The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Hildenley
Yorkshire (County [UK]), England
View Larger MapDescription of institution: In 1565, the estate and its quarries were purchased by the navigator William Strickland, grandfather of Sir William Strickland, 1st Baronet, and the Elizabethan house likely built in the 17th or 18th century. [9] It was built from the fine-grained peloidal limestone found on the estate that became known as Hildenley limestone. URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildenley