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	Blenheim Palace
		Blenheim Palace is situated in Woodstock, eight miles north of Oxford, within the Oxfordshire Cotswolds.
		The Palace, conceived in 1705 by Sir John Vanbrugh and finished in 1722 is a masterpiece of English Baroque architecture.
		Palace, Park and Gardens will be open daily from 10 February 2007 to 28 October and from Wednesdays to Sundays from 31 October to 9 December.
	www.treasurehouses.co.uk /houses/blenheimpalace.htm (515 words)

	All About Blenheim Palace, Places to Visit in Oxford. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Blenheim Palace is a large and monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.
		Following the palace's completion, it has been the home of the Churchill family for the last three hundred years, various members of the family have in that period wrought various changes, in the interiors, park and gardens, some for the better, others for the worse.
		Blenheim Palace is situated in Woodstock, 8 miles North West of Oxford on A44 Evesham Road.
	www.bellinnblenheim.co.uk /palace.htm (826 words)

	Blenheim Palace (a.k.a. Malplaquet)
		Blenheim nestles against the beautiful village of Woodstock, and the palace is set in the middle of one of the greatest of landscape gardens.
		Blenheim Palace adjacent to Woodstock and Bladon - the greatest palace from the English baroque period.
		At Blenheim he not only made pier-glasses, a great many of which were needed, some to reflect the pictures, but in November 1716 Moore took over from Vanbrugh and Hawksmoor as clerk of the works and factotum, assisted by one Desborough of Woodstock.
	www2.netdoor.com /~moulder/thwhite/blenheim.html (1725 words)

	Blenheim: Blenheim Palace \| British History Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The question whether Blenheim workmen were employed by the Crown or the Marlboroughs was central to the prolonged disputes over debts.
		From the outset Blenheim housed a large domestic staff, under the control of a resident steward; in 1764 the Marlboroughs had c.
		In 1786 George III visited Blenheim and remarked of the view from the Triumphal Arch, 'we have nothing to equal this'.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=7897 (8208 words)

	Blenheim Palace Garden in England
		Blenheim Palace is the home of the 11th Duke of Marlborough and was the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.
		The English baroque Palace was built for John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, in recognition of his great victory over the French at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.
		Blenheim Lake, created by 'Capability' Brown and spanned by Vanburgh's Grand Bridge is the focal point of over 2,000 acres of landscaped parkland.
	www.sisley.co.uk /blenheim.htm (492 words)

	Blenheim Palace
		Birthplace of Winston Churchill on 1874, Blenheim Palace and the royal estate of Woodstock was the reward given to John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, for his victory over the French at the battle of Blenheim.
		Blenheim Palace was started in 1705 and was finished after the death of John Chruchill in 1722.
		Formal gardens flank the house and Blenheim Palace is set in around 2,100 acres of spectacular parkland landscaped by Capability Brown and surrounded by sweeping manicured lawns.
	www.cotswoldswebsite.com /blenheimpalace (306 words)

	Blenheim Palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Blenheim Palace provides the home to the Duke of Marlborough, and was the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.
		The Palace was built for the 1st Duke or Marlborough, John Churchill after his great victory over the French at the battle of Blenheim, which took place in 1704.
		Blenheim Palace is renowned for its gardens' beauty, with water terraces, Italian garden, Rose garden and the arboretum.
	www.woodgreen.oxon.sch.uk /community/days_out/blenheim_palace.htm (309 words)

	Blenheim Palace
		Blenheim Palace welcomes visitors with disabilities and does all it can to ensure that visitors are able to enjoy as much as possible of this magnificent building and it's grounds.
		Blenheim Palace was built by Vanbrugh in recognition of the victory of the first Duke of Malborough over the French.
		At Blenheim Palace, you are taken on a guided tour (approximately one hour) of the magnificent rooms filled with beautiful furniture, sculptures and paintings.
	www.gift-heaven.com /blenheim(2).htm (358 words)

	Churchill's Words Bring Light and Life to Blenheim Palace - The Churchill Centre
		Blenheim was born out of the blood of battles, built through burning periods of banishment and intrigue, and from its first stone it has nurtured, attracted and sheltered big, great, colorful people whose stories have the grip of passion and the scent of romance.
		The palace was offered as a grant in the early 1700s by a grateful country to John Churchill, son of an earlier Sir Winston (born l620).
		Blenheim Palace is 10 miles from the "dreaming spires" of Oxford University and about 30 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare’s birthplace.
	www.winstonchurchill.org /i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=406 (1358 words)

	The Palace, Park and Gardens
		Blenheim Palace is a member of the Historic Houses Association, if you would like to know more about the HHA then please go to www.hha.org.uk
		The stunning parkland and exquisite formal gardens at Blenheim have so much to offer, whether for a group or individuals, and Special Garden Tours are being held monthly until October...
		Come and experience fascinating untold stories of the last 300 years at Blenheim Palace, brought to life by talking portraits, touch screens and innovative film and projection technology...
	www.blenheimpalace.com /palacepg/thepalac.htm (203 words)

	Blenheim Palace on AboutBritain.com
		You will be inspired by the majesty of the Palace, with its carvings by Grinling Gibbons, delighted by the interior filled with treasures and intrigued by the apartments devoted to Sir Winston Churchill.
		Blenheim Palace was built for the National Hero John 1st Duke of Marlborough and his Duchess Sarah, given by Queen Anne as a gift in reward for his military services.
		The original plans by Vanbrugh and the 1st Duke were altered by Capability Brown, and later by the French landscape-architect Achille Duchene and succeeding generations of the family have taken a keen interest in their evolvement.
	www.aboutbritain.com /BlenheimPalace.htm (1312 words)

	Blenheim Palace - Icons of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Blenheim Palace was built at Woodstock by a grateful Queen Anne as a thank-you present to John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, for decisively winning the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.
		Blenheim has been the family seat of the Marlborough family since 1722, and Winston Churchill, 11th Duke, was born here in 1874.
		Blenheim Palace is one of England's greatest houses.
	www.icons.org.uk /nom/nominations/blenheim-palace (249 words)

	Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill and named after the battle of Blenheim
		It was at Blenheim Palace on the 30th November 1874 at 1.30am that Winston Churchill the ‘Greatest Briton of all time’ was born.
		It was also in the gardens of Blenheim at the Temple of Diana that Winston Churchill proposed to Miss Clementine Hozier during the summer of 1908.
		Blenheim Palace, Park and Gardens are open to the public further details may be found at http://www.blenheimpalace.com
	www.historic-uk.com /DestinationsUK/Blenheim.htm (1019 words)

	Blenheim Palace information and concert tickets
		Blenhium Palace is situated in Woodstock Oxford, build around the 17th century it is now known for its splendid flowers and gardens.
		Blenheim Palace is a Baroque masterpiece with a Great Hall, Library, State rooms and Clock Tower.
		The local hotel near Blenheim Palace is The Bear.
	www.londonvisions.com /outsidelondon_blenheim_palace.htm (174 words)

	Blenheim Palace, , Woodstock, OX20 1PX - www.stately-homes.com
		Blenheim Palace is a world heritage site, home of the 11th Duke of Marlborough and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, Britain’s most famous 20th Century Prime Minister.
		The name Blenheim derives from a decisive battle that took place on the 13th August 1704 on the north bank of the river Danube, near a small village called Blindheim or Blenheim, where the French leader, Marshall Tallard, had fixed his lines.
		The Formal Gardens of Blenheim Palace owe much to the 9th Duke of Marlborough who, in the 1920’s, with the help of the French landscape architect Achille Duchêne, redesigned the previously uninspiring gardens to provide the Palace with the formal majestic setting that visitors see today.
	www.stately-homes.com /327 (915 words)

	Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, travel and tourism information
		One of the great treasure houses of England, Blenheim Palace was a gift from a grateful Queen Anne to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough for his victory at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.
		When Blenheim was finally opened to the public in 1725 Vanbrugh and his wife attempted to view the palace but were refused entry.
		There's a lot to offer families visiting Blenheim, and the Pleasure Gardens have most of it; children love the hedge maze, and for older children there is a giant chess set and a ground maze, plus pitch and putt and a miniature village.
	www.britainexpress.com /counties/oxfordshire/houses/Blenheim.htm (1202 words)

	Welcome to Blenheim Palace
		Blenheim Palace, home to 11th Duke of Marlborough and the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, offers a memorable day out.
		Set in 2100 acres of beautiful parkland landscaped by ‘Capability’ Brown, the exquisite Baroque Palace is surrounded by sweeping lawns, formal gardens and the magnificent Lake.
		Inside, the scale of the Palace is beautifully balanced by the intricate detail and delicacy of the carvings, the hand painted ceilings and the amazing porcelain collections, tapestries and paintings displayed in each room.
	www.blenheimpalace.com (263 words)

	Blenheim Palace
		Emblazoned with some of the finest tapestries and paintings, this State Room also displays the hastily written dispatch from the battlefield of Blenheim proclaiming 'a glorious victory' together with the Blenheim Standard; sent as quit-rent to the Sovereign at Windsor each year since the Battle of Blenheim on the battle'sanniversary date (13th August).
		Entry to the Palace formal gardens is included in the Palace admission when the Palace is open, but is not included in the Park admission.The formal gardens are not open during the winter, 1st November 2002 to 13th March 2003; they will reopen with the Palace on 14th March 2003.
		Blenheim Palace is situated in the picturesque and historic town of Woodstock, 8 miles North West of Oxford on the A44 Evesham Road, and approximately an hour's drive from both London and Birmingham.
	www.e-travelguide.info /blenheim/index.htm (595 words)

	Woodstock History Information Guide Cotswolds
		Blenheim Palace and the neighbouring village of Woodstock, in the county of Oxfordshire, are set in lyrical countryside typifying the quintessential English rural scene with sheep pastures, wooded valleys, dry stone walls and weathered Cotswold stone buildings.
		Blenheim Palace, set in a 2500 acre park that was redesigned later in the 18th century by Capability Brown, has been described as a masterpiece of Vanbrugh's work.
		Visitors to Blenheim Palace can see the room where Churchill was born and also an Exhibition of his life and work including a bronze of Sir Winston and his wife, a painting by Churchill of the Palace, letters and photographs.
	www.cotswolds.info /places/woodstock/history.shtml (781 words)

	England 2004
		This is located in a chapel connected to the main palace by a covered walkway.
		Blenheim Palace - Magnificent palace built in 1704 by Queen Anne for the First Duke of Marlborough, and also the birthplace of Winston Churchill.
		Blenheim Palace was used for exterior location shooting in Kenneth Branagh's brilliant film version of Hamlet (1996).
	www.rci.rutgers.edu /~konczal/england04/blenheim.htm (148 words)

	OXTowns.co.uk :: Woodstock
		Woodstock, eight miles North of Oxford, is often visited for two reasons; Blenheim Palace and Sir Winston Churchill's grave in nearby Bladon.
		It was largely paid for by the nation in gratitude for his victory over the French and Bavarians at Blenheim in 1704.
		Sir Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim in 1874 and is buried in nearby Bladon churchyard.
	www.oxtowns.co.uk /woodstock/home.html (265 words)

	Blenheim Palace Organ
		Blenheim Palace, birthplace of Winston Churchill has, in the long library, a large Willis organ built 1892: (it was overhauled recently and thus is in need of neither vitamins nor guano).
		A video (OSV 507) and a CD of Carol Williams at the organs of Blenheim are available: CDs of a player -organ by the US Aeolian Company in auto mode are produced by Dinmore Records (DRD 003 and DRD 003B).
		The Administrator of Blenheim Palace assures M and A that no guano was used in the recent overhaul of the organ.
	www.nzorgan.com /vandr/blenheimpalace.htm (621 words)

	"Blenheim Palace 1" [The U.K. '03]. - photos of scenery in The Cotswolds on Worldisround (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		"Blenheim Palace 1" [The U.K. by Rico Lugtu & Eltneg.
		Blenheim Palace is one of England's finest & well-known palace.
		The Battle of Blenheim was fought on Aug. 13, 1704 on the north bank of the...
	www.worldisround.com /articles/35552/index.html (533 words)

	Euro96-Oxford
		Blenheim was (accidentally) the birthplace of Winston Churchill.
		The huge (palace-) wall size tapestries of the history of the battle of Blenheim were most impressive.
		When I was at Blenheim last, we took a horse drawn carriage ride around the grounds, but they were not running the carriages this season.
	www.xprt.net /~rcrowley/Euro96/Euro9611.htm (604 words)

	World Heritage - Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, UK - Karl Harrison - 45/119 - World Wide Panorama
		Blenheim Palace, home of the 11th Duke of Marlborough and one of Britain's greatest houses.
		Building began in 1705 and was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and is regarded as the finest example of truly Baroque architecture and covers some 7 arces of buildings.
		In the mid 18th century, 'Capability' Brown landscaped the 2,000 acres of the gorgeous gardens and parkland, creating the Blenheim lake with its wonderful cascade, building the Temple of Diana, and converting other buildings on the estate to Gothic style.
	geoimages.berkeley.edu /wwp604/html/KarlHarrison.html (272 words)

	Blenheim Palace - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		Blenheim Palace is the quintessential English stately home, with vast landscaped grounds and a central building dripping with extravagance.
		I must admit palaces bore me rigid as they remind me of school trips when I was younger.
		Blenheim is just outside of Oxford which is a great city to visit for its University and associated buildings.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/blenheimpalace.html (389 words)

	Blenheim Palace — Discover Blenheim Palace with the Great British Heritage Pass
		Blenheim Palace, once home to one of Britain’s greatest leaders, is a beautiful palace which played a big part in British heritage.
		Blenheim Palace is a magnificent baroque palace, the birthplace and childhood home of Sir Winston Churchill and the home of the 11th Duke of Marlborough.
		The Marlborough Maze at Blenheim is the world’s second largest symbolic hedge maze, designed to reflect the history are architecture of the Palace.
	www.britishheritagepass.com /Blenheim_Palace (507 words)

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