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Businesses (78)

Organisations (188)

Persons (732)

Diaries (7)

Families (46)

  • Bailey family of Blidworth Blidworth, Nottinghamshire
  • Beauclerk family, Dukes of St Albans Lavendon, Buckinghamshire;Cranbrook, Kent;Glassenbury Park, Kent;Pickworth, Lincolnshire;Redbourne, Lincolnshire;Feltham, Middlesex;Hanworth, Middlesex;Bestwood Park, Nottinghamshire
  • Bromley family, baronets, of East Stoke East Stoke, Nottinghamshire
  • Brutnall family of Nottingham Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
  • Brydges family, Dukes of Chandos Shaw, Berkshire;Eyam, Derbyshire;Andover, Hampshire;Avington, Hampshire;East Wellow, Hampshire;Wilton, Herefordshire;Westminster, Middlesex;Hope, Jamaica;Canons Park, Middlesex;Enfield, Middlesex;Middleton, Jamaica;Little Stanmore, Middlesex;Stanmore, Middlesex;Keynsham, Somerset;Wedmore, Somerset;West Wellow, Wiltshire;Boughrood, Radnorshire;Llanstephen, Radnorshire
  • Buchanan family of Hodsock Hodsock Priory, Nottinghamshire
  • Cavendish-Bentinck family, Dukes of Portland Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire;Rudheath, Cheshire;Hesket, Cumberland;Bolsover, Derbyshire;Titchfield, Hampshire;Theobalds, Hertfordshire;Cawkwell, Lincolnshire;Soho, Middlesex;St Marylebone, Middlesex;Terrington St Clement, Norfolk;Bothal, Northumberland;Hepple, Northumberland;Mansfield, Nottinghamshire;Welbeck, Nottinghamshire;Blore, Staffordshire;Aldrington, Sussex;Hovingham, Yorkshire;Cessnock, Ayrshire;Dean, Ayrshire;Fullarton, Ayrshire;Kilmarnock, Ayrshire;Langwell, Caithness-shire;Balcomie, Fife
  • Charlton family of Chilwell Chilwell, Nottinghamshire;Heanor, Derbyshire;Arnesby, Leicestershire;Peatling Magna, Leicestershire;Beeston, Nottinghamshire;Bramcote, Nottinghamshire
  • Chaworth-Musters family of Felley Priory Annesley, Nottinghamshire
  • Clifton family of Clifton Clifton, Nottinghamshire;Crich, Derbyshire;Barton, Nottinghamshire;Hodsock, Nottinghamshire;Wilford, Nottinghamshire;Bawtry, Yorkshire;Wakefield, Yorkshire
  • 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
  • Dalrymple-Hamilton family of Bargany Bargany, Ayrshire
  • Denison family of Meanwood, Yorkshire Meanwood, Yorkshire;Chapel Allerton, Yorkshire;Leeds, Yorkshire
  • Denison family of Ossington Ossington, Nottinghamshire
  • Derry family of Leicester Leicester, Leicestershire
  • Drury-Lowe family of Locko Park Locko Park, Derbyshire
  • Eyre family of Grove Grove, Nottinghamshire;Bilsby, Lincolnshire;Little Gringley, Nottinghamshire;Ordsall, Nottinghamshire;Rampton, Nottinghamshire;Adwick le Street, Yorkshire
  • Harcourt-Vernon family of Grove Hall Grove Hall, Nottinghamshire;Bilsby, Lincolnshire;Little Gringley, Nottinghamshire;Ordsall, Nottinghamshire;Rampton, Nottinghamshire;Adwick le Street, Yorkshire
  • Herbert family, Earls of Carnarvon Highclere, Hampshire;Bretby, Derbyshire;Bampton, Devon;Westminster, Middlesex;Kneeton, Nottinghamshire;Shelford, Nottinghamshire;Portofino, Italy;Teversall, Nottinghamshire;Dulverton, Somerset;Pixton, Somerset;Tetton, Somerset;Christian Malford, Wiltshire;Sydney, New South Wales
  • Hildyard family of Flintham Hall Flintham Hall, Nottinghamshire;Screveton, Nottinghamshire;Swanwick, Derbyshire;Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire;Kew, Surrey
  • Holden family at Hartwith Hartwith, Yorkshire
  • Holden family estates Lincolnshire;Lincolnshire
  • Holden family of Nuthall Temple and Darley Abbey Darley, Derbyshire;Nuthall, Nottinghamshire
  • Holles family, Earls of Clare Dorchester, Dorset;Damerham, Hampshire;Martin, Hampshire;Aldenham, Hertfordshire;Holbeach, Lincolnshire;Irby upon Humber, Lincolnshire;Haughton, Nottinghamshire;Yoxall, Staffordshire;Peper Harrow, Surrey;Ifield, Sussex
  • Kirke family of East Markham East Markham, Nottinghamshire;Pinxton, Derbyshire;Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire;Dunham, Nottinghamshire;South Leverton, Nottinghamshire;South Anston, Yorkshire
  • Kniveton family of Osmaston Osmaston, Derbyshire
  • Kuczma-O'Connor family of Bullwell, Nottingham Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
  • Le Marchant family of Colston Bassett Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire
  • Manners-Sutton family, Viscounts Canterbury: Kelham Kelham, Nottinghamshire
  • Marlay family (later Bury family) of Belvedere Belvedere, County Westmeath
  • Marriott family of Avonbank Avonbank, Worcestershire;Bedale, Yorkshire;Thirsk, Yorkshire
  • Mellish family of Hodsock Hodsock Priory, Nottinghamshire
  • Molyneux family, baronets, of Teversall Teversall, Nottinghamshire;Kneeton, Nottinghamshire
  • Monckton-Arundell family, Viscounts Galway Allet, Cornwall;Westminster, Middlesex;Harworth, Nottinghamshire;Serlby Hall, Nottinghamshire;Claremont Park, Surrey
  • Paget family of Rampton Rampton, Nottinghamshire
  • Parkyns family, baronets, of Bunny Bunny, Nottinghamshire;Tilehurst, Berkshire;Walmer, Kent;Dadlington, Leicestershire;Wymeswold, Leicestershire;Bradmore, Nottinghamshire;East Leake, Nottinghamshire;Sutton Bonnington, Nottinghamshire;Pett, Sussex
  • Pelham family, Earls of Chichester Preston Candover, Hampshire;Garthorpe, Leicestershire;Rockingham, Northamptonshire;Claremont Park, Surrey;Esher, Surrey;Falmer, Sussex;Halland, Sussex;Hastings, Sussex;Laughton, Sussex;Lindfield, Sussex;South Malling, Sussex;Stanmer, Sussex;Kippax, Yorkshire
  • Pelham-Clinton-Hope family, Dukes of Newcastle Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire;Outseats, Derbyshire;Dorchester, Dorset;Hawling, Gloucestershire;Damerham, Hampshire;Baumber, Lincolnshire;Irby upon Humber, Lincolnshire;Clare Market, London;Balderton, Nottinghamshire;Clumber, Nottinghamshire;Haughton, Nottinghamshire;Newark, Nottinghamshire;Worksop, Nottinghamshire;Yoxall, Staffordshire;Byfleet, Surrey;Deepdene, Surrey;Oatlands, Surrey;Weybridge, Surrey;Ifield, Sussex;Knightcote, Warwickshire;Aldborough, Yorkshire;Boroughbridge, Yorkshire;Hafod, Cardiganshire;Carrickfergus, County Antrim;Castleblayney, County Monaghan
  • Pierrepont family, Dukes of Kingston-upon-Hull Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire;Hanslope, Buckinghamshire;Beighton, Derbyshire;Calow, Derbyshire;Oldcotes, Derbyshire;Broughton, Hampshire;Orton Longueville, Huntingdonshire;Crowle, Lincolnshire;Hagworthingham, Lincolnshire;Hemingby, Lincolnshire;Car Colston, Nottinghamshire;Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire;Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire;Laxton, Nottinghamshire;Orston, Nottinghamshire;Thoresby, Nottinghamshire;Tong, Shropshire;Bath, Somerset;Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire;Trowbridge, Wiltshire;West Dean, Wiltshire;Adwick upon Dearne, Yorkshire;Ingleby Arncliffe, Yorkshire;Wothersome, Yorkshire
  • Pierrepont family, Earls Manvers Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire;Hanslope, Buckinghamshire;Beighton, Derbyshire;Calow, Derbyshire;Oldcotes, Derbyshire;Broughton, Hampshire;Orton Longueville, Huntingdonshire;Crowle, Lincolnshire;Hagworthingham, Lincolnshire;Hemingby, Lincolnshire;Westminster, Middlesex;Car Colston, Nottinghamshire;Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire;Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire;Laxton, Nottinghamshire;Orston, Nottinghamshire;Thoresby, Nottinghamshire;Tong, Shropshire;Bath, Somerset;Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire;Trowbridge, Wiltshire;West Dean, Wiltshire;Adwick upon Dearne, Yorkshire;Ingleby Arncliffe, Yorkshire;Wothersome, Yorkshire
  • Robertson family of Widmerpool Widmerpool, Nottinghamshire;Keyworth, Nottinghamshire;Wysall, Nottinghamshire
  • Russell family, Dukes of Bedford Ampthill, Bedfordshire;Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire;Oakley, Bedfordshire;Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire;Chenies, Buckinghamshire;Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire;Shingay, Cambridgeshire;Thorney, Cambridgeshire;Calstock, Cornwall;Stoke Climsland, Cornwall;Plymstock, Devon;Tavistock, Devon;Kingston Russell, Dorset;Maiden Newton, Dorset;Swyre, Dorset;Micheldever, Hampshire;Stratton, Hampshire;Hitchin, Hertfordshire;Sibson cum Stibbington, Huntingdonshire;Beckenham, Kent;Rotherhithe, Surrey;Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;Bloomsbury, Middlesex;Covent Garden, Middlesex;Streatham, Surrey;Tooting, Surrey;Wandsworth, Surrey;Helgay, Norfolk;Thornhaugh, Northamptonshire;Wansford, Northamptonshire;Easton Bavents, Suffolk;Cheam, Surrey;Ewell, Surrey;Hadnock, Monmouthshire;Southery, Norfolk;Aspley Heath, Bedfordshire;Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire;Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire;Eversholt, Bedfordshire
  • Smith-Bromley family of East Stoke East Stoke, Nottinghamshire
  • Vere-Laurie family of Carlton on Trent Carlton on Trent, Nottinghamshire
  • Wastneys family, baronets, of Headon Headon, Nottinghamshire;Bilsby, Lincolnshire
  • Willoughby family, Barons Middleton Smallwood, Cheshire;Mapperley, Derbyshire;Risley, Derbyshire;Knowlton, Dorset;Woodlands, Dorset;Steeple Hall, Essex;Westerleigh, Gloucestershire;Fordingbridge, Hampshire;Standon, Hertfordshire;Bore Place, Kent;Chiddingstone, Kent;Penshurst, Kent;Sundridge, Kent;Cossington, Leicestershire;Wymeswold, Leicestershire;Dunsby, Lincolnshire;Stapleford, Lincolnshire;Wellingore, Lincolnshire;Holborn, Middlesex;Sheringham, Norfolk;Cossall, Nottinghamshire;Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire;Lowdham, Nottinghamshire;South Carlton, Nottinghamshire;South Muskham, Nottinghamshire;Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire;Wollaton, Nottinghamshire;Much Wenlock, Shropshire;Locking, Somerset;Stawell, Somerset;Tamworth, Staffordshire;Carshalton, Surrey;Kingsbury, Warwickshire;Middleton, Warwickshire;Wick, Worcestershire;Birdsall, Yorkshire;Helmsley, Yorkshire;Ravensworth, Yorkshire;Wharram-le-Street, Yorkshire;Wharram Percy, Yorkshire;Applecross, Ross and Cromarty

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