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Hampton Court (other)
Hampton Court usually refers to Hampton Court Palace, a palace and former royal residence in south west London, England. Hampton Court may also refer to: Places * Hampton Court Castle, a manor house in Herefordshire, England * Hampton Court, Guyana * Hampton Court, Suriname * Hampton Court (St. Thomas), Jamaica Relating to the royal palace * The Treaty of Hampton Court (1526) * The Treaty of Hampton Court (1562) * The Hampton Court Conference (1604), a religious settlement between James I and the English Puritans **The Book of Common Prayer (1604), 1604 ''Book of Common Prayer'', sometimes known as the "Hampton Court Book" for its origin at the conference * Hampton Court Palace Flower Show * Hampton Court Palace Festival * Hampton Court railway station, in East Molesey, which serves Hampton Court Palace * Hampton Court branch line * Hampton Court Park * Hampton Court Maze * Hampton Court Bridge, crosses the Greater London and Surrey boundary * Hampton Court Beauties * Royal Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace is a Listed building, Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Opened to the public, the palace is managed by Historic Royal Palaces, a charity set up to preserve several unoccupied royal properties. The building of the palace began in 1514 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York and the chief minister of Henry VIII. In 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the cardinal gave the palace to the king to try to save his own life, which he knew was now in grave danger due to Henry VIII's deepening frustration and anger. The palace went on to become one of Henry's most favoured residences; soon after acquiring the property, he arranged for it to be enlarged so it could accommodate his sizeable retinue of Courtier, courtiers. In the early 1690s, William III of England, William III's massive rebuilding and expansion work, which was intended to rival the Palace of V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Court (TV Series)
''Hampton Court'' is a 1991 Australian situation comedy series, produced by Gary Reilly Productions for the Seven Network. The series was a spin-off of '' Hey Dad...!'' with the link being the inclusion here of actress Julie McGregor reprising her role of Betty Wilson. She continued to play that role in ''Hey Dad'' while this series was in production. There are occasional cameo appearances by ''Hey Dad..!'' cast members. Synopsis Four young tenants share a flat in a building named ''Hampton Court''. Betty, who has left her old flat, moves in next door. The various tenants struggle with domestic chores, coming up with the rent, and hectic social lives. They team up to keep the baby secret from their meddling landlord, Mr. Colloudos (Roy Billing), a Greek immigrant. Colloudos lives upstairs with his off-screen wife and their pet rottweilers, and enforces a strict no-babies rule in the building. The tenants are single mother Lisa and her baby; chronic job-hopper Richard who is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Court And Dittons Regatta
Hampton Court and Dittons Regatta is a regatta on the River Thames in England which takes place at Thames Ditton, Surrey beside Hampton Court Palace. The regatta was inaugurated in 1887, being described as an "Aquatic Sports and Venetian Fete", although Alfred Sisley's painting illustrates a regatta in existence some thirteen years earlier at the same location. Pleasure boating on the River Thames between Teddington Lock and Molesey Lock had become extremely popular, and owners of self-propelled craft were interested in more sporting activity than just recreational boating, and competitors came from local sports clubs. The regatta was from the start under the royal patronage of Princess Frederica of Hanover who was then residing at Hampton Court Palace. The start point, then as now, was from the Hampton Court Palace Water Gallery, but finished then at the lower end of Boyle Farm Island.G. Dear ''One Hundred Years of Skiff Racing'' British Rowing Almanack 2001 The regatta has rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Court House
Hampton Court House is a Grade II listed 18th-century building on the edge of Bushy Park in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, built the house in 1757. The estate is Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. Hampton Court House houses a co-educational private school and also hosts events such as weddings and the filming of movies. The school Hampton Court House School, or HCH as it is popularly known, was founded by Lady Eliana Houston-Boswall and her son Alexander Houston-Boswall, after splitting from her husband Sir Alford Houstoun-Boswall in 1996; together they had previously founded The Harrodian School in 1993. Hampton Court House School opened its doors in September 2001 after extensive refurbishments. The Sixth Form, led by former Westminster School headmaster Tristram Jones-Parry, opened in September 2015. It was the first school in the UK to start lessons in the afternoon. In March 2021 Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court
The Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed court for playing the sport of real tennis. It was built for Cardinal Wolsey between 1526 and 1529. Henry VIII of England played there from 1528. This court is still home to an active tennis club. In 2015 it was closed to visitors for major restoration works. During the 17th century various improvements were made to the court. One of the first acts of Charles II after his restoration in 1660 was to order the extensive refitting of the Tudor tennis court. This included the laying of a new tile floor, the remodelling of the galleries and repairs to the roof. At the same time, new nets, curtains and velvet cushions for the spectators' seats were provided. The interlaced initials above the net on the wall opposite the corridors are, however, not those of Charles but of William III and Mary II (1689–1702). Since the end of the 17th century the court has undergone little alteration. However, progress is not incompat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Court Beauties
The Hampton Court Beauties are a series of eight portraits by Sir Godfrey Kneller, commissioned by Queen Mary II, depicting the most glamorous ladies from her court. They adorn the state rooms of King William III of England, William III at Hampton Court Palace. They were probably originally commissioned to hang in the "water room" at the palace; however, after his wife's death in 1694, William III moved them to "the eating room downstairs" where they currently hang. Hampton Court also houses the Windsor Beauties by Sir Peter Lely, depicting the most beautiful ladies from the court of King Charles II of England, Charles II, a generation before. However, unlike the Windsor Beauties, the Hampton Court Beauties were not mistresses of the King, but attendants to the Queen. In contrast to the three quarter-sized Windsor Beauties, they are more formally posed, and full length. They are also of a plainer, less erotic style, reflecting a more moralistic society and the desire to "rebrand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Court Bridge
Hampton Court Bridge is a Grade II listed bridge that crosses the River Thames in England approximately north–south between Hampton, London and East Molesey, Surrey, carrying the A309. It is the upper of two road bridges on the reach above Teddington Lock and downstream of Molesey Lock. The bridge is the most upstream crossing of all of the Thames bridges of Greater London; uniquely one bank is within the county. The Thames Path crosses the river here. Historic crossings Ferry The location of the bridge had been a ferry crossing point since at least the Tudor period. First bridge In 1750, James Clarke obtained an act of Parliament, the ( 23 Geo. 2. c. 37), to construct a privately owned bridge at Hampton Court. The first bridge was constructed by Samuel Stevens and Benjamin Ludgator from 1752 until 1753 and opened on 13 December that year. It had seven wooden arches and was built in the Chinoiserie design of the Willow pattern that was popular at the time, attested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Court Maze
Hampton Court Maze is a hedge maze at Hampton Court Palace and the oldest surviving hedge maze in United Kingdom, Britain. Commissioned by King William III, the maze, which is about one-third of an acre, is planted in a trapezoid shape and was designed by George London (landscape architect), George London and Henry Wise (gardener), Henry Wise. It was located in the "wilderness (garden history), wilderness" part of the gardens of the palace, of which it is now the only surviving part.Julie E. Bounford & Trevor Bounford, ''The Curious History of Mazes: 4,000 Years of Fascinating Twists and Turns with Over 100 Intriguing Puzzles to Solve'' (Wellfleet, 2018), p. 106. Planted between 1689 and 1695, the maze is not particularly difficult, taking about 20 minutes for a person to make their way to the middle. It was originally planted in hornbeam, later replaced by yew. Psychologist Edmund Sanford took inspiration from the Hampton Court Maze in his idea to create mazes for laboratory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Court Park
Hampton Court Park, also known as Home Park, is a walled royal park managed by the Historic Royal Palaces.Richmond Borough Council The park lies between the gardens of and and in south west London, |
Hampton Court Railway Station
Hampton Court railway station is a suburban terminus station at East Molesey, in the Borough of Elmbridge in the county of Surrey, 100 yards short of Hampton Court Bridge, the midpoint of which is a boundary of Greater London. The station is down the line from . Across the River Thames the station serves Hampton Court Palace and its adjoining park-side houses, riverside homes, hotels and boutiques in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, and is in Transport for London's Travelcard Zone 6; the station is across the River Thames from Hampton Court Park, Gardens and Bushy Park, and adjacent to Cigarette Island Park. History The oldest artifact discovered in the area was a Stone Age era dugout canoe found in the River Mole/ River Ember, which is now on display in the museum at Henley-on-Thames. The ground where the station and Park is sited was previously owned by the Church, then Hampton Court Palace, and then gifted to the local council between 1670 and 1840. The statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Court Castle
Hampton Court Castle, also known as Hampton Court, is a castellated country house in the England, English county of Herefordshire. The house is in the parish of Hope under Dinmore south of Leominster and is a Grade I listed building, which is the highest category of architecture in the statutory protection scheme. The castle and grounds can be visited by the public and are also available as a venue for weddings and other events. History Hampton Court dates back from 1427. Sir Rowland Lenthall had built the original house on an estate which had been granted to him some years previously on his marriage to the king's cousin Margaret Fitzalan, a daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 4th Earl of Arundel. Sir Rowland's house was a Quadrangle (architecture), quadrangular courtyard house and has retained this basic form. In other ways, the house has been significantly altered. The house was painted at least twice by J.M.W. Turner. Successive owners It was owned by the noble Earl Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
