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STRAWBERRY HILL, a seat in Twickenham parish, Middlesex; on the river Thames, 2¼ miles NNW of Kingston. It was occupied byCibber, Bishop Talbot, and the Duke of Chandos; was rebuilt, in castellated Gothic style, by Horace Walpole; and passed to Mrs. Damer, and Earl Waldegrave.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
Administrative units: | Twickenham St Mary the Virgin CP/AP Middlesex AncC |
Place: | Strawberry Hill |
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