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	Encyclopedia: Penshurst Place
		Penshurst Place is an historic building near Tonbridge in Kent, 32 miles (50 km) to the south east of London.
		The ancient village of Penshurst was within the manor of that name: the manor appears as Penecestre or Penchester, a name adopted by Stephen de Penecestre, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, who possessed the manor towards the end of the 13th century.
		He was buried in old St Paul's, in London, having died 25 days after a fatal wounding from a bullet in the thigh at the battle of Zutphen, but his tomb was destroyed in the great fire of London in 1666.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Penshurst-Place (955 words)

	Walkabout - Penshurst
		Penshurst was one of the earliest towns to develop a creamery to supply the Hamilton Butter Factory Company.
		Penshurst retains a hospital, two primary schools, a computer centre, a large community hall, a senior citizens centre, an hotel, a restaurant, a caravan park and other accommodation and a variety of rural and domestic trades and services.
		Penshurst is known for its Easter and Boxing Day horse races an annual rodeo and campdraft, a country-and-western weekend in February, the Agricultural Show on the first Saturday in December, and the Christmas party.
	walkabout.com.au /locations/VICPenshurst.shtml (2330 words)

	PENSHURST - LoveToKnow Article on PENSHURST
		Thevillage is remarkable for some old houses, including a timbered house of the i 5th century, and for a noted factory of cricket implements.
		Anciently the residence of Sir Stephen de Penchester, Penshurst was granted to Henry.
		The praises of the park and the house have been sung in Sir Philip Sidneys Arcadia, and by Ben Jonson, Edmund Waller and Robert Southey.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PENSHURST.htm (257 words)

	Penshurst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Penshurst village is located some five miles south of Sevenoaks in Kent, England.
		The Leicester Arms, once part of the Penshurst Estate, was owned by Sir William Sidney, grandfather of poet and statesman Sir Philip Sidney.
		His other grandson, Viscount De L’isle was appointed Earl of Leicester in 1618 and it was shortly after this that The Leicester Arms, formerly known as The Porcupine, was renamed in his honour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penshurst (135 words)

	PENSHURST REVISITED
		My first memory of Penshurst is of the arrival of mains electricity and the grand ceremony in the Mechanics' Institute when power was switched on by a grand old lady of the district, the street lights blazing into life.
		The people who lived outside Penshurst were of course in a different world: I was intrigued by the hint of money and influence of the Ritchies of Blackwood or the Huttons of Cheviot Hills or the Twomeys of Langulac or the Faulkners of wherever.
		Penshurst is a special little town I remember with great affection: I hope you can keep it special - and that I can see it again without waiting another 51 years for the next return journey.
	members.datafast.net.au /~boram/pensrevisit.htm (5180 words)

	H-SC \| Campus Map \| Penshurst (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Penshurst was one of the original Seminary buildings, and when the Seminary moved to Richmond in 1898, was one of those buildings bought by Major Dick Venable and given to the College.
		Six years later, in 1904, it was selected as the home for the College president and was given the name "Penshurst." It remained the home of the College president until it became a faculty residence.
		A daughter of Dr. Thomas English of Union Theological Seminary who lived at Penshurst from 1893 to 1898, recalled that her "beaux" were seen in the front parlor while her father read in the back parlor.
	www.hsc.edu /map/penshurst.html (286 words)

	Penshurst Place Contents
		Penshurst Place near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England has been the home of the Sidney family since 1552 when King Edward VI granted it to his tutor and steward Sir William Sidney (1482 - 1554).
		His honors, including Penshurst, were forfeit to the crown and remained crown property until it came into the hands of Sir William Sidney.
		Penshurst has often been described as the home of chivalry and romance having been the home of the poet Sir Philip Sidney.
	home.freeuk.net /sidsoft/house.html (754 words)

	ENGL 381 Course Highlights, 11.10.99
		Penshurst was the estate of the Sidneys, at the time of writing the property of Robert Sidney, brother of the dead Philip Sidney, father of Mary (Sidney) Wroth.
		Penshurst's hospitable embrace fused with the good housewifery of Lady Sidney; its abundance with her childbearing; her children who "suck innocence" from both mother and place.
		This poem, like "To Penshurst," has its roots in classical antiquity--the "farewell to a place" in which a speaker nostalgically praises a locus from which s/he is being exiled.
	faculty.virginia.edu /engl381ck/11_10.html (983 words)

	Penshurst - 16 Jan 2000
		Penshurst lies in one of the finest areas in Kent for walking.
		Penshurst Place is open to the public for much of the year and has very attractive gardens.
		Eventually passing the wall of Penshurst Place, you emerge onto the main road via an arch by a gatehouse.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /wandering/DIARY/Penshurst%20-%2016Jan2000.htm (1264 words)

	Penshurst Historical Buildings
		We were told that the coach-house or carriage-house beside it, which we used as a garage, was one of the most perfectly built places of its kind.
		In the garden at Penshurst there was a most beautiful old fashioned white climbing rose.
		Penshurst Hotel, one of the original taverns in town, maintains its solid façade, a later
	home.vicnet.net.au /~penshist/7explore.htm (1439 words)

	Penshurst Place -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		When Penshurst was occupied by (The first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)) Henry IV's third son, John, Duke of Bedford the second hall, known as the Buckingham Building, was built.
		It was enlarged after 1552 when King Edward VI granted the house to Sir William Sidney (1482-1554), who had been a courtier to the King’s father, Henry VIII.
		Sir William’s son, Henry (1529-1586), married Lady Mary Dudley, whose family became implicated in the (Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)) Lady Jane Grey affair, although Henry himself escaped any such implications.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/penshurst_place.htm (471 words)

	Penshurst Place and Gardens - Terms & Conditions
		Save in the event of a cancellation by Penshurst Place, the Deposit is non-returnable, although Penshurst Place may in its absolute discretion reimburse some, or in exceptional circumstances, all of the Deposit.
		Photography in the formal gardens at Penshurst Place is possible only by arrangement with and subject to the agreement of Penshurst Place.
		Penshurst Place recommends and puts the Customer on notice that the Customer should put in place adequate insurance cover for such loss or damage and notify the Guests that they should do the same.
	www.weddingsatpenshurstplace.com /terms.htm (683 words)

	Penshurst in Kent Homepage
		Penshurst is an historic and picturesque village, over 800 years old, set in the heart of the beautiful
		It is said that Henry VIII was staying at Penshurst when he met and courted Ann Boleyn, and there is still a bridleway connecting the two villages.
		The area is well known for its footpaths and Penshurst is a popular spot for cyclists, walkers and ramblers.
	penshurst.homestead.com (1147 words)

	Penshurst Place Kent
		Penshurst Place is a magnificent medieval manor house.
		In 1552 Penshurst was given to Sir William Sidney by Edward VI and today the house is still the home of the Sidney family.
		Penshurst Place also has a famous deer park and in the grounds there is a Nature Trail and Adventure Playground.
	www.touruk.co.uk /houses/housekent_pen.htm (318 words)

	Penshurst Place Information
		The Sidney oak, in the grounds at Penshurst, is said to have been planted on the christening of Sir Philip Sidney but it is, in fact, much older.
		The Pheon - or broad arrow - was used as the symbol to identify government property by Henry Sidney, Earl of Romney who was Master of Ordnance to William and Mary.
		The Penshurst village pub the Leicester Arms, was once called the Porcupine and Sir Philip Sidney's funeral helm (on display at Penshurst Place) is surmounted by a porcupine now, sadly, missing most of it's quills.
	home.freeuk.net /sidsoft/pensinfo.html (1108 words)

	Penshurst Place & Gardens on AboutBritain.com
		Penshurst Place is one of England's finest historic houses set in the Weald of Kent's peaceful rural landscape.
		Penshurst has been the ancestral home of the Sidney family since 1552 and successive generations have shaped its development.
		Penshurst's most famous son, Sir Philip Sidney, the chivalrous soldier poet, was a symbol of loyalty and bravery in the Elizabethan era.
	www.aboutbritain.com /PenshurstPlace.htm (582 words)

	The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The 17th Century: Topic 1: Texts and Contexts
		Penshurst was the country house of Robert Sidney, Lord Lisle, his wife, Barbara Sidney, and their children.
		Penshurst was one of the great country houses in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.
		The Sidneys occupied Penshurst only from about 1550, though Jonson's poem associates it and the course of life there with the permanence and stability of nature itself.
	www.wwnorton.com /college/english/nael/17century/topic%5F1/sidneys.htm (505 words)

	Penshurst Place (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		he early years of Penshurst were under the Dukes of Buckingham - many of whom met untimely deaths and all of whom are mentioned in one or other of Shakespeare's tragedies.
		His honors, and Penshurst, were forfeit to the crown and remained crown property until it came into the hands of Sir William Sidney.
		He chose to use the Sidney family emblem which can be seen in many places at Penshurst and which is still in use by the government today.
	www.i-way.co.uk /~sid/penshurst.html (1464 words)

	The Sidneys of Penshurst (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Penshurst Place - home of the Sidney family for 450 years.
		Within two years of Penshurst being given to the Sidney family both his father and childhood friend - now King Edward VI - were dead.
		His godfather, after whom he was named, was Philip II of Spain, husband of the queen Mary I. At the age of 10 Philip attended Shrewsbury school where he met Fulke Greville who was to become his lifelong friend.
	www.i-way.co.uk /~sid/thesidneys.html (1636 words)

	Sustrans New traffic-free trail promotes green tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Viscount De L'Isle, owner of the Penshurst Place Estate, says: "We are pleased to have been able, though a partnership between private and public sectors and with EU funding, to create a five-mile cycle track across the superb rural landscape of Kent from Tonbridge to Penshurst Place.
		Penshurst Place - Penshurst Place has been the ancestral home of the Sidney family since 1552, but the history of this fascinating house goes back six and half centuries.
		Penshurst Place has been described as "the grandest and most perfectly preserved example of a fortified manor house in all England".
	www.sustrans.co.uk /default.asp?sID=1121683372609 (1000 words)

	Penshurst Place and Gardens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Set in the peaceful landscape of the Weald of Kent, Penshurst Place is recognised as being one of the best examples of 14th century architecture in the country.
		The house was built of local sandstone in 1341 and, in 1552, Edward VI granted Penshurst Place to his steward and tutor, Sir William Sidney, grandfather of the famous Elizabethan poet, soldier and courtier, Sir Philip Sidney.
		Penshurst Place is also the home of a Toy Museum, where the world of the nursery is brought to life through an interesting collection of dolls, tin soldiers and many other toys that originally belonged to several generations of the Sidney children.
	www.travelpublishing.co.uk /HiddenPlacesofKent/WestKent/KEN100.htm (263 words)

	PENSHURST MOTORING PIONEERSBy Malcolm Grant1.
		There were probably around six or eight motor cars in Penshurst in 1910 (and prior to W.W.1), three or four in Caramut and one maybe two in Minhamite.
		Motor car makes may mean very little to many readers and what their owners did may also be of little interest but to a "motor genealogist" they mean quite a lot.
		Penshurst seems to have been quite a hive of motoring in the days I have outlined, if we are fortunate there may come ínformation and hopefully photographs?
	members.datafast.net.au /boram/malmotor.htm (1746 words)

	Pointing South East - Penshurst course details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Penshurst racecourse is located about 4 miles to the north and 4 miles to the west of Tunbridge Wells in Kent.
		A race at Penshurst involves just under two and a half circuits of what is nearly a rectangular track.
		Since the runners are travelling at speed at this point riders have been known to have difficulties on horses with steering problems here.
	members.aol.com /pointingse/penshurs.htm (221 words)

	Penshurst Wine - Kent wine and grapes
		Australian Bob Westphal started Penshurst Wines in 1971 since when the scale of the operation and reputation of the wine have gone from strength to strength.
		Currently owned and run by Bob's son David, Penshurst is now a huge tourist magnet, attracting 20,000 visitors a year.
		Penshurst can also label wines for special occasions and make some delicious apple wine and apple juices.
	www.yourcounty.co.uk /you/archive/kentfood/penswine.html (86 words)

	BBC - Kent Places - Your place - Penshurst
		Gill, a grandmother, who has lived in Penshurst (or within 6 miles of it) for 50 years shares her thoughts on what makes Penshurst special.
		Fact 2: The Great Hall at Penshurst Place was built in 1340, probably one of the finest remaining pieces of 14th century domestic architecture in England.
		In 1936 the RAC described Penshurst as a "bewitching old village of rare charm, with about 1600 inhabitants".
	www.bbc.co.uk /kent/places/villages/penshurst/index.shtml (345 words)

	Penshurst Place
		Penshurst village is in a valley near the Kent and Sussex
		Nearby is Penshurst Place, a large medieval manor house dating from 1341, one of England's finest Country Houses, it is open to the public daily throughout the year.
		There is one garage in Penshurst which used to house the village flsmith.
	edenbridgetown.com /places_of_interest/edenbridge/penshurst_place.shtml (224 words)

	Renaissance country house poetry as social criticism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The opening lines of the poem may lead the reader into thinking that Penshurst is a dull place, so the employment of classical allusions serves to seize the reader's attention, and also adds an air of mystery and uncertainty.
		His whole family were patrons of the arts, so the connection made between Penshurst and the Sidney family gives the impression that Penshurst was the epitome of an educated, cultured household.
		Jonson shows that Penshurst is the kind of place that embraces the lower classes, and allows them to eat at the same table as the king of the country.
	www.english-literature.org /essays/renaissance-poetry.html (2326 words)

	BBC - Kent - Discover Kent - Castles - Penshurst Place
		Penshurst Place and Gardens has changed little over the centuries.
		The village of Penshurst guards the secret of the great house.
		Penshurst Place can be found on the right just as you head into the centre of Penshurst Village.
	www.bbc.co.uk /kent/discover_kent/castles_houses/penshurst.shtml (367 words)

	The Castle Inn - Walk to Penshurst
		At Penshurst village, just to your right, you can get refreshments, and in case you don't already know the village, you should take a look at the beautiful Church, approached through the charming little Leicester Square.
		To return to Chiddingstone go back to the place where you joined the main road opposite Penshurst Place and then continue past for about a third of a mile uphill, then just after a house on the left, go up some steps to a stile.
		Continue beside a hedge on the your left, cross a farm track, leaving the Dutch barns on your left, and follow the path down to the river, where you turn right, to cross the Eden by a humpbacked footbridge.
	www.castleinn.co.uk /walkpen.html (512 words)

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