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HASLEMERE
, a See also:market-See also:town in the See also:Guildford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Surrey, See also:England, 43 M
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S.W. from See also:London by the
London & See also:South-Western railway
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It is situated in an elevated valley between the bold ridges of Hindhead (895 ft.) and See also:Black-down (918 ft.)
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Their summits are open and covered with See also:heath, but their flanks and the See also:lower ground are magnificently wooded
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The hills are deeply scored by steep and picturesque valleys, of which the most remarkable is the See also:Devil's See also:Punch Bowl, a hollow of See also:regular See also:form omthewest flank of Hindhead
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The invigorating See also:air has combined with scenic attraction to make the See also:district a favourite See also:place of See also:residence
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See also:Professor See also:Tyndall built a See also:house on the See also:top of Hindhead, setting an example followed by many others
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On Blackdown, closely screened by plantations, is Aldworth, built for See also:Alfred, See also:Lord See also:Tennyson, who died here in 1892
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See also:George See also:Eliot stayed for a considerable See also:period at Shotter-
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