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The manor house was at the east end of the village, near the church and mill; the present Wilsford Manor is a three-bay brick house from the early 19th century. [ 10 ] In the 13th century, the Earls of Hereford subinfeudated part of their estate, which came into the Dauntsey family whose descendants include Sir John Dauntsey (d.1391), soldier ...
Lake House is an Elizabethan country house dating from 1578, in Wilsford cum Lake in Wiltshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) north of Salisbury. It is a Grade I listed building. [ 1 ] The gardens are Grade II listed in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest .
Viscountess Grey died on 18 November 1928, age 57, at Wilsford Manor in Wilsford cum Lake, near Salisbury. The house had been built between 1904–1906 during her first marriage. The house had been built between 1904–1906 during her first marriage.
Clement Cotterell (died 1631), courtier and MP for Grantham, was lord of the manor of Wilsford. Charles Cotterell (1615–1701), son of Clement, master of ceremonies to Charles I of England until the King's execution in 1649, and a literary translator from French and Italian, was born in Wilsford.
The Manor House is noteworthy for several reasons throughout history. Its land is the site of a Norman castle settlement which hosted a number of Lords, the most famous of whom was Sir John Oldcastle, the figure on which the character of Sir John Falstaff is based in the late 16th-century Shakespeare play Henry IV, Part 1.
Charlton shares a parish council, named Charlton St Peter and Wilsford, with the adjacent parish of Wilsford. [9] Charlton elects five councillors to sit alongside two from Wilsford. [ 10 ] The parish is in the area of Wiltshire Council , a unitary authority which is responsible for most local government functions.
There was probably a medieval village at Little Durnford, beside the river, but this had disappeared by the 18th century after parkland was created for the manor house. [ 6 ] The Manor House at Great Durnford was built in brick in the 18th century, then acquired in 1904 [ 9 ] by the politician George Tryon , who altered and extended the house ...
It is situated in a 15th-century manor house, near a church that was visited by Oliver Cromwell, [2] In March 2014 the company owning the restaurant introduced a new brand name, Belmond and the hotel changed its name to "Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons".