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Elemore Hall
Elemore Hall is a mid-18th-century country house, now in use as a residential special school, near Pittington, County Durham, England. It is a Grade I listed building. History The manor of Elemore was owned prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries by the Priory of Finchale. It was sold to Bertram Anderson, Mayor and Sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne, who built a manor house in about 1550. The estate passed from Anderson to Hall and then by marriage to Thomas Conyers MP for Durham City 1702-22. In about 1700 Elizabeth Conyers, heiress of the estate, married George Baker, also MP for Durham City, of Crook Hall, near Lanchester. (archived) Structure Their son George Baker inherited the manor in 1723 and in about 1750 replaced the old manor house with the present mansion to a design by architect Robert Shout of Hemsley. The house follows the E-plan of the old manor but on a much grander scale. The three storey, seven bayed entrance front has a pedimented three bayed projecting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Durham
County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. is a ceremonial county in North East England.North East Assembly â€About North East England. Retrieved 30 November 2007. The ceremonial county spawned from the historic County Palatine of Durham in 1853. In 1996, the county gained part of the abolished ceremonial county of Cleveland.Lieutenancies Act 1997 . Retrieved 27 October 2014. The county town is the of |
Crook Hall
Crook Hall, sited near Lanchester, County Durham, some north west of the city of Durham, was one of two Roman Catholic seminaries which temporarily replaced the Douai seminary in Douai, France when that college was suppressed soon after the French Revolution. Crook Hall was itself superseded after a few years by Ushaw College. History The hall had belonged to the Baker family since 1635, when it was purchased by George Baker, Knt., the second son of Oswald Baker of Durham. George Baker served as a recorder of Newcastle-on-Tyne and was a defender of that town for King Charles. His son George inherited the estate in 1667. George Baker MP, grandson of the original owner and member of parliament for Durham City, remodelled the house in 1716. When the Douai Catholic seminary closed in 1793 the students were hastily brought back to England with the intention of creating a new seminary there. The refugee students were divided into two groups, one of which (mainly composed of stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade I Listed Buildings In County Durham
There are more than 9000 Grade I listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the county of County Durham, Durham, sub-divided by unitary authority. County Durham Darlington Hartlepool Stockton-on-Tees Notes See also * Grade II* listed buildings in County Durham References National Heritage List for EnglandKeys To The PastDurham/Northumbria councils site External links {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Grade I Listed Buildings In Durham Grade I listed buildings in County Durham, Lists of Grade I listed buildings in England by county, Durham Lists of listed buildings in County Durham, Grade I Lists of Grade I listed buildings in North Yorkshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Children
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a British child protection charity. History Victorian era On a trip to New York in 1881, Liverpudlian businessman Thomas Agnew was inspired by a visit to the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. On his return to Liverpool, he invited leading figures from the town to a Liverpool Town Hall, town hall meeting and founded the Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (LSPCC) on 19 April 1883. Similar societies were subsequently set up around the country, such as the London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (London SPCC), founded on 8 July 1884 by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley-Cooper. Ashley-Cooper was the first president of the London SPCC, with Benjamin Waugh, Reverends Benjamin Waugh and Edward Rudolph as joint secretaries. Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts was one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Askrigg
Askrigg is a small village and civil parish in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is part of the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The village and its parish are located in Upper Wensleydale, west of Leyburn, and east of Hawes. It is west of the county town of Northallerton. History The village is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' as ''Ascric''. At the time of the Norman invasion the manor was held by ''Arnketil''. Afterwards the lands were owned on behalf of the Crown by ''Count Alan of Brittany'' who granted then lordship of the manor to ''Gospatric, son of Arnketil''. By 1251 the manor had come to the ''Fitz Hugh'' family who were also lords of ''Ravenworth'' and stayed with them until the 16th century. In the early 16th century the manor became the possession of Sir Thomas Parr. His son William died without issue in 1571 when it became the property of the Crown. In 1664 the manorial rights were leased from the Crown by the ''Metcalf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durham County Council
Durham County Council is a local authority administering all significant local government functions in the unitary authority area of County Durham in North East England. The council area covers part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, excluding those parts which now form part of the Borough of Darlington, Borough of Hartlepool and the part of Borough of Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees. Between its establishment in 1889 and major local government reforms in England in 1974, the council administered the historic county of Durham Following the 2021 Durham County Council election the council is under no overall control. A Conservative/Liberal Democrat/Independents coalition was formed at the 2021 Annual General Meeting. From 1919 to 2021 the council was under the control of the Labour Party, who held a majority except from 1922 to 1925. At the time of the 2011 census the council served a population of 513,200, which makes it one of the most-populous local au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of Durham
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of County Durham, England. In most counties the High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. In the Palatinate of Durham the officeholder was appointed by and was accountable to the Bishop of Durham until 1836 when the Crown claimed authority. The High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every March. High Sheriffs of County Durham *1146 Osbert 15th century *18 January 1401: Sir Robert Conyers *24 August 1406: Sir Percival de Lyndeley *2 June 1414: Sir William Claxton *2 January 1420: Robert Eure *6 May 1436: Sir William Bowes *4 October 1437: Robert Ogle''The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham'' Vol I. William Fordyce (1857) p150. Google Books *1 October 1438: William Pudsay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Shout
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''HrÅþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''HrÄ“odbÄ“orht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''HrÄ“odbÄ“orð'', ''HrÅ“dbÅ“rð'', ''HrÅ“dberð'', ''HrÅðberχtÅ•'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Baker (died 1723)
George Baker (died 1723) of Crook Hall, Lanchester and Elemore, county Durham, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1722. Baker was the only son of George Baker of Crook Hall and his wife Elizabeth Davison, daughter of Samuel Davison of Wingate Grange, county Durham. He was the nephew of Thomas Baker the antiquarian. He succeeded his father who died in 1699 and rebuilt Crook Hall. Before 1713, he married Elizabeth Conyers, daughter of Thomas Conyers of Elemore. Baker was returned unopposed with his father in law as Member of Parliament for Durham City at the 1713 general election. They were both returned unopposed at the 1715 general election. He was a Tory and like his father in law voted against the administration. He did not stand at the 1722 general election. Baker died, at Bristol, on 1 June 1723, and was buried at Lanchester on the 12 June. He and his wife had two sons and two daughters, but only one of each survived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durham City (UK Parliament Constituency)
City of Durham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Mary Foy of the Labour Party. Constituency profile The constituency contains a large minority of students, researchers and academics at the early 19th century founded University of Durham, that has a claim towards being the third oldest in England and has elected Labour MPs since 1935, although there have been strong SDP–Liberal Alliance and Liberal Democrat challenges to Labour since the 1980s. The constituency corresponds to the former City of Durham local government district and as such includes a number of surrounding villages and suburbs as well as Durham itself, the largest of these are Brandon, Coxhoe, Bowburn, Framwellgate Moor, Sherburn and Ushaw Moor. The seat extends as far west as Waterhouses and as far east as Ludworth. The seat has traditionally been dominated by Labour, with support particularly strong in those villages historically connected to Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
