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11 de abr. de 2024 · In 1786 two future presidents of the United States, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, visited Woburn Abbey. Adams described it as beautiful, but disapproved of the ways in which it and other great houses were financed. The architectural style of Woburn is Classical. Ionic columns grace its white exterior.
20 de mar. de 2024 · Woburn Abbey became home to Britain’s secret information war against the Nazis. Show more. 6 days left to listen. 14 minutes. Last on. Thu 21 Mar 2024 00:30. Broadcasts. Wed 20 Mar 2024 09:45....
22 de mar. de 2024 · She shared the inside experience of working at Britain’s famous codebreaking facility, and even passed on a few humorous tales about the ghosts along Woburn Abbey’s corridors!
Hace 1 día · Referred to as Woburn Park, the airfield is known for its links to the Duchess of Bedford, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 whilst on a flight. Woburn remains famous in an aviation context for its use between both world wars by the Duchess of Bedford.
- No 34 SLG / RAF Woburn Park / Woburn
- Aviation / Parkland
- Bedfordshire
- 1926-31 May 1947
23 de mar. de 2024 · 23 March. Woburn Safari Park. The group of bears, also known as a sleuth, crowded on to the watercraft. "Hold up - do you know how to drive this thing?" These black bears wasted no time...
Hace 2 horas · Near Woburn Abbey there still thrives a tree called the Abbot’s Oak, so called because the abbot was hanged from it in 1537 on the orders of King Henry the Eighth. The Cowthorpe Oak near Wetherby in Yorkshire is believed to be almost two thousand years old and of which it is said ‘When compared to the Cowthorpe Oak all other trees are but children of the forest’.
11 de abr. de 2024 · A double bill of episodes from the documentary series charting one year in the life of one of this country's most famous stately homes - Woburn Abbey. The seat of the Marquess and Marchioness...
