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"Westwood House consists of a square building, from each corner of which projects a wing in the form of a parallelogram, and turreted in the style of the Chateau de Madrid, Paris, or Holland House." —T.R. Nash History of Worcester. [1] Westwood House is a stately home, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. It has been subdivided into ...
Chateau Impney Hotel & Exhibition Centre is a Grade II* listed [1] 19th-century house built in the style of an elaborate French château near Droitwich Spa in Worcestershire, England. Of the large mansions in Worcestershire supported by industrial fortunes, Sir Nicolas Pevsner judged Impney to be "the showiest of them all in the county". [ 2 ]
Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet (13 August 1621 – 1680) of Westwood House, near Droitwich, Worcestershire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1679. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.
Hollis Johnson's, the cozy, 1950s-style diner in back of the Westwood Drug Store, hosted Jerry West, John Wooden and a collection of UCLA stars.
Westwood House, Worcestershire. Sir John Pakington, 3rd Baronet, (c. 1649 – March 1688) of Westwood House near Droitwich, Worcestershire was the only surviving son of Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet. Like most of his family he was a Tory and served as member of parliament for Worcestershire in James II's Parliament.
Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich / ˈ d r ɔɪ t. w ɪ tʃ /) [3] is an historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately 22 miles (35 km) south-west of Birmingham and 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Worcester .
Westwood Priory (priory of St. Mary) was a priory of Benedictine nuns founded in 1153, [1] near Droitwich, Worcestershire, England It was a daughter house of Fontevraud Abbey , seized by the English crown in 1537 during the Dissolution of the monasteries .
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