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Dunstable , town (1991 pop. 30,912), Bedfordshire, SE England. Located at the meeting point of the ancient Icknield Street and Watling Street , Dunstable is a developing residential and industrial district, with printing and cement plants and extensive automobile works. There are interesting traces of Stone and Bronze Age civilizations, including the Maiden Bower and Five Knolls earthworks; one of the Knolls, excavated in 1926, contained remains and ornaments of a woman of c.2000 BC The Priory Church includes part of an Augustinian priory founded with the town in 1131. Whipsnade Zoo is... Read more

Dunstable, John
Dunstable, John ( c. 1390–1453). Foremost English composer of the 15th cent., whose music circulated widely at a time when...Dufay and Binchois had taken from him the new consonant English style ( contenance Angloise ). Very little is known about Dunstable's life and career, although there is evidence that ... Read more

John Dunstable
, c.1385-1453, English composer. Dunstable is thought to have accompanied his patron, the duke of Bedford...composers to begin to unify the musical setting of the Mass. Dunstable was the outstanding English composer of his time and influenced... Read more

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	BUDGET IMPASSE MAY SPUR LAYOFFS PRESSURE ON DUNSTABLE TO FILL IN FUNDING GAP FOR TWO-TOWN DISTRICT ; ...verdict on last week's override votes in Dunstable and Groton has town and School Committee...events was set in motion Monday, when Dunstable voters rejected two override options for the Groton Dunstable Regional School District. On Tuesday... Read more
	Historical Commission aims to preserve Dunstable charm. ; Byline: Rita Savard May 1--DUNSTABLE, Mass. -- Locals call it the hidden...Massachusetts. On either side of Dunstable's winding Main Street, cows and...said Mike Wurm, chairman of the Dunstable Historic Commission. But we're growing... Read more
	Dunstable vying for its Field of Dreams Town enters raffle to win lighting for Little League. ; Byline: Rita Savard Aug. 15--DUNSTABLE -- Once the sun goes down, the lights...the career. For that reason, the Dunstable Youth Athletic Association is trying...Sweepstakes. But for the 210 kids who don Dunstable baseball uniforms, there might be... Read more
	AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON DUNSTABLE'S TERMS TOWN-SPONSORED PROJECT MAY HELP CURB DEVELOPMENT ; DUNSTABLE - After contending in recent years with two major housing proposals, Dunstable officials are trying to better manage state affordable-housi...resolve the state's crisis with high-priced housing. Dunstable officials are trying to prevent developers from taking... Read more
	DUNSTABLE ; DUNSTABLE The lure that this town on the New Hampshire border has...said Jon N. Crandall Jr., a realtor and a native of Dunstable now looking to move back home. "It's a unique town, sort...hometown and reports that there are about 960 homes in Dunstable, and only 40 to 50 come on the market annually. ... Read more
	Short but sweet - Disadvantaged Groton-Dunstable downs Somerset.(Sports) ; WORCESTER - It took Groton-Dunstable the better part of 22 minutes to...of tremendous late saves, Groton-Dunstable hung on for a 2-1, title-clinching...defensive miscues by Somerset and Groton-Dunstable perceptiveness led to an early 2... Read more
	SCHOOL DISTRICT FACES $1.8M CUT IN AID UNCLEAR IF GROTON, DUNSTABLE WILL HELP CLOSE FUNDING GAP ; ...fragile fiscal position of the Groton Dunstable Regional School District, School Committee...about $822,000 of those funds, while Dunstable would get $179,000. All provisions will...cripple a school district like Groton Dunstable, officials say. If the towns of Groton... Read more
	Football team to be funded by boosters ; Groton-Dunstable approves program ; ...program, sports boosters in Groton and Dunstable have decided to strike out on their own...time. Late Wednesday night, the Groton-Dunstable Regional School Committee approved establishing...private fund-raising. The new Groton-Dunstable Football Club will allow athletes to... Read more
	SCHOOL'S SEWER EXPENSE RISES GROTON-DUNSTABLE DISTRICT CHARGED AN ADDITIONAL $76,000 ; ...for sewer lines has forced the Groton- Dunstable Regional School District to come up with...new high school. On Oct. 2, the Groton-Dunstable Regional School Committee approved paying...high school, which is on the Groton, Dunstable, and Pepperell line, is connecting to... Read more
	DUNSTABLE MAN KILLS DAUGHTER, HIMSELF ; A 67-year-old Dunstable man yesterday shot and killed his daughter...authorities said. A man called the Dunstable police department at 10:41 a.m. saying...himself, officers said. Police from Dunstable, Groton, and Tyngsborough rushed to... Read more

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