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BURGHLEY HOUSE, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter, on the NE border of Northamptonshire; adjacent to the river Welland, and to the Syston and Peterborough railway, in the southern vicinity of Stamford. The mansion was founded in 1575, by Sir William Cecil; is a great hollow Tudor quadrangle; and contains a fine collection of pictures. The park is large; and was laid out by Brown.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "the seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Burghley |
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