Churchill (colloquially known as Hollyhurst) is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

in the north of

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, and is located near the village of East Down, and the town of

Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...

In Media

The author

Nancy Phelan Nancy Phelan (2 August 1913 – 11 January 2008) was an Australian writer who published over 25 books, including novels, biographies, memoirs, travel books and a cookbook.Bennie (2008) p. 18 She travelled widely throughout Europe, the Pacif ...

describes her time in the area in ''The Swift Foot in Time''.Melbourne, Quartet, 1983

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