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	Berkshire History: Frogmore House (Windsor) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Frogmore House, in the Home Park at Windsor, was built by Hugh May in 1680 for his nephew, Thomas, and the latter's wife, Anne Aldworth.
		The house is still regularly used by the Royal family today.
		Frogmore House is a private residence belonging to the Crown.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /castles/frogmore_house.html (187 words)

	Frogmore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frogmore House was built in the 1680s and purchased by King George III as a country retreat for Queen Charlotte in 1792.
		In the latter years of her life, the Duchess lived in Frogmore House and in the 1850s, construction began on a beautiful domed 'temple' in the grounds of the estate.
		The Duchess died at Frogmore House on 16 March 1861 before the summer-house was completed so the upper chamber became part of the mausoleum and now contains a statue of the Duchess.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frogmore (899 words)

	Frogmore House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frogmore House is a 17th century country house standing at the centre of the Frogmore Estate, amongst beautiful gardens, about a kilometre south of Windsor Castle in the Home Park at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire.
		The present Frogmore House was built in 1680–1684 for Anne Aldworth and her husband, Thomas May, a Tory politician from Sussex, by Charles II's architect and Thomas' uncle, Hugh May.
		Frogmore House has 18 bedrooms, and a number of rooms retain 18th and 19th century decoration.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frogmore_House (506 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Frogmore
		Frogmore or Frogmore House is a former royal residence in England, in the grounds of Windsor Castle, and is the site of the Frogmore Mausoleum containing the grave of Victoria and Albert.
		Frogmore House was purchased by King George III for Queen Charlotte in 1792 for use as a country retreat.
		In the grounds of Frogmore is the Frogmore Mausoleum, the burial place of Queen Victoria and her consort Prince Albert.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Frogmore (1360 words)

	Loryn's British Royalty Page - Royal Residences
		Sandringham House, Norfolk - This house was purchased for Edward, Prince of Wales, in 1861.
		From 1709 to 1738 the house was leased by the Duke of Northumberland, son of Charles II by the Duchess of Cleveland.
		Earl Mountbatten of Burma was born in Frogmore House in 1900, and from 1902 to 1910 the future King George V and Queen Mary, with their children, frequently stayed there.
	www.angelfire.com /md/royalty/palaces.html (1355 words)

	Clarence Hotel Windsor
		The house dates from the 1680s and was used by Queen Charlotte to indulge her love of botany.
		Frogmore passed through a succession of Royal owners, becoming a favoured retreat of Queen Victoria and later of King George V and Queen Mary.
		The peace of Frogmore drew Prince Albert and Queen Victoria to break with Royal tradition and to choose a corner of the garden to build a mausoleum (elaborate grave) for themselves.
	www.clarence-hotel.co.uk /windsorcastle.htm (640 words)

	Frogmore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Frogmore House is open to visitors on a limited number of days during the year.
		Frogmore House, Garden and Mausoleum are traditionally open on a few days in May and will open over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
		Because of the physical constraints of the House and its displays, children under the age of 8 cannot be admitted.
	www.windsor.gov.uk /attractions/frogmore.htm (462 words)

	Frogmore House
		In 1792 it was purchased for Queen Charlotte, and James Wyatt was commissioned to convert the house for use as a daytime retreat for the Queen and her daughters.
		Extended considerably with a second level to the main house, and flanking pavilions later enlarged with bow rooms, this imposing stuccoed property is the Frogmore House that has been used by many members of the Royal Family over the last 200 years.
		Among the magnificent gardens at Frogmore, always regarded as a private and sacred place by Queen Victoria, is the small temple that eventually became the Duchess of Kent's mausoleum, and the fabulous Romanesque domed mausoleum of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria.
	www.theheritagetrail.co.uk /royal%20palaces/frogmore%20house.htm (538 words)

	ROYAL RETREATS: Frogmore House
		The house itself is filled with intimate memories, especially of its times as a creative outlet for repressed Georgian princesses, a country retreat for assorted royals, and a museum for sentimental queens.
		The queen and her daughters passed many pleasant hours at Frogmore and a number of elaborate parties were held there, but the house gradually became a place where the queen quite literally escaped from the torments of her husband's mounting "insanity," brought on by the disease porphyria.
		With the house in somewhat less than hospitable conditions, focus shifted to the grounds and, in October 1928, land immediately to the southwest of The Royal Mausoleum was consecrated as a private royal burial ground.
	www.timetravel-britain.com /columns/royal/royal01.shtml (1892 words)

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		The original house was built between 1680 and 1684.
		From 1709 to 1738 it was leased by the Duke of Northumberland.
		Charlotte used the house as a retreat for her and her unmarried daughters.
	www.angelfire.com /ny3/princewilliam/frogmore.html (255 words)

	The definitive guide to Royal Windsor: Frogmore House
		The house was said to be a favourite of Queen Victoria, King George V and Queen Mary.
		Next to the house is the Royal Mausoleum, built by Queen Victoria, and in which she and her husband Prince Albert are buried.
		Frogmore House and the Mausoleum are open to the public on special days only, during May and August for individual visitors, and during August and September for organised groups.
	www.royal-windsor.com /frogmore.htm (175 words)

	The Royal Collection - Frogmore House
		Frogmore House, set in the private Home Park, is renowned for its beautiful landscaped garden and 18th-century lake.
		The interior of Frogmore House reflects the interests and talents of several generations of the royal family.
		Whilst the majority of Frogmore House is accessible to wheelchair-users, the gravel approach paths through the garden may present difficulties for some people.
	www.royalcollection.org.uk /default.asp?action=article&ID=35 (478 words)

	Royal Props: Castles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It is the official London residence of the Queen and houses the administrative headquarters, the centrepiece of Britain’s constituinonal monarchy.
		The House was purchased by the Prince Consort for the Prince of Wales (the later Edward VII) in 1862.
		Frogmore House is still famous for the Royal Mausoleum and the gardens, which are open to visitors, but it does not hold an official function.
	www2.hu-berlin.de /monarchy/Props/Castles.html (2117 words)

	The Royal Residences > Frogmore
		Frogmore House lies in the tranquil setting of the private Home Park of Windsor Castle.
		A country residence of various monarchs since the seventeenth century, the house is especially linked to Queen Victoria.
		The house and attractive gardens were one of Queen Victoria's favourite retreats.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/page558.asp (71 words)

	boys clothing : British royalty Victoria -- royal homes
		Frogmore House is situated in the tranquil setting of the Home Park at Windsor Castle.
		In that year, Marlborough House was given to Princess Charlotte, only daughter of the future King George IV and heir presumptive to the throne, who had married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1816.
		Queen Mary, in her turn, moved to Marlborough House on the death of King George V in 1936.
	histclo.com /royal/eng/v1/uk-rh.htm (4122 words)

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		The north and south wings of Buckingham House were demolished and rebuilt on a larger scale with a triumphal arch - the Marble Arch - as the centrepiece of an enlarged courtyard, to commemorate the British victories at Trafalgar and Waterloo. By 1829 the costs had escalated to nearly half a million pounds.
		FROGMORE HOUSE The estates of Great and Little Frogmore first came into Royal ownership in the 16th century during the reign of Henry VIII.
		The original house was built between 1680 and 1684 and was added to by successive sovereigns.From 1709 to 1738 Frogmore House was leased by the Duke of Northumberland, son of Charles II by the Duchess of Cleveland.
	www.koolielu.ee /files/The_History.doc (1884 words)

	FROGMORE HOUSE AND GUIDED TOUR OF ROYAL SAVILL GARDENS FROM THE CASTLE HOTEL, WINDSOR
		The Frogmore estate first came into royal ownership in the mid-sixteenth century but it was held for a succession of Crown tenants for the following 250 years.
		The Duchess of Kent resided at Frogmore for much of the next twenty years and is buried in a small mausoleum in the grounds.
		Queen Victoria visited Frogmore regularly during her long widowhood and cherished the peace and quiet of the house and gardens.
	www.heritagetouring.co.uk /i-tour/frogmore-house.htm (650 words)

	The Royal Residences > Frogmore > Visiting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Frogmore House, set in the private Home Park, is renowned for its beautiful landscaped garden and 18th-century lake.
		The interior of Frogmore House reflects the interests and talents of several generations of the Royal family who enjoyed the peace and quiet offered by Frogmore to pursue interests such as painting, drawing, and needlework, reading, music and botany.
		Queen Charlotte had a great interest in botany and was given full rein in the garden at Frogmore, which she laid out with rare and unusual plants.
	www.royalinsight.gov.uk /output/Page579.asp (508 words)

	Visit to Frogmore House and Eton College
		Queen Mary turned the house into a kind of family museum and her lack of artistic taste is obvious in the two rooms that she had furnished with opulent curtains, artificial flowers and fl, papier maché furniture inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
		The dark mahogany table and sideboards, the latter with brass fenders to prevent the food and drink falling off in a swell, is very pleasing to the eye and a poignant reminder of the status of the realm in the days of the British Empire.
		Both were built at the instructions of Queen Victoria, one to contain the remains of her mother the Duchess of Kent, who lived at Frogmore happily from 1841 until her death, the other to contain the remains of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
	www.colchestercivicsociety.org.uk /news.php?id=48 (820 words)

	Crocus.co.uk garden to visit Frogmore Gardens Berkshire
		The house dates from the 1680s and was purchased in 1792 for Queen Charlotte, consort of George III.
		Frogmore then passed through a succession of royal owners, becoming a favoured retreat of Queen Victoria and later of King George V and Queen Mary.
		The peace of Frogmore drew Prince Albert and Queen Victoria to break with royal tradition and to choose a corner of the garden to build a mausoleum for themselves.
	www.crocus.co.uk /Catalog/Gardens/?ContentType=GardenCard&GardenID=1323 (318 words)

	Frogmore House, Gardens and Mausoleum - The Royal Windsor Web Site by ThamesWeb
		The sarcophagus was made from a single piece of grey Aberdeen granite, said to be the largest block of flawless wrought granite in existence and was the fourth to be quarried for the purpose, the earlier three attempts being found to be flawed on the underside after being cut from the quarry at Cairngall.
		Frogmore House is open twice in the course of this year, once in May, and again in August.
		Unfortunately, Frogmore House is unsuitable for children under eight and wheelchair accessibility is limited by architectural aspects and is not possible inside the Mausoleum or the upstairs rooms of Frogmore House.
	www.thamesweb.co.uk /windsor/frogmore/frogmore.html (1471 words)

	Mandy's British Royalty - Royal Residence
		The north and south wings of Buckingham House were demolished and rebuilt on a larger scale with a triumphal arch - the Marble Arch - as the centerpiece of a courtyard to commemorate the British victories at Trafalgar and Waterloo.
		The original house was built between 1680 and 1684 and was, as usual, added on to by different sovereigns.
		Today, Frogmore House is no longer an official residence, but the house itself and occasionally the gardens are sometimes used by the Queen for official functions and receptions.
	www.mandysroyalty.org /RoyalResidence.html (1838 words)

	Local events
		Frogmore House is set in the magnificent private Home Park of Windsor Castle in Berkshire.
		Although Frogmore is no longer a Royal residence, it is frequently used by the Royal Family for entertaining.
		Tickets for the house are limited to 1500 and can only be bought on the day at the House; expect large queues.
	www.barnardos.org.uk /local_event_details?ref=19229 (491 words)

	Telegraph \| Travel \| Windsor: The glory of a grave affair
		Frogmore House opened to the public for the first time in 1990, to mark its £2.25 million restoration, while the mausoleum and its grounds had always opened on Queen Victoria's birthday.
		The Frogmore estate has belonged to the Crown since the mid-16th century, but it was leased to a succession of tenants before the Duke of Northumberland, Charles II's son by the Duchess of Cleveland, first made it a royal home.
		She put her botanical interests into practice in the grounds, creating a picturesque 35-acre landscaped garden with thousands of rare trees and plants, meandering streams and lake, and follies designed by her third daughter, Elizabeth: a Gothic Ruin, thatched Hermitage, octagonal Temple of Solitude, and garden ballroom.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2003/05/17/etheri17.xml (375 words)

	Things to see and do in Windsor - Langton House Bed And Breakfast
		Housed in the old Victorian fire station, this arts centre is famous for its alternative acts and vegetarian menu.
		The small museum houses a history of the regiment and would be of interest to anyone interested in military history.
		Cliveden House overlooks the Thames in Berkshire and is notorious for the Profumo scandal in the 1960s in which the then defence minister, John Profumo, used the hotel to meet Christine Keeler, who was also having a relationship with a Soviet spy.
	www.langtonhouse.co.uk /abit.php (2479 words)

	Frogmore Gardens (Berkshire) - © Gardens-Guide.com - OPEN GARDENS UK & Ireland - Features, Admission, Maps, ...
		Frogmore House has enjoyed Royal occupancy since Queen Charlotte resided here from the 1790's and the gardens have reflected the prevailing tastes of the day.
		Statuesque forest trees are one of the splendours of Frogmore.
		The house was occupied in turn by Queen Charlotte's daughter, Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Kent, the mother of Queen Victoria.
	www.gardens-guide.com /gardenpages/_0103.htm (519 words)

	LondonTown.com \| Banqueting House, Royal London\| London Hotel and Vacation Experts
		The Banqueting House is the only surviving section of Whitehall Palace - which in its heyday was the largest royal palace in Europe.
		Whitehall Palace was destroyed by fire in 1698 and the surviving Banqueting House eventually became a royal chapel.
		The Banqueting House was also the setting for Charles I's execution during the English Civil War (1642-49).
	www.londontown.com /London/Banqueting_House (290 words)

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