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| | GENUKI: Great Stanmore History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | At the time of the Domesday survey the manor was held by the Earl of Moreton; in the 13th century it passed to St. Alban's Abbey, and subsequently to the priory of St. Bartholomew, Smithfield. |
 | | It was to Stanmore that George IV., then Prince Regent, went in great pomp to meet Louis XVIII., then on his way from his retreat at Hartwell to ascend the French throne, after the occupation of Paris by the Allies. |
 | | The village which extends for nearly a mile, is built on the slope of the hill, commanding a prospect over the vale of the Thames to the S., with the Surrey hills in the back-ground, and towards the N. the vale of Herts. |
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