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  2. Wild Boar of Westmorland - Wikipedia

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    George Carleton, Bishop of Chichester (1619–28), wrote a life of Richard's descendant the famous Bernard Gilpin, in it he said that Richard “slew a wild boar raging in the neighbouring mountains like the boar of Erymanthus, [3] brought great damage upon the country people, and was as a reward for his services given the manor of Kentmere by the then Baron of Kendal.”

  3. Boscombe Bowmen - Wikipedia

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    Other grave goods included a boar's tusk, a bone toggle, flint tools, and eight Beaker vessels; an unusually high number. The burials are thought to date from around 2500 - 2200 BCE, [ 3 ] making them broadly contemporary with the Amesbury Archer who had been found the year before about half a kilometre to the south. [ 3 ]

  4. List of war films and TV specials set between 1775 and 1914

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    War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars, the films included here are films set in the period from 1775 or at the beginning of the Age of Revolution and until various Empires hit roadblock in 1914, after lengthy arms race for several years.

  5. Kentmere - Wikipedia

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    For the wild boar is raging nigh, Bark'd are the trees about Boar-stile, At Underbarrow is his sty, Oh waly sweet St. Mary's Isle! But hark at Kendal rebecks sound, And Bowness Millbecks echo wakes, In Crookebeck ford he felt the wound, In death his burning thirst he slakes. The gallant hero washed his spear, A tear unhidden left his eye,

  6. List of fictional bars and pubs - Wikipedia

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    The Boar's Head – Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare; The Boar's Nest – The Dukes of Hazzard; The Boatman – Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994); The Kings Arms, 30 High Street, Amersham, HP7 0DJ; Bob's Country Bunker – The Blues Brothers, later renamed Bob's Country Kitchen in the sequel; Boobies – Space Dandy

  7. Uhtred of Bamburgh - Wikipedia

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    Cnut's forces were too strong for Uhtred to fight, and so Uhtred did homage to him as King of England. Uhtred was summoned to a peace meeting with Cnut, and on the way there, he and forty of his men were murdered by Thurbrand the Hold at Wighill with the connivance of Cnut.

  8. Acclaimed singer bludgeoned to death by daughter in her own ...

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    Beacham-Hanson wrote and sang the 1992 dance hit “Trouble” for 111 East Records. Breanna Beacham, 32, has been charged with murder after police found her mother bludgeoned to death Monday ...

  9. Devonshire Hunting Tapestries - Wikipedia

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    The Boar and Bear Hunt is 13 ft 3.5 in by 33 ft 6 in. [3] On the left side, the boar hunts take place and in the centre and the right side, the bear hunts take place. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] The men are shown carrying spears, which have cross-bars designed to stop the charge of the boar and keep its tusks at a safe distance. [ 9 ]