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Kelston House was a country manor near the village of Kelston, near Bath, northeast Somerset, England. Construction was started by John Harrington in 1567, and it was finished by his son in 1574, and intended to be one of the grandest houses in the county. A walled courtyard remains of the structure, which is nearby the present house, which dates to the 1760's. | Kelston House was a country manor near the village of Kelston, near Bath, northeast Somerset, England. Construction was started by John Harrington in 1567, and it was finished by his son in 1574, and intended to be one of the grandest houses in the county. A walled courtyard remains of the structure, which is nearby the present house, which dates to the 1760's. John Harrington was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset in 1591. | ||
[[File:harrington.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Sir John Harrington and Mary Rogers, Lady Harrington]] | |||
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KELSTON HOUSE. English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in all four editions of The Second Volume of the Dancing Master [1] (1718-1728), published in London by John Young, heir to the Playford publishing concerns. It also was printed by Walsh and Randall in their The New Country Dancing Master, Second Book (London, 1710) and in Walsh and Hare's The Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (London, 1719).
Kelston House was a country manor near the village of Kelston, near Bath, northeast Somerset, England. Construction was started by John Harrington in 1567, and it was finished by his son in 1574, and intended to be one of the grandest houses in the county. A walled courtyard remains of the structure, which is nearby the present house, which dates to the 1760's. John Harrington was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset in 1591.
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