Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BROADLANDS

BROADLANDS, a seat of lace manufacture in the vicinity of Newport, Isle of Wight. The marriage robes of Alexandra, Princess of Wales, were manufactured here.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a seat of lace manufacture"   (ADL Feature Type: "industrial sites")
Administrative units: Hampshire AncC

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