Ragley Hall, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Ragley Hall, the seat of the Marquis of Hertford, in Arrow parish, Warwickshire, near the river Arrow, 1 mile SW of Alcester. It was built about 1750 by Lord Conway, was altered by Wyatt, and is in the Italian style. It occupies comparatively high ground; has four fronts, three storeys high, of great architectural beauty; includes a hall 80 feet long, 40 wide, and 45 high; contains a library of nearly 30,000 volumes, and a fine collection of paintings by eminent masters; and stands in a richly-wooded park of 700 acres, containing a large lake and about 200 head of deer.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Ragley Hall from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ragley)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Ragley Hall are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)