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It passes Croft Castle and the Iron Age hill fort Croft Ambrey (not far from Wigmore and the initial seat of Mortimer power), and then passes through quiet Aymestrey. Near Aymestrey it passes through Puckhouse Wood, reputedly haunted by pucks or wood sprites. According to lore, a traveller lost in the wood at night paid a stipend for a bell to ...
Owned by the Croft family since 1085, the castle and estate passed out of their hands in the 18th century, before being repurchased by the family in 1923. In 1957 it was bequeathed to the National Trust. The castle is a Grade I listed building, and the estate is separately listed as Grade II*. The adjacent Church of St Michael is listed Grade I.
Croft Ambrey, on Yatton Hill, is in the civil parish of Aymestrey, 6 miles (10 km) north from Leominster, 3.5 miles (6 km) south-east from the South Shropshire border, and approximately 7 miles (11 km) east from the Wales border. The fort is on high ground beyond and adjoining the north-east boundary of National Trust Croft Castle parkland.
Croft is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Croft and Yarpole, in north Herefordshire, England. [1] [2] In 1961 the parish had a population of 25. [3] On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with Yarpole to form "Croft & Yarpole". [4] Croft Castle was built in the 14th century and was the seat of the Croft family.
The Clinton Village Historic District encompasses the historic portion of the town center of Clinton, Connecticut. It is roughly linear and extends along East Main Street (United States Route 1) from the Indian River in the west to Old Post Road (Connecticut Route 145) in the east. The area represents a well-preserved mid-19th century town ...
Lovers Leap State Park is a public recreation area on the Housatonic River in the town of New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut.The state park's 160 acres (65 ha) straddle the Housatonic Gorge near the intersection of Connecticut Route 67 and Connecticut Route 202.
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Hubbard Park, located in the Hanging Hills of Connecticut, is a wooded, mountainous park located just outside the city center of Meriden, Connecticut.It comprises approximately 1,800 acres (7.3 km 2) of carefully kept woodlands, streams, dramatic cliff faces, flower gardens, and the James Barry bandshell and picnic spots, as well as its showpiece, Mirror Lake.