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Runney Mead, broad level meadow (now a race-course), Surrey, on river Thames, in NW. vicinity of Egham and 2 miles W. of Staines; here, or on Magna Charta Island adjacent, King John signed the great charter, June l9,1215; Runneymead Park, seat, is here.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "broad level meadow, now a race-course" (ADL Feature Type: "sports facilities") |
Administrative units: | Surrey AncC |
Place: | Runnymede |
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