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Denman College

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Denman, formally Denman College, is a residential adult education college centred on Marcham Park at Marcham in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire). [1]

14 relations: Abingdon Abbey, Adult education, Berkshire, England, Gertrude Denman, Baroness Denman, John Elwes (politician), Listed building, Manor house, Marcham, Monastic grange, National Heritage List for England, Oxfordshire, Thomas Duffield, Women's Institutes.

Abingdon Abbey

Abingdon Abbey was a Benedictine monastery also known as St Mary's Abbey located in Abingdon, historically in the county of Berkshire but now in Oxfordshire, England.

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Adult education

Adult education is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values.

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Berkshire

Berkshire (abbreviated Berks, in the 17th century sometimes spelled Barkeshire as it is pronounced) is a county in south east England, west of London and is one of the home counties.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Gertrude Denman, Baroness Denman

Gertrude Mary Denman, Lady Denman, GBE (née Pearson; 7 November 18842 June 1954), sometimes known as Trudie, was a British woman active in women's rights issues including the promotion of Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.

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John Elwes (politician)

John Elwes (a.k.a. "Elwes the Miser"), MP (7 April 1714 – 26 November 1789) was a Member of Parliament (MP) in Great Britain for Berkshire (1772–1784) and a noted eccentric and miser, suggested to be an inspiration for the character of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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Manor house

A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor.

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Marcham

Marcham is a village and civil parish about west of Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

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Monastic grange

Monastic granges were outlying landholdings held by monasteries independent of the manorial system.

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National Heritage List for England

The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is Historic England's official list of buildings, monuments, parks and gardens, wrecks, battlefields, World Heritage Sites and other heritage assets considered worthy of preservation.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Oxonium, the Latin name for Oxford) is a county in South East England.

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Thomas Duffield

Thomas Duffield (October 1782 – 15 March 1854) was a Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1844.

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Women's Institutes

The Women's Institute (WI), a community-based organisation for women, was founded in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, by Adelaide Hoodless in 1897.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denman_College

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