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The bedroom of Henry VIII at Hever Castle. Hever Castle (/ ˈ h iː v ər / HEE-vər) is located in the village of Hever, Kent, near Edenbridge, 30 miles (48 km) south-east of London, England. It began as a country house, built in the 13th century. From 1462 to 1539, it was the seat of the Boleyn (originally 'Bullen') family. [1]
Hever railway station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted line in southern England and serves Hever in Kent. It is 27 miles 27 chains (27.34 miles, 44.00 km) from London Bridge. The station is managed by Southern. Hever Castle is about a 1 mile (1.6 km) walk from the station.
Hever Castle was ordered on 23 January 1943. [7] The ship, named for Hever Castle in Hever, Kent , was laid down on 29 June 1943 and launched on 24 February 1944. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] At some point in 1943, the ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. [ 9 ]
The Canterbury Roman Museum in Canterbury, Kent, houses a Roman pavement which is a scheduled monument, in the remains of a Roman courtyard house which itself is a grade I listed building.
Viscount Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for the financier and statesman William Waldorf Astor, 1st Baron Astor. He had already been created Baron Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, in 1916, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [4]
Hever may refer to: Hever, Kent, a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England Hever Castle, Hever, Kent; Hever railway station, near Hever, Kent; Hever, Belgium, a small village in the center of Flanders, Belgium; Merkaz Hever, a communal settlement in Israel; Nahal Hever, a stream in the Judean Desert
In 1903, he acquired the Hever Castle Estate near Edenbridge, Kent, about 30 miles south of London. The estate of over 3,500 acres had at its centre a castle built in 1270 where Anne Boleyn lived as a child. Astor invested a great deal of time and money in restoring the castle, building what is known as the "Tudor Village", and creating a lake ...
When displaying the photos - Cottages near the Castle - this is the Astor Wing. Under History - The Astor Wing is now run as a conference centre and is a venue for weddings, and offers luxury bed and breakfast.