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manor house built on the foundations of a 13th-century Augustinian priory. The abbey boasts a great hall, minstrels' gallery, chapel, multi-room library, and royal bedrooms. In addition, there are 45 bedrooms (each with private bath), seminar rooms, offices, basement recreation rooms, and a reception
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campuses and international students from Fairleigh Dickinson's Vancouver (Canada) Campus and other American students studying under the British tutorial system. Students study a rigorous curriculum in a variety of courses including several political science, English, art, and other social science
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courses. In addition to Wroxton's own lecturers, guest lecturers from other British universities will often supplement the academic experience. Wroxton College is accredited by Accreditation Service of International Colleges and was awarded ASIC Premier College Status by that same organization.
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The grounds comprise 56 acres (23 ha) of lawns, lakes, and woodlands, and include a serpentine lake, a cascade, a rill and a number of follies: the Gothic
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in 1964. Since 1965, Wroxton Abbey has been Fairleigh Dickinson University's Wroxton College. This campus serves American students from Fairleigh Dickinson's
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has been added in the 20th century and was illustrated by Blomfield as an example of a "modern garden".
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Wroxton Abbey, named for its 12th-century origins as a monastery that was destroyed after
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and his Temple-on-the-Mount; the Drayton Arch was built by David Hiorn in 1771.
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as well as the structure itself, led to the Abbey's designation as a Grade One
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X.Y.Z. (Pseud.), 'Topographical description of Wroxton in Oxfordshire',
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by the North and Pope families in 1932. It was sold to New Jersey-based
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and their royal, literary, and Presidential visitors —
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The various Lords North and their families, including
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Christian monasteries established in the 13th century
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Jacobean
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A422 road
Wroxton
Fairleigh Dickinson University
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Henry VIII
Dissolution of the Monasteries
William Pope, 1st Earl of Downe
Frederick, Lord North
James I
Charles I
George IV
William IV
Theodore Roosevelt

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