Historian of country houses & landed families; FSA; Trustee of #VCH Trust and Chair of Glos County History Trust. Retired archivist @UKNationalArchives.
Clevedon, England
Joined July 2011
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The latest post on my blog concerns a Yorkshire family which has held the same estate since the early 17th century... and are still there, although the great house is now a wedding venue in separate ownership. landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
The latest post on my blog concerns a family of Kentish brewers with a clutch of seats around Maidstone: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
The latest post on my blog concerns a family which made its money from a C19 brewery in Sheffield and still own a 1600 acre Yorkshire estate with a comfortable Georgian house and a fine folly belvedere tower: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
The latest piece on my blog concerns a Scottish family with a legal tradition and a seat on the river Tay: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
The latest post on my blog tells the rather remarkable story of Richard McCarthy alias Berridge (1812-87), who made a fortune as a London brewer, became the largest landowner in Ireland, and was a serial philanderer: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
The latest post on my blog concerns the junior branch of a Norfolk family and the many houses they have owned since 1628: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
Wish @bbclaurak had asked Angela Rayner about her distressing and controversial decision to allow M&S to demolish their flagship ArtDeco HQ in Oxford St and replace it with yet another horrible fascist concrete monstrosity: savebritainsheritage.org/cam…
Another new post on my Landed Families blog today: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…. For future alerts, why not follow me on Bluesky @nickkingsley.bsky.social?
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BREAKING NEWS // Angela Rayner has granted permission for M&S to demolish their Oxford Street flagship store, overturning a decision by the previous Secretary of State.
The chance to set a vision for a more sustainable and creative Britain that reuses its built-heritage has been squandered. Green growth? Not on this evidence.
The latest post on my blog concerns a family with an important London estate and a seat in Suffolk: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
The latest post on my blog concerns a remarkable Dutch-influenced Irish house and the family who owned it: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
The latest post on my blog concerns a fascinating Gothick house in Buckinghamshire and the family that has owned it since 1771. landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
Lest anyone is in any doubt what to give their friends as a charming stocking filler this Christmas, let me introduce you to the delightful and refreshing 'A British country house alphabet' by my old friend Curt di Camillo: amazon.co.uk/British-Country…
The latest post on my blog concerns an Anglo-Irish family who built a castle in the 1830s and rebuilt it in the 1920s after it was burnt in the troubles: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
A new post on my blog concerns a Huguenot family who became plantation owners in Jamaica before settling in England in the C19, where they successfully married into Society and a country house: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…. And they are still there (which I don't get to say often!)
The latest post on my blog concerns an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family whose seat in Co. Cork was burnt by the IRA in 1921 and has stood a tragic ruin ever since: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
The latest post on my blog concerns a family who were important in Northampton in the C16 & C17 and in Huntingdon in the C17 & C18, but whose houses were so altered later they are little understood: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
The latest post on my blog concerns a Worcestershire Catholic family and their remarkable neo-classical house: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
The latest post on my blog concerns a Worcestershire branch of the Berkeley family: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
The latest post on my blog follows another branch of the Berkeley family, who were close to the centre of power in the 17th century, and may narrowly have missed a dukedom: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/…
