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Table of owners of Warwick Castle and their construction activity Period of ownership Name (year of birth and death) Title Construction work and events ; 1068–1087: William the Conqueror (1028–1087) King The Norman Motte at Warwick Castle Earth motte and bailey with timber stockades: 1087–1088: William II (c.1056–1100) King: 1088–1119
The collection of armoury on display at Warwick Castle is regarded as second only to that of the Tower of London. [67] In 2001, Warwick Castle was named one of Britain's "Top 10 historic houses and monuments" by the British Tourist Authority; the list included Tower of London, Stonehenge, and Edinburgh Castle. [68]
David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Earl of Warwick, 8th Earl Brooke (15 May 1934 – 20 January 1996) was a British peer and landowner, the last private owner of the Greville family seat at Warwick Castle. Known as Earl Brooke before he succeeded his father, he was a member of the House of Lords from 1984 until his death.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
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Charles Guy Fulke Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick, 7th Earl Brooke (4 March 1911 – 20 January 1984), was a British peer and the last Earl of Warwick to live at the family seat Warwick Castle before its sale in 1978. He became the first British aristocrat to star in a Hollywood movie, and was later nicknamed the Duke of Hollywood by the local press.
Bacon's Castle, 2014, in Surry County, Virginia Beacon Towers in Sands Point, New York Belvedere Castle, a folly in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City Berkeley Castle in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia Bettendorf Castle in Fox River Grove, Illinois Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina Boldt Castle on Heart Island, Thousand Islands, New York The Camelback Castle/Copenhaver Castle in ...
In 1958, the citizenry of the cities of Warwick and Newport News voted by referendum to consolidate the two cities, choosing to assume the better-known name of Newport News, and forming the third largest city population-wise in Virginia with a 65 square miles (168 km 2) area. The boundaries of the city of Newport News today are essentially the ...