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619: 638: 34: 418: 50: 1123: 57: 726:, ejected to safety, because only the two pilots had any ejection seats. The pilot landed near the house, and the co-pilot landed in a ploughed field around a half-mile away. The pilot called in at the house, having narrowly missed the house with his four-engined aircraft, and asked the house owner if he could make a telephone call. 570:, who was to a large extent his own architect and involved himself in the minutiae of construction, but employed Henry Dormer (died 1727) to supervise its building. Nottingham replaced Dormer with John Lumley in 1697. Before embarking on the project, Lord Nottingham consulted Wren and had measurements taken at 270: 837: 675:
crashed at 1.24pm on Tuesday 30 January 1968, 20 yards from the house of Geoffrey Eayrs. The Vulcan was inverted when it crashed, and totally disintegrated. It was witnessed by resident Colonel Sir
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was located about one mile (2 km) west of the centre of the village on what was previously the site of a Second World War US Army base, home to part of the
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The funeral of Michael Whelan took place in Ireland on 5 February, and the funeral of the other three aircrew was on 6 February at
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Foundations were laid in 1694 (H. J. Habakkuk, "Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham: His House and Estate", J. H. Plumb, ed.
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were present. Later in the year, Buckingham requested Scottish fir tree seeds and saplings for the park from the
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in 1993–98, with a further 22 dwellings on the estate. Previously the estate had been purchased by
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In 1379 Sir Thomas le Despenser granted the Burley manor to trustees, two of whom were his brother
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and his nephew Hugh le Despenser. Thomas died without issue in 1381, when at the outbreak of the
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Alstoe Moot and part of Alsthorpe deserted medieval village, Burley – 1010671| Historic England
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Only Michael Whelan was not married. The wife of Stephen Sumpter had a baby two days before.
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Gustav Ungerer, 'An Unrecorded Elizabethan Performance of Titus Andronicus',
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The church of the Holy Cross, adjacent to the mansion, is in the care of the
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for Lord Winchilsea, 1782, were never carried out. (Colvin 1995,
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The village's name means 'wood/clearing with a fortification'.
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Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea
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near Portsmouth, and co-pilot Michael John Gillett, of the
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A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840
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A new house, designed in the manner associated with Sir
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at Burley in August 1621 to celebrate his marriage to
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of England. It is two miles (3 km) north-east of
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In 1908 a fire broke out during a party attended by
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It contains a moving memorial by Sir 520:George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham 1142: 1112:, 3rd ed. (Yale University Press) 1995 718:Pilot Peter Charles Tait, aged 25, of 84:4.8 sq mi (12 km)  484:for office and light industrial use. 1024:"Bonomi, Joseph", "Johnson, John".). 748:George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea 660: 595:Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea 1046:"Chantrey, Sir Francis: Memorials". 948:(London: Longman, 1981), pp. 63–64. 13: 806:"Rutland Civil Parish Populations" 784:"A vision of Britain through time" 14: 1171: 1116: 1058:Wednesday 31 January 1968, page 2 516:Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford 1135:Burley on the Hill mansion photo 1121: 844:. Office for National Statistics 736: 514:at Burley. Harington's daughter 55: 48: 32: 1099: 1084: 1073: 1061: 1049: 1027: 1010: 990: 981: 968: 951: 935: 731:St Nicholas' Church, Cottesmore 593:A dining room was designed for 496:. The first house was owned by 466:was used in advertisements for 432:, the site of a possible small 1070:Friday 2 February 1968, page 1 922: 909: 896: 884: 870: 856: 838:"Civil Parish population 2011" 830: 798: 776: 510:written by his brother-in-law 56: 1: 769: 864:"Key to English Place-names" 743:The Park, Burley-on-the-Hill 566:, was built in the 1690s by 7: 906:Date accessed: 14 May 2010. 647:Churches Conservation Trust 622:Burley on the Hill close up 498:Sir John Harington of Exton 444:. Alstoe was the name of a 112:OS grid reference 21:Human settlement in England 10: 1176: 786:. 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Burley is located in Rutland
Rutland
2001 census
Density
OS grid reference
SK882104
London
Unitary authority
Rutland
Shire county
Rutland
Ceremonial county
Rutland
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
LE15
Dialling code
Police
Leicestershire
Fire
Leicestershire
Ambulance
East Midlands
UK Parliament

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