Alton
['ɔ:ltən]
Examples
- Castle of Alton, Illinois, in 1850. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Stephenson had moved his home from Alton Grange to Tapton House in 1838. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- At Alton he stepped out of the carriage at his servant's request and imbibed some of the ale for which the place is famous. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- George Stephenson and two other friends bought the place, and he took up his residence there, at Alton Grange, in order to supervise the mining operations. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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