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Hempsted Court was a country house at Hempsted near Gloucester in England. It was the home of the Lysons family. [2] It was demolished in 1962 and replaced by a housing estate. [3]

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  1. Gloucester from Hempsted. Art UK. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. Hempsted. British History Online. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. Verey, David & Alan Brooks. (2002). The Buildings of England Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and the Forest of Dean (3rd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 535. ISBN   9780300097337.

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Coordinates: 51°51′00″N2°15′54″W / 51.850°N 2.265°W / 51.850; -2.265