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Although it was situated on the borders of the Southern country, the house, which was known as Broadstone, from the fact that a great flat rock on the level of the surrounding turf extended itself for many feet at the front of the principal entrance, was not constructed after ordinary Southern fashions.
The Captain's Toll-Gate Frank Richard Stockton 1868
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Broadstone Station one morning in time for the early train to
Castle Rackrent 2006
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Some parcels he was sending by the Broadstone terminus were detected and seized.
The Life Story of an Old Rebel John Denvir
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Broadstone by a crowd; thousands cheered him, and shook him by the hand, and wept and laughed.
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As soon as I took up office at Broadstone, Sir Ralph informed me I was to be chairman of the Midland Great Western Benefit Society, which was partly a sick fund, partly a pension fund and applied to all the wages staff.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England Scotland and Ireland Tatlow, Joseph 1920
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We were allotted an office in the Railway Clearing House; my assistants gave their whole time to the work, and I gravitated between Broadstone and Kildare Street, for of course I had to look after the Midland Great Western as well as the Commission business.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England Scotland and Ireland Tatlow, Joseph 1920
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I should like to have come over to Broadstone expressly to ask your views on the parts you queried.
Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916
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In reviewing the years during which Dr. Wallace lived at Broadstone, the last decade, when he was between eighty and ninety years of age, this period seems to have been one of the most eventful, and as full of work and mental activity as any previous period.
Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916
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Finally he found just the spot he wanted at Broadstone; only three miles away.
Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916
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He built three houses, “The Dell” at Grays, “Nutwood Cottage” at Godalming, and the “Old Orchard” at Broadstone.
Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916
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