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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ASCOT, a chapelry and a racecourse in Winkfield parish, Berks. The chapelry adjoins the Staines and Reading railway, 8 miles W by S of Staines; was constituted in 1866; and has a post office under Staines, and a r. station. Pop., 900. Ascot Place is the seat ofC. Ferard, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £100. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. There is a national school.-The racecourse is adjacent to the SW extremity of the Great Park of Windsor; has a rich sward, a grand stand with noble view, and the most complete range of racing chateanx in the empire; is circular, and only 66 yards short of 2 miles; and goes half the way on the descent, the other half chiefly up hill. The races were instituted by the Duke of Cumberland, uncle of George III.; they take place early in June; and they are generally attended by the Royal Family in state, and by the élite of the court, the nobility, and the fashion. A cup was given to them by the Emperor Nicholas of Russia after his visit to England, and discontinued at the Crimean war; and another has been given, in its stead, by the Emperor Napoleon of France.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry and a racecourse" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Winkfield AP/CP Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Ascot |
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