William Danby (writer)
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William Danby (writer)
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William Danby was an English writer who rebuilt his family home of Swinton Park, near Masham in the North Riding of Yorkshire, in Gothick taste and recreated Stonehenge on his estate, as the "Druids' Temple". His house is now a hotel and his Stonehenge a picnickers' spot on nearby Forestry Commission land at Ilton. Danby was the only son of the Reverend William Danby DD (1712-1781) of Swinton Park, and Mary, daughter of Gilbert Affleck of Dalham, Suffolk. From 1763 to 1770 he had a private tutor
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English writer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Danby_(writer)
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2009-04-14T01:52:55Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T09:36:24Z
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