estate (house)

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An estate comprises the houses and outbuildings and supporting farmland and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion. It is an "estate" because the profits from its produce and rents are sufficient to support the household in the house at its center. Thus "the estate" may refer to all other cottages and villages in the same ownership as the mansion itself. An example of such an estate is Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, England.

The "park" is specifically the inner part of an estate that is enclosed by walling, hedges or fencing.

"Estate", with its "stately" connotations, has been a natural candidate for inflationary usage during the 20th century, much as the "landscaping" that can be effected in a front or back yard.

Common usage in the UK sometimes applies the term in a humorous fashion to the land attached to any property, such as a back garden.

In the US, Long Island and other affluent East Coast enclaves had strong traditions of large agricultural estates rivaling those of Europe; however after the 1940's many were lost and today large houses on a few acres are commonly referred to as "estates".

Some Traditional American Estates:

See also

Estate may refer to:
  • Estate (law), a term used in common law to signify the total of a person's property, entitlements and obligations
  • Estate (social), a broad social category in the histories of certain countries
  • Immovable property, real estate or real property

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Released 14 August 1995
Format 7" vinyl, cassette, 2 x CD
Recorded 1995
Genre Britpop
Length 3:57
Label EMI, Food Records
Producer(s) Stephen Street
Peak chart positions
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A mansion is a large dwelling house typically built for the wealthy. The word itself derives (through Old French) from the Latin word mansus the perfect passive participle of manere "to remain" or "to stay".
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Woburn Abbey, near Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is the seat of the Duke of Bedford and the location of the Woburn Safari Park.

Pre 20th century

Woburn Abbey
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Bedfordshire

Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Region East of England
Area
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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park is a bounded area of land, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped) state and set aside for some purpose, usually to do with recreation.

History

The first parks were land set aside for hunting by the aristocracy in medieval times.
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The word hedge may be used to refer to an artificial boundary, erected to contain or protect:
  • A hedge or hedgerow in agriculture and in gardening is a lineal barrier or boundary made from growing plants planted and grown in such a way that their limbs densely

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Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including but not limited to:
  1. living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly referred to as Gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating a

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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and US customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre.

One acre comprises 4,840 square yards or 43,560 square feet.
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East Islip, New York

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State New York
County Suffolk
Area
 - CDP  4.4 sq mi (11.
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Great River, New York

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State New York
County Suffolk
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 - CDP  5.0 sq mi (13.
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Oyster Bay, New York

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State New York
County Nassau
Area
 - Town  169.
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Oakdale, New York

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State New York
County Suffolk
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Manhasset, New York

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State New York
County Nassau
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Oakdale, New York

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State New York
County Suffolk
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 - CDP  3.8 sq mi (9.
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Cold Spring Harbor, New York

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State New York
County Suffolk
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Estate may refer to:
  • Estate (law), a term used in common law to signify the total of a person's property, entitlements and obligations
  • Estate (social), a broad social category in the histories of certain countries
  • Immovable property, real estate or real property

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Released 14 August 1995
Format 7" vinyl, cassette, 2 x CD
Recorded 1995
Genre Britpop
Length 3:57
Label EMI, Food Records
Producer(s) Stephen Street
Peak chart positions
  • 1 (UK Singles Chart)

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