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    Leeds Castle is a castle in Kent, England, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Maidstone. It is built on islands in a lake formed by the River Len to the east...
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  • Royal Navy have been named HMS Leeds Castle after Leeds Castle, near Maidstone in Kent. HMS Leeds Castle (K384) was a Castle-class corvette (though later...
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    HMS Leeds Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy, originally with pennant number K384. She was built by William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd....
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  • HMS Leeds Castle (P258) was a Castle-class patrol vessel built by Hall, Russell & Company of Aberdeen, Scotland for the Royal Navy. She was launched in...
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    Constable of Leeds Castle, Kent, in January 1539, his son Gregory and his wife moved into the castle. Gregory and his wife lived mainly at Leeds Castle at Thomas...
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    Norman tower in England. Leeds Priory was dissolved in 1539. To the east of the village is Leeds Castle. The church and the castle are Grade I listed buildings...
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    Danby). The Dukedom was named for Leeds in Yorkshire, and did not (as is sometimes claimed) refer to Leeds Castle in Kent. The principal ducal seat was...
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    helicopters. In the event, only two ships were built, HMS Leeds Castle and HMS Dumbarton Castle. Both vessels were built by Hall Russell in Aberdeen, Scotland...
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    Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough...
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  • Olive, Lady Baillie (category People from Leeds, Kent)
    hostess. She is best known as the owner of Leeds Castle, near Maidstone, Kent, England. On her death the castle was bequeathed to a charitable trust to enable...
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    castle Fortified house Hill castle Hillside castle Island castle Lowland castle Ordensburg Ridge castle Spur castle Toll castle Water castle Castle features:...
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  • Norfolk (Earls of Leicester) Leeds Castle in Kent (various families, ending with Olive, Lady Baillie) – now owned by Leeds Castle Foundation. Woburn Abbey...
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  • Maidstone Leeds Castle, a castle near Leeds, Kent Leeds Priory, a priory near Leeds, Kent Leeds, Alabama, a city Leeds, Maine, a town Leeds, Massachusetts...
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    surrendered the castle on 31 October 1321, after it was besieged by the King's forces using ballistas. Edward's capture of Leeds Castle was the catalyst...
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    (alias Cromwell) of Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, 1534–1540, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire 1535–d., sole, Leeds Castle, Kent, 4 January 1539 – 1540...
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  • appointed Hamer as director. Filming took place from September 1948 at Leeds Castle and other locations in Kent, and at Ealing Studios. Themes of class and...
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    1539. Another son, Edward, followed in 1539, who may have been born, at Leeds Castle in Kent. Gregory Cromwell appears to have been devoted to his wife and...
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    remained from March 1538 until early 1539, when they took up residence in Leeds Castle, Kent. Henry's grandfather, Thomas Cromwell, had been created Baron Cromwell...
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    Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (category People from Leeds, Kent)
    City of Fairfax. Thomas Fairfax was born on 22 October 1693 in Leeds Castle, Kent. The castle had been owned by his maternal ancestors since the 1630s. Fairfax...
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    Falkland Islands and South Georgia, alternating with her sister ship HMS Leeds Castle. Her long association with the Falkland Islands resulted in the ship's...
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    Bartholomew Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere (category People from Leeds, Kent)
    custodian of Leeds Castle in Kent This was followed by a transaction on 20 March 1318 by which the King granted the castle and manor of Leeds along with...
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    disliked for her property dealings; she bought up vast lands such as Leeds Castle from the middling landed classes after they went into arrears on loan...
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    HMS Kenilworth Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She was built by Smiths Dock Company at South Bank, North Yorkshire, launched on...
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    Princess Alexandra Gardens at Leeds Castle are named after her in honour of her involvement as Patron of the Leeds Castle Foundation The Hong Kong Red...
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    St Leger, KG (or Sellenger; c. 1496 – 16 March 1559), of Ulcombe and Leeds Castle in Kent, was an English politician and Lord Deputy of Ireland during...
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    fortune was confiscated and she was imprisoned at Pevensey Castle in Sussex and later at Leeds Castle in Kent. She was released upon the order of Henry V in...
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  • Thumbnail for HMS Oxford Castle (K692)
    HMS Oxford Castle (K692) was a Castle-class corvette, of United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Oxford Castle in England. She was built at Harland...
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    River Len (redirect from Old Mill, Leeds)
    Harrietsham; after Broomfield, the river becomes the lake adjoining Leeds Castle. The Len enters the town of Maidstone south of Bearsted and its waters...
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  • HMS Pevensey Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The ship was constructed during World War II and saw service during...
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    contains numerous monuments and memorials to the Culpeper family, owners of Leeds Castle and Hollingbourne Manor. These include the first, third and fourth Barons...
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