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  2. Brill Tramway - Wikipedia

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    Letter from Ralph Jones to the Duke, 26 June 1871 The surveyors designing the line had worked on the assumption that the wagons would have a load on each wheel of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 long tons (2.54 t ; 2.80 short tons) and had designed the line accordingly. As it turned out, the four-wheeled wagons used had an average weight of 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 long tons (3.56 t; 3.92 short tons) and each carried 6–7 ...

  3. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury - Wikipedia

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    A History of England: Period V. Imperial Reaction Victoria 1880–1901 (vol 5, 1904); detailed political narrative; 295pp; online; also another copy Archived 4 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Brumpton, Paul R. Security and Progress: Lord Salisbury at the India Office (Greenwood Press, 2002) Cecil, Algernon.

  4. Helena Blavatsky - Wikipedia

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    The two-volume book was reviewed for the Pall Mall Gazette by the social reformer Annie Besant; impressed by it, Besant met with Blavatsky and joined the Theosophists. [224] In August 1890, Blavatsky moved in to Besant's large house at 19 Avenue Road in St. John's Wood. [225] Woking Crematorium in 2018

  5. List of country houses in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence for a significant family or a notable figure in history.

  6. List of statues of Queen Victoria - Wikipedia

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    The Mall, London: Unveiled 1911, completed 1924: Thomas Brock: Sculpture on pillar with statues and fountains: Marble, bronze, Portland stone: Grade I: Q1333411 [36] [148] More images: Queen Victoria as Peace: Friary Park, Friern Barnet: Cast 1862, erected 1911: Joseph Durham: Statue on mound: Bronze and granite: 3.3m (statue) Grade II ...

  7. List of irregularly spelt places in the United Kingdom

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    England: Aigburth: EG-bərth / ˈ ɛ ɡ b ər θ / ⓘ England: Aike: YAK / ˈ j æ k / ⓘ [1] England: Aldeburgh: AWL-bər-ə / ˈ ɔː l b ər ə / England: Allerton, West Yorkshire: OL-ər-tən / ˈ ɒ l ər t ən / Not for Allerton, Liverpool – / ˈ æ l ər t ən / England: Almeley: A(L)M-lee / ˈ æ (l) m l iː / England: Alnmouth: AL ...

  8. List of newspapers in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Pall Mall Gazette (1865–1923) The Pink News (2006–2007) Pink Paper; The Planet on Sunday (1996) – weekly (one edition published) Political Register (1802–1835) Poor Man's Guardian (1831–35). Edited by Henry Hetherington; The Post (1988) - daily; Preston Guardian (1844–1958) continued as Farmers Guardian

  9. Monopoly (game) - Wikipedia

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    Monopoly. Monopoly is a multiplayer economics-themed board game. In the game, players roll two dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents and aim to drive them into bankruptcy.