Sentence examples for ancient seat from inspiring English sources

The only premodern building in Salford is Ordsall Hall (1350), the ancient seat of the Radcliffe family.

Blair Atholl, on the River Garry, is the site of Blair Castle (built 1269), the ancient seat of the dukes of Atholl.

The man talks of various things, including a time spent in Aranjuez, the ancient seat of Spanish kings, where he had the leisure to contemplate beauty.

Islay, the most southerly island of the Inner Hebrides, was the ancient seat of the Macdonalds, Lords of the Isles, until they were displaced by the Campbells in 1616.

In normal circumstances thousands of British travellers would now be flying south to engage with Mali's imperial history, wild terrain and diverse wildlife - many of them heading for Timbuktu, an ancient seat of learning.

Possession of Toledo, the ancient seat of the Visigothic monarchy, enhanced Alfonso's claims to peninsular supremacy, which he expressed when he styled himself "Emperor of Toledo" as well as "Emperor of Spain".

Similarly, Trenton Oldfield's claims to be radically different from the students representing Oxford and Cambridge in the sport he once loved, would be seen as meaningless –if not preposterous – by the countless millions for whom the LSE is as remote from their own lives as those more ancient seats of learning.

As far as he is concerned, the institutions that once made Britain great – from parliament to the ancient seats of learning, from monarchy and the common law to the Church of England – have all been hollowed out and subverted by cynical soixante-huitards.

The nave has pews with ancient seats, which were probably part of the edifice itself.

Today it resembles the park of some ancient noble seat, with woods & lawns, & a meadow through which flows a brook bathed in by robins & bordered by lofty willows.

Today it resembles the park of some ancient noble seat, with woods & lawns, & a meadow through which flows a brook bathed in by robins & bordered by lofty willows..