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CLOPTON HOUSE, a seat 1 mile N of Stratford-on-Avon, Warwick. It was built in the 15th century; belonged to the Cloptons; and passed to the Wards. Sir Hugh Clopton, in 1742, entertained Garrick, Macklin, and Delany here, under Shakspeare's mulberry-tree.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
Administrative units: | Warwickshire AncC |
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