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The Stately Homes of England

Note 44 — CASTLE HOWARD.

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The old castle of Henderskelf, an ancient seat of the Greystocks, was built in the reign of Edward III.; it passed into the hands of the Howards by the marriage of Belted Will with Bessie of the braid apron, “the word Henderskelf; meaning hundred-hill, or the hill where the hundreds meet.”

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