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Box
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1656 AD |
Box was an 'ardent centre' for Quakers: the community ejected the Vicar, Walter Bushreel, for his 'rural character' |
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Great Somerford
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1656 - 1783 AD |
Quakers including members of the Sealy family lived in Great Somerford |
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Marlborough
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1656 - 1658 AD |
Following a sermon by George Fox in 1656 c.24 Quakers are imprisoned and publicly humiliated |
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Minety
|
1656 AD |
Minety Manor built. Thought to have been built for Edward Pleydell |
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Purton
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1656 AD |
Farm House, today known as Milk House, built by Thomas Gleed |
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Sherston
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1656 AD |
Charter officially naming Sherston a borough is created |
