A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ARBURY-HALL, the seat of the Newdegate family, in Chilvers-Coton parish, 3 miles SW of Nuneaton, Warwick. An Augustinian priory was built on its site in the time of Henry II.; given, in 1538, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk; purchased, in the reign of Elizabeth, by Sir Edmund Anderson; and transferred, soon afterwards, in exchange for other property, to John Newdegate, Esq. The priory was demolished, and a quadrangular mansion erected in its place, by Sir Edmund Anderson; and the mansion was transmuted into an elegant Gothic pile, of four fronts in different styles, by Sir Roger Newdegate, who founded the Newdegate prize poem, and died in 1806. The interior is splendid; and possesses, among other attractions, a very curious and interesting picture of the time of Henry VI., brought hither from Astley Castle. The park is extensive and richly ornate; and has been called the "Strawberry Hill of Warwickshire."
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "the seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Chilvers Coton CP/AP Warwickshire AncC |
| Place: | Arbury |
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