A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
GUNNERSBURY, a hamlet in Ealing parish, Middlesex; near the Great Western railway, ¾ of a mile SW of Acton. It has a post office under Acton, London W. Gunnersbury Park belonged to Gunyld, the niece of Canute; was held by Alice Pierce, the favourite of Edward III.; passed to the Foswicks; afterwards to Serjeant Maynard, who built the mansion on it in 1663; was inhabited by the Princess Amelia, aunt of George III.; and belongs now to Baron de Rothschild.
(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: | Ealing St Mary AP/CP Middlesex AncC |
| Place: | Gunnersbury |
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