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Rosemary Hall=Choate Rosemary Hall (often known as Choate; /tʃoʊt/) is a highly selective, private, college-preparatory, boarding school located in Wallingford, Connecticut. Its history, academic influence, and reputation make it one of the leading schools in the United States.It took its present name and coeducational system with the merger in 1971 of two single-sex establishments, The Choate ...
Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, England= Mapledurham "the maple tree enclosure" appears in Doomsday as two manors, Mapledurham Gurney belonging to William de Warenne, while Milo Crispin, Lord of the honour of Wallingford, owned the smaller Mapledurham Chazey.(pictured right)The larger manor takes its name from Gerard de Gournay, to whom it passed as a marriage portion. It passed again by marriage in ...
Oxfordshire - Main Page ==Historic County of EnglandThis 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
Wallingford Castle, Berkshire(now in Oxfordshire), England=>===== Image by Pitou250 - Own work, Public Domain, Wiki Commons Robert D'Oyley of Liseux built Wallingford Castle, a motte and bailey affair, between 1067 & 1071. He spent much of his time acquiring land, mostly at the expense of the church. The monks of Abingdon were eventually forced to conspire against him and pray for his repentanc...
Watlington Manor, Oxfordshire, England=In 1068 the estate, later known as WATLINGTON manor , was held for 8 hides by Robert d'Oilly , Constable of Oxford castle. He died without male heirs and most of his land went to his brother Nigel d'Oilly , but Watlington may have been granted earlier to his daughter Maud , who married firstly Miles Crispin , custodian of Walling ford castle, and secondly ...
St. Peter's Church, Wallingford, Oxfordshire (Formerly Berkshire)====Graffiti from the 17th Century===A tower room tucked away at the top of a winding staircase is a novel feature of the new virtual tour of St Peter's Church in Wallingford.Overlooking the banks of the River Thames, St Peters is a Grade II listed building, noticeable for its beautiful 18th century architecture and towering openw...
Historic Buildings of Berkshire ===England Image right - Windsor Castle >>=====By Diliff - Own work, CC BY 2.5, Wiki The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Berkshire, 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 indivi...