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Mentmore

British  
/ ˈmɛntˌmɔː /

noun

  1. a mansion in Mentmore in Buckinghamshire: built by Sir Joseph Paxton in the 19th century for the Rothschild family; now owned by the Maharishi University of Natural Law

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The pair, aged 22 and 24, both from Leicester, were detained at 01:50 GMT on Sunday at Mentmore Towers, in Mentmore, Buckinghamshire.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2022

Mentmore Towers was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton for the Rothschild banking family in the 19th Century.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2022

Mr Travis, of Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, stood in the dock as the charges, which relate to 11 female complainants, aged between 15 and 29 at the time, were read to the jury.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2014

The view of Rome hung at Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, one of the couple's 12 homes.

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2010

Within the altar rails are four memorial stone tablets covering the graves of four fourteenth-century Abbots—Thomas de la Mare, Hugh of Eversden, Richard of Wallingford, and Michael of Mentmore.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

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