Flitton

Perhaps Nadine should set up a twinning between Flitton and Usti nad Labem?

Nadine on Gypsies and Smacks 2007

But in that case the wiser people in Raveloe would employ Dr. Blick of Flitton -- as less unnatural.

Silas Marner (1885) 1861

But I shall keep Wildfire, now I've got him, though I'd a bid of a hundred and fifty for him the other day, from a man over at Flitton -- he's buying for Lord Cromleck -- a fellow with a cast in his eye, and a green waistcoat.

Silas Marner (1885) 1861

Flitton -- he's buying for Lord Cromleck -- a fellow with a cast in his eye, and a green waistcoat.

Silas Marner George Eliot 1849

But in that case the wiser people in Raveloe would employ Dr. Blick of Flitton -- as less unnatural.

Silas Marner George Eliot 1849

He asked if I used to operate the laser gun on the A5 in north London; I said yes,' Flitton told the

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He was to be buried at Flitton, the parish to which Silvershoe was an appendage; and the greater part of the inhabitants of the latter place assembled before the farm, to evince their respect for the deceased.

The Village Coquette Anonymous 1822

Mr. Meadows; and at Flitton, I intend to be united to the lovely lady Susan

The Village Coquette Anonymous 1822

Flitton is about one mile from Silvershoe; — and the long train of mourners being arranged, and the bearers having approached the coffin, Betsy and Mary, who resolved to follow their parent to the grave, appeared.

The Village Coquette Anonymous 1822

Trying to further define these bulls, Flitton said, "We don't want them wild, but they need to be determined."

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