| LC control no. | sh 97008591 |
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| Corporate name heading | Chequers (England) |
| Variant(s) | Chequers Court (England) |
| See also | Manors--England Official residences--England Prime ministers--Dwellings--England |
| Found in | Work cat.: 97204951: Major, Norma. Chequers, the Prime Minister's country house and its history, 1997. Barth. gaz. of places in Britain ("Chequers Bucks 18 C1 Prime minister's country residence 3m/4km NE of Princes Risborough. Part dates from 16c. SP8405") New Shell guide to England: p. 465 ("Near to Kimble, with Ellesborough as its parish church, stands the country home of the Prime Minister, hidden away from the road in hundreds of acres of parkland. Chequers Court was given to the nation for the benefit of the prime ministers of Britain as a thanks-offering for the end of World War I. The 13th-c manor house was rebuilt by Sir William Hawtrey in the 15th c.") Britannica Micro.: v. 2, p. 805 (Chequers, properly Chequers Court) |
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