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Westmorland Historic County of England. Related Projects Westmorland Burials Westmorland Famous People Historical Westmorland Historic Buildings of Westmorland Westmorland Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards People Connected to Westmoreland
Yorkshire Historic County of England This is the Umbrella Project Page for Yorkshire, England. Yorkshire Arms - image right Image from Yorkshire Heritage Related Projects Yorkshire Famous People Yorkshire Genealogical Resources Historical Yorkshire Historic Buildings of Yorkshire Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries & Graveyards
K A N E R V A L A Projekti kerää Norrbyn kylässä Särkisalossa, nykyisessä Salon kaupungissa, sijaitsevan Kanervala-nimisen (Ljungberga) tilan omistajien, rakentajien, työntekijöiden ja vieraiden geni-profiileita. Projekti kokoaa myös tietoa Kanervalan historiasta. (Projekti perustettu 15.8.2019. Projektissa kaivataan Kanervalan vanhoja vieraskirjoja.) Projektin etusivu on palapeli johon löy...
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature. Place project portals Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. Geographical Australia Canada Europe Al-Andalus Austro-Hungarian-Empire Belarus Czech Republic-Bohemia Cro...
Somerset Historic County of England. Related Projects Somerset Famous People Historical Somerset Historic Buildings of Somerset Somerset Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries & Graveyards People Connected to Somerset
Oxfordshire - Main Page Historic County of England This is the Umbrella Project page for Oxfordshire Related Projects are Oxfordshire Burials - to follow Oxfordshire - Famous People Historic Buildings of Oxfordshire Historical Oxfordshire Oxfordshire Genealogical Resources Oxfordshire - Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards
Historic Buildings of Staffordshire England Image right - Whitmore Hall Image Geograph © Copyright Stephen Richards 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 Staffordshire, with links to sub-projects for specific bui...
SCOTLAND, United Kingdom - Place Projects See Counties of Scotland - United Kingdom This is a sub-project of International Places Project Index Every person is born somewhere, marries, lives, works and dies somewhere. Places are a key component to family history research. This project aims to be the starting point in your search for a place in SCOTLAND on Geni to discover more about your ...
Sanderstead Court, Surrey, England====History===The building is located next to the All Saint’s Parish Church (c. 1230) in Sanderstead.The building did not appear on the Tithe map of 1844.[1]Sanderstead Court, SurreyIn 1675, the house was a three story, red brick mansion comprising a central core with two large wings at either end which were adorned with decorated chimneys. The central portion ...
Historic Buildings of Wiltshire England Image right - Longford Castle Image by Peter - originally posted to Flickr as Longford Castle, CC BY 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 Wiltshire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropr...
Historic Buildings of Yorkshire England Image right - Middleham Castle Image by CJW - CJW, Attribution, 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 Yorkshire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated w...
Mansion House, London, England Image Right by Arpingstone at English Wikipedia Public domain Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London. It is used for some of the City of London's official functions, including an annual dinner, hosted by the Lord Mayor, at which the Chancellor of the Exchequer customarily gives a speech – his "Mansion House Speech" – about the stat...
Arbury Hall, Warwickshire, England Arbury Hall (grid reference SP335893) is a Grade I listed country house in Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England, and the ancestral home of the Newdigate family, later the Newdigate-Newdegate and Fitzroy-Newdegate families. Image right Arbury Hall from Morris's Country Seats (1880) . Attribution: In the Public Dpmain in its country of origin and other countrie...
Coley Park, Berkshire, England Coley Park was the home of the Vachell Family from 1309 until 1727. The family maxim, Tis better to Suffer than to Revenge, is said to have come from an incident which took place here in the 14th century. John Vachell was in dispute with the Abbot of Reading over rights of way through the former's estate. The Abbot sent a monk to test his rights with a load of c...
Historic Buildings of Gloucestershire England Image right - Berkeley Castle Image Geograph © Copyright Philip Halling 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 Gloucestershire, with links to sub-projects for specific ...
Hampshire - Main Page Historic County of England Image right - County Flag of Hampshire . Attribution - By Hogweard - Own work, Public Domain, Wiki Commons Related Projects Hampshire Famous People Hampshire Genealogical Resources Historical Hampshire Historic Buildings of Hampshire Hampshire Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries & Graveyards
Historic Buildings of Warwickshire England Image right - Warwick Castle Image by DeFacto - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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 Warwickshire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of peopl...
Historic Buildings of Devon England The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Devon, 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 - Compton Castle, Devon ...
Historic Buildings of Lancashire England Including Manchester The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Lancashire, 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. Imag...
Historic Buildings of Dorset England Image right - Athelhampton Hall , Dorchester, Dorset Image Geograph © Copyright Sarah Smith and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence The 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 associate...
Historic Buildings of Hampshire England Image right - Beaulieu Palace House Image - this photo was taken by Przemysław JahrAutorem zdjęcia jest Przemysław JahrWykorzystując zdjęcie proszę podać jako autora:Przemysław Jahr / Wikimedia Commons - Own work, Public Domain,[ WIKI] The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Gloucestershir...
Beckett Hall Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) Image Right - Barnacle Lodge , built as an entrance lodge to Beckett Hall in the 1830s. Image by Motacilla - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wiki Commons Beckett Hall (or Beckett House) is a country house at Shrivenham in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire). The present house dates from 1831. History This ancient historical ma...
Wiltshire Mian Page Historic County of England. Related Projects Wiltshire Burials Wiltshire Famous People Heytesbury, Wiltshire Historical Wiltshire Historic Buildings of Wiltshire Wiltshire Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries & Graveyards People Connected to Wiltshire
This is the Umbrella Project Page for Gloucestershire England. Image right - Flag of Gloucestershire - by Mjpovey - Own work, Public Domain, Wiki Commons Related Projects Gloucestershire Famous People Gloucestershire Genealogical Resources Historical Gloucestershire Historic Buildings of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Monumental Inscriptions
Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, England Bletchley Park, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England , was the central site of the United Kingdom's Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), which during the Second World War regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers – most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz ciphers. The official historian of World War II British...
Historic Buildings of Cornwall England Image right - Trerice, Newquay Image Geograph © Copyright Andrew Longton and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence. The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Cornwall, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those e...
Historic Buildings of East Sussex England Image right - 14th Century Bodiam Castle Image Geograph © Copyright J.Hannan-Briggs and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence . See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page Historic Buildings of West Sussex The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in East Sussex, with li...
Historic Buildings of The Channel Islands See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page Image right - Mont Orgueil Castle or Gorey Castle , Saint Martin, Jersey - by Man vyi - Self-photographed, Public Domain, Wiki Commons
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 individu...
Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland Main Page This 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. T...
This is the Umbrella Project Page for Worcestershire, England. Image right - Armorial banner of Worcestershire County Council Image by Escudo_de_Villanueva_de_Perales.svg Coat_of_Arms_of_Henry_of_Wales.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wiki Commons Related Projects People Connected to Worcestershire Worcestershire Famous People Historical Worcestershire Historic Buildings of Worcestershire...
Historic Buildings of Worcestershire England Image right - Hagley Hall Image by Hagley Hall - 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 Worcestershire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of ...
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 link...
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 appropriate....
Historic Buildings of Suffolk England Image right - Kentwell Hall , Long Melford Image Creative Commons License 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) Flickr John Fielding 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 Suffolk, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropria...
Historic Buildings of Shropshire (Salop) England Image right - Apley Park , Norton Image Geograph © Copyright Mat Fascione 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 Shropshire, with links to sub-projects for specific...
Historic Buildings of Somerset England Image right - Lytes Cary Manor Image Geograph © Copyright Neil Kennedy and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence . The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Somerset, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those es...
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...
Hanwell Manor & Castle, Oxfordshire, England Image Geograph © Copyright Ian Rob and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence . Manor Before the Norman conquest of England an Anglo-Saxon called Lewin or Leofwine held the manor of Hanwell, along with those of Chinnor and Cowley. Whereas the conquering Normans dispossessed many Saxon landowners after 1066, Leofwine still held Ha...
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...
Historic Buildings of Northumberland England Image right - The Keep at Alnwick Castle Image Geograph © Copyright Len Williams 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 Northumberland, with links to sub-projects for s...
Historic Buildings of Northamptonshire England Image right - Cottesbrooke Hall , Northampton Image by Cj1340 (talk) - Own work (Original text: I created this work entirely by myself.), Public Domain, Wiki 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 Northamptonshire, with li...
Historic Buildings of Lincolnshire Image right - Grimsthorpe Castle Image by Wehha - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, WIKI England The 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 proje...
Historic Buildings of Leicestershire England The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Leicestershire, 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 - Belvo...
Historic Buildings of Hertfordshire England Image right - Hatfield House Image Right by Allan Engelhardt - Hatfield House, CC BY-SA 2.0, WIKI The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Hertfordshire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those establishments can be...
Historic Buildings of Essex England The 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 th...
Historic Buildings of Derbyshire England Image right - Holme Hall , Bakewell Image by Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wiki The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Derbyshire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those establishments can be linked to this proje...
Historic Buildings of County Durham England Image right - Rokeby Hall Image Geograph © Copyright Clive Nicholson and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence. The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of County Durham, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated wi...
Historic Buildings of Cumberland England Today Cumbria ...(embracing Westmorland and parts of Lancashire) Image right - Holker Hall Image Geograph © Copyright Barbara Carr and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence. The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Cumbria/Cumberland, with links to sub-projects for specific b...
Historic Buildings of Cambridgeshire England The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Cambridgeshire, 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 - Pampi...
Historic Buildings of Bedfordshire England Image right - Turvey Abbey © Copyright Stephen Craven and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence. Geograph The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Bedfordshire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those...
Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, England Image Right © Copyright Philip Halling and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence. Geograph Woburn Abbey (occupying the east of the village of Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is a country house, the family seat of the Duke of Bedford. Although it is still a family home to the current duke, it is open on specified days to visitors, along ...
Historic Buildings of Anglesey, Wales See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page Image right - Beaumaris Castle © Copyright Jeff Buck and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence. Geograph See Table of Welsh Place names (Table listing where places are in Current [Post 1974/1996] Welsh Counties/Historic Counties HELP is always welcome - Please get ...
Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire, England Hughenden Manor is a red brick Victorian mansion, located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. In the 19th century, it was the country house of the Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. Today, it is owned by the National Trust and fully open to the public. The house sits on the brow of the hill to the west of the main A4...
Boyle Farm, Surrey, England This Large and Very Elegant House Over two hundred years ago, Hannah More, the writer and evangelist, visited Boyle Farm and immediately reached for her pen to tell her sister: "I was never so astonished as to see this large and very elegant house". This visit, as we shall see, she was pleased to repeat on several subsequent occasions. The house she so admired ...
Buckingham Palace (Buckingham House) London, England Buckingham Palace (UK /ˈbʌkɪŋəm/ /ˈpælɪs/[1][2]) is the London residence and principal workplace of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.[3] Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focus for the British people at times of national rejoicing. Original...
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire, England Chastleton House (/ˈtʃæsəltən.haʊs/) is a Jacobean country house situated at Chastleton near Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire, England (grid reference SP2429). It has been owned by the National Trust since 1991 and is a Grade I listed building. History Chastleton House was built between 1607 and 1612, for Walter Jones , who had made his fortune from the...
Historic Buildings of Flintshire, Wales See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page Image right - Rhuddlan Castle See Table of Welsh Place names (Table listing where places are in Current [Post 1974/1996] Welsh Counties/Historic Counties
Blackden Hall & Toad Hall, Blackden, Cheshire, England There seems to be litte written about Blackden Hall in Cheshire however there were, it seems two (at least) one referred to as 'old Hall' (Toad Hall) when the second was built. The pictures might suggest even more than two... Structure The south west elevation of Toad Hall has been rebuilt in brick, but the surviving timber frame is...
Shropshire (Salop) - Main Page Historic County of England Related Projects Shropshire Famous People Historical Shropshire Historic Buildings of Shropshire - Salop Shropshire Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries & Graveyards People Connected to Shropshire
Rutland Main Page Historic County of England. Related Projects Rutland Famous People Rutland Genealogical Resources Historical Rutland Historic Buildings of Rutland now East Midlands Rutland Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries & Graveyards People Connected to Rutland
Nottinghamshire - Main Page Historic County of England. Related Projects Nottinghamshire Famous People Nottinghamshire Genealogical Resources Historical Nottinghamshire Historic Buildings of Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries & Graveyards People Connected to Nottinghamshire
Ardington House, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) ARDINGTON was held during the reign of Edward the Confessor by two freemen, Edvin, whose holding inlcuded a Mill worth 11s and 26 acres of meadow, and Sawin. In 1086 both their estates had passed to Robert Doyley , of whose honour of Wallingford they were subsequently held as one knight's fee.The second and larger holding had two mills, one of whic...
Aldermaston Court, Berkshire, England Aldermaston Court is a country house and private park built in the Victorian era for Daniel Higford Davall Burr with incorporations from a Stuart house. It is south-east of the village nucleus of Aldermaston in the English county of Berkshire. The predecessor manor house became a mansion from the wealth of its land and from assistance to Charles I during ...
Historic Buildings of Pembrokeshire Wales Image right - Pembroke Castle See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page See Table of Welsh Place names (Table listing where places are in Current [Post 1974/1996] Welsh Counties/Historic Counties
Calcot Park, Berkshire, England Calcot Park is a country house estate, situated between Calcot and Tilehurst, suburbs of the town of Reading, and within the civil parish of Tilehurst. It is north of the Bath Road (now part of the A4). History Calcot Park , originally the manor house of Tilehurst manor with a significantly larger estate than at present is thought to have originally been bu...
Carswell Manor, Berkshire (Now Oxfordshire), England Carswell Manor is a Jacobean country house at Carswell in the civil parish of Buckland in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire). It is located just north of the A420 road between Swindon and Oxford. The Manor of CARSWELL (fn. 62) (Kerswell, xiii cent.; Karswell, Craswelle, Cassewell, xiv cent.) was held of the St. Philibe...
Aynhoe Park, Oxfordshire, England Aynho Park Aynhoe Park, is a Grade I listed 17th-century country house rebuilt after the English Civil War on the southern edge of the stone-built village of Aynho near Banbury, Oxfordshire. It overlooks the Cherwell valley that divides Northamptonshire from Oxfordshire. The house represents four architectural periods: Jacobean, Carolean and both the early ...
Denford Park, Berkshire, England Another part of Kintbury, also formerly known as Inglewood (Ingelflote Cumbrewell or Godingeflod, xii–xiii cent.), but now as ANFILLES (Hanvills, Hanfieldes, Goddingflod, Goldingfield, xvi cent.), is detached from the remainder of the parish. It appears to have been held in 1086 by William, probably William de Ow, who held Denford (q.v.), and of him by three t...
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire, England Charlecote Park (grid reference SP263564) is a grand 16th century country house, surrounded by its own deer park, on the banks of the River Avon near Wellesbourne, about 4 miles (6 km) east of Stratford-upon-Avon and 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Warwick, Warwickshire, England. It has been administered by the National Trust since 1946 and is open to the publ...
Wootton House, Bedfordshire England Wootton House, Bedfordshire, England Type of Building: Small country house Condition: Location: Bedfordshire, England Category: Grade II* Date Listed: May 1952 by The listing notes: “Simple interior with some remaining original panelling”. The stables were listed separately in August 1987 as Grade II. They date from the same time as th...
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. SUNNINGHI...
Stanton Harcourt Manor, Oxfordshire, England=In 1066 STANTON , including land in South Leigh, was held by Alnod, and in 1086 by Odo of Bayeux: it was reckoned at 26 hides,of which one lay in Hanborough and was given to Oseney abbey c. 1138. Another 1 ½ hide in 'Pereio', probably in South Leigh, and held under Odo by Wadard, was apparently absorbed into the main Stanton estate before the late 12...
Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire, England Heythrop Park is an early 18th-century country house 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Heythrop in Oxfordshire. It was designed by the architect Thomas Archer in the Baroque style for Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury . A fire in 1831 destroyed the original interior. From 1922 until 1999 Heythrop housed first a Jesuit tertiary education college, and later a...
Henley Park, Oxfordshire, England Henley Park is a country house and landscape garden in Bix and Assendon civil parish in the Chiltern Hills of South Oxfordshire, England. The house is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Henley-on-Thames. The park adjoins the county boundary with Buckinghamshire. The park was created in the 13th century as the medieval deer park of the Fawley Court Estate. In...
Headington Hill Hall, Oxfordshire, England Headington Hill Hall stands on Headington Hill in the east of Oxford, England.[1] It was built in 1824 for the Morrell family, local brewers, and was extended between 1856 and 1858, by James Morrell junior (1810–1863) who built an Italianate mansion, designed by architect John Thomas .[2] The family remained in residence for 114 years. Oscar Wilde ...
Great Hasely Manor, Oxfordshire, England In 1086 the parish’s four manors were assessed at 30 hides and a yardland. The largest was the 16-hide Great Haseley manor, which was held by high-status secular lords (including members of the royal family) until 1478 when it was granted to St George’s chapel, Windsor. A separate lordship at Latchford was carved from the Great Haseley estate in the 13...
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...
Ginge Manor, Oxfordshire, England Ginge Manor or Ginge Manor House is a manor house at West Ginge in the civil parish of West Hendred in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire), 3.9 miles (6.3 km) by road to the southeast of Wantage. It became a Grade II listed building on 25 October 1951. It is the family seat of the Viscount Astor and is currently occupied by William Astor , ...
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 relo...
Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, England The mansion at Ditchley was built by the[ George Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield second Earl of Litchfield ], a member of the Lee family, in 1722, to a design by James Gibbs . It stands on the site of an earlier timber-framed family house in classic north Oxfordshire wooded farmland, once the royal hunting ground of Wychwood Forest. The entries in this section...
Cogges Manor, Oxfordshire, England Cogges Manor Farm is a one-time working farm in Cogges near Witney in Oxfordshire, now a heritage centre operated by a charitable trust and open to the public. Its aim is to give visitors an insight into farm life, and how the food they eat is husbanded or cultivated. Additionally it provides workshops for school children and adults about food production, lo...
Charney Manor, Berkshire (Now Oxfordshire), England CHARNEY (Ceornei, ?ix cent.; Cernei, xi cent.; Cerneia, xii cent.; Cerneye, xiii cent.; Cherney, xvi cent.) is included in the forged list of lands supposed to have been granted to Abbot Rethune by Kenulf, King of Mercia , in 811, (fn. 54) and it is also named in another spurious charter ascribed to the same king dated 821. (fn. 55) At the t...
Britwell Salome House & Manor Estate, Oxfordshire, England Before the Conquest BRITWELL was one of the estates of Wulfstan , who also held Adwell and other neighbouring manors. (fn. 46) By 1086 Miles Crispin had obtained it. (fn. 47) The overlordship of Britwell Salome, therefore, descended with his lands and Britwell became a member of the honor of Wallingford and subsequently of the honor o...
Asthall Manor, Oxfordshire, England Asthall Manor In 1086 an 11-hide estate at Asthall belonged to Roger d'Ivri , who held it in chief (with 2 hides and a yardland at an unspecified location, probably Asthall Leigh) as 3 manors. (fn. 1) Roger died probably in the mid 1090s, (fn. 2) and his widow Adeline in 1110. They left a daughter, Adelize , who died c. 1133, (fn. 3) apparently childless,...
Buscot Park, Oxfordshire, England Pictured right Buscot South Front Buscot Park is a country house at Buscot near the town of Faringdon in Oxfordshire. It was built in an austere neoclassical style between 1780 and 1783 for Edward Loveden Townsend . It remained in the Loveden Townsend family until sold in 1859 to Robert Tertius Campbell , an Australian. Campbell's daughter Florence would la...
Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire (Now Oxfordshire), England Sulgrave Manor was built by Lawrence Washington , George Washington’s five times great grandfather, in the mid-1500s. The entrance porch was completed soon after Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne and Lawrence Washington displayed his loyalty to the new Queen by depicting her coat of arms and initials in plaster-work upon its ...
Trewithen House, Cornwall, England One of the most elegant examples of 18th century architecture in Cornwall Trewithen House is an architectural gem that hasn’t significantly changed its outward appearance since 1715 when Philip Hawkins first bought it. Since then, ten generations of the same family have lived there. First mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086 when it was owned by the ...
The Rose in Vale Country House Hotel, Cornwall, England The Rose in Vale Country House Hotel , started as a Cornish Long house that consisted of two cottages. Mr Thomas Nankivell bought the property and in 1761 added the Iconic Georgian frontage. When Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nankivell lived there, John Opie, the renowned local painter, visited them, his sister being in service there. Ada Earlan...
Lanyhydrock House, Cornwall, England Lanhydrock (Cornish: Lannhedrek,[1] meaning "church enclosure of St Hydrock") is a civil parish centred on a country estate and mansion in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The parish lies south of the town of Bodmin[2] and is bounded to the north by Bodmin parish, to the south by Lanlivery parish and to the west by Lanivet parish. The population was 171 in the 20...
Carclew House, Cornwall, England Carclew House , one of Britain's lost houses, was a large Palladian country house near Mylor in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was situated at grid reference SW 787 380 approximately three miles north of Falmouth.[1] Carclew House was rebuilt in the 18th century and again in the early 19th century but was destroyed by fire in 1934.[2] Design and con...
Historic Buildings of Glamorganshire, Wales See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page Image right - Caerphilly Castle See Table of Welsh Place names (Table listing where places are in Current [Post 1974/1996] Welsh Counties/Historic Counties HELP is always welcome - Please get involved!! If you have information about any of the Buildin...
Historic Buildings of Cardiganshire, Wales See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page Image right - Aberystwyth Castle See Table of Welsh Place names (Table listing where places are in Current [Post 1974/1996] Welsh Counties/Historic Counties HELP is always welcome - Please get involved!! If you have information about any of the Buildin...
Historic Buildings of Merionethshire, Wales See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page Image right - Harlech Castle HELP is always welcome - Please get involved!! 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.
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Schomberg House, Pall Mall, London, England Schomberg House is a mansion on the south side of Pall Mall in central London which has a colourful history. Only the street facade survives today. It was built for The 3rd Duke of Schomberg, a Huguenot general in the service of the British Crown.[1] It was adapted from Portland House, which in turn has been created by the Countess of Portland by co...
Strawberry Hill House, London, England Strawberry Hill House, often referred to simply as Strawberry Hill , is the Gothic Revival villa that was built in Twickenham, London by Horace Walpole from 1749. It is the type example of the "Strawberry Hill Gothic" style of architecture,[1] and it prefigured the nineteenth-century Gothic revival. Walpole rebuilt the existing house in stages starting...
Swakeleys House, Ickenham, London, England Swakeleys House is a Grade I-listed[1] 17th-century mansion in Ickenham, London Borough of Hillingdon,[2] built in 1638 for the future Lord Mayor of London, Edmund Wright . Originally the home of the lords of the manor of Swakeleys, writer Samuel Pepys visited the house twice. The property changed hands many times over the years and at one time was h...
Dorchester House, London, England Dorchester House was a mansion in Park Lane, London, built in 1853 by Robert Stayner Holford. It was demolished in 1929 to make way for the present Dorchester Hotel. Overview Lewis Vulliamy who was a notable architect of that time was instructed to build a house in which a central staircase was a major feature.[1] The main purpose of the building was to h...
Gunnersbury Park, London, England Gunnersbury Park is a park in Brentford, West London, England. Purchased for the nation from the Rothschild family, it was opened to the public by Neville Chamberlain, then Minister of Health, on 21 May 1926. The park is currently jointly managed by Ealing and Hounslow borough councils.[1] History Private use The name Gunnersbury derives from Gunylda, t...