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DITTON, a hamlet in Stoke-Poges parish, Bucks; near the river Thames and the Great Western railway, 2 miles ENE of Windsor. Ditton Park is the seat of Lord Montague; was built, in 1813, by Elizabeth, Duchess of Buccleuch; and occupies the site of an old mansion of the Molinses and the Hungerfords, burnt in 1812.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Stoke Poges Parish Buckinghamshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Ditton |
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