Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Theobalds

Theobalds, seat of the Meux family, in par. and 2 miles SW. of Cheshunt, Herts; was originally built by Lord Burleigh, and became the residence of James I., who died here in 1625.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Cheshunt CP/AP       Hertfordshire AncC

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