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Banstead (băn`stĕd, –stəd), town (1991 pop. 43,163), Surrey, SE England, on the North Downs. Banstead is mainly residential and comprises some highly regarded landscapes. A church from the Norman period and an excavated Roman villa are there. The area is mentioned in the Domesday Book Domesday Book (d ..... Click the link for more information. . Banstead and the larger city of Reigate Reigate (rī`gĭt), city (1991 pop. 52,554), Surrey, S England. ..... Click the link for more information. constitute the district of Reigate and Banstead. Banstead a town in S England, in NE Surrey. Pop.: 19 332 (2001) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Going to the south-westward towards the rising country that is now called Combe Wood, I observed far off, in the direction of nineteenth-century Banstead, a vast green structure, different in character from any I had hitherto seen. They were hard at work there far into the night, and the towering pillar of dense green smoke that rose therefrom could be seen from the hills about Merrow, and even, it is said, from Banstead and Epsom Downs. |
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