Sewstern, the Glossary
Sewstern is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Buckminster, in the Melton district of east Leicestershire, England.[1]
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32 relations: A1 road (Great Britain), Anthony Salvin, Bell, Belton House, Borough of Melton, Bronze Age, Buckminster, Chandlery, Chapel, Chapelry, Civil parish, Colsterworth, Cooper (profession), Droving, Easton, Lincolnshire, Grantham, Harlaxton Manor, Ironstone, Leicestershire, Limestone, Lincolnshire, London, Melton Mowbray, Methodism, Norman architecture, Open-pit mining, Rutland and Melton (UK Parliament constituency), Scotland, Stoke Rochford, Tanning (leather), Viking Way, William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower (1766–1833).
A1 road (Great Britain)
The A1, also known as the Great North Road, is the longest numbered road in the United Kingdom, at.
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Anthony Salvin
Anthony Salvin (17 October 1799 – 17 December 1881) was an English architect.
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Bell
A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument.
Belton House
Belton House is a Grade I listed country house in the parish of Belton near Grantham in Lincolnshire, England, built between 1685 and 1687 by Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet.
Borough of Melton
Melton is a local government district with borough status in north-eastern Leicestershire, England.
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Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Buckminster
Buckminster is a village and civil parish within the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, which includes the two villages of Buckminster and Sewstern. Sewstern and Buckminster are borough of Melton and villages in Leicestershire.
Chandlery
A chandlery was originally the office in a wealthy medieval household responsible for wax and candles, as well as the room in which the candles were kept.
Chapel
A chapel (from cappella) is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small.
Chapelry
A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.
Colsterworth
Colsterworth is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, less than half a mile (0.8 km) west of the A1, about south of Grantham, and north-west of Stamford.
Cooper (profession)
A cooper is a craftsman who produces wooden casks, barrels, vats, buckets, tubs, troughs, and other similar containers from timber staves that were usually heated or steamed to make them pliable.
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Droving
Droving is the practice of walking livestock over long distances.
Easton, Lincolnshire
Easton is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, almost north of Colsterworth, and east of the A1 road.
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Grantham
Grantham is a market town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road.
Harlaxton Manor
Harlaxton Manor is a Victorian country house in Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, England.
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Ironstone
Ironstone is a sedimentary rock, either deposited directly as a ferruginous sediment or created by chemical replacement, that contains a substantial proportion of an iron ore compound from which iron (Fe) can be smelted commercially.
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.
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Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England.
London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray is a town in the Melton district in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester, and south-east of Nottingham. Sewstern and Melton Mowbray are borough of Melton and Former civil parishes in Leicestershire.
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Methodism
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley.
Norman architecture
The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries.
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Open-pit mining
Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique that extracts rock or minerals from the earth.
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Rutland and Melton (UK Parliament constituency)
Rutland and Melton was a county constituency spanning Leicestershire and Rutland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 2024.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Stoke Rochford
Stoke Rochford is a small English village and civil parish south of Grantham in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire.
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Tanning (leather)
Tanning, or hide tanning, is the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce leather.
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Viking Way
The Viking Way is a long distance trail in England running between the Humber Bridge in North Lincolnshire and Oakham in Rutland.
William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower (1766–1833)
William Manners Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower (19 May 1766 – 11 March 1833), known as Sir William Manners, Bt, between 1793 and 1821, was a British nobleman and Tory politician.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewstern
Also known as Sewstern, Leicestershire.