- Taplow Court
Taplow Court is a large Victorian house in the village of
Taplow inBuckinghamshire ,England .In the grounds of the house, near the church, is a 7th century Anglo-Saxon burial mound. This was excavated in 1883 and a number of treasures were discovered, unrivalled until the discovery of
Sutton Hoo in 1939.There has been a manor house on the site since before the
Norman Conquest in 1066. The manor was owned by the monks atMerton Priory until theDissolution of the Monasteries . It was then owned by the Hampson family in the 17th century, coming under attack during theEnglish Civil War . In the 18th century, Taplow Court was home to the Earl and Countess of Orkney.From 1852, Taplow Court became the home of the Grenfell family, in particular
William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough and his wife Ettie. They hosted an aristocratic and elite group known as "the Souls" at the house. Visitors includedHenry Irving ,Vita Sackville-West ,Edward VII whenPrince of Wales ,H. G. Wells ,Edith Wharton andOscar Wilde .A
stické court was built by Lord Desborough at Taplow Court in 1892 and the dimension of this court subsequently became the standard size of the court.After
World War II , Taplow Court was owned by British Telecommunications Research a subsidiary of Plessey Electronics. Since 1988, the house has been aSoka Gakkai Buddhist centre.External links
* [http://www.sgi-uk.org/index.php/centres/Taplow_Court Taplow Court information]
* [http://www.archaeology.co.uk/ca/issues/ca175/taplow/taplow.htm Taplow — Magnificent Saxon burial in Iron Age hillfort]
* [http://www.sgi-uk.org/index.php/events/events_taplow Buddhism — Taplow Court Open Days]
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