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SANDRINGHAM

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 141 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SANDRINGHAM , a See also:

village in the N.W. See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Norfolk, See also:England, 3 m. from the See also:shore of the See also:Wash, and 22 from Wolferton station on the See also:Great Eastern railway. Sandringham See also:House was a See also:country seat of See also:King See also:Edward VII., acquired by him when See also:Prince of See also:Wales by See also:purchase in 1861. Ten years later the See also:mansion then existing was replaced by the See also:present picturesque See also:building in See also:brick and See also:stone in Elizabethan See also:style. The See also:estate, of some 7000 acres, includes a See also:park of 200 acres, entered by See also:fine wrought See also:iron See also:gates constructed at See also:Norwich. The See also:church of St See also:Mary Magdalene contains many memorials of the royal See also:family.

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