Information about Home Park, Windsor
The Home Park, previously known as the Little Park (and originally Lydecroft Park), is a private 655 acre British Royal park, administered by the Crown Estate. It lies on the eastern side of Windsor Castle in the town and civil parish of Windsor in the English county of Berkshire.
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Features
The Home Park is divided from the main Windsor Great Park by the busy Albert Road (A308) to Old Windsor. It is the private estate of the castle and, as well as beautiful parkland, gardens and avenues of fine trees, contains much farmland (cattle grazing and winter feed), a golf course, a bowling green (for the Royal Household Bowling Club), a cricket field (for the Royal Household Cricket Club), tennis courts, the playing fields of St. George's School, Adelaide Cottage (on the site of the old Keeper's Lodge) and the Frogmore Estate, including Frogmore House and gardens with its large lake, the Royal Mausolea and the Royal Burial Ground. Also attached are Shaw Farm, the Prince Consort's Home Farm and the Windsor Farm Shop.History
Originally in the manor of Orton and not a Royal possession, part of the area was first emparked (for hunting deer) by King Edward III in 1368 and expansion continued over many centuries. Areas of the Home Park are mentioned in Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor and show that the main road to Datchet then ran through it. The famous Herne's Oak stood nearby. Oliver Cromwell trained his New Model Army in the Park. George III removed the deer in 1785. The modern boundaries of the Park were set by the Windsor Improvement Act in 1846 when the road to Datchet through the Park was closed and public access denied. Frogmore House and gardens alone are open on a few specific days in the spring and summer. The Windsor Horse Show and the Windsor Rose Show also take place within the Park.References
- Roberts, J. (1997). Royal Landscape: The Gardens and Parks of Windsor
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park is a bounded area of land, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped) state and set aside for some purpose, usually to do with recreation.
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In the United Kingdom, the Crown Estate is a property portfolio associated with the monarchy. Historically the possession of monarchs, it has evolved into a unique institution which transfers its income to the Exchequer, that is to the national government.
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Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited castle in the world and, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror, is the oldest in continuous occupation.
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town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. Usually, a "town" is thought of as larger than a village but smaller than a "city".
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civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. Civil parishes in their modern form were created in 1894, and although their origins are in the system of ecclesiastical
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Windsor
Windsor, Berkshire ()
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Dieu et mon droit (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Berkshire
Shown within England
Geography
Status Non-metropolitan &
Ceremonial county
Origin Historic
Region South East England
Area
- Total Ranked 40th
km ( sq mi)
ONS code Formerly 10
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Shown within England
Geography
Status Non-metropolitan &
Ceremonial county
Origin Historic
Region South East England
Area
- Total Ranked 40th
km ( sq mi)
ONS code Formerly 10
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Windsor Great Park (locally referred to simply as the Great Park) is a large deer park and Crown Estate of 5,000 acres, to the south of the town of Windsor on the border of Berkshire and Surrey in England.
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Old Windsor is a large village in the English county of Berkshire.
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Location
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park is a bounded area of land, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped) state and set aside for some purpose, usually to do with recreation.
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History
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Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams of players strike a ball into a hole using several types of clubs. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed, standardised playing field or area; defined in the Rules of Golf as
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Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams, usually of eleven players each.[1] A cricket match is played on a grass field, roughly oval in shape, in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a cricket pitch.
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Tennis is a game played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court.
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Frogmore Estate or Gardens comprise 33 acres of private gardens within the grounds of the Home Park, adjoining Windsor Castle, in the English county of Berkshire.
It is the location of Frogmore House, a Royal retreat.
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It is the location of Frogmore House, a Royal retreat.
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Frogmore House is a 17th century country house standing at the centre of the Frogmore Estate, amongst beautiful gardens, about a kilometre south of Windsor Castle in the Home Park at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
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lake (from Latin ligacus) is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. A vast majority of lakes on Earth are fresh water, and most lie in the Northern Hemisphere at higher latitudes.
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mausoleum (plural: mausolea) is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons.
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The Royal Burial Ground is a cemetery used by the British Royal Family. It surrounds the Royal Mausoleum on the Frogmore estate in the Home Park at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire.
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farm is an area of land devoted to the production and management of food, either produce or livestock. It is the basic unit in agricultural production.[1] Farms may be owned and operated by a single individual, family, or community, or by a corporation or company.
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Hunting is the practice of pursuing animals for food, recreation, trade or for their products. In modern use, the term refers to regulated and legal hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of animals contrary to law.
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Cervidae
Goldfuss, 1820
Subfamilies
Capreolinae/Odocoileinae
Cervinae
Hydropotinae
Muntiacinae
A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.
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Goldfuss, 1820
Subfamilies
Capreolinae/Odocoileinae
Cervinae
Hydropotinae
Muntiacinae
A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.
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Edward III
By the Grace of God, King of England
and France and Lord of Ireland
Reign 25 January 1327 – 21 June 1377
Coronation 1 February 1327
Born 13 November 1312
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By the Grace of God, King of England
and France and Lord of Ireland
Reign 25 January 1327 – 21 June 1377
Coronation 1 February 1327
Born 13 November 1312
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1368 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1368
MCCCLXVIII
Ab urbe condita 2121
Armenian calendar 817
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Bah' calendar -476 – -475
Buddhist calendar 1912
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Gregorian calendar 1368
MCCCLXVIII
Ab urbe condita 2121
Armenian calendar 817
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Bah' calendar -476 – -475
Buddhist calendar 1912
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William Shakespeare
The Chandos portrait, artist and authenticity unconfirmed. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Born: April 1564 (exact date unknown)
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
Died: 23 March 1616
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
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The Chandos portrait, artist and authenticity unconfirmed. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Born: April 1564 (exact date unknown)
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
Died: 23 March 1616
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
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The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare featuring the fat knight Sir John Falstaff and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary English life.
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Datchet
Population 4,646 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference
Unitary authority Windsor and Maidenhead
Ceremonial county Berkshire
Region South East
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Population 4,646 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference
Unitary authority Windsor and Maidenhead
Ceremonial county Berkshire
Region South East
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Herne the Hunter is an equestrian ghost associated with Windsor Forest and Great Park in the English county of Berkshire.
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The legend
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