Burghley
Americannoun
noun
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Sometimes, such a find comes with a mystery: How the heck did the woman make her way from Burghley House, a stately home near Peterborough, England, to a shallow grave 300 yards away?
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024
Former world number one Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class came second for a sixth top-three result for the pair at either Badminton, Burghley or Kentucky - the Grand Slam of eventing.
From BBC • May 8, 2023
Ella Benson Roberts is a biracial white and black Caribbean student at Acland Burghley school in north-west London.
From The Guardian • Oct. 24, 2017
If you have been to some of the great palaces of the British aristocracy — Blenheim, Chatsworth or Burghley House — you have seen Brown’s work.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2016
His letters to Lord Burghley give ample evidence of his care and wisdom.
From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de
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