HURSTMONCEAUX (also HERSTMONCEUX)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V13,
Page 960
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
HURSTMONCEAUX (also HERSTMONCEUX)
, a village in the Eastbourne parliamentary division of Sussex, England, 9 m
.
N.E. of Eastbourne
.
Pop
.
(1901) 1429
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The village takes its name from Waleran de Monceux, lord of the manor after the Conquest, but the castle, for the picturesque ruins of which the village is famous, was built in the reign of See also: - HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VI. by Sir Roger de Fiennes
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It is moated, and is a fine specimen of 15th- century brickwork, the buildings covering an almost square quadrangle measuring about 70 yds. in the side
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Towers flank the corners, and there is a beautiful turreted entrance gate, but only the foundations of most of the buildings ranged round the inner courts are to be traced
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The See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of All Saints is in the main Early English, and contains interesting monuments to members of the Fiennes family and others
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In the churchyard is the tomb of Archdeacon Julius Charles Hare, the theologian (18.55)
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Much material from the castle was used in the erection of Hurstmonceaux Place, a mansion of the 18th century
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