MRP: Broome Park

Dixwell family house, Broome Park, Kent

Henry Oxinden of Barham recorded the construction of Broome House in his commonplace book. ADD DETAIL.

Detail of lower half of map of Wingham and Kinghamford hundreds, showing Barham downs, Broome house and Maydekin house

The picture collection of Sir Henry Oxenden of Broome, Kent, was advertised for sale on Saturday, July 6th ?1839 CHECK by Messrs. Christie & Manson at their Great Room. King-street, St. James's-square. The pictures advertised were "of the Italian, French, and Dutch Schools," and included pictures by Van Dyck. A catalogue was made available. (The Athenaeum, no. 609 (London, June 29th 1839), p.491

Badeslade made an engraving of Broome Park, which was published in Harris, XXXX.

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Sources

Primary

CKS-U2691 Correspondence from Lord Kitchener concerning Broome Park, Barham (1911-1918)
Letter from Basill Dixwell to Sir George Oxenden, April 4th 1663, f. 94
Letter from Henry Oxinden of Barham to Thomas Peyton, February 6th 1643/44, MS. 28,000, f. 303
- Reports on HO's own involvement at Arundell [Nov. 23rd 1643 went with Colonel Hardres and Lieut. Col. Oxinden to Arundel (as described in Henry Oxinden’s Notebook) on parliamentary side, and death of Colonel Dixwell (nephew and heir of Sir Basil Dixwell of Broome and one of the Committee of Kent)
The Athenaeum, no. 609 (London, June 29th 1839), p.491

Secondary

Arthur Oswald, Country Houses of Kent (XXXX, 1933), pp. XX-XX

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Image credits

Detail of lower half of map of Wingham and Kinghamford hundreds, from XXXX (XXXX, XXXX), copyright C.S. Greenstreet, 2011
- 'Broome, the seat of Sir Basill Dixwell Bar:t', engraving by Badeslade, originally published in Harris, XXXX (XXXX, XXXX). Reproduced as Plate XVII in M.E. Macartney, English houses and gardens in the 17th and 18th centuries (London, 1908). The book and reproduced engraving are out of copyright

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