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Clevedon

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a watering-place in the northern parliamentary division of Somersetshire, England, on the Bristol Channel, 151 m. W. of Bristol on a branch of the Great Western railway. Pop. of urban district (1901) S900. The cruciform church of St Andrew has Norman and later portions; it is the burial-place of Henry Hallam the historian, and members of his family, including his sons Arthur and Henry. Clevedon Court is a remarkable medieval mansion, dating originally from the early part of the 14th century, though much altered in the Elizabethan and other periods. The house is considered to be the original of "Castlewood" in Thackeray's Esmond; the novelist was acquainted with the place through his friendship with the Rev. William Brookfield and his wife, the daughter of Sir Charles Elton of Clevedon Court.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Clevedon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/clevedon.html. 1910.
 
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