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CHATSWORTH

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 7 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHATSWORTH  , a See also:

village of See also:Derbyshire, See also:England, containing a seat belonging to the See also:duke of See also:Devonshire, one of the most splendid private residences in England . Chatsworth See also:House is situated See also:close to the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Derwent, 24 M. from See also:Bakewell . It is Ionic in See also:style, built foursquare, and enclosing a large open courtyard, with a See also:fountain in the centre . In front,a beautiful stretch of See also:lawn slopes gradually down to the See also:riverside, and a See also:bridge, from which may best be seen the See also:grand See also:facade .of the See also:building, as it stands out in See also:relief against the wooded See also:ridge of Bunker's See also:Hill . The celebrated gardens are adorned with sculptures by See also:Gabriel See also:Cibber; See also:Sir See also:Joseph See also:Paxton designed the See also:great conservatory, unrivalled in See also:Europe, which covers an See also:acre; and the fountains, which include one with a See also:jet 26o ft. high, are said to be surpassed only by those at See also:Versailles . Within the house there is' a very See also:fine collection of pictures, including the well-known portraits by See also:Reynolds of Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire . Other paintings are asccribed to See also:Holbein, Diirer, See also:Murillo, See also:Jan See also:van See also:Eyck, See also:Dolci, Veronese and See also:Titian . Hung in the See also:gallery of sketches there are some priceless drawings attributed to See also:Michelangelo, Leonardo da See also:Vinci, Raffaelle, See also:Correggio, Titian and other old masters . Statues by See also:Canova, See also:Thorwaldsen, See also:Chantrey and R . J . See also:Wyatt are included among the sculptures . In the See also:state apartments the walls and window-panes are in some cases inlaid with See also:marble or See also:porphyry; the woodcarving, marvellous for its intricacy, See also:grace and lightness of effect, is largely the See also:work of See also:Samuel See also:Watson of See also:Heanor (d .

1715) . Chatsworth See also:

Park is upwards of 11 m. in See also:circuit, and contains many See also:noble See also:forest-trees, the whole being watered by the Derwent, and surrounded by high See also:moors and uplands . Beyond the river, and immediately opposite the house, stands the See also:model village of Edensor, where most of the cottages were built in See also:villa style, with gardens, by See also:order of the 6th duke . The See also:parish See also:church, restored by the same benefactor, contains an old See also:brass in memory of See also:John See also:Beaton, confidential servant to See also:Mary, See also:queen of Scots, who died in 157o; and in the See also:churchyard are the See also:graves of See also:Lord See also:Frederick See also:Cavendish, murdered in 1882 in See also:Phoenix Park, See also:Dublin, and of Sir Joseph Paxton . Chatsworth (Chetsvorde, Chetelsvorde, " the See also:court of Chetel ") took its name from Chetel, one of its Saxon owners, who held it of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor . It belonged to the See also:crown and was entrusted by the Conqueror to the custody of See also:William Peverell . Chatsworth afterwards belonged for many generations to the See also:family of See also:Leech, and was See also:purchased in the reign of See also:Elizabeth by Sir William Cavendish, See also:husband of the famous Bess of Hardwick . In 1557 he began to build Chatsworth House, and it was completed after his See also:death by his widow, then countess of See also:Shrewsbury . Here Mary, queen of Scots, spent several years of her imprisonment under the care of the See also:earl of Shrewsbury . During the See also:Civil See also:War, Chatsworth was occasionally occupied as a fortress by both parties . It was pulled down, and the See also:present house begun by William, 1st duke of Devonshire in 1688 . The little village consists almost exclusively of families employed upon the See also:estate .

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