Avebury

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United Kingdom

England

constituent unit, United Kingdom

Stonehenge

Wiltshire

county, England, United Kingdom

Avebury

Kennet

former district, England, United Kingdom

Key People

Stukeley, William

William Stukeley

English physician and antiquarian

Queen Victoria's coronation, 1837. The Archbishop of Canterbury placing the crown on Victoria's head in Westminster Abbey.

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