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The Commonwealth Journal is a six-day (Monday through Saturday) morning daily newspaper based in Somerset, Kentucky, and covering Pulaski County. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. The editorial staff are listed; Jeff Neal, editor; Steve Cornelius, sports editor; Chris Harris, Janie Slaven, Carla Slavey, Caleb Lowndes, and Bill ...
Bruton Abbey in Bruton, Somerset was founded as a house of Augustinian canons in about 1127, and became an abbey in 1511, shortly before its dissolution in 1539. It was endowed with manors, churches and other properties in the area and also in Normandy in France.
Maurice Berkeley was the eldest son and heir of Sir Henry Berkeley (d.1601) of Bruton, by his wife Margaret Lygon (d.1616) (herself a great-granddaughter of Maurice, Lord Berkeley), [1] the widow of Sir Thomas Russell (d. 1574) of Strensham in Worcestershire, and a daughter of William Lygon, Esquire, (d.1567) [2] of Madresfield Court in Worcestershire, by his wife Eleanor Dennis.
Bruton (/ ˈ b r uː t ən / BROO-tən) is a small market town, [2] [3] and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the River Brue and the A359 between Frome and Yeovil.It is 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Gillingham and 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Frome.
The Church of the Holy Trinity in Wyke Champflower, Bruton, Somerset, England, dates from 1623 and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. [1]A wooden tympanum between the nave and chancel bears the 1624 Royal Arms, the arms of the then Bishop of Bath and Wells and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Sexey's Hospital in Bruton, Somerset, England was built around 1630 as almshouses. The West Wing and chapel have been designated as a Grade I listed building. [1] The East Wing and gateway are grade II listed. [2] Hugh Sexey (1556–1619), was a local landowner. By the age of 43 he had been appointed Royal auditor of the Exchequer to King James ...
The Church of St Mary in Bruton, Somerset, England was largely built in the 14th century. Like many Somerset churches, it has a very fine tower; less usually it has a second one as well. [2] Simon Jenkins has called Bruton's tower "Somerset architecture at its most powerful." [3] It has been designated a Grade I listed building. [4] [5]
The Bruton Dovecote is a limestone tower that was built between the 15th and 17th century in Bruton in the English county of Somerset. The structure was once used as a dovecote, and may have been a watchtower or prospect tower prior to this. It is a Grade II* listed building [1] and scheduled monument. [2] [3] [4]