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  Saint Blaise (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blaise was the first name of the mathematician Blaise Pascal.
Blaise Castle is a stately home in what is now part of the city of Bristol.
Blaise Hamlet, built about 1811 for retired employees of the owner of Blaise Castle.
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 Blaise Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blaise Castle is an 18th century mansion house and estate near Henbury in Bristol (formerly in Gloucestershire), England.
Blaise Castle was immortalised by being described as "the finest place in England" in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey (a sentiment not necessarily shared by the author, however).
After the Anglo-Saxon invasion and subsequent conversion to Christianity, the land was granted to the Bishop of Worcester as part of the Kingdom of Mercia.
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 Blaise Hamlet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blaise Hamlet is a hamlet in north west Bristol, England, composed of a complex of small cottages around a green.
They were built around 1811 for retired employees of Quaker banker and philanthropist John Scandrett Harford, who owned Blaise Castle House.
The hamlet was designed by John Nash, master of the Picturesque style.
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 Hamlet, - Qwika
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 BBC - Going Out in Bristol - Blaise Castle Estate
That's the 650-acre Blaise Castle Estate, a place to spark the imagination and escape to a world of castles, cottages, a wooded gorge and stunning wildflower meadow.
Blaise Castle is, in fact, a folly, built on the site of St Blaise's Chapel, an outcrop which was originally a Roman camp.
Blaise Castle Estate is in Henbury in the north-west of Bristol.
www.bbc.co.uk /bristol/content/goingout/2004/parks/blaise/blaisecastle.shtml   (549 words)

  
 Blaise Castle House Museum
The Blaise Castle House, with its magnificent carriage driveway, is set in the Blaise Estate grounds which were originally laid out by the famous landscape gardener, Humphrey Repton.
Blaise was described by Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey as the finest place in England.
Nearby is Blaise Hamlet, a picturesque group of thatched cottages also built by John Harford.
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Blaise Castle Estate is one of the city's gems.
It lies 5 miles North West of the city centre, bounded by the districts of Henbury, Westbury-on-Trym, Coombe Dingle and Lawrence Weston.
Blaise Castle House, now a museum, was built in 1795 by William Paty for John S. Harford, a local banker.
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 Blaise Hamlet - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Blaise Hamlet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-24)
They were designed 1810–11 in the Picturesque style by John Nash for pensioners from the Blaise estate.
The National Trust acquired Blaise Hamlet in 1943.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 Blaise Hamlet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-24)
Blaise Hamlet is a village in north west Bristol, England.
All the cottages, and the sundial on the green (which is accessible to the public), are Grade I listed buildings.
It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
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 Blaise Hamlet Hotels: near University of Bristol - 3.4m
Make a reservation near Blaise Hamlet at one of around 69 hotels from £25.00 for Arundel House (Cheddar - Blaise Hamlet 17.2 miles) to £210.00 for The Queensberry Hotel (Bath - Blaise Hamlet 14.1 miles).
All accommodation is within 18.5 miles of Blaise Hamlet.
Accommodation close to Blaise Hamlet is Downs Edge at 2.2 miles, with 8 rooms from £49.50.
www.uk-hotel-accommodation.co.uk /hotels_near_attractions/Hotels_Blaise_Hamlet.cfm   (303 words)

  
 Blaise - Welcome To The Parish Of St. Blaise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-24)
The Blaise Pascal Research Chairs were established in 1996 by the State and the The Blaise Pascal chairs have acquired a solid reputation in the
Blaise Castle Estate is a magnificent 650 acre Grade 2 listed parkland and, After the estate became a public park Blaise Castle was vandalised,
BlaiseĀ® is a powerful system for computer-assisted survey processing and interviewing.
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 Amazon.com: "Blaise Castle": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-24)
It was in 1789 that the Quaker financier John Hartford acquired the Blaise Castle estate at Henbury near Bristol.
76) Blaise Castle was a triangular modern folly, built by Thomas Farr in 1766; it was moreover at Henbury, beyond Bristol, in the...
TRACK ONE Blaise Hamlet (named after his family seat, Blaise Castle, near Bristol) had tasteful stone thatched cottages built for Harford's pensioners and was probably the first real example of public...
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 Student Travel Information & Discounts - Events: Blaise Castle House Museum (Blaise Castle House Museum, Bristol, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-24)
Situated in the beautiful parkland of the Blaise Estate, the Blaise Castle House Museum was an 18th century house and now holds most of the Museums Service's social history collection.
Blaise was built in 1796-1798 for John Harford, a wealthy Bristol merchant and banker.
The museum's exhibits include a History of the Blaise Estate, featuring Humphrey Repton's Red Book, bound in red leather and detailing his plans to landscape the park.
www.istc.org /sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=110496   (274 words)

  
 Blaise Castle
With a deep wooded limestone gorge, dramatic scenery, and ancient monuments steeped in folklore, Blaise Castle Estate is one of the most magical and romantic areas in the Forest of Avon with plenty to do for children as well as adults.
At Blaise Castle Estate you can also see the 18thCentury Stratford Mill, a Woodman’s Cottage and the Blaise Hamlet Cottages, (just outside the Estate), owned by the National Trust, not to mention the elegant Estate House.
This was built in Bath Stone in 1796 for the Harford family and is complete with a 'natural' style of garden landscaping which makes the most of the dramatic scenery surrounding the estate.
www.forestofavon.org.uk /blaisecastle.html   (579 words)

  
 Bristol - Blaise Hamlet - Removal companies - Removals Bristol Blaise Hamlet - Free moving quotes by removal companies
Free quotes for removals to, or from Bristol - Blaise Hamlet.
Are you moving to, or from Blaise Hamlet, Bristol and you want to compare removal companies?
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 Bristol Blaise Castle Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-24)
Just outside Blaise Estate, near the entrance by the House, is a very picturesque set of nine cottages, known as Blaise Hamlet.
The cottages at Blaise Hamlet were purchased by the National Trust in 1943.
In 1982 Blaise Hill was scheduled as an ancient monument, and the preservation of the whole site was assured.
www.digitalbristol.org /members/dmills/blaize.htm   (308 words)

  
 Bristol City Council Catalogue List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-24)
Bathurst Basin was built on the site of a former millpond, this once busy commercial dock still retains an example of nineteenth-century Bristol Byzantine-style warehousing together with a group of early nineteenth-century cottages which have been restored and incorporated into an attractive new quayside housing development.
Blaise Hamlet was designed by John Nash and completed in 1812.
The nine cottages were built for retired servants from Blaise Castle House.
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 Hotels near Blaise Castle House Museum
Hotels near Blaise Castle House Museum - 60 hotels from £29 per room per night.
Built in the 18th century for a Quaker banker, this mansion is now Bristol's Museum of Social History.
Nearby Blaise Hamlet is a picturesque estate village, designed by John Nash....
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 Photograph of Henbury, Blaise Hamlet c1960
Blaise, with its four castellated towers, was built in 1771 by Thomas Farr.
In 1765 Thomas had been a member of a delegation sent by the Society of Merchant Venturers, of which he later became Master, to deliver a petition to Parliament against the renewal of the Sugar Act.
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 Blaise Castle House (Bristol) - © Gardens-Guide.com - OPEN GARDENS UK & Ireland - Features, Admission, Maps, ...
Blaise Castle House Museum (Museum of Social History), open Easter - October.
The house is set in 400 acres of historic landscaped country park, once the home of the Harford family.
Close to the house are the orangery and an ornamental dairy, both designed by Nash, as was Blaise Hamlet.
www.gardens-guide.com /gardenpages/_0385.htm   (235 words)

  
 Blaise Hamlet Online Hotel Reservation: Book Cheap Hotels with Discounts
The results display not only the room rates with discounts for hotels near Blaise Hamlet, but you can also expand the results to see the hotels thumbnail image along with a short description and list of its' facilities.
Select the arrival and departure dates for when you wish to stay near Blaise Hamlet, enter the number of hotel rooms you require and the number of adults and/or children occupying each room.
Once you have performed an availability search, this column will then display towns that are near Blaise Hamlet, and simply by clicking on the town's name, you can perform the same availability search without having to re-enter your details into the hotels search form.
www.uk-hotel-accommodation.co.uk /hotels_near_attractions/Blaise_Hamlet_av.cfm   (246 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - hamlet, Videos VHS PAL UK, Trains Railway Models, DVDs items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-24)
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 Baritone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planet2.scs.cs.nyu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-24)
Despite the European dominance of classical singing, American baritones Lawrence Tibbett, Leonard Warren and Robert Merrill became renowned singers in their own right.
Continuing the success of these singers was Sherrill Milnes, who in addition to becoming famed for his Verdi performances was as just as successful in French opera including Hamlet.
The leading Italian Verdi baritone of the 1970s and 1980s was Piero Cappuccilli, while Britain's Thomas Allen was considered the most versatile baritone of his generation in regards to repretoire, spanning the literature from Mozart to Verdi, French, Russian and modern English music.
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 Blaise Castle and Blaise Hamlet- Bristol, United Kingdom - VirtualTourist.com
Blaise Castle Hamlet has a storybook air, with thatched roofs, Jacobean chimneys and a pump on the green, complete with weathervane.
Blaise Castle House was designed by Thomas Paty for John Scandrett Harford, a wealthy merchant and banker.
In later years, after the area became a public park, the building was vandalised, but it has been renovated through the efforts of the Friends of Blaise Castle.
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 Blaise Castle House Museum, Henbury City of Bristol England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-24)
Blaise Castle House Museum, Henbury City of Bristol England
Blaise Castle House Museum, City of Bristol, England..
Situated in the beautiful parkland of the Blaise Estate at Henbury - the Museum is situated in an 18th century house and holds most of the Museums Service's 30,000 social history collection.
www.in-england.co.uk /Museums/England1296.htm   (392 words)

  
 Blaise Hamlet Gardens - a Gardens Guide review
Blaise Hamlet Gardens - a Gardens Guide review
: Blaise Hamlet Gardens, Blaise Castle House, Henbury, Bristol, Somerset, England
: Blaise Hamlet is west of Henbury Village and 4 miles north of Bristol.
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 Bristol City Council: Local museums: Bristol's Blaise Castle House Museum
Situated in the beautiful parkland of the Blaise Estate at Henbury - the Museum is situated in an 18th century house and is home to most of the Museums Service's social history collection of over 30,000 objects.
A History of the Blaise Estate, features Humphrey Repton's Red Book, bound in red leather detailing his plans to landscape the park.
You will pass 'Blaise Inn' on your right and bend to the right.
www.bristol-city.gov.uk /ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/Museums-Galleries/bristols-blaise-castle-house-museum---museums---art-gallery.en;jsessionid=5FDA6969821004B12B1D124EFDD8A5E1   (489 words)

  
 Lilliput Lane Blaise Cottage Hamlet - Find it on Collectors-Best.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-24)
Blaise Castle… At Blaise Castle Estate you can also see the 18thCentury Stratford Mill, a Woodman?s Cottage and the Blaise Hamlet Cottages, (just outside the Estate), owned
An … This decorative effect is very charming but the cottage has been rethatched in the last fifty yearsFor more images of Blaise Castle and Hamlet see www
Review… Interesting too is Temple's commentary on the Double Cottage at Blaise Hamlet, adapted by Nash for the school house at High Legh.
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