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Drogo De La Beuvrière
Drogo de la Bouerer (also recorded as ''Drogo of la Beuvrière'', ''Drogo de la Bouerer''.) was a Flemish associate of William the Conqueror, who was rewarded after the conquest with a large grant of land in northern and eastern England, primarily in Holderness, where he built Skipsea Castle. After the unexplained death of his wife Drogo fled England, supposedly for Flanders, and disappears from history. His land in England subsequently became the property of Odo, Count of Champagne. Biography Much of what is known about Drogo de la Bouerer is known from the Domesday Book and chronicles of Fountains Abbey and of Meaux Abbey. According to the Domesday record after the conquest Drogo held lands in and was lord of all of Holderness, holding dozens of manors there; he also held land in Lincolnshire and was lord of Castle Bytham, Little Bytham, Anwick, Ruskington, Carlton-le-Moorland, Barrow-upon-Humber, Goxhill, and Great Limber; in Norfolk he was lord of Saxlingham, Bessingham, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrow-upon-Humber
Barrow upon Humber is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. The population (including Barrow Hann) at the 2011 census was 3,022. The village is situated near the Humber, about east from Barton-upon-Humber. The small port of Barrow Haven, north, on the railway line from Cleethorpes and Grimsby to Barton-upon-Humber handles timber from Latvia and Estonia. History Barrow contains the site of a late Anglo-Saxon monastery, which has been fully excavated. The location is now built over, but is marked by a plaque in the village. King Wulfhere gave land to Caedda (Saint Chad) in the 7th century at ''Ad Barvae'' (at the wood). It was on this site that the monastery was developed. The street adjacent to the monastery site is still known as St. Chad. A windmill, known as Rigg's Mill, was located on the western side of the village but was largely demolished in 1928. A limestone quarry existed on the south side of the village. Limestone was baked in retorts during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sotherton
Sotherton is a dispersed village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. It is located approximately south of Beccles and north-east of Halesworth. The A145 road passes through the east of the parish area.Blyford & Sotherton Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-10-12. The mid-2005 population estimate for Sotherton parish was 80. is located just to the north-east, to the south and |
Oakley, Suffolk
Oakley is a village and former civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It lies immediately to the south of the River Waveney around north-east of Eye and the same distance south-east of Diss. The village of Scole is north-east across the River Waveney. In 1961 the parish had a population of 204. The village is in the parish of Brome and Oakley and has been combined with the village of Brome for centuriesSt Nicholas, Oakley Suffolk Churches website. Retrieved 2014-03-15. but the civil parish was only combined in 1982. The village church is dedicated to St Nicholas. It is a Grade II* listed building
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Chadstone, Northamptonshire
Chadstone is a hamlet in the civil parish of Castle Ashby, West Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is .... Hamlets in Northamptonshire West Northamptonshire District {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gissing, Norfolk
Gissing is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, about six miles (10 km) north of Diss. It covers an area of and had a population of 254 in 95 households at the 2001 census, falling marginally to 252 (in 99 households) at the 2011 Census. The village is the location of Gissing Hall, a fifteenth-century mansion which is now operated as a hotel. The villages name means 'Gyssa's/*Gyssi's people'. Church of St Mary The church, St Mary, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. It is a Grade I listed building. In 1209 there was a rectory; in 1271, a vicarage was endowed with "all the offerings, the tithes of the mills, a vicarage-house and meadow, and an acre of land adjoining, and twenty acres more of the church's free land, and all other small tithes, except hay, which, with all the corn tithes, and the rest of the glebe, together with the rectory manor, and all its appurtenances, were to belong to the prior himself." There are monuments to membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erpingham
Erpingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Its area of had a population of 541 in 210 households at the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census. Including Ingworth it increased to 700 at the 2011 Census. Governance For the purposes of local government, it falls within the Non-metropolitan district, district of North Norfolk. An Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in the same name had a population of 2,344 at the 2011 Census. Erpingham is to the north of Aylsham and gave its name to the adjoining Hundred (county division), Hundred, held by the family of Sir Thomas Erpynham, Thomas Erpingham for many generations. The village name means "Homestead/village of Eorp's people". Church Construction of the Church of St Mary in Erpingham was begun by Sir Thomas Erpingham and finished by Lord Bardolph. For a description and some history, see this site. Notable people Suffolk serial killer Steve Wright (serial killer), Steve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgh-next-Aylsham
Burgh and Tuttington is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 255 in 115 households at the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 322 in 140 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland. The parish includes Burgh next Aylsham and Tuttington. Burgh next Aylsham has a grade I listed church dedicated to Mary, which features a notable fifteenth-century baptismal font. The church was restored in the late nineteenth century by Richard Phipson Richard Makilwaine Phipson (1827–1884)Wilson p. 158. was an English architect. As diocesan architect for the Anglican Diocese of Norwich, he was responsible for renovating almost 100 churches in East Anglia. Biography Phipson was born in Ipswi .... Tuttington church of SS Peter and Paul is a grade II* listed building. Burgh Mill left, upright=0.8, Burgh Watermill Burgh Mill is a large Grade II* listed water mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindringham
Hindringham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is north east of the town of Fakenham, west of Cromer and north of London. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. History and Origins The name Hindringham means "The land of the people living behind the hills". Hindringham is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 where it is listed as Hidringham, Hindringaham, and Indregeham. A series of archaeological test pits were dug between 2007 and 2015 The report was published in 2019. Prominent landmarks St Martin Parish Church The Parish church is dedicated to St Martin and dates from the 14th century. It stands prominent and tall behind a long line of red-roofed flint cottages. A wall separates the churchyard from the six-foot drop to the road. The chancel is offset to the south against the nave. The font dates fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Barningham
North Barningham is a hamlet within the civil parish of Gresham in the English county of Norfolk. The hamlet is south-west of Cromer, north-northwest of Norwich and north-northeast of London. The hamlet lies south of the town of Sheringham. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham railway station, Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer Cromer ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is north of Norwich, north-northeast of London and east of Sheringham on the North Sea coastline. The local government authorities are Nor ... and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The hamlet is within the parish of Gresham, which had, in the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census, a population of 443. For the purposes of local government, the hamlet falls within the Non-metropolitan district, district of North Norfolk. Description The hamlet of North Barningham consists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bessingham
Bessingham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sustead, in the North Norfolk district of the English county of Norfolk. It lies north-north-west of Aylsham and south-south-west of Cromer. In 1931 the parish had a population of 122. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Sustead. The village's name means 'Homestead/village of Basa's people'. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin (and for a short while after the Reformation to St. Andrew), is one of the oldest round-tower church, round tower churches in England and was restored in 1869. Many of its stained glass windows were installed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and designed by Charles Eamer Kempe, C. E. Kempe and Co. and James Powell and Sons. The manor was acquired by the Paston family, who are chiefly remembered for their fifteenth-century Paston Letters, letters, and later the Anson family, and in 1766 the village's main estate was purchased b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxlingham
Saxlingham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Field Dalling, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It lies 13 miles (21 km) west of Cromer, 26 miles (42 km) north-west of Norwich, 3.6 miles (5.8 km) west of the town of Holt and 126 miles (203 km) north-east of London. In 1931 the parish had a population of 122. Transport and governance The nearest railway station is at Sheringham on the Bittern Line, which provides hourly trains between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest flights are at Norwich International Airport. The village lies in North Norfolk district. For Westminster elections, it is in the constituency of North Norfolk, currently represented by Duncan Baker, a Conservative. History The village name means "homestead or village of Seaxel's or Seaxhelm's people". Saxlingham appears in the 1086 Domesday Book, under the names Saxelinghham and Saxelingaham. The main tenant of the manor at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
