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    The Parish ale or church ale was a party or festivity in an English parish at which ale was the chief drink. It was typically a fundraising occasion for...
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  • Look up Ale or ale in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ale is a fermented alcoholic beverage. Ale or ALE may also refer to: Ale (album), 2008 album by...
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    beverages, a list of bans on similar products Flavored fortified wines Parish ale, a British tradition of beer production by the church Vin Mariani, a wine...
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    Bass Brewery (redirect from Bass Ale)
    Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The main brand was Bass Pale Ale, once the highest-selling beer in the UK. By 1877, Bass had become the largest...
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    Hoveton (category Civil parishes in Norfolk)
    farm/settlement" or perhaps, "ale-hoof farm/settlement". Ale-hoof is probably ground-ivy (glechoma hederacea) The civil parish has an area of 10.2 km2 and...
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    comprising fifteen parishes in the area controlled by the Franks, which included a number of towns to the north of the Cevenne: Alès, Le Vigan, Arre, Arrigas...
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    king would be crowned to also symbolise fertility. A parish ale is a type of party in the parish usually held to fundraise money for a particular purpose...
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    practices, of pagan origin, were brought by the Norsemen. In England, a parish ale, a feast, was held after the perambulation, which assured its popularity...
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    Beer (redirect from Premium ale)
    denote ale or beer, but a strong, sweet drink rather like mead or cider. Whatever the case, the meaning of bēor expanded to cover the meaning of ale. When...
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    Earl Shilton (category Civil parishes in Leicestershire)
    October, traditionally on the saints day of the parish church. According to old accounts in the parish, Ale drunk on Feast Day (Wake) in 1809 was £5 12s...
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    February 2024. "Skylark Inn, Clearbrook". whatpub.com. Campaign for Real Ale . Retrieved 7 February 2024. "Clearbrook". bucklandmonachorum.org.uk. Retrieved...
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    Halkirk (redirect from Parish of Halkirk)
    Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale. Prof John Malcolm FRSE (1873–1954) was also born and raised in Halkirk. The old parish church, now abandoned Entering...
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    Pub (redirect from Ale-house)
    nip in for a quiet pint, the parish priest for his evening whisky, or lovers for a rendezvous. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has surveyed the 50,000...
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  • Masham, a peculier being a parish outside the jurisdiction of a diocese. In 1985, The Economist dubbed it the "doyen of real ales". In 2022, Theakston launched...
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    Wistanstow (category Civil parishes in Shropshire)
    Wistanstow is a village and parish in Shropshire, England. Wistanstow is located about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Church Stretton and 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km)...
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    Chute, Wiltshire (category Civil parishes in Wiltshire)
    Chute is a civil parish in east Wiltshire, England, on the border with Hampshire. It includes the main village of Upper Chute and the smaller settlements...
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    Brewery—was established in Piddlehinton in 2008 and produces 300 gallons of ale every week. During the build-up to D-Day the US Army operated from an airstrip...
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    Burton upon Trent (category Former civil parishes in Staffordshire)
    Burtonisation allowed the development of the trade of Burton India Pale Ale (an ale specially brewed to keep during the long sea voyage to India). New rail...
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    village's name was the subject of a question on the American quiz show $ale of the Century. Host Jim Perry later showed a giant cue card bearing the...
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    St Peter South Elmham (category Civil parishes in Suffolk)
    Suffolk Pubs, The Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 2021-02-23. Duke of Marlborough, Suffolk Pubs, The Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 2021-02-23. About St...
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    Oakthorpe has a Leisure Centre, a Primary School, a Methodist church and an Ale house. Oakthorpe also has several local businesses such as Cosmos Biomedical...
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    Channel Islands) CAMRA winner for its range & quality of ciders & ales. The parish contains the ruins of Marshwood Castle, which is a scheduled monument...
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  • almost exactly on the site of Marc Bolan's former home. The brewers named an ale, Cosmic Warrior, after the late singer. The area was also home to Wimbledon...
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    Revolution: by the Concordat of 1801 its parishes were divided between the dioceses of Avignon and Mende. Alès and its cathedral lie near the start of...
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    Edale (category Civil parishes in Derbyshire)
    services from Sheffield and Manchester. There are two pubs serving real ale and food. As spelt, the name is first recorded in 1732. Earlier recorded...
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    ploughman's luncheon, in his hand. Cornell, Martyn (2015). Strange Tales of Ale. Stroud, Gloucs: Amberley Publishing. pp. 17–25, 22. ISBN 9781445648088....
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    Woodbastwick (category Civil parishes in Norfolk)
    the village and produces cask ales such as Wherry Bitter, Nelson's Revenge, Norfolk Nog and Headcracker. The civil parish has an area of 19.04 km2 (7.35 sq mi)...
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    High Hoyland (category Civil parishes in South Yorkshire)
    High Hoyland is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with West Yorkshire. It lies...
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    Poole. The village has a population of 704 (2001). In its current form, the Parish church of St Stephen dates from 1908, when it was designed by the architect...
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    Marnhull (category Civil parishes in Dorset)
    Marnhull (/ˈmɑːrnəl/ MAR-nəl) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale, three miles (five...
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