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 Square Friends Meeting House company that became General Mills. By 1984 the membership of the meeting was reduced to 14 members, and the meeting began the process of being "laid down" or discontinued. Nevertheless, with the help of the Havertown Quarterly Meeting, the meeting continued operation. The Meeting House celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2011. It remains in use for worship on "First Day", Sundays, at 10:00 a.m. Newtown Square Friends Meeting House The Newtown Square Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meetinghouse in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States, built in 1711 and expanded in 1791 and 1891. It has housed, and continues