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1 giorno fa · Blandford Forum, Key Map Showing the Position of Monuments. The Parish Church, designed by John and William Bastard and finished in 1739, is the principal monument in the town; other important post-fire buildings are the Town Hall (4) and Coupar House (8).
3 giorni fa · Blenheim Palace, residence near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, built (1705–24) by the English Parliament as a national gift to John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough. It was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and is regarded as the finest example of truly Baroque architecture in Great Britain.
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4 giorni fa · Immediately north of the tower are the graves of members of the Spencer-Churchill family, including those of Sir Winston Churchill and his father Lord Randolph Churchill. The wrought-iron gates in the north wall of the churchyard were presented in 1965 by a group of 15 Oxfordshire blacksmiths.
3 giorni fa · Thereafter Stonesfield formed one of the seven demesne townships attached to the honor of Woodstock, and with the honor was granted to John Churchill, duke of
4 giorni fa · Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill [a] (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from ...
3 giorni fa · Minterne Magna is a parish 8 m. S. of Sherborne. The camp on Dungeon Hill is the principal monument. Minterne House has been entirely rebuilt but contains a series of Brussels tapestries of domestic scenes, woven by de Vos after designs by Teniers, and given to General Charles Churchill.
2 giorni fa · I libri di Andrea Paleologo Oriundi. La congiura di Oliviero Capello. Andrea Paleologo Oriundi per gli amanti della storia monferrina ha pubblicato in questi ultimi anni alcuni libri su avvenimenti che hanno coinvolto la sua famiglia d'origine (i Paleologo di Monferrato): sono dei saggi storici che riguardano appunto il Monferrato.
