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... parish of Shotley , in Suffolk , occupies the apex of a triangle of land , bounded on its two sides by the rivers Orwell and Stour , and having for its base the railway line con- necting Manningtree with Ipswich . The parish lies in two ...
... parish of Shotley , in Suffolk , occupies the apex of a triangle of land , bounded on its two sides by the rivers Orwell and Stour , and having for its base the railway line con- necting Manningtree with Ipswich . The parish lies in two ...
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... parishes of Stratford St. Mary and East Bergholt . It is not improbable that from the Partridges of Shotley were descended the Partridges whose history begins in the registers of Stratford and the adjoining parish of Higham in the years ...
... parishes of Stratford St. Mary and East Bergholt . It is not improbable that from the Partridges of Shotley were descended the Partridges whose history begins in the registers of Stratford and the adjoining parish of Higham in the years ...
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... parish of St. Mary , Woolnoth , Hope smiles on the boy from the hour of his in the City of London : — birth ; To the ... parish of Saint Bride's ( my late husband ) , and Francis Smith , of the parish of St. Paul , Covent Garden ...
... parish of St. Mary , Woolnoth , Hope smiles on the boy from the hour of his in the City of London : — birth ; To the ... parish of Saint Bride's ( my late husband ) , and Francis Smith , of the parish of St. Paul , Covent Garden ...
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... parish of Port of Menteith , May , 1683 ; succeeded his brother in the paternal estate 1685 ; and was deprived of his benefice by the Privy Council in 1689 , for not reading the Proclamation of the Estates , not praying for their ...
... parish of Port of Menteith , May , 1683 ; succeeded his brother in the paternal estate 1685 ; and was deprived of his benefice by the Privy Council in 1689 , for not reading the Proclamation of the Estates , not praying for their ...
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... Parish Clerks of Barnstaple , 1500-1900 . With a Survey of the Origin and Development of the Order of Parish Clerks and their Status at Different Periods ' ( pp . 390-414 ) . Salterton , Devon . T. N. BRUSHFIELD , M.D. & c . , the ...
... Parish Clerks of Barnstaple , 1500-1900 . With a Survey of the Origin and Development of the Order of Parish Clerks and their Status at Different Periods ' ( pp . 390-414 ) . Salterton , Devon . T. N. BRUSHFIELD , M.D. & c . , the ...
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