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Culford Park

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Culford School geograph.org.uk 687645
Culford School geograph.org.uk 687645

Culford Park in Culford, Suffolk, England, is a country house that is the former seat of the Bacon, Cornwallis and Cadogan families, and now it is the home of Culford School.

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Culford Park
The Street, West Suffolk

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IP28 6TX West Suffolk
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Church of St John Lateran, Hengrave
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