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2 unusual facts about National Trust


Defence Training Estate

DTE work with English Heritage, the National Trust, the Environment Agency and others to deliver the management of the estate.

Lanteglos-by-Fowey

The South West Coast Path runs along the southern coasts of the parish and much of the southern part of the parish lies in the Polruan to Polperro Site of Special Scientific Interest managed by the National Trust.


A3055 road

The section from Brook to Freshwater Bay is a clearway, so stopping on this section is only permitted at the five car parking areas, of which one is free, and the rest are operated with a charge to those who are not members of the National Trust.

All Saints Church, Wraxall

The large churchyard contains several monuments to the Gibbs family which owned the nearby Tyntesfield Estate, which has recently been purchased by the National Trust following the death of Baron Wraxall.

Anna Dean

Dean has worked as an assistant to a psychologist, she has worked for the National Trust, she has taught Creative Writing and worked for the Wordsworth Trust at Grasmere in the Lake District.

Anna Pavord

She is a member of the Gardens Panel for English Heritage and chairs the Gardens Panel of the National Trust.

Arden, Warwickshire

It is located at the southern end of the frontage of Coughton Court and is owned by the National Trust.

Ben Harms

Uppark, a stately home in West Sussex was gutted by fire in 1989, and restored in 1994 in the National Trust's largest renovation project.

Bexley

The house has been acquired by the National Trust and is open to the public, the house is not fully furnished, but the original features and furniture by Morris and Philip Webb, stained glass and paintings by Burne-Jones, the bold architecture and a garden designed to 'clothe the house are still available to view.

Boarstall Duck Decoy

The Boarstall Duck Decoy is a 17th-century duck decoy located in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, England, and now a National Trust property.

Bury Castle, Somerset

Bury Castle is today protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and owned by the National Trust.

Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy baronets

In the 20th century the family fell on harder times and they gave Charlecote Park to the National Trust.

Chipping Campden

There are two famous and historic gardens nearby: at Hidcote Manor Garden, owned and managed by the National Trust, and at Kiftsgate, in private ownership but open to the public.

Claife

At Low Wray is Wray Castle, a 19th-century house and grounds now owned by the National Trust.

Cockayne, North Yorkshire

The overwhelming part of the 1925 acre Bransdale estate was transferred to the National Trust through National Land Fund procedures in 1972 and comprises all the farmland and a small amount of woodland in the valley.

Dorothy de Rothschild

After his death in 1957, Waddesdon Manor was bequeathed to the National Trust, but the surrounding estate and small mansion at Eythrope in Buckinghamshire were retained by Mrs. de Rothschild and bequeathed to her husband's great nephew Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild.

Earl of Enniskillen

He and his American second wife Nancy (a former junior diplomat with the United States Foreign Service) lived at Florence Court (newly restored by the National Trust) in south-west County Fermanagh from 1963 until 1972, when they moved over to Kinloch House in Kinloch in Perthshire, Scotland.

Ectoedemia heckfordi

It is only known from Devon in Great Britain, having been discovered in 2004 at the National Trust's Hembury Woods by amateur naturalist Bob Heckford, for whom it is named.

Edmond James de Rothschild

A portion of his art collection was bequeathed to his son James A. de Rothschild and is now part of the National Trust collection at Waddesdon Manor.

Fenny Bentley

The site is owned by the National Trust, and the area is very popular with tourists, with the Peak District claiming to be the second most visited National Park in the world with 22 million visitors per year, behind Mount Fuji National Park in Japan.

Ferguson's Gang

Ferguson's Gang, formed in 1927, was an anonymous and somewhat enigmatic group that raised funds for the National Trust during the period from 1930 until 1947.

Hanbury, Worcestershire

The National Trust’s Hanbury Hall was built by the wealthy chancery lawyer Thomas Vernon in the early 18th century.

Hardknott Roman Fort

The fort is on land owned by the National Trust, part of the Trust's Wasdale, Eskdale and Duddon property, and maintained by English Heritage.

Hidcote Manor Garden

Created by Lawrence Johnston, it is owned by the National Trust and is open to the public.

Hopegill Head

The crags, which are owned by the National Trust, are the only location in England of Viscaria alpina, the red alpine catchfly.

James Armand de Rothschild

When he died in 1957, he bequeathed Waddesdon Manor to the National Trust.

Jirō Osaragi

This led to the foundation of the Japan National Trust, modeled after the National Trust in Great Britain, and which has been successful in preserving the historical ambience of Kamakura and parts of other cities around Japan.

John Guinness

He was also a member of the East Anglia Regional Committee of the National Trust from 1989 to 1994.

Jubilee Bunt-a-thon

It was created in association with the National Trust to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

Kate Felus

From 1996 to 2001 Kate was Garden Historian at Stowe, the 18th-century landscape garden, where the National Trust is undertaking a massive restoration programme begun in 1990.

Kiftsgate Court Gardens

It is a few hundred yards from the Hidcote Manor Garden owned by the National Trust.

Lyme Caxton Missal

The missal was purchased in 2008 by the National Trust at a cost of £465,000, with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, The Art Fund, and other organisations.

Marsden railway station

The station's former goods yard is now the headquarters of the National Trust's Marsden Moor Estate, and the goods shed contains a public exhibition, Welcome to Marsden, which gives an overview of the area and its transport history.

Museum Piece

#The exterior of the museum was actually Oxburgh Hall, a National Trust property in Norfolk.

Open Spaces Society

Its founders and early members included John Stuart Mill, Lord Eversley, William Morris, Sir Robert Hunter, and Octavia Hill.

Parks and open spaces in London

Open space in the rest of the city is dominated by the remaining three Royal Parks and many other parks and open spaces of a range of sizes, run mainly by the local London boroughs, although other owners include the National Trust and the City of London Corporation.

Ralph Tollemache

He also inherited Ham House, which he gave to the National Trust in 1948.

Rhossili

Scenes from Torchwood: Miracle Day were filmed at the National Trust's Old Rectory cottage in Rhossili Bay.

Richard Onslow, 3rd Baron Onslow

The family seat was Clandon Park, East and West Clandon, Surrey the centrepiece of which, a National Trust mansion and gardens was for the most part commissioned by his father.

Samuel Middleton Fox

The two homes belonged to his Falmouth grandparents, Sarah (born Lloyd) and Alfred Fox, who had a house in Falmouth called Woodhouse Place and a coastal residence and garden called Glendurgan (now a National Trust property).

Speaker's State Coach

On 4 March 2011, Speaker Bercow announced that the coach would go on display at the National Trust’s Arlington Court Carriage Museum in Devon.

Styal railway station

The station is on Station Road 110 m from the edge of the National Trust Quarry Bank Mill/Styal Estate and 600 m from Styal Women's Prison and Young Offenders Institute.

Swiss cottage, Cahir

Armagh (National Trust); and the Petit hameau de la Reine at Versailles.

Technology Trust

CTT's raffles platform launched in May 2001 with the support of Oxfam, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Barnardo's, PDSA and the National Trust.

The Johnson Gang

Notable thefts include Waddesdon Manor on 10 June 2003, a National Trust property and former Rothschild family residence near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

Troutbeck, South Lakeland

It is a conservation area and includes the National Trust property of Townend.

Tuart forest

Other attractions in the area include the National Trust heritage property Wonnerup House, walk tracks, possum spotlight trail, bird hide, historic lime pits and picnic areas.

Villa Della Porta Bozzolo

It was donated by the heirs of the Italian senator and pathologist Camillo Bozzolo to the Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano—the National Trust of Italy—who now manage it.

Washington Old Hall

In 1957 the National Trust assumed responsibility for the building.

Wightwick Manor

The house was presented to the National Trust by Sir Geoffrey Mander under the Country Houses Scheme in 1937.

Willington Dovecote and Stables

Willington Dovecote & Stables is a National Trust property located in Willington, near Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.


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20 Forthlin Road

Visits within the property are run by The National Trust, and start from The Beatles Experience at the Albert Dock.

Annie Forsyth Wyatt

This was approved and on 6 April 1945 it was resolved that a national trust subcommittee of the Forestry League be formed under Walter Cresswell O'Reilly, Annie Wyatt and Arthur Cousins.

Ashdown House

Ashdown House, Oxfordshire, a 17th-century country house in Ashbury, England, belonging to the National Trust

Barbara Paul Robinson

While on sabbatical from Debevoise & Plimpton, Ms. Robinson worked as a gardener for Rosemary Verey, at Barnsley House in Gloucestershire, England, and then for Penelope Hobhouse at the National Trust Garden, Tintinhull in Somerset, experiences she found life-transforming.

Brook Bay

Much of the surrounding land, including the hamlet of Brookgreen is owned by the National Trust.

Cobbe Portrait

The identification has received support from Shakespeare scholars Stanley Wells, Henry Woudhuysen, Jay L. Halio, Stuart Sillars, and Gregory Doran, Chief Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and art historians Alastair Laing, curator of paintings and sculpture at the National Trust, and Paul Joannides, Professor of Art History at Cambridge.

Craftsman Magazine

The final Fleece to Jumper Spinning Competition was held in 1995 at East Riddlesden Hall, Keighley, West Yorkshire, a National Trust property.

Ernest Cook

Cook acquired a total of seventeen estates, of which Bradenham, Buscot and Coleshill passed to the National Trust.

Frank Porter Wood

In 1899 Frank P Wood moved to Montreal to work at the National Trust, incorporated a year earlier by Cox and his brother Edward Rogers Wood.

Hanbury, Worcestershire

In the first decade of the eighteenth century Thomas Vernon also built Hanbury Hall, a fine brick mansion, now the property of the National Trust.

I Guess That's Why They Call It The News

For example, the first headline from the 21 August 2009 transmission, "We Deserve To Know About Prince's Meddling, Say Critics", evoked the response, "Is this Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie demand to know who 'Princess Meddling' is?" The actual story was Prince Charles attempting to veto a new National Trust building.

Jacob Haight Morrison

1974, two months before his death, Morrison and his wife received the Louise DuPont Crownshield Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation for their outstanding work.

LEAS

The Leas, a large area of land owned by the National Trust along the coastal cliffs of South Shields, England

Legh

Leghs of Lyme, family who owned Lyme Park in Cheshire, England, from 1398 to 1946, when the house and estate were given to the National Trust

Leonie McNair

McNair is a supporter of the arts with membership in a number of organisations including the Royal Society of Tasmania, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, the National Trust of Tasmania and Theatre North.

One from the Modern

The album's cover photograph was taken in the Yew Garden at Packwood House near Solihull, England, a National Trust Property.

Padiham railway station

It links to the River Calder Greenway and the towpath of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to form a circular route and also has a branch to Gawthorpe Hall a National Trust property in Padiham.

Pavurallakonda

The Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)has already appealed to the authorities to ensure better protection of Buddhist sites by taking up the declaration of Bavikonda, Thotlakonda, Pavurallakonda and Bojjannakonda as heritage sites by UNESCO.

Rushbury

Wilderhope Manor, a 16th-century country house restored in 1936 and now owned by the National Trust, is used as a Youth Hostel.

Sandhills, Surrey

There is a common owned by the National Trust and a Donkey sanctuary which is now operated by the RSPA.