The 13-shire-view

Two references to ‘thirteen-shire-views’, written almost 150 years apart, but found by me in a few weeks time: that can not be a coincidence. Is the 13-shire-view a theme in Britain?

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Two references to ‘thirteen-shire-views’, written almost 150 years apart, but found by me in a few weeks time: that can not be a coincidence. Is the 13-shire-view a theme in Britain?

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Garden front plans for Wotton

Up till two months before his death, George Grenville kept looking at developments at Stowe (his elder brother’s estate) as inspiration for his own Wotton House.

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Up till two months before his death, George Grenville kept looking at developments at Stowe (his elder brother’s estate) as inspiration for his own Wotton House.

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A well placed asterisk, George

George Grenville (1712-1770), statesman, writes a poem that could be understood as an attempt to protect some trees. However…

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George Grenville (1712-1770), statesman, writes a poem that could be understood as an attempt to protect some trees. However…

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