Today we visited Blenheim Palace.This is the home of the Dukes of Marlborough. Queen Anne gave the Royal Manor of Woodstock to the Duke of Marborough after his Victory over Louis XIV at Blenheim in 1704. She also said she would pay for a house to be built there and to be called Blenheim. However quarrels broke out between the Queen and the Marboroughs. Work on the house was halted for a while and eventually the Duke had to pay for it to be completed.The House was designed by Vanbrugh(He also designed Castle Howard which we visited last time Mattie was here.)It is a magnificent house.
It was here that Winston Churchill was born in 1874.He also proposed to his wife here. several rooms are devoted to an exhibition of Churchill memorabilia including some of his letters and paintings.
The gardens and grounds are enormous. Whilst mattie and I were in the house John took the dogs for a walk in the park and got lost!
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