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MOUNT FELIX, a seat of the Earl of Tankerville, in Walton-on-Thames parish, Surrey; adjacent to a bridge over the Thames, 5 miles W by S of Kingston. It is an Italian villa, with a campanile; was built in 1839, after designs by Sir Charles Barry; and stands in very beauti ful grounds. The part of the Thames opposite to it includes what is called Cowey Stake s, and is generally regarded as the ford over which Cæsar passed, in his second invasion of England, when pursuing Cassivellaunus.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
Administrative units: | Walton upon Thames AP/CP Surrey AncC |
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