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Down House is the former home of the English naturalist Charles Darwin and his family. ... In his day, Downe was a parish in Kent. Since 1965, ...
Downe House was founded in 1907 by Olive Willis, its first headmistress, as an all-girls' boarding school.Its first home was Down House in the village of Downe, Kent (now part of the London Borough of Bromley), which had been the home of Charles Darwin.
The medieval Church of Saint Mary in Downe. Downe, formerly Down (/ d aʊ n /), is a village in Greater London, England, located within the London Borough of Bromley, which formed part of the historical county of Kent until 1965, and is beyond London's contiguous urban area. Charles Darwin lived in Down House for forty years until his death in ...
Downe House or Down House may refer to: Downe House School, a girls' boarding school in Berkshire, England; Down House, Charles Darwin's home in the village of Downe in the London Borough of Bromley; Downe House, Richmond Hill, previously home of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall; Down House, a 2001 Russian comedy film
St Mary's Church in the village of Downe, Bromley (formerly Kent) is the Church of England Parish Church for the parish of Downe. It is a Grade II* listed building, which dates from the 13th century. [1] The church is dedicated to either St Mary the Virgin or St Mary Magdalene.
In 1907, with her friend Alice Carver as a non-teaching partner, Willis founded a new girls' boarding school called Downe House. They raised £1,500 to rent and equip Down House in the village of Downe, near Orpington, Kent, a house which had previously been the home of Charles Darwin. The school began with one girl and five mistresses.
[11] [12] Young John befriended Darwin, and was a frequent visitor to Down House. In 1865 John became the fourth baronet, and in 1900 Baron Avebury. [10] In 1938 the estate was sold to Kent County Council and the house became a nurses' training centre. In 1965 the area became part of the London Borough of Bromley, and the estate was transferred ...
The Kent Wildlife Trust reserve occupies 5 hectares at grid reference TQ438609, [2] but the SSSI covers a wider area of 17.7 hectares. [3] There is an area of ancient woodland called Hangrove Wood, and chalk downland called 'Rough Pell' on a tythe map of 1840, but known to Darwin as Orchis Bank, because many wild orchids grew there. [4]