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Hurley.-- par., vil., and seat, E. Berks, in valley on river Thames, 4 miles NW. of Maidenhead, 4159 ac., pop. 1132; is a picturesque vil. with old timber houses; in its vicinity are the remains of Hurley Place, an old house celebrated in the Revolution of 1688 in connection with Richard Lord Lovelace.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parish, village, and seat" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Hurley AP/CP Berkshire AncC |
Place: | Hurley |
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