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Abbotsbury Castle

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Historical Forms

  • Strangways Castle built by the first Earl and Countess of Ilchester, for an occasional summer residence' 1863 Hutch3

Etymology

( at SY 558848 ) , ' Strangways Castle built by the first Earl and Countess of Ilchester , for an occasional summer residence '1863 Hutch3 2723 . This mansion , built by the Strangways family in 1765 , was destroyed by fire in 1913 , rebuilt in 1916 , demolished in 1934 .