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Powderham Castle, 1745 engraving by Samuel & Nathaniel Buck. Powderham Castle is a fortified manor house in Exminster, Devon, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Exeter and 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.4 km) north-east of the village of Kenton, where the main public entrance gates are located. [2] It is a Grade I listed building.
Road Bridge: 1660: 11 November 1952 1163425: Spara Bridge. More images. Church House and Dove Cote ... Powderham Castle Bridge Kenton: Bridge: 18th century: 2 ...
Dyrham Park was one of the houses used as a filming location for the 1993 Merchant Ivory film The Remains of the Day (others included Badminton House and Powderham Castle). [42] The house was used for outdoor and garden scenes in the 1999 BBC mini-series Wives and Daughters. [43] In 2003, it was the filming location for the BBC One series ...
William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon (c. 1768 – 26 May 1835), styled Viscount Courtenay of Powderham from 1788 to 1831, was an English peer. The only son of William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay and his wife Frances Clack, he became involved in a scandal after engaging in an affair with art collector William Thomas Beckford from boyhood ...
The property came into the possession of the Courtenays of Powderham Castle. In 1604 it passed to Thomas Clifford, grandson of the widow of Piers Courtnay. [1] It has been the seat of the Clifford family for over four hundred years, and the owners have held the title Baron Clifford of Chudleigh since 1672. European White Elm at Ugbrooke, 1908
On 3 November 1455 Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon (1414–1458) at the head of a private army of 1,000 men seized control of Exeter and its royal castle, the stewardship of which was sought by Bonville, and laid siege to nearby Powderham for two months. Lord Bonville attempted to raise the siege and approached from the east, crossing ...
Powderham Castle, Devon, the ancient seat of the family of Courtenay of Powderham, which successfully claimed the dormant Earldom of Devon in the 19th century. Here seen from the southwest, flying the heraldic banner of the Earl of Devon. Earl of Devon is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England.
The night of 25 October 1859 saw the largest storm to hit Devon in 35 years. The Exe river wall was damaged at Turf and Powderham. On the coastal section the dividing wall between the footway and railway was knocked down near Langstone, while the line was flooded where it was at beach level between Dawlish and Kennaway tunnel.