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A bleachfield or bleaching green was an open area used for spreading cloth on the ground to be purified and whitened by the action of the sunlight. [1] Bleaching fields were usually found in and around mill towns in Great Britain and were an integral part of textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution .
An estate village is a village wholly within and part of a private estate. Usually several hundred years old, they are often well preserved by the family that owns the estate. They often have small commercial operations such as pubs, craft shops, and village stores, as well as rented residential housing.
It is the largest timber-framed building in England and is regarded as an outstanding example of medieval carpentry. Jewel Tower: Tower: 1365-1366 Complete A surviving element of the Palace of Westminster, in London, England. It was built by William of Sleaford and Henry de Yevele, to house the personal treasure of King Edward III.
It's not Stewart's first foray into the world of Jane Austen-style real estate -- he and his wife still own the seven-bedroom Wood House manse, an Essex estate once owned by Winston Churchill ...
This map was awarded UNESCO Memory of the World status in 2016 [1] An 1835 printed map of the landscaped parkland at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England. Estate maps were maps commissioned by individual landowners or institutions, to show their extensive landed property, typically including fields, parkland and buildings. They were used for ...
Domestic real estate represented the largest non-financial asset in the UK, with a net worth of £5.1trillion (2014). [3] Foreign investment plays a substantial role in the UK's real estate market, particularly in London, and foreign companies and individuals invested around £20billion in UK real estate in 2012. [4] [needs update]
Bleaching (by chemicals under cover, not with bleach fields) continued Huntingtower until 1981. Huntingtower Castle , a once formidable structure, was the scene of the Raid of Ruthven (pron. Rivven), when the Protestant lords, headed by William, 4th Lord Ruthven and 1st Earl of Gowrie (c.1541–1584), kidnapped the boy-king James VI , on 22 ...
Totteridge War Memorial Darland's Lake. Totteridge is a residential area and former village in the London Borough of Barnet, England.It is a mixture of suburban development and open land (including some farmland) situated 8 miles (13 km) north north-west of Charing Cross.