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Regents Park, eccl. dist., St Pancras par., Middlesex, in NW. of London, pop. 10,378; the park is a circular enclosure of 450 ac. It contains the Baptist College; the Zoological Gardens, with the finest collection of wild beasts and birds in the world; and the Botanical Gardens, with a large conservatory, and 18 ac. laid out with a choice collection of trees, shrubs, and flowers.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "ecclesiastical district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | St Pancras Vest/CP/AP Middlesex AncC |
Place: | Regents Park |
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