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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 724 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ASCOT , a See also:

VILLAGE

village in the See also:

WOKINGHAM

Wokingham See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

Berkshire, See also:

England, famous for its See also:

RACE

race-meetings. Pop. of See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Ascot See also:

Heath (1901), 1927. The station on the See also:

South-Western railway, 29 M. W.S.W. of See also:

LONDON

London, is called Ascot and Sunninghill; the second name belonging to an adjacent See also:

TOWN

town-See also:

SHIP

ship with a See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population (See also:

CIVIL

civil parish) of 4719. The race-course is on Ascot Heath, and was laid out by See also:

order of See also:

Queen See also:

Anne in 1711, and on the 11th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August in that See also:

YEAR

year the first See also:

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting was held and attended by the queen. The course is almost exactly 2 M. in circumference, and the meetings are held in See also:

JUNE

June. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal race is that for the Ascot See also:

Gold See also:

CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

Cup, instituted in 1807. The meeting is one of the most fashionable in England, and is commonly attended by members of the royal See also:

FAMILY

family. Tne royal procession, for which the meeting is peculiarly famous, was initiated by See also:

George IV. in 182o. See R. See also:

Herod, Royal Ascot (London, 1900).

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