Bradgate House (16th century) It was lived in by the Grey family for the next 220 years. It is believed that the house was the birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, later Queen, ruling for a mere 9 days before being overthrown by Mary I. Jane was executed in 1553 and when her father was executed the following year the estate passed to the crown. Local history claims that groundskeepers marked the occasion of Jane's execution by pollarding the estate's oak trees in a symbolic beheading. Examples of pollarded oaks can still be seen in the park. In 1563 the family regained favour, and the
Newtown, Queensland (Ipswich) Rosewood via Ipswich. Newtown contains a number of heritage-listed sites including Rockton, a house at 4 Rockton Street and St Michaels Nursing Home at 68 Chermside Street. Newtown, Queensland (Ipswich) <mapframe latitude="-27.6167" longitude="152.7761" zoom="14" width="250" height="200" align="right"> </mapframe>Newtown is a small residential suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It is bordered by Queens Park to the west, to the north by Brisbane Road, the city's main arterial link to the Ipswich Motorway. At the 2016 Australian Census, the suburb recorded a population of 1,615. A small set of shops lies on the five-ways intersection where Brisbane Road, Queen Victoria Parade, Glebe