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Birth-place of John Bunyan. Tomb of William Hogarth.
Burial-place of John Hampden. Grave of Izaak Walton.
Residence of Hannah More. Grave of William Penn.
Tomb of Sir Thomas Gresham. Monument of Wren.
Tomb of Thomas Gray. Grave of Lady Rachel Russel.
Birth-place of Chatterton. Edgeworthstown.
Birth-place of Richard Wilson. Garden of Sir Thomas More.
House of Andrew Marvel. Esher—Residence of Jane Porter.
Tomb of John Stow. Grave of Sir Richard Lovelace.
Heart of Sir Nicholas Crispe. Grave of Grace Aguilar.
Printing Office of Caxton. Dwelling of Edmund Burke.
Shaftesbury House. Remains of Clarendon House.
Dwelling of James Barry. Flaxman’s Monument.
Residence of Dr. Isaac Watts. Village of Eyam.
Prison of Lady Mary Grey. Monument of Edward Bird, R.A.
Studio of Thomas Gainsborough. Grave of Mrs. Hofland.
Tomb of John Kyrle. Chertsey and its Neighbourhood.
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