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  • Thumbnail for Queens' College, Cambridge
    Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the 16 "old colleges" of the university, founded in 1448 by...
    50 KB (4,356 words) - 14:31, 24 May 2024
  • The King's Christmas message (or The Queen's Christmas message in a queen's reign, formally as His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech, and informally as the...
    126 KB (5,086 words) - 07:21, 12 June 2024
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    St Catharine's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1473 as Katharine Hall, it adopted its current name in 1860...
    25 KB (1,833 words) - 09:06, 9 June 2024
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    Sir John Vanbrugh (/ˈvænbrə/; 24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect, dramatist and herald, perhaps best known as the designer...
    81 KB (10,855 words) - 19:12, 26 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Robinson College, Cambridge
    Robinson College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1977, it is one of the newest Oxbridge colleges and is unique in having...
    15 KB (1,432 words) - 10:39, 8 February 2024
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    The setter is a type of gundog used most often for hunting game such as quail, pheasant, and grouse. In the UK, the four setter breeds, together with the...
    17 KB (1,948 words) - 20:02, 7 December 2022
  • Hugh Birley (21 October 1817 – 7 September 1883) was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Birley was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, the third...
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  • Thumbnail for Tuskar Rock, Ireland
    Tuskar Rock (Irish: An Tuscar) is a group of rocks topped by a lighthouse 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) off the southeast coast of County Wexford, Ireland...
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  • Thumbnail for Kingston Museum
    Kingston Museum is an accredited museum in Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England. The Scottish-American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie funded...
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    Hibiscus was a London restaurant which was owned and run by French chef Claude Bosi. It was opened in 2000 in Ludlow, Shropshire, and won its first Michelin...
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  • Thumbnail for John Thomas Ball
    John Thomas Ball QC (24 July 1815 – 17 March 1898) was an Irish barrister, judge and politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain...
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    Sir John Oldcastle (died 14 December 1417) was an English Lollard leader. From 1409 to 1413, he was summoned to parliament as Baron Cobham, in the right...
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  • Patrick Joseph McFlynn (Irish: Padraig MacFloinn; 9 May 1918 – 24 September 2013) was an Irish sports administrator who served as the 26th president of...
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  • The Liffey Champion is a local newspaper for north County Kildare and the Lucan area of west Dublin in Ireland. It is based in Leixlip. The first edition...
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    Sir Arnold Savage of Bobbing, Kent (8 September 1358 – 1410) was the English Speaker of the House of Commons from 1400 to 1402 and then again from 1403...
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    Sir Gilbert Gerard (died 4 February 1593) was a prominent lawyer, politician, and landowner of the Tudor period. He was returned six times as a member...
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    Thomas Bampfield or Bampfylde (c. 1623 – 8 October 1693) was an English lawyer, and Member of Parliament for Exeter between 1654 and 1660. For a short...
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  • Lydiate Ash roundabout Location in Worcestershire Show map of Worcestershire Lydiate Ash roundabout Location in UK motorway network Show map of UK motorways...
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  • Holy Cross Preparatory School is an independent preparatory school for girls aged 4–11 in Coombe, London, England. Holy Cross Preparatory School was founded...
    6 KB (372 words) - 20:10, 27 February 2023
  • Castleisland Desmonds are a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Castleisland, County Kerry, Ireland. The club won its first County Championship in 1950...
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