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Sandringham è un villaggio e parrocchia civile sito nella zona centro orientale costiera dell'Inghilterra nella contea di Norfolk. Il villaggio è situato a nord della città di King's Lynn e a nord-ovest di Norwich. Sandringham è noto particolarmente per la residenza reale di Sandringham House.
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Sandringham House è una residenza di campagna, della casa...
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Sandringham is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Dersingham, 12 km (7.5 mi) north of King's Lynn and 60 km (37 mi) north-west of Norwich. [1] The village's name means 'Sandy Dersingham'.
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Early history
Sandringham is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "sant-Dersingham" (the sandy part of Dersingham) and the land was awarded to a Norman knight, Robert Fitz-Corbun after the Norman Conquest. The local antiquarian Claude Messent, in his study The Architecture on the Royal Estate of Sandringham, records the discovery of evidence of the pavements of a Roman villa near Appleton farm. In the 15th century it was held by Anthony Woodville, Lord Scales, brother-in-law to Edward IV. In the Elizab...
Edward VII
In 1861 Queen Victoria's eldest son and heir, Albert Edward, was approaching his twentieth birthday. Edward's dissipated lifestyle had been disappointing to his parents, and his father, Prince Albert, thought that marriage and the purchase of a suitable establishment were necessary to ground the prince in country life and pursuits and lessen the influence of the "Marlborough House set"[a] with which he was involved. Albert had his staff investigate 18 possible country estates that might be su...
George V
In his will Edward VII left his widow £200,000 and a lifetime interest in the Sandringham estate. Queen Alexandra's continued occupancy of the "big house" compelled George V, his wife, Queen Mary, and their expanding family to remain at York Cottage in the grounds, in rather "cramped" conditions. Suggestions from courtiers that Queen Alexandra might move out were firmly rebuffed by the King; "It is my mother's house, my father built it for her".The King also lacked the sociability of his fath...
The gardens and country park comprise 600 acres (240 ha) of the estate with the gardens extending to 49 acres (20 ha). They were predominantly laid out from the 1860s, with later alterations and simplifications. Edward VII sought advice from William Broderick Thomas and Ferdinand de Rothschild, a friend and adviser to the King throughout his life. ...
The 20,000 acre (8,100 ha) Sandringham estate has some of the finest shoots in England, and is used for royal shooting parties. Covering seven villages, the estate's other main activities, aside from tourism, are arable crops and forestry. The grounds provided room for Queen Alexandra's menagerie of horses, dogs, cats, and other animals. In 1886 a ...
The country park and the visitors' centre are normally open throughout the year. The house, gardens and museum were usually opened annually from the end of March until the end of October, but COVID-19 led to the closure of much of the estate. Staged re-opening took place from February 2022. Following the death of Elizabeth II, Sandringham was close...
23 dic 2022 · Sandringham, realizzata nel 1771 dall'architetto Cornish Henley, divenne proprietà della famiglia reale nel 1862 come residenza di campagna per l’allora principe di Galles, il futuro re Edoardo...
21 nov 2023 · Circondata da ottomila ettari di terreno un tempo usati come luogo di caccia dai sovrani, Sandringham House si presenta oggi come un grande edificio in stile giacobino capace di attrarre migliaia di visitatori più per il suo significato simbolico, che non per il valore architettonico.
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