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    Quainton (formerly Quainton Malet) is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Aylesbury. The population...
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    Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a railway museum operated by the Quainton Railway Society Ltd. at Quainton Road railway station, about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Aylesbury...
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    Quainton Road railway station was opened in 1868 in under-developed countryside near Quainton, in the English county of Buckinghamshire, 44 miles (71 km)...
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    The Brill Tramway, also known as the Quainton Tramway, Wotton Tramway, Oxford & Aylesbury Tramroad and Metropolitan Railway Brill Branch, was a six-mile...
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    Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton (April 4, 1934 – July 31, 2023) was an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to the Central African...
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    Quainton Windmill is a historic windmill in the village of Quainton, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. The 70 ft (20m) six-storey brick tower...
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  • The Brill Tramway, also known as the Quainton Tramway, Wotton Tramway, Oxford & Aylesbury Tramroad and Metropolitan Railway Brill Branch, was a six-mile...
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  • Peruvian general election. Vargas Llosa later reported that Anthony C. E. Quainton, the United States Ambassador to Peru, personally told him that allegedly...
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  • connect the Duke's estates to the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway at Quainton Road. In 1872 the line was expanded and converted for passenger use, becoming...
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  • Green, near Hertford) 92.1 FM (Bedmond, near Hemel Hempstead) 94.7 FM (Quainton Hill, near Aylesbury) 95.5 FM (Sandy Heath) 98.0 FM (High Wycombe) 103...
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  • August 2009. "Unknown cast in Cameron TV drama". BBC News. 27 July 2009. Quainton, David (19 August 2009). "Latest from Edinburgh Fringe: Jonny Sweet's "Mostly...
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    Harrow-on-the-Hill. In 2020, John Lyon amalgamated with what was then called Quainton Hall Prep, located in central Harrow, to become an all-through School....
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  • from Northern line trains is being used. 8 23 June 2022 Quainton Road and Kingsway Quainton Road, once on the Metropolitan line, and the Kingsway tramway...
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    Shipton Lee is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Quainton, in the county of Buckinghamshire, England. In 1881 the parish had a population...
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  • J72 Valle del Sol Observatory - Valle del Sol J73 Quainton Observatory, Buckinghamshire Src ENG Quainton J74 Bilbao Observatory Biscay Bilbao J75 La Sagra...
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  • (9.7 km) from Brill to the junction station with main line services at Quainton Road. Although serving a lightly populated area and little-used by passengers...
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    ran shuttles from Princes Risborough through Aylesbury to Quainton Road and from Quainton Road to Verney Junction. The A&BR had authority for a southern...
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  • connect the Duke's estates to the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway at Quainton Road. A lobbying campaign by residents of the town of Brill led to the...
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    Main Line (running on the same tracks as the Metropolitan line as far as Quainton Road) which was not itself closed to passengers until 1966, under the Beeching...
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    Brill Granborough Road Hammersmith (Grove Road) Lord's Marlborough Road Quainton Road St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road) Swiss Cottage Uxbridge Road Verney Junction...
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  • of England School Oving with Pitchcott All Saints, Oving Quainton Holy Cross & St Mary Quainton Church of England Combined School Waddesdon with Over Winchendon...
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    Metropolitan Railway closed, the Brill Tramway in 1935, and the line from Quainton Road to Verney Junction in 1936. The 1935–40 New Works Programme included...
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    has also made a documentary at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (BRC), Quainton, on the life of Sir John Betjeman for his centenary celebrations. In June...
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    Railway stations in Buckinghamshire. These survive today, and are called Quainton Street and Verney Street, followed by Aylesbury Street in the 1900s. In...
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    Ambassador to Peru 27 November 1986–9 August 1989 Succeeded by Anthony Quainton Government offices Preceded by Bernard W. Aronson Assistant Secretary of...
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    section of the former L&NWR line and station buildings are preserved at Quainton near Aylesbury. It is administered by the Buckinghamshire Railway preservation...
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    Peggy Quainton. William Lugg played Andrew Quainton. Zena Dare played Victoria Siddons, and when the show went on tour, she played Peggy Quainton. The...
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    Watkin's Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) would meet at Quainton Road. In anticipation of the connection, the A&BR was doubled by 1897 and...
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  • evidence to support the U.S. charge of government antisemitism. Anthony Quainton, U.S. ambassador to Nicaragua, also reported no evidence of government...
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    rescued from Barry, 6024 was moved to the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre at Quainton Road. On 2 February 1989, and after the creation of the Club100 funding...
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