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Furze Platt Triangle - The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

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22<strong>Furze</strong> <strong>Platt</strong> <strong>Triangle</strong> Conservation Area Appraisal5Location, Setting <strong>and</strong> Development <strong>of</strong> the Area5.14 All the l<strong>and</strong> described in the table above was purchased by a consortium <strong>of</strong> six individuals in July1858. This group included the Reverend Francis Knyvett Leighton, who was Vice-Chancellor <strong>of</strong> OxfordUniversity (1866-70) <strong>and</strong> Canon <strong>of</strong> Westminster (1868-81). Other members were: James Curtis Somerville- High Sheriff <strong>of</strong> Somerset (1854); John William Warre Tyndale - author <strong>of</strong> the famous book <strong>The</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong>Sardinia (1849); Thurston Bewley Caton - member <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Royal</strong> College <strong>of</strong> Surgeons; George Annesley -Solicitor, Lincoln Inn Fields, London; Thomas Hutton Wilkinson - L<strong>and</strong>owner, Bury St Edmunds.

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