Herstmonceux
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In 1957, the Royal Greenwich Observatory reopened at the Herstmonceux Castle, and the defunct observatory in London became a museum and outreach center to educate the public about astronomy.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2018
It's like trug Mecca” For Sarah Page, it was a business that came with the house she and her family bought in the 1990s - Coopers Croft in Herstmonceux.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2014
As the moon's shadow raced over Greenland, it was waylaid by Sir Harold Spencer Jones, Britain's Astronomer Royal and lord of Herstmonceux Castle, now the Royal Observatory.
From Time Magazine Archive
He probably returned to Herstmonceux next day, where he proposed yet to reside for some indefinite time.
From Life of John Sterling by Carlyle, Thomas
John Sterling at Herstmonceux that afternoon, and his Father here in London, would have offered strange contrasts to an eye that had seen them both.
From Life of John Sterling by Carlyle, Thomas
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