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Scrooby 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
Hereward the Wake Hereward the Wake
Hereward the Wake , fl. 1070, Anglo-Saxon rebel against William I . A thane, he apparently held land in Lincolnshire. In 1070 he sacked Peterborough with the aid of a Danish fleet and then consolidated his forces on the Isle of Ely. After William captured (1071) the island, Hereward seems to have... Read more
Hereward Hereward
Hereward (11th cent.), known as ‘the Wake’ (‘the watchful one’) was the leading figure in the fenland revolt against William the Conqueror. In 1070, the appearance of a Danish fleet in the waters of Ely raised hopes of resistance among Englishmen of that district, many of... Read more
Agapemone Agapemone
Agapemone [Gr.,=abode of love], English religious community of men and women, holding all goods in common. It was founded (c.1850) at the village of Spaxton, Somerset, by Henry James Prince (1811-99), Samuel Starky, and others. Prince and Starky were clergymen who had left (c.1843) the Church of... Read more
Picton Picton
Picton, Canada, Chile, New Zealand 1. Canada (Ontario): founded as Hallowell in 1786 and subsequently renamed after Sir Thomas Picton (1758–1815), a British major general who commanded a division at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and was killed leading a charge.2. New Zealand (South... Read more
Altona Altona
Altona , part of Hamburg, N Germany, a port on the Elbe River. Its manufactures include chemicals, textiles, and tobacco products. There are fisheries, and the district is a rail center. Founded as a fishing village in the 16th cent. and later one of the first free ports in N Europe, Altona was... Read more
Shipley Shipley
Shipley town (1991 pop. 28,815), West Yorkshire, N England, on the Aire River. Of its varied industries, light engineering and the manufacture of woolens and worsteds are the most important. Within the district is Saltaire, a model village founded by Titus Salt in 1853 for the manufacture of... Read more
Ville-sous-La-Ferte Ville-sous-La-Ferte
Ville-sous-La-Ferté , village (1993 est. pop. 1,455), NE France. It is famous for its nearby abbey (now a prison) of Clairvaux, founded (1115) by St. Bernard of Clairvaux. The abbey was suppressed in the French Revolution.... Read more
Ava (city) Ava (city)
Ava , village, central Myanmar, on the Ayeyarwady River, 10 mi (16 km) S of Mandalay. Founded in 1364, it was the capital of a dynasty of Burmese kings until 1783 (when it was replaced by Amarapura ) and again from 1823 to 1837. Only ruins remain of its former greatness.... Read more

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Lost legend lives on; Out of the mists of time, Hereward the Wake's home town.
Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London) ...believe is the lost home of Hereward the Wake, the rebel who...The 11th century village of Cratendune...intercut ditches, found by builders earlier...site which, in Hereward's time, would...treasures. They ...
Centuries of dogged devotion revealed by dig
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman ...in a medieval village recently unearthed...his team had found the remains of...archaeologists had found the skeleton...underpins evidence found at other sites...evidence was lost. The Cambridge...was likely that Hereward the ...

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