Domaine Des Comtes Lafon
An estate is a large parcel of land under single ownership, which would historically generate income for its owner. British context In the UK, historically an estate comprises the houses, outbuildings, supporting farmland, and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house, mansion, palace or castle. It is the modern term for a Manorialism, manor, but lacks a manor's now-abolished jurisdiction. The "estate" formed an economic system where the profits from its produce and rents (of housing or agricultural land) sustained the main household, formerly known as the manor house. Thus, "the estate" may refer to all other cottages and villages in the same ownership as the mansion itself, covering more than one former manor. Examples of such great estates are Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, England, and Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England, built to replace the former manor house of Woodstock. In a more urban context are the "Great ...
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Wentworth Woodhouse From A Complete History Of The County Of York By Thomas Allen (1828-30)
Wentworth may refer to: People * Wentworth (surname) * Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth (1873–1957), Lady Wentworth, notable Arabian horse breeder * S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York state senator * Wentworth Miller (born 1972), American actor Places Australia * Division of Wentworth, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales * Electoral district of Wentworth, a former electoral district in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * Wentworth, New South Wales, a town * Wentworth Gaol, former prison in New South Wales Canada * Ski Wentworth, a ski hill in Wentworth, Nova Scotia, Canada * Wentworth, Nova Scotia, a rural community * Wentworth, Quebec, a township municipality * Wentworth County, Ontario, a defunct county ** Wentworth (electoral district), a former riding in the Canadian House of Commons ** Wentworth (provincial electoral district). a former riding in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario * Wentw ...
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