Whetham, Wiltshire
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Whetham is a former manor in
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parish, Wiltshire, England. No settlement remains beyond a farm, a few cottages and a
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called Whetham House.


Description

Whetham is about south-west of the town of
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, north of what is now the
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and about east of Sandy Lane village. To the north lies the
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estate. The Whetham stream flows into the estate, where it is dammed to form an artificial lake. There was a
manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...
here in the early 15th century or earlier. The present Whetham House was built in the 17th century, probably on an earlier core, and was extended in the 19th century. Built largely of rubble stone, with two storeys and an attic,
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states it has a "complex rambling plan". In 1728 there were extensive formal gardens, and a park lay south of the house. The house was approached from the north (along a road which is now a track) or from the London-Bath road to the south. Changes in 1790–1791 brought that road closer to the house. The farmhouse at Whetham Farm was rebuilt in the early 19th century in squared
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. Nearby is a barn from the late 18th century or early 19th, in rubble stone and red brick. There was a mill on the Whetham stream, north-east of the house, but it was demolished in 1817.


Notable landowners

The house was owned by the Fynamore or Fynemore family from the mid-13th century until 1574, then came into the
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family. They included Sir
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(1620–1697), MP and long-serving
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, and his son
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(1647–1686), a Navy captain. The latter married Vincentia, daughter of John Kyrle (c.1617–1680), later 2nd Baronet Kyrle, of Homme House,
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, Herefordshire, thus uniting Whetham with the Kyrle estates in that county. Their son, another John (1682–1725) took the surname Kyrle Ernle. Queen Anne visited the house during his ownership, in 1703. Constantia Ernle (d.1753) married Viscount Dupplin (later 9th Earl of Kinnoull). Her estates were settled on a son of a cousin, James Money (1724-1785). His descendant
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(1775–1843) assumed the surname Kyrle-Money in 1809. Following the death in 1980 of Roger Money-Kyrle, in 1999 the property was owned by Whetham Estates Ltd on behalf of the Money-Kyrle family. the privately held company continues in business, with several members of the Money-Kyrle family among its directors. Sir John Ernle (d.1648) obtained the
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of
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parish church, east of Calne, where the Fynemore family had an estate from the 16th century. The right continued to be held by the Ernle, Money, and Money-Kyrle families until 1853, when it was sold by William Money-Kyrle. The farm later called
Mile Elm Mile Elm is a hamlet in central Wiltshire, England, with around 40 residents. It lies on the A3102 road, south-west of the town of Calne. There was a farm at Mile End in 1728; the area to the east of the road was the tithing of Stock. The hamle ...
, 20 acres in 1728, was bought by William Money and continued to held by the owners of Whetham House.


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Whetham House, Wiltshire & Homme House, Herefordshire
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