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Burghley House, the Glossary

Burghley House is a grand sixteenth-century English country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire.^[1]

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Houses completed in 1587
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Altarpiece

An altarpiece is an work of art in painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church.

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American Archive of Public Broadcasting

The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) is a collaboration between the Library of Congress and WGBH Educational Foundation, founded through the efforts of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).

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Antique

An antique is an item perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance, and often defined as at least 100 years old (or some other limit), although the term is often used loosely to describe any object that is old.

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Antiques Roadshow

Antiques Roadshow is a British television programme broadcast by the BBC in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom (and occasionally in other countries) to appraise antiques brought in by local people (generally speaking).

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Antonio Verrio

Antonio Verrio (c. 1636 – 15 June 1707) was an Italian painter.

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Artemisia Gentileschi

Artemisia Lomi or Artemisia Gentileschi (8 July 1593) was an Italian Baroque painter.

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Avenue (landscape)

In landscaping, an avenue (from the French), alameda (from the Portuguese and Spanish), or allée (from the French), is a straight path or road with a line of trees or large shrubs running along each side, which is used, as its Latin source venire ("to come") indicates, to emphasize the "coming to," or arrival at a landscape or architectural feature.

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Barnack

Barnack is a village and civil parish in the Peterborough unitary authority of the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England and the historic county of Northamptonshire.

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Baroque

The Baroque is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.

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Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter

Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter (21 September 1725 – 26 December 1793), known as Lord Burghley from 1725 to 1754, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Burghley House and Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter are Cecil family.

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Burghley Horse Trials

The Defender Burghley Horse Trials is an annual three-day event held at Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, currently in early September.

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Burghley Nef

The Burghley Nef is a parcel-gilt salt cellar made in Paris in 1527–28 (or possibly earlier).

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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Capability Brown

Lancelot "Capability" Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783) was an English gardener and landscape architect, who remains the most famous figure in the history of the English landscape garden style.

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Cecil House

Cecil House refers to two historical mansions on The Strand, London, in the vicinity of the Savoy. Burghley House and Cecil House are Cecil family.

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City of Peterborough

Peterborough, or the City of Peterborough, is a local government district with city status in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Climbing Great Buildings

Climbing Great Buildings is a British television series made for the BBC by ITN Productions.

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Coade stone

Coade stone or Lithodipyra or Lithodipra is stoneware that was often described as an artificial stone in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

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David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter

David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, KCMG KStJ (9 February 1905 – 21 October 1981), styled Lord Burghley before 1956 and also known as David Burghley, was an English athlete, sports official, peer, and Conservative Party politician. Burghley House and David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter are Cecil family.

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Deserted medieval village

In the United Kingdom, a deserted medieval village (DMV) is a former settlement which was abandoned during the Middle Ages, typically leaving no trace apart from earthworks or cropmarks.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age is a 2007 biographical historical drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur and produced by Universal Pictures and Working Title Films.

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Elizabethan architecture

Elizabethan architecture refers to buildings of a certain medieval style constructed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603.

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English country house

An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside.

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi (also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Carceri d'invenzione).

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Grinling Gibbons

Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including Windsor Castle, the Royal Hospital Chelsea and Hampton Court Palace, St Paul's Cathedral and other London churches, Petworth House and other country houses, Trinity College, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge.

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

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History of inheritance taxes in the United Kingdom

The history of inheritance taxes in the United Kingdom has undergone significant change and mutation since their original introduction in 1694.

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Housefull 2

Housefull 2, sometimes called Housefull 2: The Dirty Dozen, is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film written and directed by Sajid Khan.

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How We Built Britain

How We Built Britain is a series of six television documentaries produced by the BBC in 2007 and repeated in 2008.

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Ince and Mayhew

Ince and Mayhew were a partnership of furniture designers, upholsterers and cabinetmakers, founded and run by William Ince (1737–1804) and John Mayhew (1736–1811) in London, from 1759 to 1803; Mayhew continued alone in business until 1809.

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Japanese export porcelain

Japanese export porcelain includes a wide range of porcelain that was made and decorated in Japan primarily for export to Europe and later to North America, with significant quantities going to south and southeastern Asian markets.

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Johann Carl Loth

Johann Carl Loth (Baptized 8 August 1632 – 6 October 1698) was a German Baroque painter who spent most of his life in Venice.

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John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter

John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter (c. 1648 – 29 August 1700), known as Lord Burghley until 1678, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Burghley House and John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter are Cecil family.

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Lady Victoria Leatham

Lady Victoria Diana Leatham MBE (born 28 June 1947) is an antiques expert and television personality. Burghley House and Lady Victoria Leatham are Cecil family.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Loggia

In architecture, a loggia (usually) is a covered exterior gallery or corridor, usually on an upper level, but sometimes on the ground level of a building.

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Lord High Treasurer

The Lord High Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Acts of Union of 1707.

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Louis Laguerre

Louis Laguerre (1663 – 20 April 1721) was a French decorative painter mainly working in England.

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Luca Giordano

Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching.

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Mandatory (company)

Mandatory (formerly CraveOnline Media) is a lifestyle website based in Los Angeles with sales offices in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco.

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Marquess of Exeter

Marquess of Exeter is a title that has been created twice, once in the peerage of England and once in the peerage of the United Kingdom. Burghley House and Marquess of Exeter are Cecil family.

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Martin Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter

William Martin Alleyne Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter (27 April 1909 – 12 January 1988), known until 1981 as Lord Martin Cecil, was an Anglo-Canadian peer. Burghley House and Martin Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter are Cecil family.

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Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter

William Michael Anthony Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter (born 1 September 1935), known from 1981 to 1988 as Lord Burghley, is a British peer and was a member of the House of Lords from 1988 to 1997. Burghley House and Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter are Cecil family.

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Middlemarch (TV serial)

Middlemarch is a 1994 television adaptation of the 1871 novel of the same name by George Eliot.

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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing is a factual entertainment television show featuring friends Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse, both comedians.

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Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants.) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.

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Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles.

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Order of Little Bedlam

Order of Little Bedlam aka Bedlam Club was a gentlemen's drinking club, founded in 1684 by John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter of Burghley House, and lapsing on his death in 1700.

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Paolo Veronese

Paolo Caliari (152819 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese (also), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as The Wedding at Cana (1563) and The Feast in the House of Levi (1573).

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Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)

Pride & Prejudice is a 2005 historical romantic drama film directed by Joe Wright, in his feature directorial debut, and based on Jane Austen's 1813 novel of the same name.

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Prodigy house

Prodigy houses are large and showy English country houses built by courtiers and other wealthy families, either "noble palaces of an awesome scale" or "proud, ambitious heaps" according to taste. Burghley House and Prodigy house are Elizabethan architecture.

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Proportion (architecture)

Proportion is a central principle of architectural theory and an important connection between mathematics and art.

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Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England

The Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England provides a listing and classification system for historic parks and gardens similar to that used for listed buildings.

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Richmond Palace

Richmond Palace was a Tudor royal residence on the River Thames in England which stood in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

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Royal Upstairs Downstairs

Royal Upstairs Downstairs is a British television documentary series of 20 half-hour episodes broadcast by BBC Two each Monday to Friday evening from 7 March to 1 April 2011.

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Soke of Peterborough

The Soke of Peterborough was a historic area of England associated with the City and Diocese of Peterborough.

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St Martin's Without

St Martin's Without is a civil parish in the Peterborough unitary authority, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Stamford School

Stamford School is a co-educational independent school in Stamford, Lincolnshire in the English public school tradition.

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Stamford, Lincolnshire

Stamford is a town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Burghley House and Stamford, Lincolnshire are south Kesteven District.

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Stonemasonry

Stonemasonry or stonecraft is the creation of buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone as the primary material.

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Susanna and the Elders (Gentileschi, Stamford)

Susanna and the Elders is a painting by the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi.

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The Crown (TV series)

The Crown is a historical drama television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix.

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The Da Vinci Code (film)

The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard, written by Akiva Goldsman, and based on Dan Brown's 2003 novel of the same name.

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The Flash (film)

The Flash is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash.

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Theobalds House

Theobalds House (also known as Theobalds Palace) in the parish of Cheshunt in the English county of Hertfordshire, north of London, was a significant stately home and (later) royal palace of the 16th and early 17th centuries. Burghley House and Theobalds House are Cecil family.

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Thomas Stothard

Thomas Stothard (17 August 1755 – 27 April 1834) was a British painter, illustrator and engraver.

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Top Gear (2002 TV series)

Top Gear is a British motoring magazine and entertainment television programme.

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Treasure Houses of Britain (1985 TV series)

Treasure Houses of Britain is a 1985 documentary television series, narrated by John Julius Norwich and showcasing a number of country houses in Great Britain, produced for American television in concert with an art exhibition touring the United States at the same time.

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Tudor architecture

The Tudor architectural style is the final development of medieval architecture in England and Wales, during the Tudor period (1485–1603) and even beyond, and also the tentative introduction of Renaissance architecture to Britain.

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Weathering

Weathering is the deterioration of rocks, soils and minerals (as well as wood and artificial materials) through contact with water, atmospheric gases, sunlight, and biological organisms.

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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 15204 August 1598) was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (1550–1553 and 1558–1572) and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. Burghley House and William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley are Cecil family.

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William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter

William Thomas Brownlow Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter, (27 October 1876 – 6 August 1956), known as Lord Burghley from 1895 to 1898, was a British peer. Burghley House and William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter are Cecil family.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burghley_House

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See also

Art museums and galleries in Cambridgeshire

Barnack

Country houses in Cambridgeshire

Grade I listed buildings in Cambridgeshire

Grade II* listed parks and gardens in Lincolnshire

Historic house museums in Cambridgeshire

Houses completed in 1587

Tourist attractions in Cambridgeshire

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