Badminton, Gloucestershire
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Badminton is a village and
History
The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded a manor at Madmintune with 24 households.[2] In 1612 Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, bought from Nicholas Boteler his manors of Great and Little Badminton. One century earlier the name Badimyncgtun was recorded,[3][4] held by that family since 1275.[5]
Badminton House
The village houses the
Amenities
The village has a small shop which also serves as a post office.[6] The nearest pub, the Fox and Hounds, is in the nearby village of Acton Turville.
The village is close to the
Badminton Horse Trials are held in early May each year in the parkland of Badminton House.
Badminton Golf Club (now defunct) was founded in the late 1890s or early 1900s. The club closed in 1914.[9]
Parish church
The parish church of St Michael and All Angels is attached to the Duke of Beaufort's residence.[10] The current church was built in 1785 and serves as the principal burial place of the Somerset family. Nearly all Dukes and Duchesses are interred here.
Notable events
Field Marshal
During the Second World War, Queen Mary left Marlborough House in London to take up residence at Badminton House, staying for the duration of the war. She lived there with her niece Mary, Duchess of Beaufort, wife of the 10th Duke.[12]
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ Badminton in the Domesday Book
- ^ Harris, Badminton Guide Book.
- ISBN 0-19-852758-6.
- ^ a b "A short history of the estate". Badminton Estate. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Badminton Post Office". Post Office. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Badminton Railway Station (Closure). HC Deb vol 765 cc1721-32". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 28 May 1968.
- ^ "Badminton Airfield". UKGA.
- ^ "Badminton Golf Club", "Golf’s Missing Links".
- ^ St Michael and All Angels Church, Great Badminton, 19 July 2013
- ^ "Fitzroy Somerset Papers". JISC. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Vickers, Hugo (1 May 1995). "Obituary: Caroline Beaufort". Independent. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- Harris, John, Badminton Guide Book; The Duke of Beaufort His House, Bas Printers
External links
- Media related to Badminton, Gloucestershire at Wikimedia Commons
- Badminton Parish Council