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| Wilton, located just outside historic Salisbury, ranks among the elite of British stately homes. The 21 acres of gardens and park surrounding the house offer a superb setting to the house, one of the premier examples of Palladian architecture in Britain. The site now occupied by Wilton House was in use as early as the 9th century when King Alfred, he of griddle-cake fame, established a nunnery here. Three centuries later a Benedictine monastery replaced the earlier nunnery. Over the past 450 years, Wilton House has enjoyed success and witnessed countless marriages, births and deaths as illustrated in the family tree. |
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