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A vision of Britain through time
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Raglan.-- (or Ragland), par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 7 miles SW. of Monmouth, 4083 ac., pop. 722; P.O., T.O.; Raglan Castle, one of the finest baronial ruins in England, was built in time of Henry V., on the site of a previous castle, and surrendered to Fairfax in 1646; Raglan gives the title of baron to a branch of the Beaufort family; the first Lord Raglan (1788-1855), youngest son of the fifth Duke of Beaufort, was commander of the forces in the Crimea.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Rhaglan CP/AP Monmouthshire AncC |
| Place names: | RAGLAN | RAGLAND | RAGLAN OR RAGLAND |
| Place: | Rhaglan |
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