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...
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 ...
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...
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 the...
. =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 ...
Dorfold Hall, Cheshire, England= Dorfold Hall (SJ635524) is a Jacobean mansion in Acton, near Nantwich, in Cheshire, UK. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] It was considered by Nikolaus Pevsner to be one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire.[2]The present owners are the Roundells.[3]===History===Dorfold or Deofold means ...
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...
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 people as...
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 giv...
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 b...
Nonsuch Palace, Surrey, England=Pictured Right: - These reliefs in the Lumley Chapel are believed to be the only surviving depictions of the Nonsuch Palace interiors. Nonsuch Palace /ˈnʌnˌsʌtʃ/ was a Tudor royal palace, built by Henry VIII in Surrey, England; it stood from 1538 to 1682–3. Its site lies in Nonsuch Park on the boundaries of the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey and the London ...
Cranbourne Lodge, Berkshire, England= Cranbourne Lodge Round in Cranbourne Chase, now part of Windsor Great Park with only the Grade II* listed Cranbourne Tower remaining, it was originally a keeper's lodge for the royal hunting grounds of Cranbourne Chase.===History===Dating from as early as the 13th Century when the royal forest of Windsor was divided up, a substantial house and the first tow...
Caversham Park & Caversham Manor, Oxfordshire (Now Berkshire), England===Caversham Park== Caversham Park , located in the Reading suburb of Caversham, originally a part of Oxfordshire but since 1911 has been in Berkshire, is a Victorian stately home but its history goes back at least as far as Norman times when after the conquest, William the Conqueror gave the estate, then called Caversham Man...
Fetcham Park, Surrey, England= Fetcham Park House is a Queen Anne mansion designed by the English architect William Talman with internal murals by the renowned artist Louis Laguerre and grounds originally landscaped by George London. It is located in the parish of Fetcham in Surrey.Construction of the present mansion began in 1699 although a reference in the Domesday survey suggests that there ...
Denman College, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England=(Formerly known as Marcham Park) Denman College , is a residential adult education college centred on Marcham Park at Marcham in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire).Founded by the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) in 1948, Denman offers day schools and residential courses in cookery, craft and lifestyle.===Ma...
Osterley Park, London, England= Osterley Park is a mansion set in a large park of the same name. It is in the London Borough of Hounslow, part of the western suburbs of London.When the house was built it was surrounded by rural countryside. It was one of a group of large houses close to London which served as country retreats for wealthy families, but were not true country houses on large agric...
Stowe House, Buckinghamshire, England= Stowe House is a Grade I listed country house located in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the home of Stowe School, an independent school and is owned by the Stowe House Restoration Trust who have to date (March 2013) spent more than £25m on the restoration of the house. The gardens (known as Stowe Landscape Gardens), a significant example of the Eng...
Buckland House, Berkshire (Now Oxfordshire), England=Buckland Park, described in 'The Buildings of England' by Nikolaus Pevsner, as “the most splendid Georgian house in the County” is Grade II* listed, and occupies a commanding position with far-reaching views over the Thames Valley and surrounding countryside. The house faces due south and is situated on the edge of the picturesque village of ...
Sussex == Historic County of England .==Related Projects>===== Sussex - Famous People >===== Sussex - Genealogical Resources >===== Historical Sussex >===== Historic Buildings of East Sussex >===== Historic Buildings of West Sussex >===== Sussex - Monumental Inscriptions and Graveyards >===== People Connected to Sussex
Benham Park, Berkshire, England=The original township of BENHAM seems to have consisted not only of the present township of Marsh Benham in this parish, but also of the township or tithing of Hoe Benham in the adjoining parish of Welford (q.v.). Certain lands here, granted in 956 by King Edwy to his servant Elfsy, were given by the latter to the abbey of Abingdon, and the bounds of the township...
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 associated wi...