Sentence examples for ancient estate from inspiring English sources

Owned by the Duchy of Cornwall (an ancient estate headed by the Prince of Wales), the freehold was not really for sale.

In Emma, Mr Knightley becomes engaged to the heroine and then asks her to call him by his first name, as solidly English as the great trees on his ancient estate: George.

Sunday lunch Rioja Vega Crianza 2009/10 The first of three value-for-money, full-bodied reds for cooler-weather drinking is this lovely Rioja, very contemporary in style but hailing from an ancient estate near Haro and made using Tempranillo and Mazuelo.

In 1961, he and his wife purchased and restored the 395-acre Castello di Monsanto, an ancient estate bordering the Chianti Classico zone.

The ancient estate of Ashton Court covers 850 acres of woods and grassland with breathtaking views over the city of Bristol.

Walk through the temples and homes of the ancient estate and keep your eyes peeled for rare animals like the spectacled bear, Pampas cat, and Peruvian dwarf brocket.

The extent to which the Great War impacted upon English landed society is most vividly recalled in the loss of young heirs to ancient estates.

An armchair foray into my garden clippings notebook produced an old article from The English Garden magazine about an ancient English estate called Hodsock Priory in Notinghamshire.

In a narrative that skips from the Restoration of Charles II, in 1660, to the Cold War, this novel charts the life and slow death of an ancient English estate, Wychwood, that is also a sometime haven for religious dissenters.

I'm pleased to read this morning that former Grenadier Guards officer Captain Vaughan Smith has offered his family's ancient Norfolk estate (where hunting facilities are available) as a bail address for the WikiLeaks founder as he fights Swedish demands for his extradition over sexual assault allegations.

"This is just ancient real estate to try to understand.