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HistoryLink - Free Geni Research Tools SmartCopy is a web browser extension that helps Geni users copy information and profiles from various sources into Geni. It also provides quick access to research links and HistoryLink tools. See that project for more details. History Search will compare your direct ancestors (and their siblings) to projects on Geni that focus on historical or famous indiv...
Cooks - Great House=Please add profiles of those people who were cooks in a Great House to this project. For Cooks who do not fit this description please add them to also be aware that there are many projects for Great Houses (Historic Buildings) so worth discovering these to associate profiles with them too.The cook in an English great house was traditionally female; today's residences may emp...
Talvik, Leirbotn, Årøy, Langfjordbotn, Kåfjord, Alta, Rafsbotn This project contents genealogical information about people born in Alta area and Talvik area, Finnmark, Norway. Genealogy / Slektsforskning, wikipedia Norwegian immigrants to United States. Goldminers in Alaska. Shipwrecks along the Norwegian coast. Genealogyproject on Geni . Northernlights route, pictures and history, Tr...
Hillside Cemetery is located in what was referred to as Peekskill, but was actually the Town of Cortlandt. It is now known as Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York on Oregon Road, right next to the Old Van Cortlandtville Cemetery (St. Peter's). [The cemetery is a] large rolling hill with multiple sections, encompassing Old St Peters Church Yard, abutting Old Van Cortlandtvill Cemetery o...
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 ...
"Cortland Rural Cemetery, located in Cortland County, New Yotk, is a historic cemetery where monuments honor humble and great citizens alike. Visitors may see the graves of the last Upstate Governor of New York, Nathan Miller; the graves of veterans of all American wars, including that of Brigadier-General Joseph Reynolds, who served in the War of 1812 and Colonel Andrew J. Grover, who died at ...
1000 Geniuses of All Time # Johann Goethe , 210 IQ# Isaac Newton , 205 IQ# Albert Einstein , 205 IQ# James Maxwell , 205 IQ# Willard Gibbs , 205 IQ# Leonardo da Vinci , 200 IQ# Rudolf Clausius , 200 IQ# Democritus , 195 IQ
East Randolph Cemetery, located in East Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York, is also known as Maple Hill Cemetery. Incorporated February 15, 1853, the East Randolph Cemetery Association has the care of this beautiful resting place.
Nine Mile Cemetery is located in Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho. "Originally this was at three separate cemeteries: the United Cemetery, Miners Union Cemetery and Catholic Cemetery. Each one of the original cemeteries is now a section of the larger cemetery. It is under the umbrella of the Nine Mile Cemetery Association, Inc, which was organized in 1965, and operates under a board of director...
During the Civil War many men of different United States Nations and cultures fought for the Confederate States of America (The South). These included Southern Whites, Freedmen (ex-slaves and the descendants of slaves), Native Americans, Mexican Americans and others.The specific purpose of this project is to create a family tree based upon the flags and battle-groups of the Confederates States ...
Indian Cemetery is located in Stockbridge, Calumet County, Wisconsin. Many of the cemetery's residents are at rest in unmarked graves. Their names, along with some birth years and death years, are chiseled into a huge stone in the cemetery. The Indians here have been given the place name of "Stockbridge Indians", but tribally, they are: Mohican, Munsee (Lenape) and Oneida. Indian Cemetery was l...
Cadiz Cemetery is a designated historical cemetery in the town of Franklinville, Cattaraugus, New York. Pronounced Kay-deez, the cemetery's placard denoting it's historic significance reads: "Cadiz Cemetery Earliest burial Abigail Curtis in 1837. Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War veterans buried here."
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...
Woodlawn Cemetery of Elmira, Chemung, New York "Woodlawn was chartered by the State of New York in 1858. The cemetery was designed by noted architect Howard Daniels, using the “rural cemetery” concept which created park-like cemeteries. Its paths and avenues wind through hills and wooded areas with towering trees, family plots, mausoleums, lovely marble sculptures and hand carved memorial ston...
A beautiful, restful spot in the Allegheny Mountain foothills, Cuba Cemetery in Cuba, Allegany, New York is a truly a historic place. Established in 1841, the cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
Har Nebo Cemetery is one of the oldest, Jewish cemeteries in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In great disrepair, restoration efforts for this large, historic cemetery, began in late 2021.
Crewe Hall, Cheshire, England= Crewe Hall is a Jacobean mansion located near Crewe Green, east of Crewe, in Cheshire, England. Described by Nikolaus Pevsner as one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire,[1] it is listed at grade I. Built in 1615–36 for Sir Randolph Crewe , it was one of the county's largest houses in the 17th century, and was said to have "brought London into Cheshire".[...
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...
Historic Surrey The Object of this project is to gather together information on historic or political people of Surrey and link them to profiles and trees on Geni. The exact format of the project is not written in stone and will evolve as research progresses. Famous people with Surrey connections and individual Surrey families are listed on a sister project - People Connected to Surrey Ref...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Bampton Castle, Oxfordshire, England=>===== Image from From old Books Wood, Anthony: “The Life Of Anthony à Wood” (1772); Status: out of copyright (called public domain in the USA)In 1314-15, during the reign of Edward II, Aylmer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke , obtained a license from the king to “make a castle of his house at Bampton.” This is the origin of ‘Bampton Castle’ – in the days before...
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...
Historic Mill in Mystic River , Connecticut The area that houses the Rossie Velvet Mill was primarily agricultural until the mid 19th Century, with its farmers providing goods to the shipbuilders and other businesses in Mystic. A small textile mill began operation on the bank of the Mystic River in 1850, on what are now the grounds of the museum, precipitating development as a modestly scaled i...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Rotenburg/Fulda (Hessen), Germany also known as Rotenburg. JewishGen-Rotenburg/Fulda (Hessen) Wikipedia Rotenburg an der Fulda Armin Meiwes, the Rotenburg cannibal ==Overview== Rotenburg an der Fulda is a town in northeast Hesse, Germany, lying as the name describes, in the narrowest part of the river Fulda. The town’s lo...
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 ...
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...
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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...
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 H...
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...
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 ...
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 Blenheim Palace (pronounced /ˈblɛnɪm/ blen-im[1]%29 is a monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the principal residence o...
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...
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...
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...
Oakhurst Cottage, Surrey, England=Oakhurst, the National Trust-owned 16th Century farm labourer’s cottage,The restoration process has unearthed much new and fascinating information about the history of the cottage, a remarkable survival of a largely-unaltered humble agricultural worker's dwelling into 21st Century Surrey.As usual, village volunteers will be responsible for showing visitors arou...
Horsley Towers, Surrey, England=This drawing of East Horsley Park in 1839 shows it as Charles Barry designed it.‘East Horsley Park’, 1839There was a small tower with an onion dome over the front door, but during alterations in the 1850s Lord Lovelace added a porch in front of this entrance and a Great Hall, or Banqueting Hall as it was sometimes called, to the right of the porch. The large wind...
Guildford Workhouse, Surrey, England=The Guildford Union workhouse was built in 1836 accommodating up to 300 inmates. The building was designed by George Gilbert Scott and his partner, William Bonython Moffatt. They designed many workhouses during this period.Vagrants made up a large proportion of most workhouse populations and were usually placed in more basic accommodation than that in the ma...
It has been discussed many times and a number of people have often wondered: "What IS my family's Coat of Arms?" and "HOW do I find out?" There are a few key points to keep in mind when doing this kind of specialized research.1. If you are Full-Blooded Eskimo, Aborigine, Pygmy, Neanderthal, Iceman, Hobbit (yes, this was an actual human race), Martian, or any other Race, which does not have dire...
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...
Denbies, Surrey, England=Although once a farm house, Denbies became the symbol of the success of one Jonathan Tyers, owner of the famous Vauxhall Gardens in London. The pleasure gardens, originally called New Spring Gardens, opened in 1661 but had subsequently declined until Tyers took on the tenancy of the Gardens in 1728 and, with William Hogarth (the painter), revived their fortunes after a ...
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...
This is a collection of different biologic human find.National Geographic, Human journey -> (This site needs username and password)Wikipedia,Archaelogy , temporal studies i Bergen, Gamle naboer i Tromsø, unimus -> of the Saqqaq culture (Greenland) about 2040 before year 0 Wikipedia, Naia Wikipedia, Ötzi Wikipedia, Kennewick man
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...
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 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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 1...
Witley Park, Surrey, England= Witley Park was a 19th-century house and is an estate in Surrey, between Godalming and Haslemere. ===History===The estate named Lea Park between Godalming and Haslemere, Surrey, and the adjacent South Park Farm, were purchased in 1890 from the Earl of Derby. The title to the estate included the titular Lordship of the Manor and control of Hindhead Common. Lea Park ...
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...
Watergate Street, Chester, Cheshire, England=Content removed due to inadvertent copyright infringement.I will research and try to find information and images that are not copyright. Please add the profiles of people who were associated with Watergate Street, Chester to this project. ==History==It is thought that by the late 13th Century Flesher's Row on the North Side of Watergate Street was al...
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...