Chippenham Park Explained

Chippenham Park is a country house in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.

History

The Chippenham Park Estate was acquired by Thomas Revett, a London merchant, in 1558. It passed to the Russell family around 1600 and the present house was commissioned by Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford in 1689.^[1] It was acquired by John Tharp in 1791^[2] and remained in the ownership of the Tharp family until 1948 when it inherited by a nephew Basil Bacon.^[1] It remained in the Bacon family until it was inherited by Mr and Mrs Eustace Crawley in 1985. The house is now a wedding venue.^[3]

References

52.2967°N 0.4394°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: A F . Wareham . A P M . Wright. 'Chippenham: Manors and other estates', in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. 10. Cheveley, Flendish, Staine and Staploe Hundreds (North-Eastern Cambridgeshire), London . 2002. 374–379 . 30 May 2015.
2. Book: A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. 10. 2002. 370–374. 30 May 2015.
3. Web site: History of Chippenham Park. Chippenham Park Gardens. 30 May 2015.