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Biddulph is a civil parish in the district of Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England. It contains 61 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, six are at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the town of Biddulph and the surrounding area. In the parish is Biddulph ...
The following is a list of the monastic houses in Northumberland, England. Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks ( Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller ).
Knypersley Hall is an 18th-century Georgian style country mansion at Biddulph, Staffordshire, England.It is protected as a Grade II* listed building. After falling into a state of disrepair it was partially subdivided into residential apartments, although the hall was not wholly restored at this point and was falling into further disrepair.
Biddulph also offered the house rent free to act as a maternity house from 1943 until the end of World War II, [8] due to the shortage of midwives who could attend people at their homes. [9] When Anthony Biddulph took over the house in 1954 on the death of his father, he decided to convert the east wing into flats, living in the "public" wing. [5]
Binns, Alison (1989) Studies in the History of Medieval Religion 1: Dedications of Monastic Houses in England and Wales 1066–1216, Boydell Cobbett, William (1868) List of Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals, And Other Religious Foundations in England and Wales and in Ireland, Confiscated, Seized On, or Alienated by the Protestant ...
The priory made the remarkable contribution of 120 marks to the parent abbey in 1367. [50] However, the priory was taken into the king's hands when war broke out again, and in order to keep control of the property Peter undertook to pay 20 marks annually on 6 October 1369, [96] and the rent was raised to 25 marks in 1377. [97]
The following is a list of the monastic houses in County Durham, England. Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks ( Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller ).
Howsham Hall was bought in 1956 by John Knock. It had been due to be demolished by the council, but in 1958 it opened as an independent boys' school.In 1993 the school introduced both girls and day pupils increasing school numbers to around 60.