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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Sandhurst.-- par. and vil., Berks, in SE. of co.- par. (containing Crowthorne), 4536 ac., pop. 4195; vil., on river Blackwater, near Wellington College sta., 4½ miles SE. of Wokingham and 33 SW. of London; P.O., T.O. (at Sandhurst Village), and P.O. (at Sandhurst Military College). The Royal Military College, originally founded in 1802 at Great Marlow, and removed in 1812 to Sandhurst, is now used for giving one year's special military training to cadets who have passed by competition for the army.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Sandhurst CP/Ch Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Sandhurst |
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