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Bull Inn, Sonning

The Bull Inn, also known as The Bull at Sonning or just The Bull, is a historic public house — now also a restaurant and hotel — in the centre of the village of Sonning in Berkshire, England. Overview Traditionally, the Bull was owned by the Bishop of Salisbury, whose palace once stood nearby. Today it is owned by St Andrew's Church, who currently rent it to Fuller's Brewery. The present 16th-century timber-framed building, it is suggested, was a hospitium for pilgrims visiting the relics of the mysterious St Sarik at the adjoining St Andrew's Church. The name stems from bulls which supported the coat of arms of Sir Henry Neville. He was steward at the palace after it was sold to Queen Elizabeth I. The inn was featured in Jerome K. Jerome's 1889 book Three Men in a Boat: If you stop at Sonning, put up at the "Bull," behind the church. It is a veritable picture of an old country inn, with green, square courtyard in front, where, on seats beneath the trees, the old men group of an evening to drink their ale and gossip over village politics; with low, quaint rooms and latticed windows, and awkward stairs and winding passages. The two-storey timber-framed building dates from the late 16th century with 19th/20th century additions. It was Grade II* listed in 1967. Opposite is a well-hidden Lutyens-designed house, Deanery Garden. Customers have included the American film star George Clooney and his British wife, the human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, who purchased the Mill House in Sonning Eye, just over the River Thames from Sonning, in 2014. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Berkshire Great House at Sonning Sonning Bishop's Palace The Barley Mow, Clifton Hampden, also mentioned in Three Men in a Boat References External links Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1117462)". National Heritage List for England. Royal Berkshire History: Sonning
Bulls Head Ground

Bulls Head Ground is a cricket ground in Coventry, West Midlands. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1848, when Coventry played an All England Eleven. It hosted its first first-class match in 1903, which was between Warwickshire and the Gentlemen of Philadelphia. From 1909 to 1919, the ground played host to 12 first-class matches. First-class cricket returned to the Bulls Head in 1990, and from 1990 to 1992 it hosted a further 3 first-class matches, the last of which was between Warwickshire and Middlesex. The ground has also hosted List-A matches, the first of which was between the Warwickshire Cricket Board and the Leicestershire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. The ground has held 2 further List-A matches, between the Warwickshire Cricket Board and Leicestershire in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and between the Board and Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. Additionally, between 1961 and 2009, the ground has played host to a number of Warwickshire Second XI matches in the Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy, hosting a combined total of 32 Second XI matches. The Bulls Head has also hosted ICC Trophy matches, starting in the 1979 ICC Trophy when it held a single match which was contested between Argentina and East Africa and in the 1986 ICC Trophy when it hosted a single match between Bangladesh and East Africa. In local domestic cricket, the Bulls Head is the home venue of Coventry and North Warwickshire Cricket Club, who played in the Birmingham and District Premier League Division One. References External links Bulls Head Ground on CricketArchive Bulls Head Ground on Cricinfo
Bullsdown Camp

Bullsdown Camp is the site of a former Iron Age plateau fort in the county of Hampshire. The site is heavily wooded, and close inspection is required to observe the three bank and ditch fortifications. Although eroded heavily the earthworks are still impressive Location The site lies to between the villages of Bramley Green and Sherfield on Loddon, in Hampshire. The River Loddon lies close by to the East. The site lies on a very shallow plateau at a height of 65m AOD. Map sources for Bullsdown Camp References
Bulstrode Park

Bulstrode is an English country house and its large park, located to the southwest of Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. The estate spreads across Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross and Fulmer, and predates the Norman conquest. Its name may originate from the Anglo-Saxon words burh (fort) and stród (marsh). The park and garden are designated a Grade II* listed building. First house The original house was built for the infamous Judge Jeffreys in 1686. It was sold to Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, who made it one of his principal residences and died there in 1709. In the 1740s, the architect and builder Stiff Leadbetter altered the house significantly for the 2nd Duke of Portland. The 3rd Duke commissioned further re-modellings and additions, including the castellated West Wing, to the designs of James Wyatt, between 1806 and 1809. Margaret Bentinck, the wife of the 2nd Duke used the house to accommodate her natural history and antiquities collection, with the south-west side of the park used for live specimens (called Menagerie Wood today). The botanists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander donated many exotic plants to the Dowager to help her develop the gardens at Bulstrode, which became the inspiration for Mrs Mary Delany's floral "paper mosaicks" now held in the British Museum Library which were greatly admired by Queen Charlotte. Their son, the 3rd Duke was a collector of marble and glass, and was influential in loaning the Roman Portland Vase to Josiah Wedgwood. After the 4th Duke of Portland inherited the title in 1809, he decided to dispose of Bulstrode and Edward St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset then acquired the house in 1811. Present house Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset commissioned the present 83,000 sq ft (7,700 m2) mansion, which was completed in 1865. After his death, it passed to his daughter, Lady Helen Guendolen Ramsden (née Seymour) then to her son, Sir John Frecheville Ramsden. The house was unoccupied until the Second World War, when it was used for training as the RAF Staff College. Following the War, Frecheville Ramsden used part of the property for chemical research into sisal by-products. After Frecheville Ramsden's death in 1958, the park was sold to a farmer, and the mansion and woodland were bought by the Bruderhof community. In 1966, the Bruderhof moved to the United States, and the property was bought by WEC International, a Christian evangelical mission agency, who gradually restored and improved the public parts of the house's interior. WEC International sold the mansion to a private owner in 2016 for £13 million. It was sold again in 2023 for just £6 million. Bulstrode Street Bulstrode Street in London's Marylebone district was named after Bulstrode Park. References Further reading Baker, Audrey M. (2003). "The Portland Family and Bulstrode Park" (PDF). Records of Buckinghamshire. 43. Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society: 159–178. Kelly, D.J. (2019). Bulstrode: Splendour and Scandals of a Buckinghamshire Mansion. Feedaread. ISBN 978-1-78876-810-8. External links Bulstrode Park entry from The DiCamillo Companion to British & Irish Country Houses
Bulstrode

Bulstrode is een Engels landhuis en een groot park ten westen van Gerrards Cross, Beaconsfield, in Buckinghamshire, Engeland, vernoemd naar de oorspronkelijke familie die er woonde. Het huis werd grondig verbouwd door de beruchte rechter van Jacobus II, Jeffreys, tussen 1676 en 1689. Daarna werd het overgenomen door de Engels-Staatse Hans Willem Bentinck, 1e graaf van Portland, die uitgebreide tuinen in Hollandse stijl aanlegde. Bentinck woonde er tot zijn dood in 1709. Het huis bleef in bezit van de hertogen van Portland tot 1809. In 1862 werd het huis geheel verbouwd door de hertog van Somerset. Tegenwoordig is het fraaie park te bezichtigen voor het publiek. Afbeeldingen Externe link (en) Bulstrode
Bunbury Aldersey School

Bunbury Aldersey School is a 5–11 mixed, Church of England primary school with academy status in Bunbury, Cheshire, England. It is located in the Diocese of Chester and recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.. The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers is a sponsor of the school. History The school was built in 1874 and designed by the Chester architect John Douglas. It was built as a grammar school to replace a school nearer to Bunbury Church, which had been founded in 1594 by haberdasher Thomas Aldersey. It later became a primary school. Architecture The school is constructed in red brick on a sandstone plinth and has a slate roof. Its style is Gothic Revival, and it is built in one storey with five bays. The entrance bay projects forwards and its opening has a Tudor arch, over which is the date 1874 and shields containing inscriptions. Above this is a gable with a finial. On the roof are lucarnes and an octagonal slate turret. See also Listed buildings in Bunbury, Cheshire List of non-ecclesiastical and non-residential works by John Douglas References External links Official website
Bunbury Mill

Bunbury Mill is a watermill located to the east of the village of Bunbury, Cheshire, England. After being at risk of demolition, it has been restored as a working museum. The structure is designated by Historic England as a Grade II listed building. History There is evidence that a corn mill has been on the site since 1290. The present building dates from about 1844, when an earlier mill was destroyed by fire. During the 20th century the mill was used mainly to produce animal feed, although some flour was still made. In 1960 the building was damaged by flood and, because of the cost of reconstruction and because of falling demand for its products, the mill closed. The land was bought by Nantwich Rural District Council as a site for a water treatment works. In 1966 there were plans to demolish the building, but local residents campaigned for the mill to be repaired as a job creation scheme. This was successful, and the mill was restored to working order by 1977. It passed into the ownership of the North West Water Authority (later part of United Utilities) who reopened the mill as a working museum. In 1999 United Utilities added a classroom and toilet facilities, and the building was used for school and heritage visitors. The mill was closed by United Utilities in 2010 for financial reasons, and the grounds and machinery were looked after by volunteers. The Bunbury Watermill Trust was established, and in April 2012 the mill was given to the Trust, reopening it to visitors. The group Friends of Bunbury Mill has been established to support the work of the trustees. Description The mill stands on a sloping site with a single storey facing the road to the south, and two storeys behind. It is constructed in red brick with a slate roof. On the south face is an elevated taking-in door under a small gable. The west and east sides are gabled, with three windows in the west side. The north side contains an entrance door and other openings. The mill pool lies to the south and the mill stream runs to the east. Access and facilities Bunbury Mill is open to visitors at advertised times. Tours of the working mill are available. The site includes the mill pond, a wildlife pool and 2 acres of grounds. Facilities include a picnic area and a visitor centre with a café and public toilets. See also Listed buildings in Bunbury, Cheshire List of museums in Cheshire References External links Bunbury Mill - official site
Bungay High School

Bungay High School is a mixed-sex secondary school with academy status in the town of Bungay in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It caters for pupils aged 11 to 18. The school was founded by Lionel Throckmorton (or Throkmorton) as Bungay Grammar School in 1565 and became Bungay High School in 1974. It occupies a site on the Queen's Road site to the south of the town centre. The school operates a sixth form on the site of the high school, offering a range of vocational and academic qualifications for post-16 students. The sixth form suspended admissions for September 2025 and currently only operates for year 13 pupils. The East Anglian schools trust states they are in the consultation process of closing the sixth form from September 2026, after low numbers of applications. The school also operated North Suffolk Skills Academy in Halesworth, 9 miles (14 km) south of Bungay. This closed in August 2017 due to the lack of funding. In 2021, the school was awarded an Ofsted inspection rating of "good". Notable alumni Bungay Grammar School John Charles Winter (1923–2012), Organist and Master of the Choristers of Truro Cathedral, 1971–1988 Leslie Boreham (1918–2004), barrister and judge, he presided over two high-profile court cases, of the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe (1981) and Brighton bomber Patrick Magee (1986). Alfred Page (1912–1988), clergyman and Archdeacon of Leeds from 1969 to 1981 References External links Bungay High School
Bunny Hall

Bunny Hall ist ein denkmalgeschütztes Landhaus in der Gemeinde Bunny im Bezirk Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire. Das Landhaus, Scheunen und andere Nebengebäude stehen seit 1954 unter Denkmalschutz und sind als Grade-I- bzw. Grade-II-Bauwerke gelistet. Geschichte Das jetzige Landhaus ersetzte einen Vorgängerbau aus dem Sechzehnten Jahrhundert und wurde zwischen 1710 und 1725 im Tudorstil von Sir Thomas Parkyns, 2. Baronet und lokaler Architekt, entworfen und für 12.000 Pfund umgebaut; für weitere 5.000 Pfund ließ er eine 3 Kilometer lange Parkmauer bauen. Bunny Hall wurde bis in das späte 19. Jahrhundert umfangreich erweitert. Es besteht aus rotem Backstein und hat einen 80 Fuß hohen Turm. Das Anwesen befindet sich auf einem 14,5 ha großen Grundstück. Es ist mit einem Kinoraum und einem Freizeitbereich ausgestattet, der mit einem Fitnessraum, Dampf- und Saunaräumen, einem großen beheizten Innenpool und einem separaten Whirlpool und einem Wellnessbereich ausgestattet ist. Es gibt auch eine große Orangerie, einen Salon, eine Bibliothek und eine kreisförmige, glasierte Kuppel, die den Flur und das Treppenhaus beleuchtet. Das Herrenhaus von Bunny wurde von Richard Parkyns als Mitgift erworben, als er in den 1570er Jahren Elizabeth Barlowe heiratete. Es wird vermutet, dass er die ursprüngliche Halle errichtete. Die nachfolgenden Generationen der Familie Parkyns lebten dort bis 1850. Zwischen 1826 und 1835 erfolgte eine weitere umfassende Umgestaltung von Bunny Hall durch George Parkyns, 2. Baron Rancliffe (1785–1850). 1850 verlosch die Parkyns-Linie und das Anwesen wurde Frau Burt, der Haushälterin, vermacht, die es der Familie Levinge überließ. Sie verkaufte das gesamte Anwesen mit seinen viertausend Hektar, die sich über 5 Gemeinden ausdehnen, an Sir Albert Ball, den Bürgermeister von Nottingham, der es als Spekulationsobjekt an die Cordeux-Familie weiterverkaufte. Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs wurden das Anwesen und die Halle von Bertie Edwards gekauft, dessen Sohn in das Gebäude umzog und es renovierte. Es wurde nach 40 Jahren Leerstand im Jahr 2000 von der Unternehmer-Familie Chek Whyte gekauft und stand 2009 zu einem Preis von über 3 Millionen Pfund zum Verkauf. Weblinks Einzelnachweise
Bunny Hall

Bunny Hall is a 21,438 square feet (1,991.7 m2) grade I listed country house in Bunny, Nottinghamshire. The house was originally an Elizabethan red brick house with an 80 foot high tower. The house was rebuilt in 1720 by Sir Thomas Parkyns, 2nd Baronet and now stands in 14.5 acres (5.9 ha) of formal gardens and parkland. It has been equipped with a cinema room and a leisure area equipped with gymnasium, steam and sauna rooms, a large indoor heated pool and separate Jacuzzi and spa area. There is also a large orangery, drawing room, library and a circular glazed frosted dome allowing light to illuminate the hallway and staircase. The hall is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England. Several buildings and structures associated with the hall are listed Grade II; these include the stable block, an out building to the north, a barn dating from 1734, the carriage archway and barns, and the garden walls and garden outbuildings, and the gate piers and walls around the park. A chest tomb near the hall and the sundial are also Grade II listed. History The manor of Bunny was acquired as a dowry by Richard Parkyns when he married Elizabeth Barlowe in the 1570s, and it is believed he built the original hall. Successive generations of the Parkyns family were to live there until 1850. After the English Civil War the owner at the time, Thomas Parkyns, was elevated to the baronetage in recognition of the family's support for the throne. In 1720 the buildings were greatly renovated by Thomas Parkyn, 2nd Baronet. Further extensive re-modelling of the Hall was carried out between 1826 and 1835. In 1850 the Parkyns lineage failed and the estate was bequeathed to Mrs Burt, the housekeeper who in turn left it to the Levinge family. They sold the whole estate to Sir Albert Ball, the Mayor of Nottingham who quickly passed it on to the Cordeux family. During World War II the estate and hall were bought by Bertie Edwards, whose son moved out and renovated the building. It was bought in 2000 by the family of Chek Whyte, and in 2009 was for sale at a price in excess of £3 million. After his very public fall from grace, with a £32m debt, Chek Whyte sold Bunny Hall to Anita Dougal in 2021. See also Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire Listed buildings in Bunny, Nottinghamshire References
Burderop Wood

Burderop Wood (grid reference SU165810) is a 48.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1971. The site contains wet ash-maple and acid pedunculate oak-hazel-ash woodland, and its notification as an SSSI due to this, particular richness of the associated ground flora. Ash is the most widespread tree in the wood, but many mature oaks also occur. Present in the wood's ground flora are the nationally scarce spiked star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum pyrenaicum), and other species include herb-paris (Paris quadrifolia), broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine), woodruff (Galium odoratum), wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa), sanicle (Sanicula europaea) and moschatel (Adoxa moschatellina). Sources Natural England citation sheet for the site (accessed 22 March 2022) External links Natural England website (SSSI information)
Burford Bridge Hotel

Burford Bridge Hotel is a historic hotel at the edge of the village of Mickleham, Surrey, England. It is to the south of Leatherhead and north of Dorking at the foot of Box Hill on the River Mole. The hotel has been owned by Moorfield Group (a UK private equity firm) since 2007 and is operated by Accor Hotels under their mid-market Mercure brand. History The hotel was founded in 1254 as the 'Fox and Hounds', and parts of the present buildings date back to the 16th century. The land on which the hotel stands was a detached part of the medieval Manor of Thorncroft (in Leatherhead) and was held in the mid-thirteenth century by Walter de Merton, the founder of Merton College, Oxford University. The main building, adjoining Old London Road, dates from the early nineteenth century. In 1882 the hotel became the 'Hare & Hounds', and was commonly known as the Burford Bridge. In 1905, Surrey Public Trust purchased it from Sir Trevor Lawrence, and it changed permanently to the Burford Bridge Hotel, later merging with Trusthouses in 1948. A 16th century mediaeval tithe barn from the nearby village of Abinger Hammer was re-erected adjoining the hotel in 1934 and now forms the core of the banqueting suite. The barn is alleged to include beams from ships of the Spanish Armada. An outdoor swimming pool was added in the same decade and the changing rooms have been restored to their original 1930s appearance. The Garden Bedrooms were built in 1973 and adjoin the main hotel. The hotel was flooded on 24 December 2013 when the River Mole burst its banks after heavy rainfall. Nine members of staff and 27 guests were evacuated by boat. The hotel was reopened on 1 September 2014 following renovation. Notable Guests After leaving London, John Keats took a room overlooking the gardens, and completed his epic poem Endymion there in 1817. (Keats is said to have been recommended the hotel by the essayist and literary critic William Hazlitt.) Robert Louis Stevenson was a guest in March 1878, during which time he wrote two short stories: Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts and Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk. Other prominent visitors included Queen Victoria, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth and Sheridan. It was here too that Lord Nelson spent secret hours with his love Emma Hamilton, before going to vanquish Napoleon's fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. The American businessman, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, visited the hotel frequently in the 1890s, stopping to take lunch and to collect telegrams. He and a number of other millionaires, including James Hazen Hyde, practised the old English coaching techniques of the early 19th century for sport. Vanderbilt would frequently drive the coach, perfectly apparelled as a coachman or groom. His party would take a one-day, two-day, or longer trip along chosen routes through several counties, going to prearranged inns and hotels along the routes, of which the Burford Bridge was one. A memorial to Alfred still stands at Holmwood a few miles south of the hotel. References External links Map sources for Burford Bridge Hotel
Burford School

Burford School is a co-educational comprehensive academy day and state boarding school located in Burford, Oxfordshire, England. It is one of 27 state boarding schools in England. The school was founded by the Burford Corporation as a grammar school in 1571 and moved to its current premises on Cheltenham Road in 1957. The original building on Lawrence Lane is now used as a boarding house. The school's current headteacher is Matthew Albrighton. The School While most students join from the surrounding towns and villages, the School accepts students from across the United Kingdom and abroad into its boarding community. The Boarding House is situated at the end of Lawrence Lane in the centre of Burford. In 2012, Burford School was granted Academy Status and in 2015 the school was placed in the top 90 Secondary Schools in England. School houses Falkland House - Yellow: Named after the Earl of Falkland who lived in Great Tew. He was a benefactor of Burford School and gave his name to Falkland Hall located in the town. Heylin House - Blue: Named after an early student and scholar of Burford School. He lived, for a time, in Minster Lovell and is buried in Westminster Abbey. Warwick House - Red: Named after the Earl of Warwick who was a key benefactor of the school. He contributed money towards the building of alms houses and Warwick Hall located within the town. Wysdom House - Green: Named after Simon Wysdom, a Burford merchant who is credited with being the key founder of Burford School in 1571. Music Burford School has a thorough encouragement of music throughout their school, having a dedicated "Institute of Music". They provide lessons for a wide range of instruments; string, brass, woodwind, and percussion, and have a school training orchestra for excellent music pupils. References