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White Cross Manor

Coordinates: 51°43′23″N 2°32′06″W / 51.723°N 2.535°W / 51.723; -2.535
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White Cross Manor was the manor house in Lydney, Gloucestershire, England, of the Wynter family. It was burnt to the ground in April 1645 on the orders of Sir John Wynter to avoid it being taken over by the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War.[1]

White Cross Manor was where Edward Swarthye, a Black man, is recorded as whipping John Guye.[2]

Another manor house, Lydney House, was later built at the other end of its grounds.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Lydney Pages 46-84 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5, Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, the Forest of Dean". British History Online. Victoria County History. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ Kaufmann, Miranda (2017), Black Tudors, Oneworld Publications, p. 1.
  3. ^ "Lydney | British History Online". Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.

51°43′23″N 2°32′06″W / 51.723°N 2.535°W / 51.723; -2.535