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Speaker's Holt on the crest of the Downs. This was no longer in operation by 1717. Apparently even the mound has now been
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Flemish glass; these were taken out in the 19th century, but some of the glass remains in windows in Glynde Place.
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545:(1415). Henry V's brother, the Duke of Bedford, confiscated it and transferred it to the Dean and Chapter of Windsor (1421). They remain patrons to the living to this day.
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lime in large kilns, and transport it away by rail to be used as cement. The kilns were coal-fired; much of the coal was shipped by barge up
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