Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Blickling Hall is a Jacobean stately home situated in 5,000 acres of parkland in a loop of the River Bure, near the village of Blickling north of Aylsham in Norfolk, England. The mansion was built on the ruins of a Tudor building for Sir Henry Hobart from 1616 and designed by Robert Lyminge .
The Blickling Park mausoleum is a Grade II* listed building in the grounds of Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England. It was commissioned in 1793 by Lady Caroline Suffield, the daughter of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire , as a tomb for her father and his two wives.
Blickling is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of the English county of Norfolk. Blickling is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-west of Aylsham and 13 miles (21 km) north of Norwich. Most of the village is located within the Blickling Estate, which has been owned by the National Trust since 1940.
William Boleyn was born at Blickling Hall in Norfolk, [5] the younger of the two sons of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn (1406–1463), [6] a wealthy member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers who purchased the Blickling estate in 1452 [7] and served as Lord Mayor of London in 1457–58. [8]
The "highly significant" map is the estate's only surviving historical plan. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in ...
Aylsham (/ ˈ eɪ l ʃ əm / or / ˈ eɪ l s əm /) is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, nearly 9 mi (14 km) north of Norwich.The river rises near Melton Constable, 11 miles (18 km) upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, although it was only made navigable after 1779, allowing grain, coal and timber to be ...
This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence for a significant family or a notable figure in history.
Birch Hall is a sprawling estate originally built in 1740 and located in a charming village in Surrey, and it once belonged to the British royal family. ... Visit the Buckingham Palace in London, UK.