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Explore 2 detailed historical articles from warwickshire's most historic hotels. From medieval origins to modern preservation, discover the rich heritage of this remarkable county.

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warwickshire Historical Timeline

c. 1086 Read Article

Shirley family first recorded at Ettington in the Domesday Book

Ettington Park Hotel A Thousand Years of the Shirley Family at Ettington Park
1150 Read Article

Coombe Abbey founded as a Cistercian monastery by monks from Waverley Abbey

Coombe Abbey From Cistercian Sanctuary to Haunted Hotel: The Remarkable 900-Year History of Coombe Abbey
1539 Read Article

Abbey dissolved during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries

Coombe Abbey From Cistercian Sanctuary to Haunted Hotel: The Remarkable 900-Year History of Coombe Abbey
1603 Read Article

Princess Elizabeth (future Winter Queen) placed under guardianship at Coombe Abbey

Coombe Abbey From Cistercian Sanctuary to Haunted Hotel: The Remarkable 900-Year History of Coombe Abbey
1605 Read Article

Gunpowder Plot conspirators plan to kidnap Princess Elizabeth from the abbey

Coombe Abbey From Cistercian Sanctuary to Haunted Hotel: The Remarkable 900-Year History of Coombe Abbey
1650s Read Article

Mid-17th century house constructed on the site

Ettington Park Hotel A Thousand Years of the Shirley Family at Ettington Park
1682 Read Article

Major reconstruction transforms the medieval abbey into a grand country house

Coombe Abbey From Cistercian Sanctuary to Haunted Hotel: The Remarkable 900-Year History of Coombe Abbey
1824 Read Article

Interior alterations carried out to the existing house

Ettington Park Hotel A Thousand Years of the Shirley Family at Ettington Park

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From Cistercian Sanctuary to Haunted Hotel: The Remarkable 900-Year History of Coombe Abbey

Coombe Abbey

📍 Binley, Warwickshire
hotel history

Coombe Abbey's extraordinary journey spans nearly nine centuries, from its founding as a Cistercian monastery in 1150 to its current incarnation as one of England's most haunted hotels. The abbey's turbulent history of religious upheaval, royal intrigue, and untimely deaths has left an indelible mark on this magnificent Warwickshire estate.

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A Thousand Years of the Shirley Family at Ettington Park

Ettington Park Hotel

📍 Alderminster, Warwickshire
hotel history

Ettington Park Hotel occupies a Grade I listed Victorian Gothic mansion built for one of England's oldest families. The Shirleys held this Warwickshire estate for over a thousand years, and the house witnessed drownings, fires, wartime requisition, and decades of abandonment before its restoration as a luxury hotel.

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Coombe Abbey

Binley, Warwickshire

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Alderminster, Warwickshire

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