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GROVEBURY, a manor in Leighton Buzzard parish, Beds. It was given by Henry II. to the nuns of Fontevralt in Normandy; became the site of an alien convent; and passed to the dean and canons of Windsor.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a manor" (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels") |
| Administrative units: | Leighton Buzzard Parish Bedfordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Grovebury |
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