Gardens, old and new; the country house & its garden environment (1900)
Leyland, John, 1857?-1924, ed, Tipping, H. Avray (Henry Avray), 1855-1933, ed, Country Life Limited · London, The Offices of "Country life illustrated": George Newnes, Ltd., New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 170
at Compton Wynyatesin 1618, the year before he was raised to the Earldom.Many, indeed, were the royal visits paid to the oldWarwickshire mansion. Charles L was there in the timesof Spencer Compton, the second Earl, who was killed atHopton Heath in 1643. Considerable alterations were madein the… … 122 GARDENS OLD AND NEW. The old timber was cut down on the estates to the value ofp^5o,ooo, but Nature, ever kindly, has long since made goodthe loss. Happily subsequent possessors have valued theplace and restored it, until it has resumed its old splendour,and stands as we depict it. Charles,…
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