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    Tor Mohun (formerly Tor Brewer) is a historic manor and parish on the south coast of Devon, now superseded by the Victorian sea-side resort of Torquay...
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    Torre Abbey (redirect from Tor Abbey)
    surrounding estate and the (notional) lordship of the manor of Tor Mohun. Monuments to various members of the Cary family survive in St Saviour's Church...
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    Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet (category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Ashburton)
    successive heirs retained until 1883. Tor Mohun. Palk had intended to build a mansion at Torwood in his manor of Tor Mohun, which he had purchased from Lord...
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    father's manor of Tor Mohun, Devon, or at adjoining Tor Abbey (purchased by his father), the son of Thomas Ridgeway (1543–1598) of Tor Mohun, Devon (son of John...
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  • 280 see Manor of Tor Mohun Ashton connection: Elizabeth Speke, wife firstly of John Chudleigh (1565-1589)[9] of Ashton, Devon, and mother of Sir George...
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  • 1196 on his manor of Tor Brewer. Alice Brewer brought to her husband a great estate, including Tor Brewer (later renamed Tor Mohun, the site of the modern...
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    that the Vikings visited here. Much of the present town is situated on the ancient manor of Tor Mohun, a possession of William Brewer (died 1226). Various...
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    aged 29, in St Saviour’s Church in the Manor of Tor Mohun, Devon, on 31 March 1853. Edward was the son of George Millett, a clergyman, and Elizabeth Amelia...
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    Norman Conquest of England in the 11th century, William de Mohun constructed a timber castle on the site as part of the pacification of Somerset. A stone...
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    seated at Mohuns Ottery in Devon at about the same time. He is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as holding the manor of Torre (i.e. Dun's Tor) in demesne...
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    survives in St Saviour's Church, Tor Mohun. Thomas Cary was the second son of Robert Cary (died 1540), lord of the manor of Clovelly in Devon.[citation needed]...
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    William Brewer (justice) (category High Sheriffs of Berkshire)
    included: Buckland Brewer Tor Brewer, later called Tor Mohun, the inheritance of his daughter Alice, wife of Reginald de Mohun (1185–1213), and their descendants...
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    John Ridgeway (died 1560) (category Members of the Parliament of England for Dartmouth)
    (c. 1517 – 1560) (alias Peacock) of Abbots Carswell and Tor Mohun in Devon, was a lawyer who served as a Member of Parliament, twice for Dartmouth in...
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    Ridgeway (1543–1598) of Tor Mohun, Devon (son of John Ridgeway (c. 1517 – 1560) of Abbots Carswell and Tor Mohun, MP), a Member of Parliament for Dartmouth...
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    Weycroft, Axminster (category Former manors in Devon)
    the property of the Mallock family of Cockington Court, Tor Mohun, Devon and descended by marriage to Mr Bilk of Axminster, the owner in 1810. The other...
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    Quantock Hills (category Lists of coordinates)
    From the top of the hills on a clear day, it is possible to see Glastonbury Tor and the Mendips to the east, Wales as far as the Gower Peninsula to the north...
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    planted vast expanses of woodland at Haldon House, having also had a change of mind as to location, in his case from Tor Mohun to Haldon. He was at first...
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    Court in Tor Mohun, now Torquay. Agnes Sherman, wife of William Coram (d.1606/7) of Ottery St Mary. Secondly he married Joan Mallock, a daughter of John Mallock...
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  • held as founded ministries include two licensed skilled care facilities: Mohun Health Care Center in Columbus, and Sansbury Care Center in St. Catharine...
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    complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1797. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and...
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    and sole heiress of Gilbert Dennis of Gidicott (about 9 miles south of Yeo) in the parish of Bradford, Devon, and lord of the manor of Bradford. Gilbert...
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  • planted vast expanses of woodland at Haldon House, having also had a change of mind as to location, in his case from Tor Mohun to Haldon. He was at first...
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    West Somerset was a local government district in the English county of Somerset. It merged with Taunton Deane to form Somerset West and Taunton on 1 April...
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  • England. "Earthworks Glastonbury Tor (196702)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 23 March 2011. "Glastonbury Tor". National Trust. Archived...
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    Devon heraldry (category History of Devon)
    – 1328), son of Sir Robert de Holland of Upholland, Lancashire (See Vivian, p. 475) Not to be confused with arms of Holway of Holway, Tor Bryan, Devon...
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