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CAMBRIDGESHIRE - Baronial Halls & Houses
In order of the location then the house/hall name. Family names are followed by approximate date of house, where this has been established.
Town/Village	House Name	Family Names	Approx Date of House	Brief Summary
ABINGTON PIGOTTS	Abington Hall	PIGOTT - GRAHAM -GRAHAM - FOSTER-PIGOTT	1830+	Earlier house (Pigotts) replaced in 1830 by Lt. Col. G.E. Graham. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
ARRINGTON	Wimpole Hall	YORKE	1719	National Trust. Home of the Earls of Hardwicke. F.O. Morris, Series of Picturesque Views, vol. II, 1866+. J. Kip, I, 1715.
BABRAHAM	Babraham Hall	TAYLOR - PALAVICINO-BENNET - JONES	1580+	Built by Robert Taylor; acquired by Sir Horatio Palavicino in 1589. Demolished in 1767. Robert Jones, of the East India Company built a new house in 1770. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
BOTTISHAM	Bottisham Hall	ALINGTON - JENYNS	1797	Built for George Jenyns, Prebendary of Ely. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981. J.B. Burke, Visitation, I, 1852, 121.
CAXTON	Bourn House	HAGAR - LYELL - DE LA WARR - WEST	1580?	Altered by H. Repton ca. 1780. Owned by George John West, Earl de la Warr - J.P. Neale's Views, vol. I, 1818. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide, III, 1981.
CHEVELEY	Cheveley Park	JERMYN - MANNERS	1670+	Built Henry Jermyn; passed to the Manners family. Demolished. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
CHILDERLEY	Childerley Hall	CUTTS - CALVERT	1560+	Built by Sir John Cutts. Restored in 1850 by General Calvert. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
CHIPPENHAM	Chippenham Park	RIVETT - RUSSELL - SMITH - THARP	1550+	Sir Thomas Rivett (d. 1582); Admiral Edward Russell, Earl of Orford (d. 1727). Rebuilt by Russell, designed by Inigo Jones. Remodelled ca. 1780 by Drummond Smith. Bought 1791 by - Tharp. Owned 1852 by Joseph S. Tharp. J.B. Burke, Visitation, I, 1852, 34.
CONINGTON	Conington Hall	COTTON - GARDNER	1730+	The property was acquired in 1644 by Sir Thomas Cotton, son of the great collector. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
CROXTON	Croxton Park	LEEDS - NEWTON	1761	Acquired by Dr Edward Leeds in 1573. New house built by Edward Leeds. Purchased by Samuel Newton in 1820. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981. J.B. Burke, Visitation, II, 1853, 245.
DULLINGHAM	Dullingham House	JEFFERSON	1700+	Jeffersons there from 1656 to 1947. Landscaped by Repton in 1801. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
ELY	Chettisham Hall	LAYTON	1810	Also known as Woodhouse. Built by William Layton; owned 1853 by his son William. J.B. Burke, Visitation, II, 1853, 119.
FORDHAM	Fordham Abbey	METCALFE	1760+	Built by William Metcalfe. Earlier house belonged to Sir Charles Wager. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
FULBOURN	Fulbourn Manor House	TOWNLEY	1680+	In the Townley family since 18 cent. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
GAMLINGAY	Tetworth Hall	PEDLEY	1710+	Built by John Pedley, M.P. for Huntingdonshire. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
GREAT ABINGTON	Abington Hall	WESTERN - MORTLOCK -GIDEON - PITT	1712	Earlier house owned by Robert Taylor disappeared. Western was a London ironmonger. Remodelled 1780. Let to Sir Sampson Gideon, Cambridge banker; Earl of Chatham. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
HASLINGFIELD	Haslingfield Hall	WENDY	1555+	Remodelled by Sir Thomas Wendy (d. 1673). Demolished. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
HATLEY ST GEORGE	Hatley Park	ST GEORGE - COTTON -PEARSE	1700+	Several remodellings. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981. J. Kip, I, 1715. Contents sold May 13-15, 1935.
HILDERSHAM	Hildersham Hall	FASSETT	1814+	Built by Thomas Fassett. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
HINXTON	Hinxton Hall	JONES	1750+	Built by John Bromwell Jones. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
HORSEHEATH	Horseheath Hall	ALINGTON - BROMLEY	1665	Built by William 1st Lord Alington. Acquired in 1700 by John Bromley, a Barbados sugar planter. Demolished in 1792. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981. C. Campbell, Vitruvius Britannicus, III, 1725.
ICKLETON	Caldrees Manor	O'BRIEN - WYNDHAM	1810+	Henry O'Brien acquired the estate ca. 1715 - created Earl of Thomond. Owned by George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
IMPINGTON	Impington Hall	PEPYS - PINE - COFFIN	1579	Built by John Pepys, grandfather of the diarist. In the Pepys family till 1805 when it passed to the family of Pine-Coffin. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
ISLEHAM	Isleham Hall	PEYTON	1620+	Demolished. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
LANDWADE	Landwade Hall	COTTON	Medieval	Seat of the Cotton family until ca. 1750 when they moved to Madingley Hall. Demolished. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
LODE (Bottisham)	Anglesey Abbey	HOBSON - DOWNING	1600	Built on the site of an Augustinian Abbey. Owned by Sir George Downing, founder of Downing College. National Trust. Kentworth-Browne [et al], Guide, III, 1981. R. Fedden, Anglesey Abbey. Oxford, 1968; 1982.
MADINGLEY	Madingley Hall	HINDE - COTTON	1550?	Built by Serjeant Sir John Hinde in 1550. Bought by Sir John Cotton ca. 1641.Owned by Sir St Vincent Cotton - J.P. Neale's Views, Series 2, vol. I, 1824. Kentworthy-Browne, Guide, III, 1981. [Anon] Madingley Hall. Loughborough, 1970. J. Kip, I, 1715.
MEPAL	Fortrey Hall	FORTREY	1620+	Samuel Fortrey, a London merchant and refugee from the Netherlands. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
MILTON	Milton Hall	KNIGHT	1790+	Built by Rev Samuel Knight who had bought the property from Jeremhiah Pemberton of Trumpington. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
PAPWORTH EVERARD	Papworth Hall	CHEERE	1810+	Built by Charles Madryll Cheere. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981. Contents sold Sep 25-29, 1911.
SAWSTON	Sawston Hall	HODLESTON	1580+	Built by Sir John Hodleston. Catholic family. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981. [Anon] Sawston Hall. Derby: English Life, [1956]. J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, II, 1855, 139. S.C. Hall, Baronial Halls, I, 1848.
SHEPRETH	Tyrells Hall	TYRELL - PETRE - COXALL - WOODHAM	Medieval	Much remodelled. earliest surviving parts are 18 cent. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
SHUDY CAMPS	Shudy Camps Park	DAYRELL	1702+	Built by Sir Marmaduke Dayrell. Remodelled 1850. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
STETCHWORTH	Stetchworth Park	EATON	1798+	The Jacobean house was demolished in 1796. Rebuilt by Richard Eaton. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
SWAFFHAM PRIOR	Swaffham Prior House	ALLIX	1752+	Built by Dr John Allix (d. 1758), Dean of Gloucester and Ely. Estate owned by the Allix family since 1751. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
TRUMPINGTON	Anstey Hall	THOMPSON	1680+	Built by Anthony Thompson. Now offices. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
TRUMPINGTON	Trumpington Hall	PYTCHER - PEMBERTON	1710+	Sir Francis Pemberton, Lord Chief Justice, bought the house - a Tudor mansion - in 1675. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
WEST WRATTING	West Wratting Park	PERNE - JACOB	1790+	The estate was bought in 1571 by Andrew Perne, master of Peterhouse, and given to the College (sold in 1909). The 1730 rebuilding was by Col. Sir John Jacob, 3rd Bart. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
WILBURTON	Berristead	THOMPSON - PELL	1600+	Built by Alice Thompson, wife of Sir John Thompson. Bought by Sir Albert Pell in 1817. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.
WISBECH	Wisbech Castle	THURLOE	1658	Built by John Thurloe. Demolished in 1815. Kentworthy-Browne [et al], Guide to Country Houses, III, 1981.

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