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  More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)

 
More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
Leeds Castle

(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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