Bonython Manor
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Bonython Manor near Cury
, Cornwall
, in the United Kingdom
is an estate garden on the Lizard peninsula. Since 1999 the owners have been Mr & Mrs Richard Nathan
, on the main A3083 Helston to Lizard Road, turn left at Cury Cross Lanes (Wheel Inn) and the entrance is 300 yd (274.3 m) on the right.
told The Literary Digest
: "Bonython is a Cornish name and the accent is on the second syllable: Bon-y'thon, y as in spy. The ancient family located at Bonython in the Lizard
district at a very early period. Existing deeds show that Stephen Bonython was in possession of the family lands in 1277." However the family had lived in the area for well over 1,000 years before losing its fortune and Manor in the mid Victorian era and settling in colonial South Australia. The name Bonython changed phonetically several times over the centuries giving birth to branches with differing spellings, including the historic Donnithorne family of St Agnes which evolved from Bonython over two centuries from c1500.
Cury
Cury is a civil parish and village in southwest Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately four miles south of Helston on The Lizard peninsula. The parish is named for St Corentin and is recorded in the Domesday Book as Chori....
, Cornwall
Cornwall
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, in the United Kingdom
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is an estate garden on the Lizard peninsula. Since 1999 the owners have been Mr & Mrs Richard Nathan
Location
It is located five miles (8 km) south of HelstonHelston
Helston is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles east of Penzance and nine miles southwest of Falmouth. Helston is the most southerly town in the UK and is around further south than...
, on the main A3083 Helston to Lizard Road, turn left at Cury Cross Lanes (Wheel Inn) and the entrance is 300 yd (274.3 m) on the right.
Garden
Magnificent 20 acres (80,937.2 m²) colour garden including sweeping hydrangea drive to Georgian manor house (not open to the public). Herbaceous walled garden, potager with vegetables and picking flowers; three lakes in valley planted with ornamental grasses, perennials and South African flowers.Architecture of house
History
Sir John Langdon BonythonJohn Langdon Bonython
-Early life:Bonython was born in London in 1848, the second son of George Langdon Bonython and Annie MacBain. The family migrated to South Australia in July 1854. There, Bonython was educated at the Brougham School in North Adelaide...
told The Literary Digest
Literary Digest
The Literary Digest was an influential general interest weekly magazine published by Funk & Wagnalls. Founded by Isaac Kaufmann Funk in 1890, it eventually merged with two similar weekly magazines, Public Opinion and Current Opinion.-History:...
: "Bonython is a Cornish name and the accent is on the second syllable: Bon-y'thon, y as in spy. The ancient family located at Bonython in the Lizard
Lizard Point, Cornwall
Lizard Point in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula. It is situated half-a-mile south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and approximately 11 miles southeast of Helston....
district at a very early period. Existing deeds show that Stephen Bonython was in possession of the family lands in 1277." However the family had lived in the area for well over 1,000 years before losing its fortune and Manor in the mid Victorian era and settling in colonial South Australia. The name Bonython changed phonetically several times over the centuries giving birth to branches with differing spellings, including the historic Donnithorne family of St Agnes which evolved from Bonython over two centuries from c1500.