Talk:Woburn Abbey

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If Woburn Abbey is still the seat of the Dukes of Bedford why does the article say "In the early nineties Woburn Abbey was owned by the Tussauds Group"? Did the family sell the house and buy it back? This seems unlikely.

Who owns what and who is doing what with what they own?

I was going to ask why the article says:

"In the early 1990s, Woburn Abbey was owned by the Tussauds Group and with the help of John Wardley (creator of roller coasters such as Nemesis and Oblivion) set to build a large park. However, Tussauds bought Alton Towers instead and that is now the UK's most visited theme park attraction."

as I did not understand who owned Woburn Abbey and who set to build a park. The family? Tussauds? (It actually reads like it's the Abbey.) I see that an anonymous person has asked the same question. —Grstain | Talk 17:00, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Books

I added a reference to The Protector's War to the page. The page I referenced does not YET contain the information I included.--Gaarmyvet (talk) 16:26, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Center Parcs

I have removed the wholly spurious idea that the Center Parcs which is named "Woburn Forest" is on the grounds of the Abbey. It is in fact several miles away on Millbrook Warren, near Flitwick, and uses the Woburn name as a marketing exercise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.107.148.83 (talk) 06:35, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Collection section - high claims with no references

The collection is described as "amongst the finest in private hands" without qualification and despite the accumulation of large private collections around the world since the Dukes of Bedford stopped collecting. No reference is given to support this breach of WP:PEACOCK. Likewise, "collection encompasses examples of the most expensive manufacturers of furniture" is unreferenced peacockery and seems quite unrealistic. The paragraphe ends with one reference^[1] which is the Heritage England listing as Grade 1 in heritage category Park and Garden, but this makes no reference to the collection at all. 80.41.130.95 (talk) 18:41, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Woburn Abbey – Grade I – Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1114006)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

WW1 and the 11th Duke and Duchess

There's nothing here about the 11th Duke and Duchess; they built a hospital, which was used during WW1. — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk; please {{ping}} me in replies) 11:42, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bison

I lived in England in abut 57-60 or so and went to Woburn Abbey a couple of times - My dad was USAF and it was the first place I had seen a living bison - small herd. Donna Vogelpohl 69.149.247.99 (talk) 00:38, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[NHLE_1114006-1] Woburn Abbey – Grade I – Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1114006)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

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