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The township lies 2½ miles W of the Long-Mynd, 2½ E of the boundary with Wales, and 4¼ N E of Bishops-Castle r[ailway]. station. The parish contains also the townships of Asterton, Whitcott, and Hardwick; and its post town is Bishops-Castle, Shropshire. Acres, 4,584. Rated property, £2,570. Pop[ulation]., 412. Houses, 81.
Work on the current Castle Howard building began in 1701, and the Walled Garden was the first of its gardens to be created. It was first recorded in 1703, when the Gardener's House and a kitchen garden were constructed. It was built by the mason William Smith, and in 1705 the Satyr Gate was added, designed by Samuel Carpenter.
Victoria Josefa Dolores Catalina Sackville-West, Baroness Sackville.Vita's mother, circa 1885. Victoria Mary Sackville-West — called Vita, to distinguish her from her mother — was born on 9 March 1892 at Knole, the Kent home of Sackville-West's aristocratic ancestors.
Bishop's Castle is a market town in the south west of Shropshire, England. According to the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,893. According to the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,893. Bishop's Castle is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of the Wales–England border , about 20 miles (30 km) north-west of Ludlow and about 20 miles (30 km) south ...
Rose Castle is a fortified house in the parish of Dalston, Cumbria, England. It was the residence of the bishops of Carlisle from 1230 to 2009, and has been a peace and reconciliation centre since it was sold by the Church Commissioners to the Rose Castle Foundation in 2016. [ 1 ]
Bishop Castle is an "elaborate and intricate" [1] "one-man project" named after its constructor, the late Jim Bishop, [2] that has become a roadside attraction in central Colorado. [ 3 ] The "castle" is located in south central Colorado on State Highway 165 [ 4 ] in the Wet Mountains of Southern Colorado in the San Isabel National Forest ...
Known for playing matriarch Emily Gilmore for seven seasons of "Gilmore Girls," Kelly Bishop spoke with "CBS Mornings" about the beloved show, her controversial character and how she coped after ...
The trouble started when John Leslie, Bishop of Ross granted to his cousin Leslie, the Laird of Balquhair, the right and title to the castle at Chanonry together with the castle lands. [3] Bishop Leslie had been secretary to Queen Mary and there was strong feeling against episcopacy in Scotland. [ 3 ]