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One of 9 Roman Saxon Shore forts constructed in England to hold troops as a defence against Saxon raids up the rivers of the east and south coasts. Between the mid-7th and 9th centuries, the site was possibly occupied by a monastic settlement, and in the 11th and 12th centuries a Norman motte and bailey castle existed there but was levelled.
The sale is being split into nine different lots, which can be purchased together or separately. This includes the castle itself, the Boars Head Hotel , a cricket fields, shooting grounds, a store ...
Old Jedward, House near site, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Jedburgh; Riccarton Junction, abandoned following the closure of the Waverley Route; Roxburgh, Substantial settlement founded by David I as one of his first Royal Burghs, acted as de facto capital of Scotland, and destroyed repeatedly during the Wars of Scottish Independence. The Royal ...
This is a list of National Trust properties in England, including any stately home, historic house, castle, abbey, museum or other property in the care of the National Trust in England. Bedfordshire [ edit ]
The subcategories attempt to list all county houses, stately homes, manors, country retreats and estates, mansions, and houses in England by county—anything of historical architectural note that was used as a residence by a noble family or persons of esteem in history.
Althorp (popularly pronounced / ˈ ɔː l θ ɔːr p / AWL-thorp) is a Grade I listed stately home and estate in the civil parish of Althorp, in West Northamptonshire, England of about 13,000 acres (5,300 ha).
The hall house is a type of vernacular house traditional in many parts of England, Wales, Ireland and lowland Scotland, as well as northern Europe, during the Middle Ages, centring on a hall. Usually timber-framed , some high status examples were built in stone.
In 2010, over a third of the UK was owned by 1,200 families descended from aristocracy, and 15,354 km 2 was owned by the top three land owners, the Forestry Commission, National Trust and Defence Estates. [2] The Crown Estate held around 1,448 km 2. English land law is the law of real property in England and Wales.