Burghley House (/ˈbɜːrli/) is a grand sixteenth-century English country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire. It is a leading example of the Elizabethan...
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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley KG PC (13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598) was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of...
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side nearly opposite, where Shell Mex House stands today. The first, also called Exeter House or Burghley House, was on the north side of The Strand;...
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Marquess of Exeter (redirect from Baron Burghley)
London and Exeter House, Derby. The traditional burial place of the Cecils of Burghley House and the Marquesses of Exeter is the Burghley Chapel in St Martin's...
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Burghley may refer to: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520–1598), chief minister of queen Elizabeth I of England Burghley House, a sixteenth-century...
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Woburn Abbey Historic Houses Association Burghley House Preservation Trust Limited The Family Now by The Marquess of Exeter Burghley House Preservation Trust...
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David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (redirect from David George Brownlow Cecil Burghley, 6th Marquess of Exeter)
(9 February 1905 – 21 October 1981), styled Lord Burghley before 1956 and also known as David Burghley, was an English athlete, sports official, peer,...
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epitomising the English country house, began to make their appearance. Burghley House, Longleat House, and Hatfield House are among the best-known examples...
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The Defender Burghley Horse Trials is an annual three-day event held at Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, currently in early September...
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outside the house. Hardwick Hall, Burghley House, and on a smaller scale Wollaton Hall, exemplify this trend. The outer exteriors of the house are more decorated...
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Elizabeth I's Lord High Treasurer, William Cecil, a small house was unthinkable." Burghley House was built on the site of an old monastery between 1550 and...
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antiques expert and television personality. She was the chatelaine of Burghley House from 1982 to 2007. Leatham began working for Sotheby's in Bond Street...
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architecture in Italy. Some earlier English buildings, such as Longleat and Burghley House, had made borrowings from the classical style, but the structure of...
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family of Burghley. The Dominican Friars probably arrived in the 1230s and were regularly supported with donations by the monarchy. The house was dissolved...
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The Royalist forces were defeated within a few weeks and retreated to Burghley House, where they were captured and sent to Cambridge. While the Parliamentary...
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marry John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter, known as Lord Burghley, and would go living at Burghley House. During the 18th century, the Manor was lived in by...
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Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter (category Barons Burghley)
Lord Burghley from 1598 to 1605, was an English politician, courtier and soldier. Thomas Cecil was the elder son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, by...
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33 2.52 21 "Episode 2" Fishing for Bream, catching tench and pike / Burghley House, Cambridgeshire 5 September 2021 (2021-09-05) 2.00 2.31 22 "Episode...
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Susanna and the Elders (Gentileschi, Stamford) (redirect from Susanna and the Elders (Artemisia Gentileschi) Burghley)
Gentileschi's name and the date of 1622. The painting is in the collection at Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. Gentileschi depicted the story...
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Breakers Burghley House Cheshunt Great House Eaton Hall (Cheshire) The Elms Hatfield House Hearst Castle Hillwood Holkham Hall Hyde Park The Great House at...
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builders, began to make their appearance. Such houses as Burghley House, Longleat House, and Hatfield House are among the best known of this period and seem...
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Croxteth Hall Liverpool, Burghley House, Stamford and Moggerhanger Park, Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire. An unusual example of an ice house that was converted from...
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The Burghley Nef is a parcel-gilt salt cellar made in Paris in 1527–28 (or possibly earlier). It is in the form of a late medieval ship, the hull made...
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Manor Winslow Hall Wotton House The Abbey, Swaffham Bulbeck Anglesey Abbey Bottisham Hall Bourn Hall Buckden Towers Burghley House Cherry Hinton Hall Chippenham...
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second tallest (unreinforced) brick building anywhere. The spire at Burghley House in England, built for Elizabeth I's Lord Chancellor in 1585 is an example...
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DC's The Suicide Squad (2021). In early May, filming took place at Burghley House in Stamford, Lincolnshire, which doubled for Wayne Manor. In mid-June...
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Wothorpe Towers (redirect from Wothorpe House)
Burghley House. The lodge was built between 1613 and 1625 for Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, the eldest son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley,...
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Pride & Prejudice (2005 film) (category Films set in country houses)
Berkshire, leading it to close for seven weeks to allow time for filming. Burghley House in Cambridgeshire stood in for Rosings, while the adjacent town of Stamford...
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drinking club, founded in 1684 by John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter of Burghley House, and lapsing on his death in 1700. In 1705 it was reconvened by his...
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Wayne Manor (category Fictional houses)
filming at Burghley House". Cambridge News. Retrieved May 3, 2021. Romano, Sal (April 30, 2021). "Hollywood swoops into town as Batman goes to Burghley". Peterborough...
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