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2 unusual facts about Bisham Abbey


Freddie Ladapo

In June 2011, Ladapo was invited to join a provisional training camp for the Nigeria under-20 team held at Bisham Abbey in preparation for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Marlow United F.C.

Marlow United now play at the Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, Bisham Village, Marlow Road, Bisham, Marlow, SL7 1RR.


Augustus Arthur Vansittart

He was the son of George Henry Vansittart of Bisham Abbey - his father predeceased his birth, and his widow Anna Maria, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Copson of Sheppey Hall, Leicestershire.

Bisham

During the Nationwide Building Society's summer advertising campaign of 2010, when they were official sponsors of the England football team at the World Cup, one of their television advertisements featured the England team playing on one of the pitches at Bisham Abbey.

Elizabeth de Burgh

She was imprisoned for eight years by the English, from October 1306 to July 1308 at Burstwick-in-Holderness, Yorkshire and then transferred to Bisham Manor, Berkshire until March 1312.

Sir Richard Pole

A descendant of an ancient Welsh family, Sir Richard was a landed gentleman of Buckinghamshire, the son of Sir Geoffrey Pole of Worrell, Cheshire, and of Wythurn in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire (1431 - 1474 / 4 January 1479, interred in Bisham Abbey).

St Mary's Church, Thatcham

In 1344, the Earl of Salisbury, William Montacute of Bisham Manor, was killed in a jousting tournament at Windsor.


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