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2 unusual facts about Four Oaks


Four Oaks, Birmingham

The estate was sold to Hubert de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde for residential development in 1868.

Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott

He married Elizabeth Pudsey, heiress of Langley Hall, Sutton Coldfield in 1677 and built a substantial mansion, Four Oaks Hall, Sutton Coldfield, to a design by architect William Wilson.


Battle of Bentonville

The Battle of Bentonville (March 19–21, 1865) was fought in Bentonville, North Carolina, near the town of Four Oaks, as part of the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War.


see also

Eglinton, County Londonderry

Eglinton still has an elegant church, former market house, trees around a green and four oaks which started life in Windsor Great Park.