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Athelney is a
village located between the
villages of
Burrowbridge and East Lyng in the
Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. The name is
believed to...
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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...
- 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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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)"...
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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...
- of
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...
- 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...
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Others are
peninsulas or just
coastal settlements. They include: Isle of
Athelney Isle of
Axholme Barrow Island Brown's Island,
Rutland Water Cobholm Island...
- Stone" John
Labonowski as
Inspector Athelney Jones in "The Red-Headed League" (1985)
Emrys James as
Inspector Athelney Jones in "The Sign of Four" (1987)...
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before Domesday Book. In the
Middle Ages, the
monasteries of Glastonbury,
Athelney and
Muchelney were
responsible for much of the drainage. The artificial...
