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The Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burton (pictured above) is a Grade II listed tent-shaped mausoleum of Carrara marble and Forest of Dean stone in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church Mortlake located in London.
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English silver has such a solid international reputation because the law dating back to the 1300s states that any item weighing more than 7.78 grammes and sold as silver must be hallmarked as such – including imports.
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It’s name is an amalgamation of the Spanish ‘El Sur Grande’ and it’s English translation ‘the Big South’. The name ‘Big Sur’ refers to the spectacular cliffs, beaches and forests south of Monterey and Carmel.
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The first Archbishop of Canterbury was St. Augustine who arrived as a missionary to England in the sixth century. However, it was after 1170 that the Cathedral became a place of pilgrimage.
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They included writers , Virginia Woolf and EM Forster and artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Most had attended Cambridge University and were known for their pacifist anti war beliefs and liberal sexual attitudes.
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