Calke Abbey is a Grade I listed country house near Ticknall, Derbyshire, England, in the care of the charitable National Trust. The site was an Augustinian...
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The Harpur (later Crewe and Harpur Crewe) Baronetcy, of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire was a title in the Baronetage of England between 1626 and 1924. It was...
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Calke is a small village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. It includes the historic house Calke Abbey, a National...
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acre estate of Calke Abbey. He was named after an ancestor Sir Edmund Vauncey. Harpur Crewe was born in the family home of Calke Abbey to John Harpur...
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potteries. Coal was also dug close to the village. Close to the village is Calke Abbey, now a National Trust property. The old village of Tichenhalle is mentioned...
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grade. The parish contains the village of Calke, but is largely occupied by the country house, Calke Abbey, and its grounds. The house is listed, as are...
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change was long, and it was not until 1984 with the preservation of Calke Abbey that it became obvious that opinion had changed. A large public appeal...
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Dale Moor. The Augustinian canons moved to Dale Abbey in 1162 from their previous home at Calke Abbey. A few years later they were replaced by Premonstratensian...
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Notable examples of this include Calke Abbey, Longleat House, Syon House, Welbeck Abbey. and Woburn Abbey. Leicester Abbey followed a similar format: Dr...
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Main Street in Ticknall Southwestern mouth of the Calke Abbey Tunnel Eastern mouth of the Calke Abbey Tunnel Benjamin Outram planned to use two horses...
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Repton Abbey was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine abbey in Derbyshire, England. Founded in the 7th century, the abbey was a double monastery, a community of...
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who died after falling from his coach box. He inherited the Baronetcy, Calke Abbey the family seat and extensive properties in Derbyshire, Staffordshire...
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1580: Sir John Zouch, of Codnor Castle 27 November 1581: John Harpur, of Calke Abbey 5 December 1582: Henry Cavendish 25 November 1583: Francis Curzon, of...
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large gardens at Calke Abbey in the 1930s. One of them, a New C Pattern model, was introduced by the company in August 1930. At Calke its six sections...
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Breadsall Priory Bretby Hall Brocksford Hall Burton Closes Buxton Hall Calke Abbey Carnfield Hall Catton Hall Chatsworth House Coxbench Hall Derwent House...
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He also confirmed grants of his parents to Calke Abbey, to St Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, and to the Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen, in Normandy. In 1169...
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one grandson. On Boxing Day 2009, whilst walking with his family at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire, Taylor suffered a massive heart attack. He was taken by...
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Eskdale and Duddon Windermere and Troutbeck Wordsworth House Wray Castle Calke Abbey Duffield Castle Hardwick Hall High Peak Estate Ilam Park Kedleston Hall...
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National Trust country house acquisitions funded through the NHMF include Calke Abbey, Belton House, Kedleston Hall and Chastleton House. In addition, NHMF...
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£10000 a year. His principal home was the traditional family seat of Calke Abbey but he also took houses in the home counties to allow easy visits to...
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include the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, the Albert Memorial, Lichfield Cathedral, Calke Abbey, Chatsworth House and Oscar Wilde's tomb. In...
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Dovedale (1814), Yale Center for British Art Kingsey Village (1826), Calke Abbey The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (c.1827), Yale Center for British Art...
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Georgiana Stanhope Lovell, who had married Sir John Harper Crewe at Calke Abbey (now owned by the National Trust). He left his widow in poor financial...
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Rutland. He succeeded his father to the Baronetcy in 1748. He lived at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire and 35 Upper Grosvenor Street, London. He was returned as...
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led from Old Parks to Ticknall, with branches to the quarries between Calke Abbey and Staunton Harold. The total length of the lines was around 12.5 miles...
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the cell of Calke, note anchor 15. Page, W. (ed.) (1907) The Priory of Repton, with the cell of Calke, note anchor 13. Chronicle of the Abbey of St Mary...
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level Battlefield Line Railway Beacon Hill, Leicestershire Bradgate Park Calke Abbey, Ticknall Claymills Victorian Pumping Station Croxall Lakes Donington...
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included the Duchess of Devonshire, Sarah Siddons, Sir Henry Harpur (of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire, who offered to send Lawrence to Italy, but Lawrence senior...
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the care of the National Trust that are open to the public, such as Calke Abbey, Hardwick Hall, High Peak Estate, Ilam Park, Kedleston Hall, Longshaw...
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the dam wall at Ladybower Reservoir. Part of the shoreline border the Calke Abbey estate, as well as the National Forest. The reservoir has a total surface...
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