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    tower were landscaped and planted to create Beckford's Ride. Following Beckford's death in 1844, the tower and lands were donated to Walcot parish and...
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    1806–1820. Beckford is best known for writing the 1786 Gothic novel Vathek, for building Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire and Beckford's Tower in Bath, and...
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    construction was by any means less than Beckford's. Wyatt had not only designed the building (based on Beckford's ideas), but was ultimately a master at...
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    expensive, such as Beckford's Folly, an extremely expensive early Gothic Revival country house that collapsed under the weight of its tower in 1825, 12 years...
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    campus of Bath Spa University. Beckford's Tower, an architectural folly built in neo-classical style for William Thomas Beckford in 1827, stands on high ground...
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    he created a garden more than 1⁄2 mile (800 m) in length and built Beckford's Tower at the top. Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia spent four years in...
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    Chilham and Joanna Harper of Jamaica, was a godchild of William Beckford. Beckford's Tower Fonthill Abbey Pitt family "Summary of Individual | Legacies of...
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    city centre, he created a garden over half a mile in length and built Beckford's Tower at the top. Dick Parsons (British Army officer), (1910–1998), army...
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  • surname Beckford Beckford's Tower, an architectural folly in Bath, England This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Beckford. If...
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    the furthest views of the horse are said to be from Beckford's Tower in Bath and from the tower of St Michael's Church, Dundry near Bristol.[citation...
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