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Great Houses
A great house is a large house or mansion with luxurious appointments and great retinues of indoor and outdoor staff. The term is used mainly historically, especially of properties at the turn of the 20th century, i.e., the late Victorian or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom and the Gilded Age in the United States. Definition There is no precise definition of "great house", and the understanding of varies between countries. In England, while most villages would have a manor house since time immemorial, originally home of the lord of the manor and sometimes referred to as "the big house", not all would have anything as lavish as a traditional English country house, one of the traditional markers of an established "county" family that derived at least a part of its income from landed property. Stately homes, even rarer and more expensive, were associated with the peerage, not the gentry. Many mansions were demolished in the 20th century; families that had previously split th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wentworth Woodhouse From A Complete History Of The County Of York By Thomas Allen (1828-30)
Wentworth may refer to: People * Wentworth (surname) * Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth (1873–1957), Lady Wentworth, notable Arabian horse breeder * S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York state senator * Wentworth Miller (born 1972), American actor Places Australia * Division of Wentworth, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales * Electoral district of Wentworth, a former electoral district in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * Wentworth, New South Wales, a town * Wentworth Gaol, former prison in New South Wales Canada * Ski Wentworth, a ski hill in Wentworth, Nova Scotia, Canada * Wentworth, Nova Scotia, a rural community * Wentworth, Quebec, a township municipality * Wentworth County, Ontario, a defunct county ** Wentworth (electoral district), a former riding in the Canadian House of Commons ** Wentworth (provincial electoral district). a former riding in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario * Wentworth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
