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Cassiobury: Th e A ncient Seat of th e Earls of Essex (Paperback)

By Paul Rabbitts, Sarah Kerenza Priestley

Amberley Publishing, , 2017. Paperback. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English . Brand New Book. One of the remnants of the great lost estates of the United Kingdom, is now the largest park in , and the principal park of its primary town, , covering an area twice the size of Hyde Park in London. But this is no ordinary town park. In 1661, Arthur, the 2nd Baron Capel, was made the and, by 1668/69, he had moved to Cassiobury permanently. By 1707, Cassiobury was a significant estate, and Charles Bridgeman was employed at Cassiobury in the 1720s. In 1800, the 5th Earl of Essex employed to rebuild the house. Humphry Repton was employed at Cassiobury, and the landscape was captured by J. M. W. Turner in a number of paintings. By 1881, there were many deer in the park, often traded with the royal deer parks at Richmond, Bushy and Windsor Great Park. By the beginning of the twentieth century, large areas of the park had been sold off to for public parkland. By 1921, the lease was surrendered and, in 1927, Cassiobury House was demolished. Much of the...

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