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The term estate applies to land under ownership and as such is a generic term for a parcel of land held by an individual or family, common in early British Gentry. Estate may refer to: Estate (law), a term used in common law to signify the total of a persons property, entitlements and obligations Immovable Property, Real Estate or Real Property Estate (house) may mean the grounds surrounding any very large property, such as a country house or mansion Estate...
Later, twentieth century usage in Great Britain may apply to land which forms part of housing for social usage."Housing estates" were a common occurrence in British social housing of the twentieth century. Many estates were later transformed by individual house ownership brought on by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. A housing estate is a medium-to-low density residential area, usually part of a suburb of a town or city in a developed country. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher LG OM FRS PC (born 13 October 1925) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. ...
The County of Northamptonshire is dotted with old countryestates and bomber bases.
The aerodromes were built in World War II to house the squadrons of British and American bomber aircraft which pounded Nazi Germany into submission.
New pits were constructed and after a huge accident at the start of the 1973 British Grand Prix, it was decided to build a chicane to slow the cars down through Woodcote Corner.
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