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The Jenkinson Family

The Eastwood Park Estate is associated with the Jenkinson family
of Bristol. A family that has all had distinguished careers, with many
of the early members becoming great travellers and seafarers. They
are responsible for the Victorian country house present today with manyoriginal features.

Anthony Jenkinson a companion of the explorer Sebastian Cabot -
was also a traveller and attempted the first land crossing from
Moscow to China in the late 1500s.

Sir Charles Jenkinson - Seventh Baronet, First Baron of Hawkesbury
and the First Earl of Liverpool, bought the Estate in the 18th century.
His son, the Second Earl, was Prime Minister of England from 1812 to
1827. The peerage ceased on the death of the Third Earl in 1851,
when his cousin Sir Charles Jenkinson became Baron.

Family motto

The Jenkinson family motto “I obey, I do not serve/Pareo non servio”
can be seen above the stained glass window on the main staircase
of the country house, along with the Jenkinson family's coat of arms.The Estate has changed hands over the years and its new
owners have adapted the main Victorian country house and
adjacent buildings each time:

Turret clock

The clock is installed in what was the old stables building, now
offices. Benson, of Ludgate Hill, made the clock London – clock
maker to HRH Prince of Wales.

Mears & Steinback cast the bell in 1871.

The clock needs to be manually wound once a week.

Estate history