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BROMHALL, a hamlet in Sunninghill parish, Berks. Here was a small Benedictine nunnery, founded before the time of King John; and given, at the dissolution, to St. John's college, Cambridge. Here also was the residence of Richard II.'s queen, Isabella.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Sunninghill CP/AP Berkshire AncC |
Place: | Bromhall |
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