Burghley House

/ bɜːlI /

noun

1. an Elizabethan mansion near Stamford in Lincolnshire: seat of the Cecil family; site of the annual Burghley Horse Trials

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Outside London, attractions that performed well included RHS Garden Wisley in Woking, Surrey, in 21st place, and Burghley House in Lincolnshire, which saw an 86% increase to 154,827 visitors after the introduction of an adventure playground.

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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?

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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.

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Arthur Mellar was seriously injured at Burghley House in Stamford on 12 July, and later died in hospital.

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A spokesman for the force said: "We were called to reports that a man in his 40s had suffered serious injuries at Burghley House on Saturday 12 July. "He was taken to hospital but later died.

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