Bailrigg is the

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Lancaster University Lancaster University (legally The University of Lancaster) is a public university, public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several pla ...

, in the

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, England, south of the centre of Lancaster. The student radio station

Bailrigg FM Bailrigg FM (formerly known as University Radio Bailrigg (URB) and Radio Bailrigg) is a student radio station at Lancaster University. It operates in a music format predominantly featuring pop, but also broadcasts news, drama, comedy, and enterta ...

is named after the site.

History

Bailrigg was a hamlet in the township of

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and in some early deeds it was described as a manor. Its 2,880 acres were owned by Count Roger Pictavensis and his family, and afterwards the title fell to

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. The settlement gave its name to a local family, Roger de Bailrigg and his descendents. In 1469 the land was granted to John Gardiner, who endowed

Lancaster Royal Grammar School Lancaster Royal Grammar School (LRGS) is a selective grammar school (day and boarding) for boys aged 11–18 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Old students belong to The Old Lancastrians. The school's sixth form opened to girls in 2019. LRGS i ...

, and it went through numerous owners subsequently. In 1887 it was purchased by Thomas Storey, who founded the

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. He died in 1898 and the estate passed to his son

Herbert Storey Herbert Lushington Storey (1853–1933) was a businessman and High Sheriff of Lancashire. Storey was a son of Sir Thomas Storey and was born in Lancaster, Lancashire in 1853. After his education at Friends' School, the Royal Grammar School, L ...

Bailrigg House

Herbert Storey had Bailrigg House, also known as Bailrigg Mansion, built between 1899 and 1902 by Woolfall and Eccles of

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. The landscape around Bailrigg House was also reoriented, and additional aspects added, with some of the work done by landscape architect

Thomas Hayton Mawson Thomas Hayton Mawson (5 May 1861 – 14 November 1933), known as T. H. Mawson, was a British garden designer, landscape architect, and town planner. Personal life Mawson was born in Nether Wyresdale, Lancashire, and left school at age 12. H ...

. In 1921, Storey moved to

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, and the estate was bought by James Travis-Clegg, who lived there until he died in 1942. In 1944, the estate was bought by Barton Townley, a local car dealer. He agreed to sell the estate to the

for £50,000 in 1961, and eventually did so in 1963, in order to make way for the new

University of Lancaster , mottoeng = Truth lies open to all , established = , endowment = £13.9 million , budget = £317.9 million , type = Public , city = Bailrigg, City of Lancaster , country = England , coor = , campus = Bailrigg , faculty = ...

University Campus

The new university buildings were designed by

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and

Peter Shepheard Sir Peter Faulkner Shepheard FRTPI FILA (11 November 1913 – 11 April 2002) was a British architect and landscape architect. Biography He was born in Oxton, Birkenhead and educated at Birkenhead School. His father was an architect. He a ...

. In January 2017, Bailrigg was chosen by the government as the site of a new garden village, with up to 5,000 new homes.Garden villages: Locations of first 14 announced
BBC News, 2 January. 2017

Gallery

File:Bailrigg house.JPG, Bailrigg House File:Bailrigg house garden2.JPG, Bailrigg House Gardens File:Bailrigg house garden1.JPG, Bailrigg House Gardens

References

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