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After the death of Frank's first wife Amy, their son Bernard Darwin was brought up by Charles and Emma at Down. Charles Darwin died at the house on 19 April 1882, aged 73. Emma also died there in 1896. In February 1897, the house was advertised to be let, furnished, at a rent of "12 guineas per week, including gardeners". [24]
The site is not recognized as a museum. However, Down House, in Bromley (London), where Darwin spent most of his adult life, is a museum. In January 2018, a steering group was established by the Mayor of Shrewsbury, Councillor Jane Mackenzie, and led by Shrewsbury Town Council. Their purpose was to acquire Mount House and take it into public ...
A general strike led to huge demonstrations all over London, but was crushed by troops by the time Darwin moved. On 17 September 1842 the family moved into Down House (around 1850 the village changed its name to Downe to avoid confusion with County Down in Ireland, but the house kept the old spelling).
Two main collections featuring 1,480 books were kept at the University of Cambridge and Down House, Darwin’s family home in Downe, England, that remains open to the public. But the collections ...
The Church, as with the village of Downe itself, is closely linked with the naturalist Charles Darwin who lived at nearby Down House from 1842 to his death in 1882. John Brodie Innes was the vicar from 1846.
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
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 1882.
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]