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Graeme died in 1820, and the estate passed to his sister Margaret, wife of Henry Vassall. In 1937, there being no male heir, Bristol Corporation bought Oldbury Court from the Vassall family, for use as a public park. The mansion house, built about 1600, was in poor condition and was later demolished.
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The estate was mentioned in the Domesday book. In 1667, Robert Winstone purchased the house and land at Oldbury, previously in the Kemys family. He later bought the land on both sides of the River Frome. Thomas Graeme purchased the estate in 1799; the landscape gardener
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Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest
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Fishponds
OS grid
ST 635 768
Coordinates
51°29′20″N 2°31′37″W / 51.48889°N 2.52694°W / 51.48889; -2.52694
Oldbury Court Estate
Fishponds
Bristol City Council
Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest
River Frome
Frome Valley Walkway
Humphry Repton



Historic England
"Oldbury Court (1000393)"
National Heritage List for England
"Oldbury Court Estate"
"Oldbury Court Estate"


"History of Oldbury Court Estate"
"Oldbury Court"
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Culture in Bristol
Ashton Gate

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