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Leverington Hall

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Robert Swaine is believed to have inherited substantial wealth through the deaths of his father and brother (also Thomas Swaine), and through his marriage in 1640 to Mary Freeman, daughter of London merchant William Freeman. Swaine added considerably to the property. Leverington Hall was passed into
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Leverington Hall stayed in the Swaine family until 1785, when the house and surrounding 32 acres were offered for sale at auction, and over the years it passed through several hands. In 1946, the house was sold to George Campbell Munday, who was decorated with the
241:. It is believed that an earlier building, Durham's Place, was on the site. Durham's Place was the property and residence of William Everard, son of Sir Lawrence Everard. The main body of the current house was built 405: 288: 179: 395: 415: 374: 30: 248:, with a crosswing added to the south end in the early 18th century. The first owner was Robert Swaine (d. 1705), son of Thomas Swaine of 73: 319: 400: 314: 410: 129: 260:. A lead rainwater head, dated 1716, contains a crest and initials "T.S.E." for Thomas and Elizabeth Swaine. 257: 370: 364: 341: 310: 273: 141: 269: 265: 224: 216: 389: 237: 208: 47: 212: 57: 88: 75: 44: 268:, and was still living there in the 1950s. Munday's daughter Hope married 249: 220: 61: 18:
English bond brickwork country house in Leverington, England
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the hands of his only surviving son, Thomas (1645-1728), a
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English bond brickwork
country house
Leverington
England
52°40′47″N 0°08′13″E / 52.679778°N 0.136944°E / 52.679778; 0.136944
Elizabethan
Listed Building
Leverington Hall is located in Cambridgeshire
country house
Leverington
Cambridgeshire
England
Grade I listed
Domesday Book
Wisbech
justice of the peace
Military Cross
Anthony Brooks
Second World War
List of country houses in the United Kingdom


Historic England
"Leverington Hall, Church Road (1125948)"
National Heritage List for England
"Wisbech Hundred: Leverington"
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008
ISBN
978-0-19-967154-0

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