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Carole Bamford (née Carole Gray Whitt [2]) was born in Nottingham. She is married to the billionaire industrialist Anthony, Lord Bamford. [3] The family business has made significant donations to the Conservative Party, in particular during the 2010 general election. [4] She married Bamford in June 1974. [2]
Anthony Paul Bamford, Baron Bamford (born 23 October 1945), is a British billionaire businessman who is the chairman of J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited (JCB). He succeeded his father, Joseph Cyril Bamford , as chairman and managing director of the company in 1975, at the age of 30.
The Salcedo House was a dwelling constructed in St. Augustine's First Spanish Period (1565–1763).By the end of this period the house belonged to Alfonsa de Avero. Avero, her sisters living nearby, and their families left St. Augustine with other Spaniards when Florida was transferred to the British with the 1763 Treaty of Paris.
The Abbott Tract Historic District is a 33 acres (13 ha) historic district in St. Augustine, Florida. It is bounded by Matanzas Bay, Pine, San Marco, and Shenandoah Avenues. On July 21, 1983, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It contains 124 contributing buildings. [1] It is a 17 block area. [2]
The first known owner of the home was Antonio De Mesa. He was a Royal Treasury guard who came to St. Augustine around 1740. The original home was a one-story, one room structure made of coquina, as many homes were during the First Spanish Period (1565-1763) in St. Augustine. De Mesa lived there with his wife and seven children until 1763, when ...
The Llambias House (also known as the Fernandez-Llambias House) is a historic house located at 31 Saint Francis Street in St. Augustine, Florida. Built sometime before 1763, it is one of the few houses in Florida to survive from the first period of Spanish Florida. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on April 15, 1970. [1]
Commemorative plaque May 2019. Villa Zorayda (also known as the Zorayda Castle) is a house at 83 King Street in St. Augustine, Florida. [2] Built in 1883 by the eccentric Boston millionaire Franklin W. Smith as his winter home, [3] it was inspired by the 12th-century Moorish Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain.
The St. Augustine Historic Restoration and Preservation Commission (later the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board) completed a reconstruction of the Sánchez de Ortigosa house in 1966. It was built as a one-story pink house on the corners of St. George Street and Cuna Street. The roof was built of tile and cement.