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Hawkridge Aircraft Co
Hawkridge may refer to two places in England: * Hawkridge, Somerset * Hawkridge, Chittlehampton Hawkridge in the parish of Chittlehampton in North Devon, England, is an historic estate, anciently the seat of a junior branch of the Acland family which originated at nearby Acland, Landkey, Acland, in the parish of Landkey and later achieved ..., North Devon See also * Hawkeridge, Wiltshire {{Disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawkridge, Chittlehampton
Hawkridge in the parish of Chittlehampton in North Devon, England, is an historic estate, anciently the seat of a junior branch of the Acland family which originated at nearby Acland, in the parish of Landkey and later achieved great wealth and prominence as the Acland Baronets of Killerton, near Exeter. The former mansion house is today a farmhouse known as Hawkridge Barton, a grade II* listed building. The Devon historian Hoskins (1959) stated of Hawkridge: "Externally there is nothing remarkable except a decaying avenue of ancient walnuts, so often the first indication of a 16th or 17th century ''mansion''". The interior contains a fine plaster heraldic overmantel showing the arms of Acland impaling Tremayne, representing the 1615 marriage of Baldwin Acland (1593–1659) of Hawkridge and Elizabeth Tremayne.Pevsner, p.260 (erroneously "a plaster ceiling")Vivian, p.7 Descent de Hawkridge The earliest known holders of the estate was the ''de Hawkridge'' family, which took it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
