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Althorp (popularly pronounced / ˈ ɔː l θ ɔːr p / AWL-thorp) is a Grade I listed stately home and estate in the civil parish of Althorp, in West Northamptonshire, England of about 13,000 acres (5,300 ha).
Althorp is a lost village within the grounds of the Althorp estate in the English county of Northamptonshire. [1] The village is recorded in the Domesday Book.In the 15th century, the manor was held by the Catesby family who were probably responsible for clearing the settlement, for by 1505, the records show that there were no tenants.
Before she became Princess of Wales, Princess Diana grew up in Althorp House in Northamptonshire, England. The 500-year-old home, which was built in 1508, has housed 19 generations of the Spencer ...
In 2022, for the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana's death, Althorp House will be open to guests from July 1 through August 29. More specifically, the estate is open from noon to 5 p.m. daily ...
Portrait of Spencer and his father, by George Knapton, c. 1744. Spencer was born on 19 December 1734 at Althorp, his family's home in Northamptonshire.He was the only son of the Hon. John Spencer and his wife, the former Georgiana Caroline Carteret.
Wormleighton was bought in 1506, and a new manor house was completed in 1512. In 1508, John Spencer also purchased the estate of Althorp with its moated house and several hundred acres of farmland. [3] He had grazed sheep here from the 1480s. Impressed by the quality of the land, he eventually bought it and rebuilt the house in 1508. [4]
In 1508, John Spencer from Wormleighton in Warwickshire purchased the estate of Althorp outside Great Brington with its moated house and several hundred acres of farmland. [2] He had grazed sheep here from the 1480s. In 1508, impressed by the quality of the land, he eventually bought it and rebuilt the house. [3]
Nobottle is a hamlet in West Northamptonshire in England. The population is included in the civil parish of Brington. It borders the Althorp estate, which owns much of the property. Nobottle used to have a 600yd rifle range (the only one in Northamptonshire), now shut by the MOD some 20 years (local knowledge).