Evening Sun at Leeds Castle
by Chris Thaxter
Title
Evening Sun at Leeds Castle
Artist
Chris Thaxter
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Photograph - Photograph
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The castle was raised in stone on an island by a Norman baron in the reign of William the Conqueror's son, Henry 1, nearly 900 years ago. 150 years later it came into the possession of Edward 1 and for the next three centuries it remained a royal home.
It later passed into the hands of three famous families, the St Legers, the Culpepers and the Fairfaxes, and was owned for jus over a century by the Wykeham Martins, until it was bought in 1926 by the Hon Mrs Wilson Filmer, a wealthy Anglo-American heiress. After her death, the castle was handed over to the Leeds Castle Foundation whose job it is to preserve and promote the castle and grounds.
Beyond the walls of Leeds Castle, the grounds and gardens provide a haven for bird life, both native and exotic. From the eight pairs of black swans roaming freely on the moat to the beautiful Parakeets, Cockatoos and Macaws in the exotic bird Aviary.
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April 15th, 2011
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