– birthplace ofKatherine Parr
– artifacts of hill walker and writerAlfred Wainwright who was also honorary curator of the museum. Including office desk, pipe and socks.^[3]

– Dyrham in old English means a valley frequented by deer.
– Dyrham Park was owned by the Wynter family for many generations.
– Harriet Wynter married a civil servant calledWilliam Blathwayt who remodelled the Elizabethan manor house, the west front bySamuel Hauduroy and the east front byWilliam Talman, KingWilliam III's architect.
– Blathwayt also redesigned the grounds into formal gardens withcascades,parterres and forest walks. But by the time it was completed, around 1717, it was out of fashion and the gardens had disappeared within 100 years.
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– Bostonian ancestors foundedBoston,Massachusetts. – named after the 6th century missionary,St. Botolph.^[3]

– the old industries were clog making and cotton milling
– the most important current employer is't quarry.^[3]

– Royal Hospital Haslar was designed by architect,Theodore Jacobsen.
– Scottish physicianJames Lind was one of the first in charge and known as the "Father of Nautical Medicine". He pioneeredcitrus juice as a treatment forscurvy^[3]