , was erected in 1689 by Henry Hyde, the 2nd Earl of Clarendon, for his wife, the Swallowfield heiress, Flower Backhouse. She was the daughter of William Backhouse, the famous alchemist and inventor, whose family had owned the estate since the late 16th century. Their old Tudor mansion had replaced the previous 'castle...
Bostock House & Bostock Hall, Cheshire, England=The manor of Bostock became the seat of a family who were tenants of the Vernon family, although there are no accuraterecords from the 11th and 12th centuries. This family then took the name of their home styling themselves as ‘de Bostock’. The exact location of the early settlement is not known, but the original Bostock Hall is situated about a m...
Welford Park, Berkshire,England= Welford Park was originally the site of a monastic grange that was granted to Abingdon Abbey way back in Saxon times. The house was known as 'Farm Court' and was run on behalf of the monks by a bailiff.After the Dissolution, King Henry VIII used the place for a time as a hunting lodge. Later, in 1546, it was granted on a long-term lease to Sir Thomas Parry Senio...
Historic Buildings of Surrey ==England Image right - Loseley House Guildford ===== Image by Andrew Wilkinson from London - Loseley House, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wiki Commons =====See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Surrey, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriat...
Sunninghill Park, Berkshire, England= Sunninghill Park is a country house and estate of some 665 acres (2.69 km2; 1.039 sq mi), located north of Cheapside, in the civil parishes of Sunninghill and Ascot and Winkfield, adjoining the south-western boundary of Windsor Great Park in the English county of Berkshire. It was the official residence of the Duke of York from 1990 until 2004.SUNNINGHILL P...
Historic Buildings of West Sussex ==England Image right - Wakehurst Place Ardingly ===== Image Geograph © Copyright Ian Capper and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . See >===== Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page >===== Historic Buildings of East Sussex The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in West Sussex, with ...
Sunningdale Park (Northcote House), Berkshire, England===BRIEF HISTORY OF SUNNINGDALE PARK=====Early History===Although there is little evidence of local Stone-Age settlements, the light and sandy soil lacked the flints used for tools, there are many Bronze-Age barrows in the area.In Roman tomes the trees, heath and undergrowth covering Sunningdale formed part of Windsor Forest. The main highwa...
Garsington Manor, Oxfordshire, England=Garsington Manor, in the village of Garsington, near Oxford, England, is a Tudor building, best known as the former home of Lady Ottoline Morrell , the Bloomsbury Group socialite. The house is currently owned by the family of Leonard Ingrams and has been the setting for an annual summer opera season, the Garsington Opera up until 2011 when the opera reloca...
Historic Buildings of Rutland (now East Midlands) ==England Image right - Tolthorpe Hall >===== Image by Davecrosby uk - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wiki Commons =====See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Rutland (East Midlands), with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as app...
84 Plymouth Grove/Elizabeth Gaskell's House, Lancashire, England= Pictured right before restoration 84 Plymouth Grove, now known as Elizabeth Gaskell's House , is a Grade II* listed neoclassical villa in Manchester, England,[1] which was the residence of William and Elizabeth Gaskell from 1850 till their deaths in 1884 and 1865 respectively. The Gaskell household continued to occupy the villa a...
Silwood Park, Berkshire, England=The independent manor of Sunninghill seems to have emerged in the mid-14th century and it was purchased by a leading local man, John de Sunninghill in 1362. His manor house was probably in Silwood Park. By Tudor times it was known as ‘Eastmore’ and this was probably from where Prince Arthur, the eldest son of King Henry VII, wrote a letter to All Souls’ College,...
Historic Buildings of Nottinghamshire ==England Image right - Kelham Hall >===== Image Geograph © Copyright David Hallam-Jones and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence . =====See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Nottinghamshire, with links to sub-projects for specific...
Brimstage Hall, Cheshire, England==HISTORY===1175 TO 1350==Expert opinions suggest Brimstage Hall was built sometime between 1175 and 1350, though nobody is quite sure of why, or for whom, it was built. The original house was compact and fortified, enclosed in a moat and high embankment.==1398==The first recorded occupant of the Hall was Sir Hugh Hulse and his wife Marjory, who were granted lic...
Fletchers House - Oxfordshire Museum, Oxfordshire, England====Fletcher's House===In 1279 Adam Bennet held a house, oven, 2 selds, and a forge at the corner of Park Street and Brown's Lane. (fn. 27a) In 1468-9 Thomas Fletcher was paying 6d. for a large vacant plot there which extended north to Harrison's Lane. (fn. 28a) In 1526 a house there belonged to another Thomas Fletcher , and in 1581 was ...
Historic Buildings of Lincolnshire Image right - Grimsthorpe Castle >===== Image by Wehha - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, WIKI ==EnglandThe object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Lincolnshire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those establishments can be linked to this project ...
Forde Abbey, Dorset (& Somerset), England=Forde Abbey is a privately owned former Cistercian monastery in Dorset, England with a mailing address in Chard, Somerset. The house and gardens are run as a tourist attraction while the 1,600-acre (6.5 km2) estate is farmed to provide additional revenue. Forde Abbey is a Grade I listed building.===History===Between 1133-36, wealthy nobleman Richard de ...
Starborough Castle, Surrey, England= Starborough Castle , known historically as Sterborough Castle, is a Neo-Gothic garden house of dressed sandstone near the eastern boundary of Surrey, built in 1754 by Sir James Burrow. It occupies the north-eastern portion of an artificial island south of the River Eden, roughly 3 km to the south-west of Edenbridge. It is a Grade II* listed building and sche...
Deepdene Estate, Surrey, England= Deepdene was an estate and country house occupying the south-east of Dorking, Surrey, England, the aspects of it that remains being a large minority of its woodland garden which is listed and interwoven among Dorking Golf Course.===History of the estate===A hillside manor that descended from earlier Earls of Surrey throughout the Middle Ages to the 23rd Earl of...
. =Reigate Castle, Surrey, England=The Barons' Cave is part of Reigate Castle, which was probably built by the second earl of Surrey, William de Warrenne, soon after 1088. This castle consisted of a central mound surrounded by a dry moat, with timber buildings and defences on the mound, or motte. In the 12th or 13th century, the timber structures were replaced with stone ones. The castle was ex...
Historic Buildings of Essex ==EnglandThe object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Dorset, 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. Image right - Hedingham Castle in the vil...
Cobham Park, Surrey, England= Cobham Park is a country mansion and estate situated to the south of Cobham and encompassing the majority of Downside, Surrey, England it was formerly the seat of John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier. It was later the home of Harvey Christian Combe, who was Lord Mayor of London and a partner in the Combe Delafield and Co. brewery. The estate, with the exception of the ...
Castle Park House= Castle Park House is a former country house surrounded by extensive grounds in the market town of Frodsham in Cheshire, England. It is built on the site of Frodsham Castle, and originates from the late 18th century. It was extended in the 1850s, and its gardens were laid out by Edward Kemp. The house passed into the ownership of the local council, and is used for a variety of...
Guildford Castle, Surrey, England= Guildford Castle is in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is thought to have been built shortly after the 1066 invasion of England by William the Conqueror.=History===From the eleventh to the thirteenth century=====Construction and development===After the Battle of Hastings in 1066 William led his army to Canterbury and then sacked towns along the Pilgrims' Way, i...