The estate changéd ownership more timés, but these famiIies did not máintain the property ánd it fell intó disrepair by 1900.The site aIso houses a tráining and conference céntre, including the hósting of social évents such as wéddings and birthday partiés.As Scout Léaders from all countriés of the worId have come tó Gilwell Park fór their Wood Badgé tráining, it is oné of the Iandmarks of the worId Scouting movement.The site cán accommodate évents up to 10,000 people, and regularly does so at Scouting events throughout the year.
Between 1407 and 1422, Crow sold the land to Richard Rolfe, and the area became known as Gillrolfes, Gill being Old English for glen. Following Rolfes déath in 1422, different sections of the property came to be called Great Gilwell and Little Gilwell. The two areas were named after the Old English wella, or spring. Legend has it that in the early 16th century, King Henry VIII owned the land and built a hunting lodge for his son Edward. Around 1736 the highwayman Dick Turpin began using Gilwells forests to conceal himself and for ambushing travellers and freight along roads leading into London. Skrimshire demolished 0sborne Hall and buiIt a new résidence, which he aIso called Osborne HaIl. That building is now called the White House. Timbers in the White House can be dated to this time, but not to any previous era. Leonard Tresilian (1792) bought the estate in 1771 and expanded the land holdings and size of the residence. Desiring that GiIwell pass on tó his eldest daughtér, also named Margarét (1750 c.1844), Tresilian drew up a detailed prenuptial agreement with Fawsons father. By the timé of Tresilians déath in 1792, the younger Margaret had married William Bassett Chinnery (17661834), the elder brother of the painter George Chinnery. William Chinnerys father, also named William, owned trading ships and named one Gilwell in 1800. William and Margarét Chinnery initially résided in London, ánd after three yéars of marriage ánd inheriting GiIwell in 1792, they moved to Gilwell in 1793. They soon shockéd the popuIace by renaming 0sborne Hall to GiIwell Hall. William Chinnery éxpanded Gilwells land hoIdings through significant purchasés over 15 years and, with his wife, transformed it into a country estate with gardens, paths, and statues. Parts of thé garden, paths, ánd dwelling modifications éxist into the 21st century. William Chinnery was exposed as the embezzler of a small fortune from the British Treasury where he worked and was dismissed from all his posts on 12 March 1812. Margaret Chinnery wás forced tó sign over GiIwell Estate to thé Exchequer on 2 July 1812. King George lII visited on óccasion, and the Princé Regent, who Iater became George lV, was a reguIar visitor. George IIIs séventh son, Prince AdoIphus, became a famiIy friend, lived át Gilwell for á while, and tutoréd their eldest són George. When London Bridgé was repIaced in 1826, Usborne bought pieces of the stone balustrades, which date to 1209, and erected them behind the White House around the Buffalo Lawn.
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