Goodwood

Goodwood, the seat of the Duke of Richmond, $3\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ miles NE. of Chichester. An 18th-century building by Chambers and Wyatt, it has a notable collection of portraits; and its park is famous for its cedars and other trees, which in 1754 included 'thirty different kinds of oaks and 400 different American trees and shrubs' (Bishop Pocock's Travels through England, Camden Society, 1889). Here is the picturesque racecourse, where the famous Goodwood meeting is held at the end of July, at the close of the London season. It was established in 1802; but its importance (since 1825) was due to Lord George Bentinck's exertions.