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Athelney is a
village located between the
villages of
Burrowbridge and East Lyng in Somerset, England. The name is
believed to be
derived from the Old...
- that the
character drew
inspiration from
Inspector Hopkins.
Inspector Athelney Jones is a
Scotland Yard
detective who
appears in The Sign of the Four...
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Athelney was a 7th-century
saint venerated in the
Roman Catholic and
Eastern Orthodox Churches. He
lived as a
hermit on the
island of
Athelney in the...
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Athelney Jones and Lestrade, also
appear in the novel. The
novel follows Pinkerton Detective Agency operative Frederick Chase and Det. Insp.
Athelney...
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Athelney Abbey,
established in the
county of Somerset, England, was
founded by King
Alfred in 888, as a
religious house for
monks of the
Order of St. Benedict...
- took
shelter in the
marshes of Somerset,
staying in the
small village of
Athelney. Over the next few months,
according to the
Anglo Saxon Chronicle, he built...
- band made his way by wood and swamp, and
after Easter he made a fort at
Athelney in the
marshes of Somerset, and from that fort kept
fighting against the...
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spent the
winter preceding the
Battle of
Edington in the
Somerset marsh of
Athelney,
protected somewhat by the
natural defences of the country. In the spring...
- 885–904), also
known as John of
Saxony or Scotus, was a
scholar and
abbot of
Athelney,
probably born in Old Saxony. He was
invited to
England by King Alfred...
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stations on the line were
Durston (at the
junction with the main line)
Athelney,
Langport and Martock. The
Yeovil station name is
given as "Yeovil (Hendford)"...
