Stourhead
Britishnoun
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Walpole names Theobalds and Nonsuch as famous examples of the old formal style of garden; Stourhead, Hagley, and Stowe—the country seat of Lyttelton's brother-in-law, Lord Cobham—of the new.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
Sir Richard died at Stourhead, Wiltshire, on the 19th of May 1838, being succeeded in the baronetcy by his half-brother, Henry Hugh Hoare.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
M.S.S. dated 1703, of the Phillips Stourhead Collection, No. 22244.
From Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District by Dack, Charles
Three holes on each side of the monument represented the sources of the Stour at Stourhead, and these figured in the armorial bearings of the family.
From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert
The place where the River Stour rises is known as Stourhead; and we had seen a monument, rather a fine one, in Salisbury Cathedral, to the murderer, Lord Charles Stourton.
From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert
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