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Drayton Manor Resort is a family theme park, zoo and accommodation in the grounds of the former Drayton Manor, in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England, UK. It covers 180 acres (73 hectares), of which about 113 acres (46 hectares) are in use, and hosts about 1.5 million people each year [citation needed]. It is the fourth-largest amusement ...
George Bryan bought the 80-acre site near Tamworth, Staffordshire for £12,000 in 1949 and opened Drayton Manor Theme Park the year after. [2] The site was the residue of the former ancestral estate of the Victorian prime minister Sir Robert Peel. Peel and his family were declared bankrupt in 1911, with most of the house pulled down soon after.
In 1843 Drayton Manor received a royal visit from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. [2] In farms of the estate the first Tamworth pigs were bred, their place of market being Tamworth. The house ceased to be the principal residence of the Peel family and in 1926 it was demolished. Only the clock tower now remains.
Colin Bryan took the reins of the then Drayton Manor Theme Park in 1973, with his brother Andrew and sister Jane taking on respective roles in the company, and his mother Vera Bryan retaining a prominent position.
Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (also titled Marvin the Martian in 3D and Marvin the Martian in 4D) was a 1997 3-D Looney Tunes film formerly an attraction at Drayton Manor Resort in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England, Warner Bros. Movie World in Gold Coast, Australia, Warner Bros. Movie World in Bottrop, Germany (now Movie Park Germany) and Six Flags Great America.
Drayton is said to have had five dovecotes between 1793 and 1823. [6] In 1517 an inquiry found that enclosure of arable land at Drayton had put 16 labourers and their families out of work. Parliament passed the Drayton Inclosure Act 1811 (51 Geo. 3. c. ccxvii), an inclosure act for the remaining common land in the parish. The inclosure award ...
There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Peel, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.. The Peel baronetcy, of Drayton Manor in the County of Stafford and of Bury in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 29 November 1800. [1]
Thomas Land is a themed area at Drayton Manor Resort in Staffordshire, England, based on the popular long-running children's television series, Thomas & Friends. It stands on the former site of Robinsons Land, a themed area sponsored by the soft drinks brand of the same name. The construction began while the park was still open in September ...