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The earliest record of an estate associated with the Champneys name is in 1307. It appears in the Tring manor court rolls for 1514. It was owned by successive landowning families in the Wigginton, Hertfordshire and surrounding area between the 14th and 19th centuries, although for a short period around 1535 it is recorded as owned by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Champneys, later Mostyn-Champneys Baronetcy, of Orchardleigh in the County of Somerset, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 12 January 1767 for Thomas Champneys, subsequently High Sheriff of Somerset from 1775 to 1776. He owned the Orchardleigh estate near Frome and other English properties.
The Champneys, later Dalrymple-Champneys Baronetcy, of Littlemeads in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 13 July 1910. For more information on this creation, see Dalrymple-Champneys baronets .
Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland Extant All Dukes Dukedoms Marquesses Marquessates Earls Earldoms Viscounts Viscountcies Barons Baronies Baronets Baronetcies En, Ir, NS, GB, UK (extinct) This is a list of baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain. There were first created in 1707, and was replaced by the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1801. A Title Date of creation ...
In 1902 Champneys was sold to Lady Rothschild by the Rev. Arthur Sutton Valpy, a descendant of Richard Valpy who had inherited it in 1871. He replaced the original building by the current house in 1874 which stood in extensive grounds of around 200 acres (0.81 km 2 ) which his late wife Emily Anne Sutton had acquired, prior to their marriage ...
Under her leadership, and in collaboration with her son Stephen, several more spa locations were opened, including Springs in Leicestershire and Forest Mere in Hampshire. [5] In 2002, the Purdews acquired Champneys spa at Tring in Hertfordshire, leading to the rebranding of their establishments under the Champneys name. [4]
There is a health farm in Henlow at Henlow Grange, part of the Champneys group. The parish church, Grade I listed, and parts of which are from the 12th century, is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. [9] The Henlow greyhound racing track closed permanently on 21 January 2024. [10]
The son of Robert Champneys of Chew Magna, Somerset, he was a member of the Worshipful Company of Skinners. A contemporary chronicler, John Stow , noted that he was blind in later life: a divine judgment for having added "a high tower of brick" to his house in Mincing Lane , "the first that I ever heard of in any private man's house, to ...