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DOCUMENTS OF THE ENBROOK ESTATE, SANDGATE
Catalogue reference: EK-U1486
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This record is about the DOCUMENTS OF THE ENBROOK ESTATE, SANDGATE dating from 1808-1931.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- EK-U1486
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Title (The name of the record)
- DOCUMENTS OF THE ENBROOK ESTATE, SANDGATE
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1808-1931
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Description (What the record is about)
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Nearly all the documents in this collection relate to the Enbrook estate (abt 90a) in Sandgate. The nucleus of the estate was a house called Belle Vue and 19a. conveyed to the fourth Earl of Darnley in 1806. The Earl's son, Sir John Duncan Bligh lived on the estate and made small additions to it during the late nineteenth century.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Kent History and Library Centre
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <famname>Bligh family of Minehead, Somerset</famname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- circa 5000 items
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Deposited by Lee, Bolton & Lee per the B. R. A. (1636), November 1969
These records were transferred to the East Kent Archives Centre, Whitfield from the Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone in January 2000
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Sir John bequeathed a life interest in the estate to his daughter, Elizabeth Mary, Countess of Chichester, and on her death in 1912, the estate passed to his great nephew, Ludovick Edward Bligh, of Cumbria House, Minehead, Somerset. Most of the documents date from the period of the death of Sir John Bligh, 1872, to the death of L. E. Bligh's widow, 1925
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a4995a57-7682-44a8-9624-0844bc579313/
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DOCUMENTS OF THE ENBROOK ESTATE, SANDGATE