Hunstrete, Somerset
First screened 17 February 2008

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Hunstrete House
www.hunstretehouse.co.uk
Website of the Hunstrete House hotel, which now occupies 71 acres of the former estate. Includes a short history of the house and estate.

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Further reading

Hunstrete – Truth and Legend: The story of a country estate by Susan Elizabeth Caola (author) and Rosemary Murphy (illustrator) (Susan Elizabeth Caola, 2003) paperback £20
Written and self-published by Susan Elizabeth Caola, Hunstrete – Truth and Legend brings together extensive research by this local author and more than 100 photographs, maps, documents and black and white line drawings by local artist Rosemary Murphy.

The Life and Achievements of Sir John Popham, 1531-1607 by Douglas Walthew Rice (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2005)
This is the first full-length biography of a pillar of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean state. A devoted servant of the queen, Popham played a prominent part as her Attorney General and Lord Chief Justice in many famous trials. He condemned to death the Gunpowder Plotters, and acquired a reputation as a severe judge. Enterprising and practical, he promoted attempts to settle Englishmen in Ireland and to drain the Fens of Cambridgeshire. Popham's final achievement was to establish the Virginia Company and send out an expedition that set afoot the first English colony in New England.

The Georgian Country House: Architecture, landscape and society edited by Dana Arnold (Sutton, 2003)
The country house was the focal point of Georgian architecture, landscape and society. This study explores the meaning of this distinct architectural form through a range of examples and approaches to its history. The main body of the text presents an analysis of the social and cultural significance of the country house, and is complemented by essays from experts in a variety of disciplines. The book offers fresh interpretations and enables the reader to gain an insight into the pivotal role the country house played in 18th- and early 19th-century society.

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