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In Catholicism, an abbess (Latin abbatissa, feminine form of abbas, abbot) is the female superior of a community of nuns, which is often an abbey. In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic and Anglican abbeys, the mode of election, position, rights, and authority of an abbess correspond generally with those of an abbot. Catholic Encyclopedia...
Grand View Burial Park Also known as Grandview Burial ParkLOCATION 11116 Highway 61 South Hannibal, Ralls County, Missouri, 63401 USA PHONE 573-221-6313 WEBSITE www.grandviewfuneral.com/index.html People Buried Here: Arthur J. Forrest BIRTH 1 May 1895 St. Louis County, Missouri, USA DEATH 30 Nov 1964 (aged 69) Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA BURIAL Grand View Burial Park Hannibal, ...
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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 t...
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...
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 individual...
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...
Historic Buildings of Oxfordshire ==England Image right - Blenheim Palace >===== Image By Blenheim_Palace_2006_cropped.jpg: *Blenheim_Palace_2006.jpg: gailf548 from New York State, USAderivative work: Nev1 (talk)derivative work: Durova (talk) - Blenheim_Palace_2006_cropped.jpg, CC BY 2.0, Wiki =====See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page The object of this project is to provi...
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...
NORTHERN IRELAND, 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 NORTHERN IRELAND on Geni to discover more about your ancestors. If a place you are lo...
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
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 ...
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...
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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...
Historic Buildings of Radnorshire, Wales Image right - An aerial view of Maesllwch Castle near Glasbury set in glorious parkland enjoying a commanding position overlooking the beautiful Wye Valley near Glasbury. (Now in Powys) 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 C...
Now a country house, formerly an Augustinian Priory, founded in the early 12th Century. Since the dissolution of the abbey in 1535 it has been owned by Thomas Hobson (at that time a few of the original arches remained); Sir George Downing (the founder of Downing College, Cambrige); and the brothers Huttleston and Henry Broughton , the 1st and 2nd Lords Fairhaven. The building and grounds were t...
Historic Buildings of Caernarfonshire, WalesSee Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page Image right - Conwy 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 Buildings mentioned below please share it here....
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...
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...
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
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 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...
Historic Buildings of Monmouthshire, Wales==Historic County Image right - Ragland 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 >>>>>>>> HELP is always welcome - Please get involved!! If you have information about any of the Buildings mentioned below ple...
Historic Buildings of Pembrokeshire ==Wales Image right - Pembroke CastleSee 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
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...
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...
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...
Historic Buildings of Lancashire ==England===Including ManchesterThe 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. Image rig...
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 l...
Waverley Abbey, Surrey, England=Waverley Abbey was the first Cistercian abbey in England. It was founded in 1128 by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester. Located in Farnham, Surrey, about 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the town centre, the abbey is situated on a floodplain, surrounded by current and previous channels of the River Wey. It was damaged on more than one occasion by severe flooding,...
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 with thos...
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 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 approp...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland ==Main PageThis 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.The object...
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...
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...
Tilehurst Manor, Berkshire, England= The manor of TILEHURST is not mentioned in the Domesday Survey, but it is possible that it was included with other hamlets in the manor of Reading. This seems more probable, since in 1291 Tilehurst is enumerated among the hamlets of Reading. Tilehurst came into the possession of Reading Abbey before the 13th century, and the manor was held by the abbey until...
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...
Bisham Abbey & Manor, Berkshire, England=Sir Henry Vansittart Neale,KCB was one time resident of "'Bisham Abbey"'. The nucleus of the house formed the preceptory of the 13th Century Knights Templars. In 1337 the monastic buildings of the house of Austin Canons were founded by William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury but were later demolished before the site and manor were granted to Sir Philip Ho...
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...
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 ti...
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 wi...
Historic Buildings of Glamorganshire, WalesSee 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 Buildings mentioned below please share it h...
Historic Buildings of Merionethshire, WalesSee 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.
Historic Buildings of Montgomeryshire, Wales>==Now in Powys Image right - Powis 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 ==HELP is always welcome!! If you have information about any of the Buildings mentioned below please share it here. If you have...
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...
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...
Historic Buildings of Cambridgeshire ==EnglandThe 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 - Pampisford...
Historic Buildings of Devon ==EnglandThe 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 Cardiganshire, WalesSee 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 Buildings mentioned below please share it h...
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 estab...
Historic Buildings of Denbighshire, WalesSee Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page Image right - Denbigh CastleSee Table of Welsh Place names (Table listing where places are in Current [Post 1974/1996] Welsh Counties/Historic Counties ==HELP is always welcome!! If you have information about any of the Buildings mentioned below please share it here. If you have ancestors linked ...
Ince Manor/Grange, Cheshire, England= Ince Manor or Ince Grange i s a former monastic grange in the village of Ince in Cheshire, England. The remains of the manor house, consisting of the old hall, and the monastery cottages are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,[1] and a scheduled monument[2][3] It is one of only two surviving monastic m...
Suffolk == Historic County of England. ===Related Projects>===== Suffolk Famous People >===== Historical Suffolk >===== Historic Buildings of Suffolk >===== Suffolk Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards >=====]
Combermere Abbey, Cheshire, England=* The name ‘Danes Mere’ for one of the lakes suggests that Danish raiders were at Combermere during the reign of Edward the Elder * 1095 saw the birth of Hugh de Malbank , later to be second Baron Wich-Malbank of Nantwich, who, with his wife Petronilla, was the Abbey’s founder.* 1133 Combermere Abbey endowed in the Savigny order by Hugh, Wich-Malbank, and wit...
Beaulieu, Hampshire, England=>===== Image Right: 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 In 1205 King John founded Beaulieu Abbey, endowing it with lands in the New Forest, which remained to it until the Dissolution. In 1220 the abbot and monks ob...
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 bu...
Staffordshire == Historic County of England ===Related Projects>===== Staffordshire Famous People >===== Historical Staffordshire >===== Historic Buildings of Staffordshire >===== Staffordshire Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries & Graveyards >===== People Connected to Staffordshire
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 Worcestersh...
Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire, England= Mottisfont Abbey is a historical priory and country estate in Hampshire, England. Sheltered in the valley of the River Test, the property is now operated by the National Trust. About 200,000 people visit each year. The site includes the historic house museum, regular changing art exhibitions, gardens (including a walled rose garden) and a river walk. ===His...
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
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...