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Great Tangley Manor, 1911, (1914). Artist: James S Ogilvy

Great Tangley Manor, 1911, (1914). Great Tangley Manor is a Grade 1 listed property. The manor is mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086, where it was described as a royal hunting lodge. In 1582 alterations were carried out, constructing the main wing of the property. A number of timbers from the Armada fleet were incorporated into the dining room wood panelling. In 1880 Wycham Flower bought the property and commissioned Phillip Webb to further extend the property and design the moat and gardens. During the first half of the 19th century, King George V and Queen Mary, visited the property and signed the window of the dining room. The signatures of King George VI can be seen on the dressing room windows of the master suite. From A Pilgrimage In Surrey, Vol. 1, by James S. Ogilvy. [George Routledge & Sons Limited, London, 1914]

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Losely Place, 1911, (1914). Artist: James S Ogilvy

Losely Place, 1911, (1914). Loseley Park, a historic manor house situated in the hamlet of Littleton, Guildford, Surrey. Loseley appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Losele. The present house was built between 1562 and 1568 with stone brought from the ruins of Waverley Abbey. The present house replaced a smaller one which Elizabeth I declared was not adequate for her to visit. The great hall is the principal room containing panelling from Henry VIII's Nonsuch Palace, a minstrel's gallery, carvings by Grinling Gibbons, panels from Henry VIII's banqueting tents and a collection of royal and family portraits. The house contains one of the few paintings of Anne Boleyn. It is a Grade I listed building. From A Pilgrimage In Surrey, Vol. 1, by James S. Ogilvy. [George Routledge & Sons Limited, London, 1914]

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King Alfred, 1890. Creator: Unknown

King Alfred, 1890. Alfred the Great (c847-899) King of Wessex from 871-c886 and King of the Anglo-Saxons from c886-899. He won a decisive victory in the Battle of Edington in 878 and made an agreement with the Vikings, creating Danelaw. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]

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