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	Ightham Mote - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ightham Mote (pronounced like "item moat") is a medieval moated manor house close to the village of Ightham, near Sevenoaks in Kent.
		Originally dating to around 1320, the building is of note as its successive owners effected relatively few changes to the main structure for the 650 years it was occupied.
		Ightham Mote and its gardens are open to the public.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ightham_Mote (342 words)

	channel4.com - Time Team - Ightham Mote - text only
		The village of Ightham is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, compiled for William the Conqueror in 1086, but the origin of its name suggests that it already existed half a millennium earlier.
		One of the most fascinating discoveries at Ightham Mote was the large number of hidden shoes found in spaces under floorboards, in chimneys and elsewhere.
		The house and garden at Ightham Mote are open from early spring to late autumn (18 March to 30 October 2005), from 10.30am to 5.30pm.
	www.channel4.com /history/timeteam/2004_ightham_t.html (2769 words)

	The Gunpowder Plot Society
		The tower at Ightham Mote was added at the time of the Wars of the Roses.
		Ightham Mote was purchased in 1591 by the Selby family.
		She is thought to have been bricked up at Ightham Mote for her deeds, and encouragingly a skeleton of a lady was found in a concealed cupboard in 1872.
	www.gunpowder-plot.org /ightham.asp (472 words)

	Ightham Mote Kent
		Ightham Mote is a 14th century manor house set in a deep wooded valley.
		All the furniture in the house has been added since the 1950s when the original contents of the Ightham Mote were sold.
		Ightham Mote is surrounded by a beautiful garden with lakes and woodland.
	www.touruk.co.uk /houses/housekent_ight.htm (383 words)

	Ightham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ite-um) is a village in Kent, England, located approximately four miles east of Sevenoaks and six miles north of Tonbridge.
		It is most famous for the nearby medieval manor of Ightham Mote (National Trust) although the village itself is of even greater antiquity.
		Ightham is not mentioned in Domesday Book but place name evidence implies the name is derived from the Saxon 'Ehtaham'.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ightham (235 words)

	channel4.com - Time Team 2004 - Ightham Mote
		Hidden away in Kent is an architectural gem, a building that is important not because it's bigger or better than any other but because it has survived, complete with all the many changes and bodges made to it over the course of seven centuries.
		Ightham Mote is a magnificent moated manor house in the small village of Ightham, near Sevenoaks.
		In this special documentary, Time Team tells the story of this different kind of archaeology as the renovation of the final section of the house, the south-west quarter, was carried out in 2003-2004.
	www.channel4.com /history/timeteam/2004_ightham.html (170 words)

	Ightham Mote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Here at Ightham, it happens that the alterations, extensions and repairs tended to be sympathetic rather than in the latest style.
		However, the glory of the chapel is its early sixteenth century painted ceiling with similar motifs to the stained glass window in the Great Hall, and therefore the work of Richard Clement.
		As some of the boards have been altered to fit the ceiling, it may be that the boards were decorated for another purpose and brought to Ightham by Richard.
	www.ukheritage.net /houses/ightham.htm (947 words)

	National Trust \| Ightham Mote \| Photo gallery
		Room view of the Butler's Pantry at Ightham Mote showing the windows, sink, part of radiator and the wooden kitchen cupboards.
		The north-east elevation of Ightham Mote with the moat running along the 14th-century manor house.
		View of the Elizabethan half-timbered cottages with gardens and urn in foreground, at Ightham Mote in Kent.
	www.nationaltrust.org.uk /main/cymraeg/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-ighthammote/w-ighthammote-photo_gallery.htm (264 words)

	Ightham Parish Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The role and objective of the Parish Council is the control and administration of parish matters through the elected members of the Council on behalf of the parishioners through close liaison with Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council.
		The Parish Council is invited by Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council to inspect and comment on all planning applications for the Parish of Ightham, and is very mindful of the necessity to preserve the unique and picturesque aspects of the village and its environs.
		Parish Council Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month in the Ightham Village Hall, whilst the agenda and minutes of such meetings are posted on the parish notice boards.
	www.ightham.org /parish_affairs.htm (379 words)

	Ightham Mote - Haunted Mansions Around the World
		ghtham Mote is a beautiful fourteenth century manor house, situated in Sevenoaks, Kent.
		Over the years it has been home to many famous families and from 1591 it was the home of the Selby's.
		According to legend, she was walled up in a room in the tower after she sent a letter to her cousin, Lord Moneagle, which resulted in the downfall of Guy Fawkes and his Gunpowder Plot.
	www.zurichmansion.org /parks/ightham.htm (245 words)

	Ightham Mote: The Garden of England I - 21 June 2001
		Ightham Mote: The Garden of England I - 21 June 2001
		Ightham Mote has a long and chequered history.
		It was placed on top of the tower in the fifties by the American owner who later gave Ightham to the NT.
	www.mjausson.com /2001/walk21Jun01.htm (380 words)

	Ightham Mote Ivy Hatch Tonbridge Kent England English
		Ightham Mote was originally a 14th century fortified manor house, owned by Sir Thomas Cawne.
		Built in 1330, the square platform encased by a wide moat, supported a great hall, the Old Chapel with a crypt beneath it and two solars.
		Ightham Mote is located south of Ivy Hatch, off Mote Road.
	www.castleuk.net /castle_lists_south/188/ighthammote.htm (162 words)

	Information about Ightham Mote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Ightham Mote is the appropriately unusual name for “the most complete small medieval manor house in the country” (Pevsner).
		Refresh yourself in the lovely gardens with their lakeside and woodland walks and, of course, in the Mote Restaurant.
		The last six centuries have not all been beautiful, but Ightham Mote seems to have captured and retained much of the best of each as they passed by.
	www.visitsoutheastengland.com /experiences/historicbuildings/ighthammote/index.aspx (324 words)

	Europa Nostra
		Ightham Mote is one of the oldest and loveliest medieval manor houses to survive in England.
		Dating from 1330, it is hidden away in a secluded location in the Kentish Weald.
		Ightham Mote est l’un des plus anciens et des plus jolis manoirs médiévaux à survivre en Angleterre.
	www.europanostra.org /lang_en/awards_2004/uk_ightham.htm (560 words)

	Gunpowder Plot - Ightham Mote - Kent
		Ightham Mote is supposedly a key location that lead to the downfall of Guy Fawkes in his gunpowder plot.
		It cannot be chance that Phoenix Fireworks is not more than a mile away in Wrotham, Kent.
		Ightham Mote is a beautiful fourteenth century manor house, situated in Sevenoaks, Kent.
	www.phoenixfireworks.co.uk /Gunpowder-plot-Ightham-Mote.html (384 words)

	Ightham Mote, Kent
		Ightham mote is a lovely 14th century medieval moated manor house located 6 miles east of Sevenoaks in Kent.
		It is not grand but standing in a sheltered wooded cleft of the Kentish Weald it conjures up the history and atmosphere of 650 years ago, better than any other of its type.
		Ighthams survival owes much to its seclusion and the modest pretensions of its successive owners, who were squires, sheriffs, Members of Parliament and even courtiers.
	www.places-to-go.org.uk /Ightham_Mote.htm (430 words)

	Helen Stephenson's Plaxtol/Shipbourne/Ightham Mote Pictures
		The Bromley Camera Club's 2001 Autumn Walk followed a triangular route in Kent: starting and finishing at Ightham Mote and visiting Plaxtol and Shipbourne along the way.
		The village church is next to the pub, and after refreshing ourselves at that hostelry, we visited the church.
		Ightham Mote is a moated manor house which is currently undergoing restoration.
	members.tripod.com /~baronmoss/BCC_2001_autumn_walk_pics.html (579 words)

	Ightham Mote
		A Listed Grade 1 building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, medieval in appearance, constructed largely of oak timbers and local ragstone has had a succession of owners through the centuries.
		These include Sir Richard Clement, a courtier of Henry VIII, the Selbys - who lived in Ightham Mote for almost 300 years, and Sir Richard Colyer-Fergusson, who resided here from 1889 until 1951.
		Under threat of demolition or re-development, Ightham Mote was fortunate that three local businessmen purchased it until a new owner appeared.
	www.kentattractions.co.uk /IghthamMote.htm (162 words)

	Ightham Mote \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Kent, Surrey and Sussex \| Frommers.com
		Dating from 1340, Ightham Mote was extensively remodeled in the early 16th century, and remodeling is still going on.
		Unlike many other ancient houses in England that have been occupied by the same family for centuries, Ightham Mote passed from owner to owner, with each family leaving its mark on the place.
		When the last private owner, an American who was responsible for a lot of the restoration, died, he bequeathed the house to the National Trust, which chose to keep the Robinson Library laid out as it was in a 1960 edition of Homes & Gardens.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/kentsurreyandsussex/A25093.html (326 words)

	School Trip to Ightham Mote
		Year 2 spent a lovely day at Ightham Mote near Sevenoaks in June 2002.
		The visit was in connection with our art topic, ‘Can Buildings Speak?’ Before our visit the children searched for different patterns and textures at school and in the local area.
		We had two lovely guides who told us about the people who had lived in the house and what it would have been like to live there.
	www.highfield-inf.bromley.sch.uk /ightham.htm (348 words)

	Ightham Mote - Your guide to places to visit in the Heart of Kent - Heart Of Kent
		Ightham Mote - Your guide to places to visit in the Heart of Kent - Heart Of Kent
		Home / Your guide to places to visit in the Heart of Kent / Ightham Mote
		A beautiful moated medieval manor house with extensive visitor route and important features including the Great Hall, New Chapel, Crypt, Billiard Room and Mr.
	www.heartofkent.org.uk /site/things-to-see-and-do/ightham-mote-p3381 (131 words)

	Time Stood Still - Velvet's Galleries :: Ightham Mote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Time Stood Still - Velvet's Galleries :: Ightham Mote
		Ightham Mote in Kent, a national trust property.
		I've been there several times now, both with the digital and the film camera.
	www.velvetpurrs.com /gallery/IghthamMote (70 words)

	Abebooks Search Results - Mote
		Lily Quench and the Treasure of Mote Ely (Lily Que
		By the authors of 'The Mote in God's Eye' and 'Lucifer's Hammer'.
		Lily Quench And The Treasure Of Mote Ely
	www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/kn/Mote (930 words)

	Self-catering accommodation near Ightham Mote - South East England
		Self-catering accommodation near Ightham Mote - South East England
		Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0NT - England, UK This Grade I listed building is a fine example of a 14th Century moated manor house and visitors can still view some of the original rooms that date back to when it was built in 1330, including the Great Hall,...
		At the end of a one mile track this small piece of...
	www.ukattraction.com /south-east-england/self-catering/ightham-mote.htm (110 words)

	Bourne Society Pub & Brewery History Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Nearby Ightham Mote, Riverhill House Gardens and the tranquillity of Great Comp Gardens at Platt with its 17th century house and seven landscaped acres.
		Nearby is Ightham mote, Riverhill house Gardens and Great Comp Gardens.
		From research by Jean Tooke, we learn of ’ Life in Ightham in the 1800s’ with reference to the George and Dragon, a book by Wilma Picton and Jean Stark (Directwish, 1989 ISBN 0951501305).
	members.aol.com /apvsandford/PubHistory/GeorgeAndDragonIghthamApril2004.htm (482 words)

	Volunteer - Working Holiday in Kent: Ightham Mote, Kent (United Kingdom) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Volunteer - Working Holiday in Kent: Ightham Mote, Kent (United Kingdom)
		A medieval moated manor house covering over 600 years of history, Ightham Mote is undergoing a large programme of restoration.
		Set up a concert, help with marquees, car parking, visitor control and clearing up at the Independence Day Concert.
	www.planetedu.com /listings/esl/3193/x/verbose/united (128 words)

	Ightham Mote and places to stay nearby
		Ightham Mote nestles in a sunken valley and dates from 1320.
		The cottage style gardens are a feature with long borders of traditional flowers such as sweet williams, campanulas and pinks.
		Restaurant, shop, disabled access - ring for details.
	www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk /igtham_mote.htm (131 words)

	Crocus.co.uk garden to visit Ightham Mote Sevenoaks Kent
		Crocus.co.uk garden to visit Ightham Mote Sevenoaks Kent
		Six acres of woodland walks with fine rhododendrons are re-established and the long border has returned to its former glory.
		Buy trees and garden equipment, including hedge trimmers, garden shredders, hammocks and deck chairs
	www.crocus.co.uk /Catalog/Gardens/sale/christmas/?ContentType=GardenCard&GardenID=1098 (247 words)

	Suzuki Owners Club DB's: Ightham Mote Ride Out
		Suzuki Owners Club DB's: Ightham Mote Ride Out
		Ride out to Ightham Mote Historic House, Sevenoaks, Kent.
		Meet McDonalds A2070, Bad Muntereifel Road, Ashford at 0930 hrs for a 1000 hrs departure.
	www.socweb.co.uk /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18678&PN=1 (123 words)

	National Trust \| Ightham Mote
		Mote Road, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0NT
		See the results of the Trust's largest ever conservation project
		Join the National Trust and see hundreds more houses and gardens for free.
	www.nationaltrust.org.uk /main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-ighthammote.htm (87 words)

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