Waddesdon Manor
Waddesdon Manor is a country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England. The house was built in the Neo-Renaissance style of a French château between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839–1898).
BIS-tər) is a town and civil parish in the Cherwell district of northeastern Oxfordshire in England.
Population: 35,902
Latitude: 51° 53' 59.93" N
Longitude: -1° 09' 12.85" W
Waddesdon Manor is a country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England. The house was built in the Neo-Renaissance style of a French château between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839–1898).
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