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Period actor that told the most colorful stories of the actual inhabitants of Compton Castle. Sense and Sensibility was filmed here in 1995.
Information about the castle below was taken from the National Trust website.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/comp...
The history began around 1100 A.D. and the detailed history of the castle residents started with the marriage of Joan de Compton to Geoffrey Gilbert, in 1329 brought the two families together and the Gilberts have been adding, altering and renovating the castle ever since.
The American Connection
The world would be a different place without the Gilbert men and their exploration of North America. In 1583, in the name of the Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Humphrey Gilbert colonised Newfoundland. Two years later his half brother, Sir Walter Raleigh started planning the Roanoke Colony in North Carolina. Sir Humphrey’s youngest son Raleigh Gilbert continued exploring, settling the Popham Colony in Maine, in 1607. It only survived one year, succumbing to a bitter winter.