Moundsmere (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Moundsmere is a hamlet in Hampshire, England. It is 3 miles away from the village of Bentworth. Moundsmere became part of the dower first of Anne of Cleves and then of Catherine Howard. On the death of Catherine Howard, Henry VIII granted it to Winchester College in part exchange for certain other manors. The current Moundsmere Manor was built in 1908-9 by Sir Reginald Blomfield for Wilfred Buckley, a highly successful businessman returning to England from America, on the site he identified following a lengthy search for the perfect position.