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Welcome, Fàilte, Croeso, Fáilte !==.Looking for your ancestors in the UK? Or, you're in the UK and searching for relatives elsewhere in the world? In this forum, we encourage everyone with links in England, Scotland and Wales to communicate and explore a common ancestry.==What can you do here?==*Ask questions*Collaborate on your research*Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your own r...
Westminster & Palace of Westminster, London, England====Ashburnham House=== Ashburnham House is an extended seventeenth-century house on Little Dean's Yard in Westminster, London, United Kingdom, and since 1882 has been part of Westminster School. It is occasionally open to the public, when its staircase and front drawing room in particular can be seen to be superb. There has been a building on...
World War One: United Kingdom & Ireland The Great War =Head Quarters===Please link Geni profiles to this project as well as ONLY ONE of the individual projects listed below=====Object of this exercise# To link existing GENi profiles of WW1 personnel (survivors and casualties) to the relevant projects for men and women born in the Channel Islands, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. This inclu...
Normandy landings (codenamed Operation Neptune) were the landing operations on 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control, and contributed to the Allied victory on the Western Front.Planning for the op...
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 indiv...
People Connected to Lancashire ==England===== Map Right - The historical boundary of Lancashire, in red, and the modern-day boundary of the ceremonial county, in green - By Nilfanion - CC BY-SA 3.0, Wiki Commons See also>===== Lancashire - Main Page >===== Lancashire Genealogical Resources >===== Historical Lancashire incl. Manchester Merseyside >===== Historic Buildings of Lancashire
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...
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom Pictured right Arthur Balfour painted by Lawrence Alma-Tadema Try to collect and improve the profiles of Prime Ministers of the UK. The United Kingdom of Great Britain was created in 1707, and the first Prime Minister was Sir Robert Walpole. A list of Prime Ministers can be found here . List of PMs Robert Walpole Spencer Compton Henry Pelham...
Notables of Welsh background===Before 1200==* Rhodri Mawr 820-878* Llywelyn the Great 1172-1240* Gwladys Ddu 1194-1251==1200-1699==* Cydafael Ynnyd 1212--* Owain Glyndwr (Owen Glendower) 1349-1415* Dafydd Gam (Davy Gam) 1351-1415* Einion Sais 1380--
Welsh Americans / Americanwyr Cymreig=Welsh Americans are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Wales. In the 2008 U.S. Census community survey, an estimated 1.98 million Americans stated that they had Welsh ancestry, amounting to 0.6% of the total U.S. population. This compares with a population of 3 million in Wales. However, 3.8% of Americans appear to bear a Welsh surname....
Royal Academy of ArtsThe Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. It has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects; its purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and appreciation of the visual arts through exhibitions, education and debate.== Purpose ==Identify members of...
Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards - United Kingdom - Main Page= Image right - Celtic Graves ===== Image CC0 Creative Commons Pixabay Free for commercial use - No attribution required If you need to find Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries or Graveyards from other parts of the world see: Cemeteries, Memorials, Graveyards Portal >>> ===Please do not link profiles to this project...
Fàilte ,welcome to the Scotland portal ! ===What can you do here?==*Ask questions*Collaborate on your research*Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your own research in a specific area.*Problem finding an ancestors , open a discussion here and we all try to help*Start your own related project.*Add your profiles.*Start or take part in a discussion.In this forum, we encourage everyone w...
The British Academy Film Awards and the British Academy Television Awards , collectively known as the BAFTA Awards , are presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).=Film categories===Current awards==* BAFTA Award for Best Film: since 1948* BAFTA Award for Best British Film: since 1948* BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language: since 1983* BAFTA Aw...
Berkshire Main Page ===== Image right - Berkshire Flag Public Domain, Wiki Commons ==Historic County of EnglandThis is the umbrella project for Berkshire===Related Projects>===== Berkshire Burials >===== Berkshire - Famous People >===== Berkshire - Monumental Inscriptions and Graveyards >===== Berkshire Genealogical Resources >===== Historical Berkshire
People Connected to Kent == Historical County of England See also===== Historic Buildings of Kent ===== Kent Burials ===== Kent - Genealogical Resources ===== Kent - Main Page ===== Kent Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards
Freemasons, or simply "Masons," have been present in Scotland since at least the Reformation and today can be found throughout the nation in civic and community roles. Much discussion of their history in the nation can be found in this excellent Wikipedia article .Although the most famous Freemasons have been presidents, CEOs, and other public figures, the vast majority of Freemasons were and a...
The Air Force Cross ( AFC ) ) is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom Armed Forces, and formerly also to officers of the other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy". A bar is added to the ribbon for holders who are awarded a second AFC.==History==The award w...
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 ...
Historic Kent The purpose of this project is to give a historic background to Kent, to provide information about those individuals of Historic importance linked to the county and to add links to any profiles of significant people linked to Kent who have profiles on GENi. See also Kent Main Page Battles Castles Historic Houses History - over view Timeline Pre-history 12th Centu...
British Comedians=Britain over the years has produced many great comedians.Thinking of Tommy Cooper, David Jason, Spike Milligan and many others.==Scope==The scope of this project is to create a comprehensive list off all British born comedians of all genres of comedy. All genres are included because this project uses the word "comedian" in its broadest possible sense.==How can you help?==*Firs...
Members of the Royal Household of Queen Elizabeth II since her accession to the Throne, Feb 6, 1952.
Freemasons, or simply "Masons," have been present in England since at least the Reformation and today can be found throughout the nation in civic and community roles. Much discussion of their history in the nation can be found in this excellent Wikipedia article .Although the most famous Freemasons have been presidents, CEOs, and other public figures, the vast majority of Freemasons were and ar...
Cometan, founder of Astronism Ian Mckellen, actor Eric Morecambe, comedian Steve Pemberton, actor Robert W. Service, poet Mystic Meg, astrologer Henry Tate, philanthropist
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 ** Croa...
Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, England= Compton Wynyates is a country house in Warwickshire, England, a Grade I listed building. The Tudor period house, an example of Tudor architecture, is constructed of red brick and built around a central courtyard. It is castellated and turreted in parts. Following action in the Civil War, half timbered gables were added to replace damaged parts of the bui...
Dunham Massey Hall, Lancashire, England= Picture right attributed to National Trust Images/ Nick Meers ===Early History===The name Dunham is derived from the Anglo-Saxon dun, meaning hill. The Massey element of the name is a result of its ownership by the Massey family. The manor of Dunham is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having belonged to Aelfward, a Saxon thegn, before the Norman ...
100 Greatest Britons (BBC Poll, 2002)=* 100 Greatest Britons (BBC Poll, 2002) 100 Greatest Britons was broadcast in 2002 by the BBC. The programme was based on a television poll conducted to determine whom the United Kingdom public considered the greatest British people in history. The series, Great Britons, included individual programmes featuring the individuals who featured in the top ten, w...
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 anc...
ENGLAND, United Kingdom - Place Projects=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 ENGLAND on Geni to discover more about your ancestors. If a place you are looking for in Engla...
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 Int...
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 ...
Historic Buildings of Leicestershire ==EnglandThe 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 - Belvoir Ca...
Hampton Court Palace, London, England= Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, in the historic county of Middlesex, and within the postal town East Molesey, Surrey. It has not been inhabited by the British Royal Family since the 18th century. The palace is 11.7 miles (18.8 kilometres) south west of Charing Cross and upstream of centr...
Kensington Palace, London, England= Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. It has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century, and is the official London residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Ken...
Kingston Lisle House, Oxfordshire, England=Ten hides in Sparsholt, afterwards called KINGSTON LISLE (Kingeston, Kyngeston Gerard, Kyngeston Lisle, xiv cent.), formed part of the royal demesne both in the reign of the Confessor and in 1086. This land, which was worth £20 and included 200 acres of meadow, remained in the possession of the Crown till the middle of the 12th century, when it was gra...
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 esta...
Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England= Warwick Castle (Listeni/ˈwɒrɪk/ worr-ik) is a medieval castle developed from an original built by William the Conqueror in 1068. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England, situated on a bend of the River Avon. The original wooden motte-and-bailey castle was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century. During the Hundred Years War, the facade opposite th...
Border Reivers === Scope of Project ===To explore the culture and families of the counties known as the Badlands (England) and Scottish Borders (Scotland). Please collaborate and build our family trees for the original "Hatfields and McCoys."==Reivers==from: was a Reiver? Expert Keith Durham (author of "Reivers" and "The Border Reivers") describes him thus:>a professional rustler and guerilla s...
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 specif...
Coton Hall, Shropshire=In the United States, the name of General Robert E. Lee is one that commands great respect - especially in the South, where he's fondly remembered as the finest Confederate general of the American Civil War.But was isn't known so widely is that General Lee's family came from Shropshire, and the family home still exists.For 500 years, the Lee family owned a sizeable chunk ...
Bearwood College, Berkshire, England=In about 1830, John Walter (1776–1847), owner of The Times newspaper, purchased the 5,000-acre (20 km2) estate in which the school is now located. His son, also called John Walter (1818–1894), employed architect Robert Kerr to build a mansion within it as his country seat. Erected 1865–74, it is one of the largest Victorian country houses in England. Nikolau...
Trewithen House, Cornwall, England=One of the most elegant examples of 18th century architecture in CornwallTrewithen 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 Count of...
Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England= Woodstock Palace Woodstock's lost royal palace[By Simon Pipe]"' Henry I kept leopards and porcupines here, and the future Elizabeth I was a prisoner in the lodge. Now, only a stone pillar near the Glyme Valley Way marks the site of a building graced by centuries of rulers. Blenheim Palace and its lake provide one of the greatest man-made spectacles in Eng...
Historic Buildings of Buckinghamshire ==England>===== Image right - Halton House in the Chiltern Hills nr. Halton, Buckinghamshire; Public Domain, Wiki The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Buckinghamshire, England, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those establishme...
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 Earland, in...
Silk Weavers Silk weaving is often found in census returns as the occupation of an ancestor. The object of this project is to give some background to the industry. Please link any silk weavers that you come across in your research to this project, and share information on the subject with others.==Getting Involved Free to follow, request to collaborateTo join the project use the request link un...
Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire, England=>>===== Image Right Geograph © Copyright Stephen G Taylor and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Bolsover Castle is a castle in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England (grid reference SK471707). It was built in the early 17th century by the Cavendish family, on the site of a medieval castle founded in the 12th century by the Peverel family. The site is now in...
Sutton Courtenay Manor, Oxfordshire, England=According to the 12th-century tradition of the house, the vill of SUTTON was given to Abingdon Abbey by King Ini (688–728). The story went on to relate how Abbot Hrethun in 801 gave 100 manentes of land here and £120 to Coenwulf, King of the Mercians, in exchange for Andersey Island. Be this as it may, Sutton remained a royal vill until the reign of ...
Stonor Manor, Oxfordshire, England= STONOR manor seems to have originated in the free tenement held by the Stonors under Pyrton manor in the 13th century and in acquisitions of land in the parish and outside made in the early 14th century. As Stonor manor formed a sub-manor of Pyrton its overlordship and mesne tenure were the same as those of the principal manor. The Stonors did suit at Pyrton....
Shotover House, Oxfordshire, England=Until 1775, when the new turnpike was constructed, the main Oxford-London road traversed Shotover Plain and brought the parish some notoriety as well as several distinguished visitors. Queen Elizabeth, for instance, arrived at Shotover Lodge after her visit to Oxford in 1566, and in 1624 Charles I stayed there and knighted his host Timothy Tyrrell the elder....
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 130...
Deddington Castle, Oxfordshire, England= Image Right - ("Here Bishop Odo, holding a club, gives strength to the boys" - Bishop Odo of Bayeux from the Bayeux tapestry >===== Image Public Domain, Wiki Commons Deddington Castle was a medieval fortification in the village of Deddington, Oxfordshire. It was built on a wealthy former Anglo-Saxon estate by Bishop Odo of Bayeux following the Norman c...
Crowsley Park, Oxfordshire, England=Crowsley Park is a 160-acre[1] country estate in South Oxfordshire, central-southern England, owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).===Crowsley Park House===Since the Second World War, Crowsley Park has been the site of a signals-receiving station used by BBC Monitoring, based at Caversham Park, three miles to the south.Crowsley Park House, a Gr...
Clatercote Priory & Manor, Oxfordshire, England= Clattercote was included in 1086 in the Bishop of Lincoln's Cropredy manor, and was probably then in the bishop's own hand, for within eighty years Bishop Chesney granted demesne land there to the small Gilbertine Priory of St. Leonard of Clattercote. The estate was described as 2½ hides in 1216 and 3 hides in 1258–62. The priory was dissolved in...
Compton Beauchamp, Oxfordshire, England= Compton Beauchamp In 955 King Edred gave to Alfe 8 hides in Compton, and these Alfe gave to the abbey of Abingdon. No later evidence, however, has been found to connect the place with the abbey, and in 1086 William Fitz Ansculf was holding the 5 hides at which it was then assessed. The overlordship followed the descent of his manor of Bradfield (q.v.), o...
Caversham Cell, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England=Near Reading, on the opposite side of the Thames, is Caversham, where the Earl of Cadogan, who was created baron Reading in the year 1716, built a magnissicent house, which his successor thought proper to reduce: it is now in the possession of Major Marfach. Here was a priory of black canons, cell to Notley abby in Buckinghamshire, famous for...
Shirburn Castle=>===== Image Geograph © Copyright Colin Bates and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence . Excerpt from A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 8, Lewknor and Pyrton Hundreds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1964. The church, dating perhaps from the late 11th century, is the oldest building in the village. The castle dates from the 14th ce...
Historic Buildings of Cheshire ==England Image right - Arley Hall, Northwich >===== By Pixie2000 at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Kurpfalzbilder.de using CommonsHelper., Public Domain, WIKI The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Cheshire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GE...
Abingdon Abbey, Berkshire, (now Oxfordshire), England= Abingdon Abbey , also known as 'St Mary's Abbey was a Benedictine Monaster.===History===It is thought that the abbey was founded either by Cissa, viceroy of Centwine, king of the West Saxons , or by his nephew Hean, in honour of the Virgin Mary, for twelve Benedictine monks.During the reign of King Alfred . it was destroyed by the Danes hav...
Deanery Garden, Berkshire, England=An early C20 house by Edwin Lutyens surrounded by a contemporary formal and informal garden by Lutyens, with planting plans by Gertrude Jekyll .HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT Edward Hudson of 'Country Life' Magazine was introduced to Edward Lutyens by Gertrude Jekyll so when he bought a walled orchard in Sonning in the 1890s he was an obvious choice to employ to design ...
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 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...
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 bu...
Wolvesey Castle (Bishops Palace) Winchester, England= Wolvesey Castle was one of the greatest medieval buildings in England – the palace of the powerful and wealthy bishops of Winchester. One of the most important Norman palaces in England, it was built during a period when Winchester was second only to London as a royal and ecclesiastical centre. The palace remained in use until the 1680s, whe...
Edge Hall, Cheshire, England====Description===A country house with a timber framed core, standing on a moated site, it was encased in brick in about 1700. The front dates mainly from 1721, and there have been later alterations and additions. It has two storeys, and is in six bays, with two gables to the left of the entrance, and three to the right. The entrance is recessed, and has a brick para...
Brill Windmill, Buckinghamshire, England=Windmills have been a feature of Brill since at least the 13th century. Two fields adjacent to the Thame road are named Milldene and Millpiece, signifying connections with the earliest siting of windmills in Brill around 1250.The present windmill on Brill Common was probably erected sometime in the 1680s. Although not quite the oldest windmill in England...
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 appropriate...
Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire, England====History of the Hall.===Little Moreton Hall belonged to the Moreton family, a family that grew immensely rich by taking full advantage of social and religious upheavals of their times. With the decrease in population during the Black Death (1348) much land was placed on the market and was purchased cheaply by the Moretons. They were staunch loyalists and...
Admiralty House, London, Middlesex, England= Admiralty House is a four-storey building of yellow brick. The rear facade is of five bays and faces Horse Guards Parade, with a basement-level exit under the corner of the Old Admiralty Building. The front of the house faces Whitehall; its main entrance is in the corner of the Ripley Courtyard, cutting through the corner of the older Ripley Building...
The Abbey at Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England=>===== Imahge Geograph © Copyright David Howard and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence . Written records of Sutton’s history began in AD 688 when Ine, King of Wessex , endowed the new monastery at Abingdon with the manor of Sutton. In AD 801 Sutton became a royal vill, with the monastery at Abingdon retaining th...
Charterhouse, London, England= The London Charterhouse is a historic complex of buildings in Smithfield, London dating back to the 14th century. It occupies land to the north of Charterhouse Square. The Charterhouse began as (and takes its name from) a Carthusian priory, founded in 1371 and dissolved in 1537. Substantial fragments remain from this monastic period, but the site was largely rebui...
Carlton House , London, Middlesex, England= Carlton House was a mansion in London, best known as the town residence of the Prince Regent for several decades from 1783. It faced the south side of Pall Mall, and its gardens abutted St. James's Park[1] in the St James's district of London. The location of the house, now replaced by Carlton House Terrace, was a main reason for the creation of John ...
Elstow Moot Hall, Befordshire, England=>>===== Image Right - License CC BY-SA 2.0, Wiki Moot Hall (aka "The Green House") stands in isolation on Elstow village green. This Tudor timber-framed building was built in the 15th century, possibly by the Abbey's carpenter William Arnold, to provide both a courtroom and a market house.When first constructed, the timber frame would have been in-filled...
Arundel House, London, Middlesex, England= Arundel House , was a London town-house or palace located between the Strand and the River Thames, near St Clement Danes. It was originally the town house of the Bishops of Bath and Wells, during the Middle Ages. In 1539 it was given to William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton . It reverted to the Crown on Fitzwilliam's death and was granted in 1545 to...
Links:The History of Macclesfield By John CorryEarls and Barons of the Counties Palatinate:Geoffrey de Constantine, Stockport Castle ( 1173) Earl Hugh Lupus D'Avranches of Chester, cousin of William the Conqueror, nephew of Gerbod of Flanders Matilda of Chester Prince Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Chester Hugh BohunEarl Roger Pictavensis de Lancaster Baron Hamon de Masci William FitzNigel de Haul...
Buckingham Palace (Buckingham House) London, England= Buckingham Palace (UK /ˈbʌkɪŋəm/ /ˈpælɪs/[1][2]%29 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. Origina...
People on British Commemorative Stamps The policy followed by the Royal Mail is that the only identifiable living people depicted on British stamps are the monarch and other members of the Royal Family (or people imminently marrying into it). This policy has only occasionally been broken. In the 1967 issue commemorating the solo round the world voyage of Gipsy Moth IV a person appears as an uni...
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...
Historic Buildings of Kent ==EnglandThe object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Kent, 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 - Hever Castle ===== Image Geog...
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 Gloucestershire, w...
Foxhill House, Berkshire, England= Foxhill House is located in on Foxhill Drive in Whiteknights park, the grounds of Reading University in Earley. It is an excellent example of Late Victorian Gothic Revival being the masterpiece of Alfred Waterhouse who built it in 1868 for himself. The Old Whiteknights House nearby was also built b Waterhouse for his father. This is not just a red brick house,...
THE HALL or HALL PLACE. Berkshire College of Agriculture, Berkshire, England=THE HALL or HALL PLACE appears to have been an estate of a family called Hurley. John de Hurley was a landholder in Hurley in the first half of the 13th century. Disputes with the prior about the payment of Peter's pence, about attendance at the prior's view of frankpledge, and about his right to take estovers in the p...
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 s...
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 publi...
Keats House, London, England= Keats House is a museum[2] in a house once occupied by the Romantic poet John Keats. It is in Keats Grove, Hampstead, north London. Maps prior to ca.1915[3] show the road with one of its earlier names, John Street; the road has also been known as Albion Grove. The building was originally a pair of semi-detached houses known as "Wentworth Place". John Keats lodged i...
Hi and welcome! ==This page is for those who are descended from the Tomlinson family from Lincolnshire, England or who are connected to it in some way. If you have information such as family stories you are more than welcome to add them by starting a new discussion and feel free to ask questions. from Brigsley, Lincolnshire = Elizabeth Tomlinson = Family from Binbrook, Lincolnshire = Mary Tomli...
Atherton Hall, Lancashire, England= Atherton Hall was a country house and estate in Atherton historically a part of Lancashire, England. The hall was built between 1723 and 1742 and demolished in 1824. In 1894 this part of Atherton was incorporated into Leigh, Greater Manchester. Christopher Saxton's map shows there was a medieval deer park here in the time of Elizabeth I.[1][2]===History===Ath...
Ashton Hall, Lancashire, England=Ashton Hall is a largely rebuilt 14th-century mansion in the civil parish of Thurnham, Lancashire, England. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the city of Lancaster and is on the east bank of the River Lune.[1] is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is now owned by Lancaster Golf Club.===History===In the 1...
Bank Hall, Lancashire, England= Bank Hall is a Jacobean mansion in Bretherton, Lancashire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The hall was built on the site of an older house in 1608 by the Banastres who were lords of the manor. The hall was extended during the 18th and 19th centuries. Extensions were built for George Anthony Legh Keck in 1832–1833, to the design of the architect Georg...
Haigh Hall, Lancashire, England= Haigh Hall is a historic country house in Haigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built between 1827 and 1840 by James Lindsay, 7th Earl of Balcarres , it replaced an ancient manor house and was the Lindsay family's home until 1947, when it was sold to the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. The hall is recorded in the National Heritage Lis...
Manor of Alverton, Cornwall, Engalnd= The Manor of Alverton was a former manorial estate located in the hundred of Penwith, west Cornwall, England, UK.===History===The first historical details of the manor were recorded in the Domesday book which stated that before the Norman conquest the manor was owned by a Saxon lord known as Alward.[1] There were 3 hides of land but Alward had paid tax only...
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire, England= Calke Abbey is a Grade I listed[1] country house near Ticknall, Derbyshire, England, in the care of the charitable National Trust.[2]The site was an Augustinian priory from the 12th century until its dissolution by Henry VIII. The present building, named Calke Abbey in 1808, was never actually an abbey, but is a Baroque mansion built between 1701 and 1704.The h...
Allerton Hall, Lancashire, England= Allerton Hall is in Clarkes Gardens, Allerton, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[1]===History===During the medieval period the manor of Allerton was held by the Lathom family.[2]During her long widowhood, Elizabeth Lathom(née Legh) the wife of Richard Lathom (156...
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...
Newcastle House, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England=Newcastle House is a mansion in Lincoln's Inn Fields in central London, England. It was one of the two largest houses built in London's largest square during its development in the 17th century, the other being Lindsey House. It is the northernmost house on the western side of the square.The house had a complex history. The first version wa...
Milton Abbey, Dorset, England= Milton Abbey school is an independent school for day and boarding pupils in the village of Milton Abbas, near Blandford Forum in Dorset, in South West England. It has 243 pupils as of January 2012, in five houses: Athelstan, Damer, Hambro, Hodgkinson and Tregonwell. The school was founded in 1954 and is co-educational.The school has a rural campus, with facilities...
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 200...
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 project and...