A series of picturesque views of seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. With descriptive and historical letterpress (1880)
Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893, Fawcett, Benjamin, Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis) · London, Edinburgh, Dublin, William Mackenzie · leaf 53
rst Marquisof Thomond, a man of learning and taste, and the friend of Edmund Burke, withwhom the place was a favourite resort. On the 29th. of May, 1795, the house was entirely destroyed by fire. In 1819 the property was sold to Sir George Warrender, Baronet, from whom it was purchased by the 1 !… … MEER HALL, NEAR DROITWICH, WORCESTERSHtBE.—BEARCROFT. This ancient seat was lield by the family of Bearcroft in lineal male descent from1337, and it is thought probably from a much earlier date, down to the year 1822,when it was carried by an heiress to a member of another family, who then tookthe…
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