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Lydney Park is a 17th-century country estate surrounding Lydney House, located at Lydney in the Forest of Dean district in Gloucestershire, England.[1]

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  1. 41 relations: A48 road, Acre, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Benjamin Bathurst (MP for Gloucester), British Iron Age, Cella, Celts, Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, Cofferer of the Household, Deer park (England), Dream, England, Estate (land), Forest of Dean District, Garden, Gloucestershire, Hillfort, Iron, Iron ore, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lludd Llaw Eraint, Lydney, Mortimer Wheeler, Mosaic, Nodens, Nuada Airgetlám, Promontory fort, River Severn, Roman Britain, Roman temple, Romano-Celtic temple, Scowle, Sleep temple, Tessa Wheeler, Thermae, Toponymy, White Cross Manor, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, William Hiley Bathurst, Woodland garden, World War II.

  2. Country estates in England
  3. Gardens in Gloucestershire
  4. Hill forts in Gloucestershire
  5. J. R. R. Tolkien
  6. Lydney
  7. Museums in Gloucestershire
  8. Roman religious sites in England
  9. Roman sites in Gloucestershire
  10. Tourist attractions in Gloucestershire

A48 road

The A48 is a trunk road in Great Britain running from the A40 at Highnam, west of Gloucester, England, to the A40 at Carmarthen, Wales.

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Acre

The acre is a unit of land area used in the British imperial and the United States customary systems.

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Anne, Queen of Great Britain

Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of Scotland and England, until her death.

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Benjamin Bathurst (MP for Gloucester)

Benjamin Bathurst FRS (1692– 5 November 1767) of Lydney, Gloucestershire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons for 54 years from 1713 to 1767.

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British Iron Age

The British Iron Age is a conventional name used in the archaeology of Great Britain, referring to the prehistoric and protohistoric phases of the Iron Age culture of the main island and the smaller islands, typically excluding prehistoric Ireland, which had an independent Iron Age culture of its own.

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Cella

In Classical architecture, a cella or is the inner chamber of an ancient Greek or Roman temple.

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Celts

The Celts (see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples were a collection of Indo-European peoples.

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Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe

Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, (21 September 1867 – 3 July 1958) was a British Conservative politician and colonial governor.

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Cofferer of the Household

The Cofferer of the Household was formerly an office in the English and British Royal Household.

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Deer park (England)

In medieval and Early Modern England, Wales and Ireland, a deer park was an enclosed area containing deer.

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Dream

A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Estate (land)

An estate is a large parcel of land under single ownership, which would historically generate income for its owner.

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Forest of Dean District

Forest of Dean is a local government district in west Gloucestershire, England, named after the Forest of Dean.

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Garden

A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature.

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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element.

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Iron ore

Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist.

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Lludd Llaw Eraint

Lludd Llaw Ereint, "Lludd of the Silver Hand", son of Beli Mawr, is a legendary hero from Welsh mythology.

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Lydney

Lydney is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.

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Mortimer Wheeler

Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler CH CIE MC TD (10 September 1890 – 22 July 1976) was a British archaeologist and officer in the British Army.

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Mosaic

A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface.

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Nodens

*Nodens or *Nodons (reconstructed from the dative Nodenti or Nodonti) is a Celtic healing god worshipped in Ancient Britain.

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Nuada Airgetlám

In Irish mythology, Nuada or Nuadu (modern spelling: Nuadha), known by the epithet Airgetlám (Airgeadlámh, meaning "silver hand/arm"), was the first king of the Tuatha Dé Danann.

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A promontory fort is a defensive structure located above a steep cliff, often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land, thus using the topography to reduce the ramparts needed.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren), at long, is the longest river in Great Britain.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain.

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Roman temple

Ancient Roman temples were among the most important buildings in Roman culture, and some of the richest buildings in Roman architecture, though only a few survive in any sort of complete state.

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Romano-Celtic temple

A Romano-Celtic temple or fanum is a sub-class of Roman temple found in the north-western Celtic provinces of the Roman Empire.

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Scowle

Scowles are landscape features that range from amorphous shallow pits to irregular labyrinthine hollows up to several metres deep and are possibly unique to the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England.

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Sleep temple

Sleep temples (also known as dream temples or Egyptian sleep temples) are regarded by some as an early instance of hypnosis over 4000 years ago, under the influence of Imhotep.

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Tessa Wheeler

Tessa Wheeler (Verney; 27 March 1893 – 15 April 1936) was an archaeologist who made a significant contribution to excavation techniques and contributed to the setting up of major British archaeological institutions after the Second World War.

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Thermae

In ancient Rome, (from Greek, "hot") and (from Greek) were facilities for bathing.

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Toponymy

Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of toponyms (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types.

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White Cross Manor

White Cross Manor was the manor house in Lydney, Gloucestershire, England, of the Wynter family.

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Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948.

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William Hiley Bathurst

William H. Bathurst (28 August 1796 – 25 November 1877) was an Anglican clergyman and hymnist.

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Woodland garden

A woodland garden is a garden or section of a garden that includes large trees and is laid out so as to appear as more or less natural woodland, though it is often actually an artificial creation.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

Country estates in England

Gardens in Gloucestershire

Hill forts in Gloucestershire

J. R. R. Tolkien

Lydney

Museums in Gloucestershire

Roman religious sites in England

Roman sites in Gloucestershire

Tourist attractions in Gloucestershire

References

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

Also known as Lydney Camp, Lydney House, Lydney Park Roman Temple.