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.
MOOR PARK, a seat of the Marquis of Westminster, in Broadway parish, Dorset; 4 miles N of Weymouth. The estate belonged to the Abbey of St. Albans, and passed to the Botelers, Archbishop Neville, the De Veres, the Russells, the Carys, the Earl of Ossory, the Duke of Monmouth, Lord Anson, and others. The mansion was built by Leoni; is in the Grecian style; contains a hall and a staircase painted with subjects from Ovid, and a saloon by Thornhill after Guido; and stands amid grounds laid out by Lucy Waters, the mother of the Duke of Monmouth, and altered by "Capability'' Brown.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Broadway AP/CP Dorset AncC |
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