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  • Early in the Regency of George the Magnificent, there lived in a small town in the west of England, called Clavering, a gentleman whose name was Pendennis.

    The History of Pendennis 2006

  • Early in the Regency of George the Magnificent, there lived in a small town in the west of England, called Clavering, a gentleman whose name was

    The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • Ottery has other associations with literature, and it is interesting to remember that Thackeray lived near here in his youth, and that Ottery is the 'Clavering' of _Pendennis_, which was written while he was staying at Escot Vicarage close by.

    Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote

  • "Clavering" of "Pendennis," whose Dr. Wapshot was George Coleridge, brother of the poet.

    Biographical Study of A W Kinglake Tuckwell, Rev W 1902

  • "Clavering" of "Pendennis," whose Dr. Wapshot was George Coleridge, brother of the poet.

    Biographical Study of A.W. Kinglake William Tuckwell 1874

  • "Clavering," he said to Harry, a day or two after this, "I hope there is to be no difference between you and me."

    The Claverings Anthony Trollope 1848

  • The upper windows of the great house flamed so as to make your eyes wink; the little river ran off noisily westward, and was lost in a sombre wood, behind which the towers of the old abbey church of Clavering (whereby that town is called Clavering St. Mary’s to the present day) rose up in purple splendour.

    The History of Pendennis 2006

  • She now had a manor in northeast Essex with Clavering.

    From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558 2008

  • Mr Leslie, who lives in the Clavering area of Hartlepool, has been attempting to detect forgotten treasures for years.

    14th century silver brooch discovered 2008

  • In the village of Clavering, Hertfordshire, about 40 kilometers north of London, Peter and Gillian Blomley say that restoring the thatch on their 350-year-old home is a part of preserving English traditions and worth the headaches.

    Commodity boom Lisa Kallal 2008

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