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    Polstead is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. The village lies 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Nayland, 5 miles (8 km)...
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    Polstead Road is a residential road that runs between Kingston Road and Hayfield Road to the west and the Woodstock Road to the east, in the suburb of...
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    Red Barn Murder (category Polstead)
    The Red Barn Murder was a 1827 murder in Polstead, Suffolk, England. A young woman, Maria Marten, was shot dead by her lover William Corder at the Red...
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  • and in the subtitles for the 2019 TV series, and the character Malcolm Polstead notes in La Belle Sauvage that, "if that monkey had a name it might be...
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  • years before Northern Lights. It describes how the 11-year-old Malcolm Polstead and the 15-year-old Alice protect the infant Lyra; leading to her being...
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    and going under the name of Mr and Mrs Lawrence, the couple arrived in Polstead Road, Oxford. The purpose of this move was largely to enable them to educate...
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  • The Gospel Oak was a veteran tree in Polstead, Suffolk. The tree is associated with Saint Cedd, who reputedly planted it or preached beneath it. The oak...
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    activities and waterfront visits. In the summer of 1896, the family moved to 2 Polstead Road in Oxford, where they lived until 1921. The wooden shed built in the...
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    R. P. Keigwin (category People from Polstead)
    to 1959, and also became a Governor of Clifton College. Keigwin died at Polstead, Suffolk, and is buried there in St Mary's churchyard. Lanyard Lyrics (1914)...
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  • Coulter (mother) Significant other Will Parry (His Dark Materials) Malcolm Polstead (The Secret Commonwealth) Age Less than 1 (La Belle Sauvage) around 11–13...
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  • and they moved to Polstead in Suffolk the following year. They carried out much of the translation work together. He died in Polstead of cancer on 30 May...
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  • Lea Blackham (category People from Polstead)
    Lea Blackham from Polstead, (born 1950), is an English male indoor bowler. Blackham is an England Senior National Champion and qualified from the Bromley...
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  • Edwards's life and career. He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's, Polstead, Suffolk. Call Me at Dawn (1948) The Birdman's Pocket Book (1954) The Road...
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    using the settings in several of her novels. She lived in the villages of Polstead and later Groton, both east of Sudbury. She was appointed a Commander of...
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  • the movement around the dial of a fourth hand. Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his dæmon Asta live three miles from Oxford. Malcolm works alongside...
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    Relf to use on their behalf. The missing alethiometer is found by Malcolm Polstead in the pack of Gerard Bonneville, and given to the Master of Jordan College...
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  • College. Her rescuer of twenty years earlier in La Belle Sauvage, Malcolm Polstead, is now an academic. Lyra has come to admire the works of two writers:...
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  • Indian Study in Conflict. From 1942 Mallik lived in a household at 16 Polstead Road, in north Oxford, with supporters including Winifred Lewis, Nora Bolton...
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    suffixed by the name street. These include Stone Street and to the south of Polstead, Mill Street. The river then passes Scotland Street before reaching the...
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  • Rediffusion Board in 1970. He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's church in Polstead, Suffolk. M. Stenton and S. Lees, Who's Who of British MPs, Vol. IV (Harvester...
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  • Heath, Peasenhall, Pettaugh, Pettistree, Pinewood, Pin Mill, Playford, Polstead, Poslingford, Preston St Mary Ramsholt, Rattlesden, Raydon, Rede, Redgrave...
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    The parish borders Assington, Edwardstone, Groton, Kersey, Newton and Polstead. There are 87 listed buildings in Boxford. Boxford became a conservation...
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    1659 he commanded a Troop of Norfolk Trained Band Horse. He married Mary Polstead, and died 3 November 1669. He was succeeded by his son, also called Brampton...
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    west on the other side of the canal is the Trap Grounds nature reserve. Polstead Road leads to the east connecting with Chalfont Road and then Woodstock...
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    junction of Kingston Road and Hayfield Road (close to the junction with Polstead Road), with Port Meadow to the west, via bridges over the Oxford Canal...
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  • Name of incident No. of deaths Location Details 1827 Red Barn Murder 1 Polstead, Suffolk, England William Corder murdered his lover, Maria Marten, at the...
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    rally at West Ham United's Boleyn Ground. The site of an ancient tree in Polstead, Suffolk, known as the Gospel Oak, is one of a number of sites where Cedd...
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  • before retiring in 1972. He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's, Polstead, Suffolk. Clayton, Sir Gareth (1992). And Then There Was One!. Gareth Clayton...
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    or near thereunto, in the Counties of Middlesex and Essex. Cosford and Polstead Poor Relief Act 1807 47 Geo. 3 Sess. 2. c. lxxiii 8 August 1807 An Act...
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    end, there is a staggered junction with Aristotle Lane to the west and Polstead Road to the east. The road continues as Hayfield Road. Southmoor Road and...
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