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In 1652 Mark Shafto, Recorder of Newcastle, purchased the manor of Whitworth. His son Robert, knighted in 1670 was Recorder from 1660 and his grandson was High Sheriff of Durham in 1709. Two sons of Mark Shafto junior represented Durham City in Parliament: Robert Shafto 1712/3 and 1727/30 and John Shafto 1729-42.
Whitworth Hall Country Park is a parkland based set in 73 acres (300,000 m 2) 8 miles (13 km) from Durham in England, which rests on the outskirts of the town of Spennymoor in County Durham. The park includes Whitworth Hall , a Grade II listed stately mansion (the ancestral home of Bobby Shafto an 18th-century MP ) hotel, deer park, lake and ...
Whitworth is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Spennymoor, in County Durham, England, centred on Whitworth Hall. In 1931 the parish had a population of 6096. [ 1 ] It was one of several parishes abolished on 1 April 1937 to create the parish of Spennymoor . [ 2 ]
Oct. 2—From staff reports Kaimi Rocha, George Valle and Jo Ann Wagstaff will be inducted as the 34th class of the Whitworth Heritage Gallery Hall of Fame. Rocha started all 106 matches of her ...
A State Farm Insurance sign on a destroyed building during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (Michael Nigro—Bloomberg)
Whitworth Hall. Dating from 1183, the Whitworth Hall estate was owned by and home to the Shafto family for over 300 years, including County Durham MP "Bonnie Bobby Shafto", made famous by the well known ballad and nursery rhyme. It is now the site of Whitworth Hall Hotel and the deer park for which the estate is famed is still well tended, as ...
In 2024, State Farm cut policies in the Santa Monica Mountains, resulting in 70% of customers in Pacific Palisades – about 1,600 homeowners – losing coverage, according to the New York Times.
In 1652 he purchased the Whitworth Hall estate in Co Durham. His son Robert Shafto (1634-1705), was also a barrister and was appointed Recorder of Newcastle in 1660. He was knighted in 1670 and was appointed Sergeant at law in 1674. He married Catherine Widdrington. Their son Mark Shafto was High Sheriff of County Durham in 1709.