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Castle Howard is an English country house in Henderskelfe, North Yorkshire, 15 miles (24 km) north of York.A private residence, it has been the home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years.
See: Howarth Arundel Castle, home of the Fitzalans and later the Howards. The later Howards would claim legendary descent from Hereward the Wake, but a pedigree compiled and signed by Sir William Dugdale, Norroy King of Arms of the College of Arms, and dated 8 April 1665, stated that the Howard family are descended from the Howarth [sic, Howard] family of Great Howarth Hall, Rochdale.
The estate of Castle Howard was described by John Leland in 1540 as having a park four miles around, with much young woodland. At the end of the 17th century, Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle commissioned a scheme from George London to redesign the grounds, which would have created canals, avenus and circular lawns.
The wood lies south-east of the main house at Castle Howard. It is a steeply sloped area, and was a popular location for the Howard family to ride out to during the 18th and 19th centuries. [1] It contains numerous oak trees, including the large King Oak. [2]
The Mausoleum, in 2017. The Mausoleum is a historic building on the Castle Howard estate in North Yorkshire, in England.. The mausoleum was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor between 1726 and 1729, its design inspired by the Tomb of Caecilia Metella and the alleged Tomb of Lars Porsena.
The grade II* listed gates and railings probably date from the early 18th century. They are in wrought iron, and the piers and walls are in stone. There are two pairs of square piers on plinths, with sunken panels, moulded cornices and ball finials, and they are joined by low walls, one with railings.
Simon Howard, 66, whose family runs Castle Howard of Bridgerton fame, had ‘unstable diabetes’ and epilepsy, an inquest heard.
The Howard family is one of the leading dynasties of the English aristocracy. The head of the senior branch of the family holds the title of Duke of Norfolk and is the premier duke of England. Contents