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    Leighton Bromswold (also known as Leighton) is a small village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Leighton lies approximately 10 miles (16 km)...
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    the town became known as Leighton Buzzard. The other Leighton became Leighton Bromswold. In the Domesday Book of 1086, Leighton Buzzard and Linslade were...
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    Baron Clifton, of Leighton Bromswold in the County of Huntingdon, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1608 for Sir Gervase Clifton...
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    Earl of Darnley, married Theodosia Hyde, 10th Baroness Clifton (of Leighton Bromswold), great-granddaughter of Lord George Stuart, younger son of Esmé Stewart...
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  • Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1557–58. In 1548 he bought the manor of Leighton Bromswold, Huntingdonshire, which he made his home. He was also given custody...
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    Hemingford Grey, Hilton, Holme, Holywell, Houghton Keyston, Kings Ripton Leighton Bromswold, Little Paxton Molesworth, Morborne Needingworth Oldhurst, Old Weston...
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    Leighton Bromswold, to found a small community. Herbert raised money (and contributed his own) to restore the neglected church building at Leighton....
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    in the Domesday Book of 1086. It took its name from the stone at Leighton Bromswold where the area's moot was held. In modern times it was an ecclesiastical...
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  • place that could be Brownshold. What was found was an estate named Leighton Bromswold. This is the closest match to how Grimald describes his home in the...
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    Her father was a knight and would become the 1st Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire, England. Her mother was the only child and heiress...
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