Today, Bob and I had a great visit to Ickworth Estate, which is a National Trust site a short drive from Bury, with our Cambridge friends, Sue and Peter.
The Ickworth estate’s origins date back to 1086 when it was recorded as a settlement of 16 households belonging to the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. In 1254, the Crown granted Thomas de Ickworth the land to create a deer park. In 1700, John Hersey inherited the estate to become the First Earl of Bristol; however, the house that we were able to visit was the vision of the 4th Earl of Bristol, known as the Earl Bishop. Construction was begun in 1795 and completed in 1829 after the Earl Bishop’s death.
Some of the rooms in the rotunda portion of the home that we were able to visit.
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