A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CHEQUERS, the seat of Lady F. Russell, 2½ miles SW of Wendover, in Bucks. It took its name from being the Exchequer in the time of King John; it belonged to W. Hawtrey, in the time of Elizabeth, and was then for two years the restrained abode of Lady Jane Grey; and it was held, in 1664, by Sir John Russell, who then married the youngest daughter of Cromwell. It is a Tudor edifice, chiefly as built by W. Hawtrey, but with a modern south front; and it contains a rich collection of relics of Cromwell, and of personages and events of his times.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "the seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Chequers |
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