Ascott, Buckinghamshire

Coordinates: 51°53′52″N 0°42′19″W / 51.897656°N 0.705329°W / 51.897656; -0.705329
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Ascott
Ascott House
Ascott is located in Buckinghamshire
Ascott
Ascott
Location within Buckinghamshire
OS grid referenceSP8922
Civil parish
  • Wing
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLEIGHTON BUZZARD
Postcode districtLU7
Dialling code01525
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
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51°53′52″N 0°42′19″W / 51.897656°N 0.705329°W / 51.897656; -0.705329

Ascott is a

country house in the parish of Wing, Buckinghamshire, England.[1][2]
The hamlet lies completely within the boundary of the Ascott Estate; it is home to many of the estate and house staff.

Prior to the

Benedictine convent in Angiers. In 1415 however, the same year as the Battle of Agincourt, the convent was seized by the English church because it belonged to the French and awarded to the Convent of St Mary du Pre, near St Albans
.

In the early 16th century the abbey (along with the

Protestant because her sister Mary had just taken the throne.[3] Anne of Denmark visited in 1612, and James VI and I was entertained at Ascott by Anne, Lady Dormer, in 1620.[4]

The former abbey, now a house, once featured additions that were attributed to

National Trust property known as Ascott House
or sometimes known more simply as just "Ascott".

References

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  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ^ John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. 2 (London, 1828), p. 460.
  4. ^ John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. 4 (London, 1828), p. 617.