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  2. Duncombe Park - Wikipedia

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    In 1694 Charles Duncombe, one of the richest commoners in England, bought the 40,000-acre (16,000 ha) Helmsley estate, occasionally staying at the castle.After his death in 1711 it passed to his sister Ursula and from her to her son Thomas Brown, who changed his name to Thomas Duncombe and commissioned the building of the present house.

  3. List of gardens in England - Wikipedia

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    Gardens in England is a link page for any garden, botanical garden, arboretum or pinetum open to the public in England. The National Gardens Scheme also opens many small, interesting, private gardens to the public on one or two days a year for charity.

  4. Walled Garden, Castle Howard - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Helmsley - Wikipedia

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    A walled garden for the castle stood along the banks of the river to the south. Soon after the family moved out of the castle into Duncombe Park this walled garden was built. The garden incorporates glass houses designed in 1850 as a vine house. The ongoing programme of restoration uses appropriate plants where possible. [19] Helmsley has an ...

  6. Listed buildings in Gate Helmsley - Wikipedia

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    Gate Helmsley is a civil parish in the former Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It contains seven listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England . Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.

  7. Helmsley Castle - Wikipedia

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    The castle at Helmsley was only 1.9 miles (3 km) from Rievaulx Abbey and Walter l'Espec granted the land for the abbey. Aelred, who was the abbey's first novice master, was known to be involved in l'Espec's affairs (military and personally) and Helmsley was often used as a place of safety during periods of instability. [3]

  8. Helmsley Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Helmsley Bridge, sometimes known as Rye Bridge, is a historic bridge in Helmsley, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The bridge carries the A170 road [1] over the River Rye, just below the mouth of the Borough Beck. [2] It was constructed in the Mediaeval period, perhaps in the 14th century, and probably for Rievaulx Abbey.

  9. Walled garden - Wikipedia

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    Movable blocks to control the movement of hot air in the heated wall at Eglinton Country Park. A number of walled gardens in Britain have a hot wall or fruit wall, a hollow wall with a central cavity, or openings in the wall on the side facing towards the garden, so that fires could be lit inside the wall to provide additional heat to protect the fruit growing against the wall.