The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-24
CASTLES OF THE. OLD WORLD
RULED
WISTRESSES OF THE NEW.
Description of Some the Wonderful Homes Which
in Their Broad Acres for Centuries in Old England

Coombe Abbey, Coventry, is the home
OF Lady Craven, formerly Miss Brad
ley-Martin. The Abbey is located in
the middle of a great park and there
are outlying estates that yield the
young Earl of Craven 100000 a year.
Coombe Abbey is as large as Blenheim
and is as full of interest. The present
Lady Craven has invested a large por-
ton of the Bradley Martin money in
stocking the grounds until she has now
the best shooting in England.
The two aunts of the Earl of Craven,
Lady Coventry and Lady Cadogan,
took great interest in the improvement
and were frequent visitors to the Abbey
from the time the American Duchess
took possession of it in 1898, at the age
of sixteen.
The Marchioness of Anglesey. who
was Miss King, of Georgia, was mar
ried in 1880 and went to live at Plasne-
wydd- 1t is a romantic old place, sit
uated in the midst of small streams or
water chances These have been i'm
proved and made so effective that P1as-
neWydd is as picturesque as any castle
on the Rhine. It is situated in the
Green Mountains of that region, which
rise behind it mysteriously; and in
front of it the lawns stretch out toward
a beautiful lake, which runs through
the meadows.
Clandeboye, County Down, ireland,
an estate of $4,000 acres is the home
of Lady BlackWOOd, formerly Miss
Flora Davis, of New York. Clande-
bOye was at one time heavily mort
gagged and did not yield its full $4,000
a year; but it has now been reclaimed
through the efforts, it is said, of the
American girl. until it gives very
good return. Lady Blackwood takes a
great interest in the romantic tales of
ClandebOye, and she has collected these
legends in book form, showing remark
a bic American industry and originality.
The Duchess of Manchester has the
most romantic home of ALL although
it has been the scene of much sorrow,
II before I
here that the Duchess separated from
her husband; and it vas at Kim bolton
that one of the Dukes OF Manchester
declared that he never had cent in
the world, and, so help him God. never
would have a cent. From that day he
spent his income as fast as it was
brought 10 him.
The farmers, compelled to pay big
tribute, had worked the land until
every particle of good had been ex-
tracted from it. KimboltOn had been
rebuilt in 1916. and is famed far and
wide for its beautiful architecture. It
is in the form of three sides, with an
immense open court in the center, the
court itself being almost as large as
the interior Of a city square. It was
hoped that the present young Duke of
Manchester would work for KimboIton
and restore it, but it is whispered that
his pace is not the steady one which
pays off the mortgage on the farm.
The ViscOuntess Deerhurst often
spends a season at the home of the
Earl of Coventry, who is her father-in-
law. AS Miss BOnynge of California
she brought an immense fortune into
the family and CroOmbe Court has been
improved greatly by it. The Viscount-
ess is a great faVOrite with the Princess
Christian who, with her own hands
pinned the wedding veil on her head
when she was married five years ago
The Princess has visited CrOOmbe Court
several times and has manifested great
| interest in the deer farm near the cas-
| tie.
BIenheim and it's glories are too well
! known to need description. The pres
| ent American girl owner has restored
| the ancient tapestries with which the
! walls of the library and halls were