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CLEVEDON

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 500 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLEVEDON , a watering-See also:

place in the See also:northern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Somersetshire, See also:England, on the See also:Bristol Channel, 151 m. W. of Bristol on a See also:branch of the See also:Great Western railway. Pop, of See also:urban See also:district Nor) 5900. The cruciform See also:church of St See also:Andrew has See also:Norman and later portions; it is the See also:burial-place of See also:Henry See also:Hallam the historian, and members of his See also:family, including his sons See also:Arthur and Henry. Clevedon See also:Court is a remarkable See also:medieval See also:mansion, dating originally from the See also:early See also:part of the 14th See also:century, though much altered in the Elizabethan and other periods. The See also:house is considered to be the originalof " Castlewood " in See also:Thackeray's Esmond; the novelist was acquainted with the place through his friendship with the Rev. See also:William Brookfield and his wife, the daughter of See also:Sir See also:Charles See also:Elton of Clevedon Court.

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