Woburn Abbey (/ˈwoʊbərn/), occupying the east of the village of Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is a country house, the family seat of the Duke of Bedford...
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933. Woburn was first recorded as a hamlet in 969 and is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is best known as the location of Woburn Abbey (a stately...
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that also includes Woburn Abbey and its 3,000-acre (1,200 ha) deer park. The Safari Park itself covers 360 acres (150 ha). Woburn Safari Park is a member...
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The courses are situated amid mature woodland on the Duke of Bedford's Woburn Abbey estate. Ryder Cup and PGA Tour player Ian Poulter of England is the club's...
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unveiled at Woburn Abbey". Bbc.co.uk. 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2014-04-08. "Woburn Abbey unveils Rembrandt Masterpiece ~ Woburn News". Woburn.co.uk. 2012-03-28...
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a pedestrian shopping street in the Regency era. Its name comes from Woburn Abbey, the main country seat of the Dukes of Bedford, who developed much of...
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Fonthill Abbey (Beckford's Folly), a Gothic Revival country house in Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, England; it was never an actual abbey Woburn Abbey, near...
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United States. The vast historic estates of the Dukes of Bedford included Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, the Bedford Estate in London's Covent Garden and Bloomsbury...
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deer from the Berlin Zoo and built up a large herd on his estate at Woburn Abbey. In the 1980s, the duke's great-grandson Robin Russell, 14th Duke of...
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district Woburn, Quebec, Canada Woburn, Bedfordshire Woburn Abbey Woburn Safari Park Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire Woburn Golf and Country Club, in Little...
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and J. Chipperfield founded Woburn Safari Park, a commercial addition and expansion of the tourist business of Woburn Abbey, the family seat. John Ian...
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portrait, in addition to several derivative portraits: The version at Woburn Abbey The version in the National Portrait Gallery, London, which has been...
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March 1962) is a British peer and landowner. His main estate is based at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire. He ranked 210 on the 2024 Sunday Times Rich List with...
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created a duke until ten years following her death. The couple resided at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, and their marriage was said to have been happy. For...
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soon, baby, because look who's standing here tonight." He performed at Woburn Abbey on July 2, 1977, to an audience of 55,000 British fans. The concert and...
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23 October, 1732 made Lady Diana Duchess of Bedford and châtelaine of Woburn Abbey. The news of her brother-in-law's death had not yet reached England when...
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Henrietta Russell, Duchess of Bedford (category People from Woburn, Bedfordshire)
widow of Robin Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford, with whom she lived at Woburn Abbey. Until her husband succeeded to the Dukedom in 2002, she was better known...
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Duchess and her husband entertained the Queen at their country house Woburn Abbey in 1841. The Duchess was also the chief mourner at the funeral of The...
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individual client. When in 1746 the Duke of Bedford decided to rebuild Woburn Abbey, he chose the fashionable Palladian style, and selected the architect...
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supplemented with deliberate releases of deer from parks, such as Warnham or Woburn Abbey, in an attempt to increase antler sizes and body weights. The University...
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ending with Olive, Lady Baillie) – now owned by Leeds Castle Foundation. Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire (Dukes of Bedford) Beaulieu Palace House Blenheim Palace...
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completed in 1817. In 1819 it was installed at the Duke's residence in Woburn Abbey. Canova travelled to England to supervise its installation, choosing...
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his first wife and psychiatric hospitalisation, and they married at Woburn Abbey in July 2014. Rausing co-founded the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust with...
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'picturesque' landscapes in Britain at Blaise Castle, near Bristol. At Woburn Abbey, Repton foreshadowed another nineteenth-century development, creating...
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friends, commissioned Holland to remodel and extend his country residence Woburn Abbey beginning in 1786. This involved a remodelling the south front and within...
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There are three known copies of the Tusculum portrait, which reside in Woburn Abbey and in private collections in Florence and Rome. Arles bust, possible...
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to open and popularize one of the first Stately homes to the public - Woburn Abbey. She was also a best-selling author. Milinaire was the eldest child of...
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Duke employed his architect Jeffry Wyatt, who had worked for him on Woburn Abbey, to enlarge the villa. After these developments were completed, for several...
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by Thomas Cubitt and built between 1829 and 1847, it is named after Woburn Abbey, the main country seat of the Dukes of Bedford, who developed much of...
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London Zoo until 1896, when the Duke of Bedford oversaw their transfer to Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. More of the animals were imported and added to the herd...
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