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| | Historic Egham and Magna Carta |
 | | The historic meadows of Runnymede, where King John put his seal to the Magna Carta in 1215, lies within the former Egham Urban District Council, now part of Runnymede Borough Council since April 1974. |
 | | Both the Magna Carta Memorial, and the Kennedy Memorial are located at Runnymede meadow, whilst nearby at Coopers Hill, is the Commonwealth Air Forces Memorial, which records the names of 20,000 airmen who died in the Second World War, and have no known grave. |
 | | The rights established under Magna Carta have thus been given the force of law for over a period of seven centuries. |
| www.eghamchamber.org.uk /magnacarta.html (489 words) |
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