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[[File:SouthLodgeFairford.jpg|right|thumb|300px|South Lodge, at the entrance to Fairford Park]] |
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'''Fairford Park''' is a {{convert|4200|acre|adj=on}} estate in the southern [[Cotswolds]] in [[Gloucestershire]], England, close to the small town of [[Fairford]]. Purchased by [[Ernest Cook]] from the Baker family in 1945, the former stables and coach house of Fairford Park House are now used as the headquarters of the Ernest Cook Trust. At the time of its sale, the estate occupied about {{convert|2500|acre}}, but it has since been added to by the purchase of surrounding farms: Court Farm in 1966, Hooks Farm at Southrop Airfield in 1967, Homeleaze Farm in 1975, and Donkeywell Farm in 1982.<ref name=ErnestCookTrust>{{citation |title=The Trusts's Estates in Gloucestershire |url=http://www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk/estates/glos/fairford.html |publisher=Ernest Cook Trust |accessdate=7 January 2009}}</ref> |
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The estate comprises five let farms, mainly [[arable]] with some grazing along the valley of the [[River Coln]], and about {{convert|260|acre}} of woodland. During the [[World War II|Second World War]], the 17th-century Fairford Park House was used as an American military hospital, and until 1959 displaced Polish people were housed in a camp in the park.<ref name=ErnestCookTrust /> The house was demolished in the 1950s, and its site is now occupied by Farmor's Comprehensive School. |
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'''The Fairford Park Estate, Gloucestershire''' |
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The core of the 4,200 acre Fairford Park Estate, which is situated in an attractive area of the southern Cotswolds on the edge of the Cotswold Water Park, was purchased by [[Ernest Cook]], founder of the Ernest Cook Trust, in 1945 from the Barker family; at the time it extended to about 2,500 acres. |
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Further land was purchased by the Ernest Cook Trust: in 1966 (Court Farm), 1967 Hooks Farm at Southrop Airfield), 1975 (Homeleaze Farm) and in 1982 (Donkeywell Farm). At present the estate extends to about 4,200 acres, comprising five let farms which are mainly arable with grazing land along the River Coln Valley, together with 260 acres of woodland, let cottages, let fishing and a let shoot. |
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As Fairford is central to the main estates owned by the Ernest Cook Trust in Gloucestershire, its headquarters are located in the former stable and coach house yard of the former Fairford Park House. |
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[http://www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk/estates/glos/fairford.html The Fairford Park Estate and the Ernest Cook Trust] |
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Revision as of 21:06, 7 January 2010
Fairford Park is a 4,200-acre (1,700 ha) estate in the southern Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England, close to the small town of Fairford. Purchased by Ernest Cook from the Baker family in 1945, the former stables and coach house of Fairford Park House are now used as the headquarters of the Ernest Cook Trust. At the time of its sale, the estate occupied about 2,500 acres (1,000 ha), but it has since been added to by the purchase of surrounding farms: Court Farm in 1966, Hooks Farm at Southrop Airfield in 1967, Homeleaze Farm in 1975, and Donkeywell Farm in 1982.[1]
The estate comprises five let farms, mainly arable with some grazing along the valley of the River Coln, and about 260 acres (110 ha) of woodland. During the Second World War, the 17th-century Fairford Park House was used as an American military hospital, and until 1959 displaced Polish people were housed in a camp in the park.[1] The house was demolished in the 1950s, and its site is now occupied by Farmor's Comprehensive School.
References
- ^ a b The Trusts's Estates in Gloucestershire, Ernest Cook Trust, retrieved 7 January 2009
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