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  2. Mortimer Trail - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Chaytor baronets of Croft and Witton Castle (1831) - Wikipedia

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    The Chaytor baronetcy, of Croft in the County of York and of Witton Castle in the County of Durham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 September 1831 for William Chaytor, an industrialist and Whig politician who served as MP for Richmond in the first Reform Parliament. [1] He built Clervaux Castle on the manor of Croft.

  4. Croft Castle - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Croft baronets of Cowling Hall (1818) - Wikipedia

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    Croft baronets of Cowling Hall. The Croft baronetcy, of Cowling Hall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 17 December 1818 for John Croft, for his services during the Peninsular War. He shared a common ancestry with the Croft baronets of Croft Castle.

  6. Croft Ambrey - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Croft Hall - Wikipedia

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    Croft Hall is a historic building in Croft-on-Tees, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was constructed as a manor house , probably in the 15th century, for Richard Clervaux. It was rebuilt in the late 16th century, for Christopher Chaytor, and in the early 18th century was remodelled in the classical style, for William Chaytor.

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  9. Croft, Herefordshire - Wikipedia

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    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.