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Leeds Castle
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(30km/19m W of Canterbury)
Superbly situated on two islands in a lake formed from the river Len. A stone castle was begun here in 1119, on a site previously occupied by a wooden Saxon castle. It was given to *Edward I in 1278 and remained in royal hands until the reign of *Henry VIII, who gave it to Anthony St Leger, his long-serving lord deputy in Ireland. Henry built most of the rooms in the so-called Gloriette. This occupies the smaller island and is the oldest surviving part of the castle; the rest was much altered in 1822.
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