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South Holland (village)
South Holland village (1990 pop. 22,105), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; settled 1846 by Dutch, inc. 1894.... Read more |
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Cheddar
Cheddar epithet of a cheese named after a Somerset village. XVII.... Read more |
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Dunkeld
Dunkeld , village, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland. It was a center of Celtic Christianity and the seat of the early Scottish kings.... Read more |
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Mogok
Mogok , village, N central Myanmar, on the Shan Plateau. It is the centuries-old center of the Myanmarese ruby trade.... Read more |
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Scrooby
Scrooby village, Nottinghamshire, central England. It was the home of William Brewster , the Plymouth colonist, and other founding members of the Pilgrims .... Read more |
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Winchelsea
Winchelsea , village, East Sussex, SE England. Winchelsea was an important member of the Cinque Ports .... Read more |
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Glamis
Glamis , village, Angus, E Scotland. King Malcolm II died (1034) nearby, and a sculptured cross in the village is known as King Malcolm's Gravestone. Macbeth was thane of Glamis, and the castle, seat of the earl of Strathmore, is erroneously claimed to be the scene of Duncan's murder in... Read more |
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Yasnaya Polyana
Yasnaya Polyana , village, central European Russia, just S of Tula. It was the birthplace and residence of Leo Tolstoy, who is buried at his estate there. The writer's home was looted during German occupation of the village in 1941, but it has since been restored and is a museum and literary shrine.... Read more |
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Lake Placid (village)
Lake Placid village (1990 pop. 2,485), Essex co., NE N.Y.; settled 1850, inc. 1900. In the Adirondack Mts. at an altitude of 1,800 ft (549 m), the village surrounds Mirror Lake. It is a famous resort and sports center. The 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics were held in the village, and a U.S. Olympic... Read more |
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Shaker Village in Canterbury put on landmark list
...style, Swank said. Canterbury artifacts are currently...Lexington, Mass. When the Shaker movement was in its...1800s, there were 24 Shaker communities, many...its prime, about 300 Shakers lived at Canterbury. Four Shaker ... |
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History and nature come alive at Canterbury Shaker Village.(Off the...
...lesson that is Canterbury Shaker Village...the 1850s Shakers, the village...Web site, shakers.org. Canterbury's Village is one of...remaining Shaker ... |
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A Shaker Family Album: Photographs from the Collection of Canterbury Shaker...
...photographs of the Canterbury Shaker leaders...traditional view of the Shakers. This view is...decades when the Canterbury Shakers reached...a distinctive village plan was developed...incorporated overall ... |
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SIMPLICITY PRESERVED CANTERBURY SHAKER VILLAGE WELCOMES VISITORS INTO ITS...
...more evident than at Canterbury Shaker Village in Canterbury, New...Shaking Quakers, or Shakers, because of their use...At the time, the Shaker movement was at its...Today, only a few Shakers ... |
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University of New Hampshire "Learning Weekends" will visit Shaker Village in...
...NEW HAMPSHIRE "LEARNING WEEKENDS" WILL VISIT SHAKER VILLAGE IN CANTERBURY DURHAM, N.H., March 13 /PRNewswire...famous historical and cultural places, will visit Canterbury Shaker Village in May. One of five "Learning ... |
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The design and construction of The Shaker Table Restaurant at Canterbury...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: The design and construction of The Shaker Table Restaurant at Canterbury Shaker Village in Canterbury was highlighted in an article in the August issue of Traditional Building magazine. The... |
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CANTERBURY SHAKER VILLAGE HARVEST DAY
...this historic New Hampshire village will be a bounty of activities...the deeds and tasks of the Shakers who founded the community...Friends and The Buskers.Canterbury Shaker Village, 288 Shaker Road, ... |
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Bruss begins Shaker project.(Bruss Construction, Canterbury Shaker Village...
...broken ground on the new $1.4 million Canterbury Shaker Village Visitor Education Center in Canterbury. The project will feature classroom...building designed to replicate a historic Shaker building that once stood on the site... |
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Peter Lamothe has announced his decision to step down as executive director...
Peter Lamothe has announced his decision to step down as executive director of the Canterbury Shaker Village after only six months on the job. Lamothe, who is in remission from cancer, is taking a job at a Connecticut cancer treatment... |
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SHAKING UP SHAKER MYTHS AT N.H.'S CANTERBURY VILLAGE
CANTERBURY, N.H. - David Starbuck...stark, symmetrical village where the Shakers divorced...want to hear that the Shakers were ordinary people...ritual dances, the Shakers have had a utopian star...who have studied the Shakers, ... |
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