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Creeksea Place

creeksea place

Essex

Creeksae Place Manor House Wedding Venue in Burnham, Essex has a rich history and meticulously kept gardens. The ideal venue for your weeding or event. Arthur Harris built Creeksea Place during the reign of Elizabeth 1st in 1569. It remained in his family for five generations after which it passed to the Mildmay family when Arthur’s great grand-daughter married Lord Mildmay. The current owners are the Bertorelli family and they too, coincidentally, have had five generations of ownership of this lovely historic Manor House during the reign of another Queen Elizabeth. In the intervening four and a half centuries much has occurred including many changes of ownership and usage. Now it is the determined wish of the current owners to continue the task of restoring this picturesque House to the glory it once was and to open the house and grounds up to the public at large. Once government restrictions allow, we will be hosting a myriad of varying and exciting public events. Arthur Harrys, as he was known in 1569, came from Prittlewell near Southend and was an important figure in those times. He had pledged to his Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth, to raise a hundred men who would defend the monarchy if civil unrest ever occurred. His family flourished and has continued to do so today. There are literally thousands of Harris descendants around the world, particularly in the United States. Lord Mildmay who married his great grand-daughter, was also a man of importance. Charles I appointed him as ‘Keeper of the Crown Jewels’, a post equivalent to Chancellor of the Exchequer today. Lord Mildmay owned many other properties in England at this time and was a man of influence and power. So much so that he was one of the twelve men who signed the death warrant of his King. Upon the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 with Charles II, Lord Mildmay was also sentenced to death for regicide – the killing of the Monarch. He was fortunate though. Due, no doubt to his power and connections, his sentence was commuted but his power had waned. The next significant Creeksea moment occurred in the late 17th century. Due to the imposition of the Window Tax – tax on large houses with many windows; the North Wing was demolished. This was a wing that extended into what is now the car park. The footings of this part of the House was actually traced-out by an American Harris descendent in the last few years. There is also a story that the bricks from the North Wing were taken by barge to London where a street called Creeksea Lane was built. In a House with so much history, myths and legends remain abound. There are tales about secret tunnels from the House to the nearby River Crouch used for smuggling. However, what is true is the fact that there are no cellars in Creeksea Place, due no doubt to the relatively high water table. This would certainly prove a problem for tunnelers. Nevertheless, there is the remains of a gravity-fed fountain pipe that runs from the House to one of the lakes on the Estate and also evidence of two ten foot deep ice houses that would have been used for the preservation of vegetables and grain. There are many ghosts! The most prominent of which involves the marriage between Lord Mildmay and the great grand-daughter of Arthur Harris, who was not entirely happy with the union, and so the tragic bride is said to have committed suicide. Her ghost, known as ‘The Lady of the Lake’ has apparently been seen meandering her way across the Lawn, down to the lakes.

London College of Professional Studies

london college of professional studies

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London

London College of Professional Studies specialises in distance learning and online, with some blended learning programmes leading to globally recognised qualifications. We are based in London and have students from everywhere in the UK and from all parts of the world. London College of Professional Studies is accredited by NCFE, CACHE, OTHM, ATHE, and IOSH – these are Britain’s leading awarding bodies. LCPS is also ASIC accredited so that students from outside the European Economic Area [the EEA includes EU countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland] can apply for a Short-Term Student Visa and come to the UK to study a short course at LCPS. The length of the visa will depend on the course you are studying up to 6 months for any short course, foundation or pre-master (English language up to 11 months). London College of Professional Studies offers more than 130 courses, mostly online, at the foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD levels. To accomplish this, we have collaborated with numerous UK universities and Ofqual-regulated awarding bodies. Currently, we have students studying at our college from more than 122 countries, and more than 13,000 students have completed their courses with us. Learners are at the heart of everything we do at LCPS. We achieve success built on the excellence of our teaching and the quality of our courses, and we create opportunities that build better futures. We endeavour to achieve the highest academic and professional standards and aim to be recognised internationally for our high-quality teaching resources, support and opportunities for our students. See our courses below. They cover a wide variety of subjects, including business management, strategic management and leadership, health and social care, tourism and hospitality, accounting and finance, logistics and supply chain management, cybersecurity, education and training, IV assessor courses, and IT courses.