Charlton Park, Wiltshire
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Charlton Park is an estate in Malmesbury, Wiltshire
, England
. It has been owned by the Earls of Suffolk since the Reformation. It was formerly the land on which Malmesbury Abbey
was built. The house was finished in 1607, having been built for Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
and his wife. It is now the home of the current Earl
and Countess, Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk
and his wife, Linda Howard, Countess of Suffolk.
It is now also run as a business, hosting corporate events and the Womad Charlton Park
festival.
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It has been owned by the Earls of Suffolk since the Reformation. It was formerly the land on which Malmesbury Abbey
Malmesbury Abbey
Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, was founded as a Benedictine monastery around 676 by the scholar-poet Aldhelm, a nephew of King Ine of Wessex. In 941 AD, King Athelstan was buried in the Abbey. By the 11th century it contained the second largest library in Europe and was...
was built. The house was finished in 1607, having been built for Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG, PC was a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter and heiress of the 1st Baron Audley of Walden....
and his wife. It is now the home of the current Earl
Earl
An earl is a member of the nobility. The title is Anglo-Saxon, akin to the Scandinavian form jarl, and meant "chieftain", particularly a chieftain set to rule a territory in a king's stead. In Scandinavia, it became obsolete in the Middle Ages and was replaced with duke...
and Countess, Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk
Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk
Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl of Berkshire , styled Viscount Andover until 1941, is an English peer...
and his wife, Linda Howard, Countess of Suffolk.
It is now also run as a business, hosting corporate events and the Womad Charlton Park
Womad Charlton Park
WOMAD Charlton Park is the name given to the World of Music Arts and Dance festival held in Charlton Park in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, since 2007...
festival.
External links
- http://www.charltonpark.com/main.php