A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Holmby House, seat of Viscount Clifden, Holdenby (or Holmby) par., in co. and 6½ miles NW. of Northampton; was a fine Tudor mansion, built in the reign of Elizabeth; it became a royal palace under James I.; was for a brief period, in 1647, the prison of Charles I., and was finally dismantled in 1652.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place: | Holdenby |
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