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Elstow (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 52 06 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.1000 decimal degrees |
Long: 000 28 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -0.4667 decimal degrees |
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Note: William the Conquerer's niece, Countess Judith, founded an influential and wealthy nunnery here in 1075 (some ruins remain, including a carved tympanum); birthplace of John Bunyan, author of "Pilgrim's Progress". |
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Elstow (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Elstow (British English-P,U,N)
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Elnestou (H,V,Anglo-Saxon-P,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Elstow (inhabited place) (P) |
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