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The Stowe catalogue : priced and annotated (1848)

Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of, 1797-1861, Forster, Henry Rumsey, 1815-1884 · London : D. Bogue · leaf 49

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ow in the parish of Thomborough, near Buckingham, which was opened bydirection of the present Duke of Buckingham, in November, 1839. This platform appears to have been usedas a funeral pile, the upper surface of the stones being calcined, though the fire has not penetrated throughthem: they average… … ; PP» HISTORICAL NOTICE OF STOWE. reeded handles, contained a quantity of partially calcined human bones and ashes, which have been carefullypreserved, and some of the mass is even now firmly adhering to the fragments of the broken urn. The bronzevases are of beautifid form and workmanship: one of…

Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of, 1797-1861 · Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 · Stowe (England) · Art

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