Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wellington College

Wellington College, military school with ry. sta., Sandhurst par., Berks, in SE. of co., 4 miles SE. of Wokingham; was founded by Queen Victoria (1856) in memory of the Duke of Wellington; has accommodation for 250 boys, and has a fine library and museum.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "military school with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "educational facilities")
Administrative units: Sandhurst CP/Ch       Berkshire AncC
Place: Wellington College

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