HURSTMONCEAUX (also HERSTMONCEUX)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V13,
Page 960
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:HURSTMONCEAUX (also HERSTMONCEUX)
, a See also:village in the See also:Eastbourne See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Sussex, See also:England, 9 m
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N.E. of Eastbourne
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Pop
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(1901) 1429
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The village takes its name from Waleran de Monceux, See also:lord of the See also:manor after the See also:Conquest, but the See also:castle, for the picturesque ruins of which the village is famous, was built in the reign of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- 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, 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 See also:Sir See also:Roger de See also:Fiennes
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It is moated, and is a See also:fine specimen of 15th-See also:century See also:brickwork, the buildings covering an almost square quadrangle measuring about 70 yds. in the See also:side
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Towers flank the corners, and there is a beautiful turreted entrance See also:gate, but only the See also:foundations of most of the buildings ranged See also: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 See also:Saints is in the See also:main See also:Early See also:English, and contains interesting monuments to members of the Fiennes See also:family and others
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In the See also:churchyard is the See also:tomb of See also:Archdeacon See also:Julius See also:Charles See also:Hare, the theologian (18.55)
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Much material from the castle was used in the erection of See also:Hurstmonceaux See also:Place, a See also:mansion of the 18th century
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