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3 unusual facts about Calke Abbey


Ashby Canal

The other branch led from Old Parks to Ticknall, with branches to the quarries between Calke Abbey and Staunton Harold.

A low embankment, still with some stone sleeper blocks crosses a field and a tunnel passes under the drive to Calke Abbey.

William Stanhope Badcock

He was married, in 1822, to Selina, daughter of Sir Henry Harpur Crewe of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire.


Locko Park

In 1792, he employed William Emes, who was responsible for the gardens of Calke Abbey and Kedleston Hall, to landscape the park; the actual work, including the creation of the 16 acre lake, was carried out by Emes' partner, John Webb.


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