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William Shakespeare is buried beneath the altar of the Church Of The Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon. The present building dates from 1210 and is built on the site of an older Saxon monastery. It is Stratford's oldest building,

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Stanway is a Jacobean manor house, owned by Tewkesbury Abbey for 800 years then for 500 years by the Tracy family and their descendants, the Earls of Wemyss. The current house was built before the English Civil War in the 1630s. Stanway House is also home to the Stanway Fountain, the tallest in the European Union. It is also the highest gravity fountain in the entire world. With all valves open, this fountain can reach a height of 300 feet (91 m).

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Sheep graze on the Stanway House estate with the great fountain in the background. The fountain is the tallest in the European Union. It is also the highest gravity fountain in the entire world. With all valves open, this fountain can reach a height of 300 feet (91 m).

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The front of Buckingham Palace in London is seen in the background through the fence in front of the palace entrance.

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This view of the ornately Victorian Royal Albert Hall was taken on a late September afternoon in London. Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall opened by Queen Victoria in 1871. It was dedicated in the memory of Prince Albert, the consort and husband of Queen Victoria.

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