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==Biography==
==Biography==
Details of his early life are not known but in 1756 he was appointed head gardener to Sir Nathaniel Curzon at [[Kedleston Hall]], Derbyshire. He left this post in 1760 when [[Robert Adam]] was given responsibility for the entire management of the grounds. During his time at Kedleston he had started to alter the earlier formal nature of the park and had constructed the upper lake. Also during this time he married Mary Innocent, his servant and the daughter of a tailor. Together they had five sons and three daughters.<ref name="dnb">Goodway, K "Emes, William (1729/30–1803)", rev., ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', [[Oxford University Press]], 2004, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37398, accessed 30 January 2007]</ref> His son [[John Emes]] who was born in 1762 was a successful engraver and silversmith.<ref>Anne Pimlott Baker, 'Emes, John (1762–1808)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8788, accessed 15 September 2013]</ref>
Details of his early life are not known but in 1756 he was appointed head gardener to Sir Nathaniel Curzon at [[Kedleston Hall]], Derbyshire. He left this post in 1760 when [[Robert Adam]] was given responsibility for the entire management of the grounds. During his time at Kedleston he had started to alter the earlier formal nature of the park and had constructed the upper lake. Also during this time he married Mary Innocent, who was his servant and the daughter of a tailor. Together they had five sons and three daughters.<ref name="dnb">Goodway, K "Emes, William (1729/30–1803)", rev., ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', [[Oxford University Press]], 2004, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37398, accessed 30 January 2007]</ref> His son [[John Emes]] who was born in 1762 was a successful engraver and silversmith.<ref>Anne Pimlott Baker, 'Emes, John (1762–1808)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8788, accessed 15 September 2013]</ref>


After leaving Kedleston he moved to live in Bowbridge House, (Not Bowbridge Fields farm as previously thought) [[Mackworth]]. This was later the home of Edward Darwin (son of Erasamus Darwin who was William Emes friend through the [[Lunar Society]]) where he developed his practice as a landscape designer, which was concentrated mainly in the Midlands and in north Wales. His style was similar to that of [[Capability Brown|Lancelot 'Capability' Brown]]. At [[Eaton Hall (Cheshire)|Eaton Hall]], Cheshire, Emes was called in to replace Brown by [[Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor|Lord Grosvenor]].<ref name="dnb"/> He sometimes furnished a plan and then left the client to undertake the work. On other occasions he would supervise the work for many years, such as the gardens at [[Chirk Castle]] and at [[Erddig]] where his involvement continued for 25 years.<ref name="bostock">{{cite journal | quotes = | last =Bostock | first =T. | authorlink = | date = | year =2005–6 | month = | title =Oulton's Historic park and garden | journal =Cheshire History | volume =44 | issue = | pages = 48–61| issn =0141-8696 }}</ref> Emes also designed a few minor buildings.<ref name="dnb"/>
After leaving Kedleston he moved to live in Bowbridge House, (Not Bowbridge Fields farm as previously thought) [[Mackworth, Amber Valley|Mackworth]]. This was later the home of Edward Darwin (son of Erasamus Darwin who was William Emes friend through the [[Lunar Society]]) where he developed his practice as a landscape designer, which was concentrated mainly in the Midlands and in north Wales. His style was similar to that of [[Capability Brown|Lancelot 'Capability' Brown]]. At [[Eaton Hall (Cheshire)|Eaton Hall]], Cheshire, Emes was called in to replace Brown by [[Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor|Lord Grosvenor]].<ref name="dnb"/> He sometimes furnished a plan and then left the client to undertake the work. On other occasions he would supervise the work for many years, such as the gardens at [[Chirk Castle]] and at [[Erddig]] where his involvement continued for 25 years.<ref name="bostock">{{cite journal | last =Bostock | first =T. | date =June 2005 | title =Oulton's Historic park and garden | journal =Cheshire History | volume =44 | pages = 48–61| issn =0141-8696 }}</ref> Emes also designed a few minor buildings.<ref name="dnb"/>
[[File:Halston house.jpg|thumb|Grounds of [[Halston Hall]], [[Whittington, Shropshire|Whittington]], c.1778]]
The main features of his designs were trees and water.<ref name="bostock"/> Characteristic designs included [[Serpentine shape|serpentine]] lakes with their ends concealed in woodland, single trees and clumps of trees in parkland with tree belts round the boundary. He created flower gardens adjacent to the house at Sandon Hall, anticipating the later work of [[Humphry Repton]].<ref name="dnb"/>


His wife died in 1789 and Emes then moved to [[Hampshire]] taking a lease of [[Elvetham]] Park from [[Baron Calthorpe|Sir Henry Gough-Calthorpe]]. Here he took commissions in the south of England, sometimes in partnership with [[John Webb (landscape designer)|John Webb]], formerly his foreman. He later moved to London where he died at Vicarage House, St Giles Cripplegate, the home of his daughter, Sarah. He was buried at [[St Giles-without-Cripplegate|St Giles Cripplegate]].<ref name="dnb"/>
The main features of his designs were trees and water.<ref name="bostock"/> Characteristic designs included [[Serpentine shape|serpentine]] lakes with their ends concealed in woodland, single trees and clumps of trees in parkland with tree belts round the boundary. He created flower gardens adjacent to the house at Sandon Hall, anticipating the later work of [[Humphry Repton]].<ref name="dnb"/>


==Designs==
His wife died in 1789 and Emes then moved to [[Hampshire]] taking a lease of Elvetham Park from [[Baron Calthorpe|Sir Henry Gough-Calthorpe]]. Here he took commissions in the south of England, sometimes in partnership with [[John Webb (landscape designer)|John Webb]], formerly his foreman. He later moved to London where he died at Vicarage House, St Giles Cripplegate, the home of his daughter, Sarah. He was buried at [[St Giles-without-Cripplegate|St Giles Cripplegate]].<ref name="dnb"/>
===Buildings===
*Lodge at [[Attingham Park|Attingham Hall]], Shropshire<ref name="dnb"/>
*Greenhouse at Penrice Castle, Glamorgan<ref name="dnb"/>


==Designs==
===Gardens===
===Gardens===
In whole or in part:
In whole or in part:
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====Derbyshire====
====Cambridgeshire====
*[[Kedleston Hall|Kedleston]] (1756–1760)<ref name="dnb"/>
*[[Wimpole Hall]] (walled garden) (1790)<ref name="bostock"/>
*Chippenham (1795)<ref name="york"/>
*[[Calke Abbey]] (1776)<ref name="york">[http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/designer/emeswill.htm Places associated with Emes], accessed 30 January 2007</ref>
*[[Markeaton|Markeaton Hall]]
*[[Shipley Hall]]<ref>[http://www.youandyesterday.co.uk/articles/Miner's_dial_is_pointer_to_Derbyshire_social_history Bygone Derbyshire The History of Shipley Country Park – Miner's dial is a pointer...]</ref>
*Darley Park
*Radbourne Hall (1790)
*[[Locko Park|Locko Hall]] (1792)<ref name="york"/>


====Cheshire====
====Cheshire====
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*[[Eaton Hall (Cheshire)|Eaton Hall]]<ref name="dnb"/>
*[[Eaton Hall (Cheshire)|Eaton Hall]]<ref name="dnb"/>
*[[Cholmondeley Castle|Cholmondeley Hall]] (1777)<ref name="bostock"/>
*[[Cholmondeley Castle|Cholmondeley Hall]] (1777)<ref name="bostock"/>
*[[Arley Hall]] (c.1760 and then 1787)

====Derbyshire====
*[[Kedleston Hall|Kedleston]] (1756–1760)<ref name="dnb"/>
*[[Calke Abbey]] (1776)<ref name="york">[http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/designer/emeswill.htm Places associated with Emes], accessed 30 January 2007</ref>
*[[Markeaton|Markeaton Hall]]
*[[Shipley Hall]]<ref>[http://www.youandyesterday.co.uk/articles/Miner's_dial_is_pointer_to_Derbyshire_social_history Bygone Derbyshire The History of Shipley Country Park – Miner's dial is a pointer...]</ref>
*Darley Park
*[[Radbourne Hall]] (1790)
*[[Locko Park|Locko Hall]] (1792)<ref name="york"/>

====Gloucestershire====
*[[Daylesford House]]<ref name="york"/>
*[[Dodington Park|Dodington House]] (1793)<ref name="york"/>
*Fairford Park (1783–87)

====Greater Manchester====

*[[Platt Hall]] (1768)<ref name="bostock"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Hartwell|Hyde|Pevsner|2004|p=474.}}</ref>
*[[Heaton Park|Heaton Hall]] (1770)<ref name="bostock"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Hartwell|Hyde|Pevsner|2004|p=402.}}</ref>

====Hampshire====
*Brockenhurst Park<ref name="york"/>
*Dogmersfield Park<ref name="york"/>
*Elvetham Hall<ref name="york"/>

====Lancashire====
*Claughton Hall, Garstang

====Lincolnshire====
*[[Belton House]]<ref name="bostock"/>

====Norfolk====
*[[Holkham Hall]]<ref name="york"/>

====Nottinghamshire====
*Kirklington Hall (1774) <ref>[http://www.ournottinghamshire.org.uk/page/kirklington_hall Kirklington_hall] retrieved 6 March 2018</ref>
*Carlton Hall, [[Carlton in Lindrick]] (1783) <ref>[http://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/media/69301/CACarltonAppraisal.pdf Carlton Hall] retrieved 6 March 2018</ref>

====Shropshire====
*Walcot Park (c. 1774)<ref>{{Harvnb|Newman|Pevsner|2006|p=672.}}</ref>
*[[Halston Hall]] (1770s)<ref>{{Harvnb|Newman|Pevsner|2006|p=280.}}</ref>
*Aston Hall (near [[Oswestry]]) (1780)<ref>{{Harvnb|Newman|Pevsner|2006|p=124.}}</ref>
*[[Badger, Shropshire|Badger]] Hall and Dingle (c. 1780)<ref name="york"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Newman|Pevsner|2006|pp=131–132.}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22871#s1 Victoria County History, Shropshire, vol. 10, p.213.]</ref>
*[[Dudmaston Hall]]<ref name="york"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Newman|Pevsner|2006|p=255.}}</ref>
*Millichope Park<ref name="york"/>
*[[Oakly Park]]<ref name="york"/>
*[[Hawkstone Park]] (lake)<ref name="dnb"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Newman|Pevsner|2006|p=293.}}</ref>
*[[Cheswardine]] Hall,<ref>[http://cheswardinehall.co.uk/history%20of%20the%20hall.html Cheswardine Hall]</ref> Chipnall <ref>{{Harvnb|Newman|Pevsner|2006|p=196.}}</ref>


====Staffordshire====
====Staffordshire====
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*[[Etruria Hall]]
*[[Etruria Hall]]
*[[Betley Court]]
*[[Betley Court]]

====Shropshire====

*Walcot Park (c. 1774)<ref>{{Harvnb|Newman and Pevsner|2006|p=672.}}</ref>
*Halston Hall (1770s)<ref>{{Harvnb|Newman and Pevsner|2006|p=280.}}</ref>
*Aston Hall (near [[Oswestry]]) (1780)<ref>{{Harvnb|Newman and Pevsner|2006|p=124.}}</ref>
*[[Badger, Shropshire|Badger]] Hall and Dingle (c. 1780)<ref name="york"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Newman and Pevsner|2006|pp=131–132.}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22871#s1 Victoria County History, Shropshire, vol. 10, p.213.]</ref>
*[[Dudmaston Hall]]<ref name="york"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Newman and Pevsner|2006|p=255.}}</ref>
*Millichope Park<ref name="york"/>
*Oakley Park<ref name="york"/>
*[[Hawkstone Park]] (lake)<ref name="dnb"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Newman and Pevsner|2006|p=293.}}</ref>
*The Hill, Chipnall, [[Cheswardine]] The current house on the site is Cheswardine Hall.<ref>{{Harvnb|Newman and Pevsner|2006|p=196.}}</ref>

====Greater Manchester====

*[[Platt Hall]] (1768)<ref name="bostock"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Hartwell, Hyde and Pevsner|2004|p=474.}}</ref>
*[[Heaton Park|Heaton Hall]] (1770)<ref name="bostock"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Hartwell, Hyde and Pevsner|2004|p=402.}}</ref>


====Wiltshire====
====Wiltshire====
*Chute<ref name="bostock"/>
*Chute<ref name="bostock"/>
*[[Bowood House]]<ref name="york"/>
*[[Bowood House]]<ref name="york"/>

====Cambridgeshire====
*[[Wimpole Hall]] (walled garden) (1790)<ref name="bostock"/>
*Chippenham (1795)<ref name="york"/>

====Lincolnshire====
*[[Belton House]]<ref name="bostock"/>

====Hampshire====
*Brockenhurst Park<ref name="york"/>
*Dogmersfield Park<ref name="york"/>
*Elvetham Hall<ref name="york"/>

====Gloucestershire====
*[[Daylesford, Gloucestershire#Daylesford House|Daylesford House]]<ref name="york"/>
*[[Dodington Park|Dodington House]] (1793)<ref name="york"/>
*Fairford Park (1783–87)


====Yorkshire====
====Yorkshire====
*Cave Castle (1787–1791)<ref name="york"/>
*Cave Castle (1787–1791)<ref name="york"/>

====Norfolk====
*[[Holkham Hall]]<ref name="york"/>


====Wales====
====Wales====
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*[[Gregynog]], [[Montgomeryshire]] (1774)<ref name="york"/>
*[[Gregynog]], [[Montgomeryshire]] (1774)<ref name="york"/>
*[[Powis Castle]], [[Montgomeryshire]]<ref name="york"/>
*[[Powis Castle]], [[Montgomeryshire]]<ref name="york"/>
*[[Penrice Castle]], [[Glamorganshire]]
*[[Penrice Castle]], [[Glamorganshire]] <ref>[http://www.penricecastle.co.uk/history.html Penrice Castle]</ref>
*[[Margam Country Park|Margam Park]], Glamorganshire<ref name="york"/>
*[[Margam Country Park|Margam Park]], Glamorganshire<ref name="york"/>
*Rhiwlas, Montgomeryshire<ref name="york"/>
*Rhiwlas, Montgomeryshire<ref name="york"/>
{{div col end}}


===Buildings===
==References==
*Lodge at [[Attingham Park|Attingham Hall]], Shropshire<ref name="dnb"/>
*Greenhouse at Penrice Castle, Glamorgan<ref name="dnb"/>


==References==
===Notes===
===Notes===
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===Bibliography===
===Bibliography===
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*{{cite book | last =Hartwell | first =Clare | authorlink = | first2=Matthew |last2=Hyde|first3= Nikolaus |last3= Pevsner |author3-link= Nikolaus Pevsner | title =The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East |edition= | publisher =[[Yale University Press]] | year =2004 | location =New Haven & London | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0-300-10583-5 }}
*{{cite book | last1 =Hartwell | first1 =Clare | first2=Matthew |last2=Hyde|first3= Nikolaus |last3= Pevsner |author3-link= Nikolaus Pevsner | title =The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East | publisher =[[Yale University Press]] | year =2004 | location =New Haven & London | isbn =0-300-10583-5 }}
*{{cite book | last =Hubbard | first =Edward | authorlink = | title =The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd |edition= | publisher =Penguin | year = 1986| location =London | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0-14-071052-3 }}
*{{cite book | last =Hubbard | first =Edward | title =The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd | publisher =Penguin | year = 1986| location =London | isbn =0-14-071052-3 }}
*{{cite book | last =Newman| first =John| authorlink = | |first2= Nikolaus |last2= Pevsner |author2-link=Nikolaus Pevsner | title =The Buildings of England: Shropshire |edition= | publisher =[[Yale University Press]] | year =2006 | location =New Haven & London | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0-300-12083-4 }}
*{{cite book | last1 =Newman| first1 =John|first2= Nikolaus |last2= Pevsner |author2-link=Nikolaus Pevsner | title =The Buildings of England: Shropshire | publisher =[[Yale University Press]] | year =2006 | location =New Haven & London | isbn =0-300-12083-4 }}
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*{{cite journal | quotes = | last = Goodway | first = K.| authorlink = | date = | year = 1996 | month = | title =William Emes and the Flower Garden at Sandon, Staffordshire | journal =Garden History | volume =24:1 | issue = Summer | pages = 24–29 | doi = 10.2307/1587094 | publisher = Garden History, Vol. 24, No. 1 | jstor = 1587094 }}
*{{cite journal | last = Goodway | first = K.| year = 1996 | title =William Emes and the Flower Garden at Sandon, Staffordshire | journal =Garden History | volume =24:1 | issue = Summer | pages = 24–29 | doi = 10.2307/1587094 | publisher = Garden History, Vol. 24, No. 1 | jstor = 1587094 }}


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==External links==
*[http://www.penricecastle.co.uk/history.html Penrice Castle]


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Latest revision as of 18:11, 15 January 2024

William Emes (1729 or 1730–13 March 1803) was an English landscape gardener.

Biography

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Details of his early life are not known but in 1756 he was appointed head gardener to Sir Nathaniel Curzon at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire. He left this post in 1760 when Robert Adam was given responsibility for the entire management of the grounds. During his time at Kedleston he had started to alter the earlier formal nature of the park and had constructed the upper lake. Also during this time he married Mary Innocent, who was his servant and the daughter of a tailor. Together they had five sons and three daughters.[1] His son John Emes who was born in 1762 was a successful engraver and silversmith.[2]

After leaving Kedleston he moved to live in Bowbridge House, (Not Bowbridge Fields farm as previously thought) Mackworth. This was later the home of Edward Darwin (son of Erasamus Darwin who was William Emes friend through the Lunar Society) where he developed his practice as a landscape designer, which was concentrated mainly in the Midlands and in north Wales. His style was similar to that of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. At Eaton Hall, Cheshire, Emes was called in to replace Brown by Lord Grosvenor.[1] He sometimes furnished a plan and then left the client to undertake the work. On other occasions he would supervise the work for many years, such as the gardens at Chirk Castle and at Erddig where his involvement continued for 25 years.[3] Emes also designed a few minor buildings.[1]

Grounds of Halston Hall, Whittington, c.1778

The main features of his designs were trees and water.[3] Characteristic designs included serpentine lakes with their ends concealed in woodland, single trees and clumps of trees in parkland with tree belts round the boundary. He created flower gardens adjacent to the house at Sandon Hall, anticipating the later work of Humphry Repton.[1]

His wife died in 1789 and Emes then moved to Hampshire taking a lease of Elvetham Park from Sir Henry Gough-Calthorpe. Here he took commissions in the south of England, sometimes in partnership with John Webb, formerly his foreman. He later moved to London where he died at Vicarage House, St Giles Cripplegate, the home of his daughter, Sarah. He was buried at St Giles Cripplegate.[1]

Designs

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Buildings

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Gardens

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In whole or in part:

Cambridgeshire

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Cheshire

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Derbyshire

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Gloucestershire

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Greater Manchester

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Hampshire

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  • Brockenhurst Park[4]
  • Dogmersfield Park[4]
  • Elvetham Hall[4]

Lancashire

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  • Claughton Hall, Garstang

Lincolnshire

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Norfolk

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Nottinghamshire

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Shropshire

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Staffordshire

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Wiltshire

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Yorkshire

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  • Cave Castle (1787–1791)[4]

Wales

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Goodway, K "Emes, William (1729/30–1803)", rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 30 January 2007
  2. ^ Anne Pimlott Baker, 'Emes, John (1762–1808)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 15 September 2013
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Bostock, T. (June 2005). "Oulton's Historic park and garden". Cheshire History. 44: 48–61. ISSN 0141-8696.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Places associated with Emes, accessed 30 January 2007
  5. ^ Bygone Derbyshire The History of Shipley Country Park – Miner's dial is a pointer...
  6. ^ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, p. 474.
  7. ^ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, p. 402.
  8. ^ Kirklington_hall retrieved 6 March 2018
  9. ^ Carlton Hall retrieved 6 March 2018
  10. ^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 672.
  11. ^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 280.
  12. ^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 124.
  13. ^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, pp. 131–132.
  14. ^ Victoria County History, Shropshire, vol. 10, p.213.
  15. ^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 255.
  16. ^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 293.
  17. ^ Cheswardine Hall
  18. ^ Newman & Pevsner 2006, p. 196.
  19. ^ Hubbard 1986, p. 127.
  20. ^ Hubbard 1986, p. 163.
  21. ^ Hubbard 1986, p. 232.
  22. ^ Hubbard 1986, p. 369.
  23. ^ Penrice Castle

Bibliography

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Further reading

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  • Goodway, K. (1996). "William Emes and the Flower Garden at Sandon, Staffordshire". Garden History. 24:1 (Summer). Garden History, Vol. 24, No. 1: 24–29. doi:10.2307/1587094. JSTOR 1587094.