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Businesses (91)

Organisations (288)

Persons (2757)

Diaries (55)

Families (51)

  • Acton family of Naples and Aldenham
  • Acton family, baronets, of Aldenham Aldenham, Shropshire
  • Adams family of Laneast Laneast, Cornwall;Altarnun, Cornwall;Egloskerry, Cornwall
  • Barlow family of Thornby Thornby, Northamptonshire
  • Bunbury family, baronets, of Stanney Hall Stanney Hall, Cheshire;Beeston, Cheshire;Great Barton, Suffolk;Mildenhall, Suffolk;Broughton, Flintshire
  • Buxton family, baronets, of Shadwell Court Shadwell Court, Norfolk;The Rocks, Gloucestershire;Hullavington, Wiltshire;Tockenham, Wiltshire
  • Campbell family, Dukes of Argyll Achalick, Argyllshire;Barbreck, Argyllshire;Campbeltown, Argyllshire;Craignure, Argyllshire;Glenure, Argyllshire;Inveraray, Argyllshire;Kintyre, Argyllshire;Lismore, Argyllshire;Mull, Argyllshire;Tiree, Argyllshire;Castle Campbell, Clackmannanshire;Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire;Rosneath, Dunbartonshire;Kinlochmoidart, Inverness-shire;Duddingston, Midlothian;Holyrood House, Midlothian;Whim, Peeblesshire;Whitton, Middlesex;Chirton, Northumberland;Adderbury, Oxfordshire
  • Childers family of Cantley Cantley, Yorkshire
  • Cholmondeley family, Marquesses of Cholmondeley Cholmondeley, Cheshire;Rocksavage, Cheshire;Houghton, Norfolk
  • Coke family, Earls of Leicester Holkham, Norfolk;Flitcham, Norfolk;Kempstone, Norfolk;Weasenham, Norfolk;Hillesden, Buckinghamshire;Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire;Durweston, Dorset;Kingsdown, Kent;Bevis Marks, London;Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire;Portbury, Somerset;Wherstead, Suffolk
  • Crewe-Milnes family, Barons Houghton Crewe, Cheshire;Timberland, Lincolnshire;Clippesby, Norfolk;Everton, Nottinghamshire;Scrooby, Nottinghamshire;Madeley, Staffordshire;Radbourne, Warwickshire;Calne, Wiltshire;Austerfield, Yorkshire;Bawtry, Yorkshire;Ferry Frystone, Yorkshire;Great Houghton, Yorkshire
  • Crichton-Stuart family, Marquesses of Bute Auchinleck, Ayrshire;Dumfries House, Ayrshire;Ochiltree, Ayrshire;Old Cumnock, Ayrshire;Arran, Buteshire;Bute, Buteshire;Cumbrae, Buteshire;Mountstuart, Buteshire;Rothesay, Buteshire;Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire;Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire;Falkland, Fife;Falkland Palace, Fife;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Pluscarden, Moray;Ardwell, Wigtownshire;Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire;Kirkinner, Wigtownshire;Mochrum, Wigtownshire;Sorbie, Wigtownshire;Aberdare, Glamorgan;Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan;Caerphilly, Glamorgan;Cardiff Castle, Glamorgan;Cardiff, Glamorgan;Castell Coch, Glamorgan;Eglwysilan, Glamorgan;Llanblethian, Glamorgan;Llantrisant, Glamorgan;Machen, Monmouthshire;Newport, Monmouthshire;Trelegg, Monmouthshire;Usk, Monmouthshire;Wentlooge St Bride, Monmouthshire;Luton, Bedfordshire;Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire;Kirtling, Cambridgeshire;Axwell, Durham;Tanfield, Durham;Winlaton, Durham;Hertfordshire;London;Middlesex;Kirknewton, Northumberland;Adderbury, Oxfordshire;Worcestershire
  • Dunn-Gardner family of Chatteris House Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
  • Edleston family of Buckden Palace Buckden Palace, Huntingdonshire;Gainsford, Durham
  • Fairbank family of Cambridge Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
  • Gage family, baronets, of Hengrave Hengrave, Suffolk;Fornham All Saints, Suffolk
  • Gooch family of Earsham Earsham, Norfolk
  • Greg family of Coles Park Coles Park, Hertfordshire;Aldenham, Hertfordshire;Westmill, Hertfordshire;Hillsborough, Dominica
  • Hailstone family of Anglesey Abbey Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire;Bottisham, Cambridgeshire
  • Hamond family, baronets, of Holly Grove Holly Grove, Berkshire;Bembridge, Isle of Wight;Freshwater, Isle of Wight;Yaverland, Isle of Wight;Terrington St Clement, Norfolk
  • Hamond-Graeme family, baronets, of Holly Grove Holly Grove, Berkshire;Bembridge, Isle of Wight;Freshwater, Isle of Wight;Yaverland, Isle of Wight;Eastville, Lincolnshire;Terrington St Clement, Norfolk
  • Hare family of Hargham Hargham, Norfolk;Fordham, Cambridgeshire;Soham, Cambridgeshire
  • Hay family of Duns Castle Duns, Berwickshire
  • Hay family, Marquesses of Tweeddale Fyvie, Aberdeenshire;Dryburgh, Berwickshire;Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire;Snaid, Dumfriesshire;Dunfermline, Fife;Belton, East Lothian;Carfrae, East Lothian;Yester, East Lothian;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Locherworth, Midlothian;Pinkie, Midlothian;Lyne, Peeblesshire;Stobo, Peeblesshire;Wester Hopprew, Peeblesshire;Achmore, Perthshire;Ettrick, Selkirkshire;Bath, Somerset;Highgate, Middlesex
  • Herne family of Earsham Earsham, Norfolk;Tibenham, Norfolk
  • Hole family of North Tawton North Tawton, Devon;Chumleigh, Devon
  • Kytson family of Hengrave Hengrave, Suffolk
  • Langham family, baronets, of Cottesbrooke Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire
  • Lumley-Savile family, Barons Savile Bolderstone, Derbyshire;Brancepeth, Durham;Foulridge, Lancashire;Barrowby, Lincolnshire;Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire;Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire;Laxton, Nottinghamshire;Mansfield, Nottinghamshire;Ollerton, Nottinghamshire;Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire;Wellow, Nottinghamshire;Barkisland, Yorkshire;Bradfield, Yorkshire;Dewsbury, Yorkshire;Ecclesfield, Yorkshire;Heptonstall, Yorkshire;Hunsworth, Yorkshire;Sheffield, Yorkshire;Stainland, Yorkshire;Thornhill, Yorkshire;Wadsworth, Yorkshire;Newtown Savile, County Tyrone
  • Montagu-Pollock family, baronets, of the Khyber Pass
  • Neville family, Barons Braybrooke Billingbear, Berkshire;Frogmore, Berkshire;Hinton Pippard, Berkshire;Hurst, Berkshire;Ruscombe, Berkshire;Stanlake Park, Berkshire;Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire;Warfield, Berkshire;Wargrave, Berkshire;Great Chishall, Cambridgeshire;Little Chishall, Cambridgeshire;Audley End, Essex;Brook Walden, Essex;Chipping Walden, Essex;Chrishall, Essex;Saffron Walden, Essex;Walden Abbey, Essex;Ellisfield, Hampshire;Farleigh Wallop, Hampshire;West Somerton, Norfolk;Winterton, Norfolk;Braybrooke, Northamptonshire;Chillingham, Northumberland;Shiplake, Oxfordshire;Harting, Sussex;Uppark, Sussex;Lund, Yorkshire
  • Paget family of Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
  • Pell family of Dersingham Dersingham, Norfolk
  • Pell family of Wilburton Wilburton, Cambridgeshire
  • Perceval family, Earls of Egmont Cowdray Park, Sussex
  • Petre family, Barons Petre Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire;Axminster, Devon;Shute, Devon;South Brent, Devon;Asheldham, Essex;Ingatestone, Essex;Thorndon, Essex;Todenham, Gloucestershire;Dunkenhalgh, Lancashire;Charlton Adam, Somerset;Tintinhull, Somerset;Chertsey, Surrey;Sutton-under-Brailes, Warwickshire;Bickley, Yorkshire;Deepdale, Yorkshire;Hillam, Yorkshire;Roxby, Yorkshire;Selby Abbey, Yorkshire
  • Pollock family, baronets, of Hatton Hatton, Middlesex;Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire;East Bedfont, Middlesex
  • Pykavell family Norfolk;Norfolk
  • Ramsay family, Earls of Dalhousie Belhevie, Aberdeenshire;Arbroath, Angus;Ardestie, Angus;Balischen, Angus;Brechin, Angus;Carmyllie, Angus;Downie, Angus;Edzell, Angus;Cannes, France;Glenesk, Angus;Kelly, Angus;Navar, Angus;Panmure, Angus;Foulden, Berwickshire;Colstoun, East Lothian;Carnock, Fife;Clatty, Fife;Balmakelly, Kincardineshire;Carrington, Midlothian;Cockpen, Midlothian;Dalhousie, Midlothian;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Melrose, Roxburghshire;Longcroft, West Lothian;London;Feltham, Middlesex;Collyweston, Northamptonshire;Bath, Somerset
  • Rookwood family of Coldham Hall Stanningfield, Suffolk
  • Savile family, Marquesses of Halifax Bolderstone, Derbyshire;Barrowby, Lincolnshire;Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire;Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire;Bradfield, Yorkshire;Ecclesfield, Yorkshire;Sheffield, Yorkshire;Thornhill, Yorkshire;Wadsworth, Yorkshire
  • Spencer-Churchill family, Dukes of Marlborough Cople, Bedfordshire;Langley, Buckinghamshire;Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire;Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire;Sandridge, Hertfordshire;Agney, Kent;Ingoldsby, Lincolnshire;Marlborough House, London;Sunderland House, London;Begbroke, Oxfordshire;Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;Cassington, Oxfordshire;Charlbury, Oxfordshire;Hensington, Oxfordshire;North Leigh, Oxfordshire;Witney, Oxfordshire;Woodstock, Oxfordshire;Bath, Somerset;Woolbeding, Sussex;Lockeridge, Wiltshire;Overton, Wiltshire;Rowde, Wiltshire;West Lavington, Wiltshire
  • Thornton family of Clapham Clapham, Surrey
  • Townshend family, Marquesses Townshend Calverton, Buckinghamshire;Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire;Ely, Cambridgeshire;Fordham, Cambridgeshire;Soham, Cambridgeshire;Ashbourne, Derbyshire;Walton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire;East Donyland, Essex;Great Bentley, Essex;Wivenhoe, Essex;Kempsford, Gloucestershire;Amwell, Hertfordshire;Balls Park, Hertfordshire;Bengeo, Hertfordshire;Gorhambury, Hertfordshire;Wigston Magna, Leicestershire;London;Canonbury, Middlesex;Clerkenwell, Middlesex;Binham, Norfolk;Coxford, Norfolk;East Raynham, Norfolk;Great Yarmouth, Norfolk;Helhoughton, Norfolk;Horsham St Faith, Norfolk;Langham, Norfolk;Morston, Norfolk;Oxwich with Pattesley, Norfolk;Raynham Hall, Norfolk;Stiffkey, Norfolk;Weasenham, Norfolk;Wellingham, Norfolk;West Rudham, Norfolk;Elkington, Northamptonshire;Tamworth, Staffordshire;Tettenhall, Staffordshire;Akenham, Suffolk;Great Thurlow, Suffolk;Kentford, Suffolk;Rendlesham, Suffolk;Flecknoe, Warwickshire;Lea Marston, Warwickshire;Wellesbourne, Warwickshire;Hannington, Wiltshire;Inglesham, Wiltshire;Ramsbury, Wiltshire;Risby, Yorkshire
  • Trefusis family, Barons Clinton Heanton Satchville, Devon;Stevenstone, Devon;Trefusis, Cornwall;Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire;Fettercairn, Kincardineshire;Invermay, Perthshire
  • Trumbull family of Easthampstead Easthampstead, Berkshire;Beenham, Berkshire;Binfield, Berkshire;Great Shefford, Berkshire;Tilehurst, Berkshire;Wokingham, Berkshire;Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire;Ickford, Buckinghamshire;Egham, Surrey;East Harlsey, Yorkshire;Dundrum, County Down;Edenderry, County Offaly
  • Vanneck family, Barons Huntingfield Heveningham Hall, Suffolk;Glevering Hall, Suffolk
  • Walpole family, Barons Walpole of Wolterton, formerly Earls of Orford (second creation) Wolterton, Norfolk;Mannington, Norfolk;Tivetshall St Margaret and St Mary, Norfolk;Weybourne, Norfolk;Puddletown, Dorset
  • Walpole family, Earls of Orford (first creation) Houghton, Norfolk;Littleport, Cambridgeshire;Heanton Satchville, Devon;Puddletown, Dorset;Hessett, Suffolk;Rougham, Suffolk
  • Wentworth-Fitzwilliam family of Milton Belhus, Essex;Boxted, Essex;Gaynes Park, Essex;Little Coggeshall, Essex;Theydon Garnon, Essex;Farcet, Huntingdonshire;Great Gidding, Huntingdonshire;Morborne, Huntingdonshire;Stanground, Huntingdonshire;Algarkirk, Lincolnshire;Billinghay, Lincolnshire;Fosdyke, Lincolnshire;North Kyme, Lincolnshire;London;North Runcton, Norfolk;Setchey, Norfolk;West Winch, Norfolk;Dogsthorpe, Northamptonshire;Etton, Northamptonshire;Great Harrowden, Northamptonshire;Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire;Little Harrowden, Northamptonshire;Marholm, Northamptonshire;Milton, Northamptonshire;Peterborough, Northamptonshire;Thornhaugh, Northamptonshire;Upton, Northamptonshire;Wansford, Northamptonshire;Clarborough, Nottinghamshire;Eaton, Nottinghamshire;Emley, Yorkshire;Humbleton, Yorkshire;Little Smeaton, Yorkshire;Malton, Yorkshire;Meaux, Yorkshire;Stubbs, Yorkshire;Tickhill, Yorkshire;Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire
  • Willoughby family, baronets, of Baldon House Baldon House, Oxfordshire

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