Ladbrooke, Tanworth-in-Arden

"Ladbrooke Hall" redirects here. Not to be confused with Ladbroke Hall.

Ladbrooke Hall (or Ladbrooke Park) in 1908, then the residence of Oscar Bowen (1865-1916), viewed from south, surviving today as two dwellings known as Ladbrooke Hall East and West;[1] the ancient moat, now surrounded by the golf course, is situated 320 metres to the east (right)
Entrance to Ladbrook Park Golf Club, the grounds of which cover the site of the medieval manor house of Ladbrooke and its moat

Ladbrooke is an historic estate in the parish of Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England. The early history until the late 14th century is sparse and inextricably confused (even in the authoritative Victoria County History[2]) with the manor and parish of Ladbroke near Southam in Warwickshire, 34 km to the south-east. The confusion arises not only because both places within the same county are spelled variously and identically in historic documents, but mainly because the mediaeval de Lodbroke family appear to have held estates in each place. The 1619 Heraldic Visitation of Warwickshire which gives the pedigree of the "de Lodbroke" family, states them as "Dominus de Lodbrooke" (lord of the manor of Lodbrooke) and makes no mention of Tanworth-in-Arden.[3] The Victoria County History is however clear that the seat of the de Lodbroke family was Ladbroke near Southam and not Ladbrooke in the parish of Tanworth-in-Arden.[4]

  1. ^ "Property details for Ladbrook Hall West Penn Lane Tanworth-In-Arden Solihull B94 5HJ - Zoopla". www.zoopla.co.uk.
  2. ^ 'Parishes: Tanworth', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 5, Kington Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1949), pp. 165-175[1]
  3. ^ Heraldic Visitation of Warks, 1619, pp.125 (Catesby), p.128 (de Lodbroke)[2]
  4. ^ 'Parishes: Ladbroke', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 6, Knightlow Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1951), pp. 143-147[3]