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Stubbings House mansion was very briefly the home of Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, the Governor of Quebec and later, during World War II, of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Another notable resident from 1947 to 1969 was physicist Sir Thomas Merton inventor of the "one-shilling rangefinder" which brought down flying bombs at a range ...
Bisham Abbey Manor House Berkshire. Bisham Abbey is a Grade I listed manor house at Bisham in the English county of Berkshire. The name is taken from the now lost monastery which once stood alongside. This original Bisham Abbey was previously named Bisham Priory, and was the traditional resting place of many Earls of Salisbury.
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The bridal shower breakfast or brunch is very traditional and should showcase a delightful spread of both sweet and savoury items. It should be filled with delicious dishes to properly celebrate.
Stubbings is a surname. The vast movement of people that followed the Norman Conquest of England of 1066 brought the Stubbings family name to the British Isles. They lived in Essex having derived from the Old English word stybbing, meaning stumps, and indicates that the original bearer lived in or near an area which had been cleared of trees.
Bisham, Berkshire (period 1850-98) by Francis Frith. Bisham / ˈ b ɪ s əm / is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England.The village is on the River Thames, around one mile (1.6 km) south of Marlow in the neighbouring county of Buckinghamshire, and around three miles (5 km) northwest of Maidenhead.
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The village public house (now private offices – redeveloped in 2006), the Corner Pin, was originally the Railway Hotel, recalling the days when the village was still served by Stubbins railway station. This branch of the line is still used by the East Lancashire Railway to run regular weekend steam services between Rawtenstall and Bury.