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West Retford Hotel, Nottinghamshire
West Retford Hotel in Nottinghamshire is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in the 18th century, possibly around 1740, and was the home of many notable people over the next two centuries. Today it is a hotel which provides accommodation, restaurant and bar facilities and caters for special events. Early residents Alexander Emerson (1710–1745), who inherited the West Retford estate from his relative George Wharton in 1727, built the house in about 1740. He was the son of Alexander Emerson and Alice Wharton of Caister in Lincolnshire. In 1736 he married Elizabeth Bosvile, who was the daughter and co-heir of Thomas Bosvile, Rector of Ufford. The couple had two sons. Unfortunately, Alexander died in 1745 aged about 35. His wife Elizabeth with two very young children remarried in the same year. Her second husband was the Reverend Stephen Ashton, Vicar of Louth, Lincolnshire. She died in 1791 in Louth. Alexande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Retford House (geograph 4700535)
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος Hesperus, hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin Occident, occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב maarav 'west' from עֶרֶב erev 'evening'. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
