Estate (house) - Citizendia

For other uses, see Estate.

An estate comprises the houses and outbuildings and supporting farmland and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion. The English country house is generally accepted as a large House or Mansion, once in the ownership of an individual who also usually owned another Great A mansion is a large dwelling House. The word itself derives (through Old French) from the Latin word mansus (the perfect passive participle It is an "estate" because the profits from its produce and rents are sufficient to support the household in the house at its center. Thus "the estate" may refer to all other cottages and villages in the same ownership as the mansion itself. An example of such an estate is Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, England. Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a County in England that forms part of the East of England region. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

The "park" is specifically the inner part of an estate that is enclosed by walling, hedges or fencing. A park is a protected area of Land and Water, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped state and set aside for some purpose often to do with human A wall is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects an area A fence is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary

"Estate", with its "stately" connotations, has been a natural candidate for inflationary usage during the 20th century, much as the "landscaping" that can be effected in a front or back yard. Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land including but not limited to living elements, such as

Common usage in the United Kingdom sometimes applies the term in a humorous fashion to the land attached to any property, such as a back garden. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

In the US, Long Island and other affluent East Coast enclaves had strong traditions of large agricultural estates rivaling those of Europe; however after the 1940s many were lost and today large houses on a few acres are commonly referred to as "estates". The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U

Some traditional American estates:

Meadowfarm, East Islip, New York - Estate of H. East Islip is a Census-designated place (CDP and a hamlet located in the Town of Islip on unincorporated land in Suffolk County New York. B. Hollins (demolished)
Westbrook, Great River, New York - Estate of Wm. Great River is a hamlet (and a Census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Bayard Cutting
Coe Hall, Oyster Bay, New York - Estate of W. This article refers to the hamlet. For the town in Nassau County, New York, see Town of Oyster Bay New York. R. Coe
Indian Neck Hall, Oakdale, New York - Estate of F. Oakdale is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. G. Bourne
Inisfada,Manhasset, New York - Estate of Nicholas Brady
Idle Hour, Oakdale, New York - Estate of Wm. Manhasset is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. Oakdale is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. K. Vanderbilt
Oheka Castle, Cold Spring Harbor, New York - Estate of O. See Cold Spring Harbor for other uses of the name Cold Spring Harbor is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) in H. Kahn

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