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  • Burley's clerical career began in 1309, when he was admitted as rector of Welbury, Yorkshire.

    Walter Burley Conti, Alessandro 2004

  • There probably was not a marriageable young man in Welbury who had not at one time or another thought to himself, what a good thing it would be to marry Hetty Gunn.

    Hetty's Strange History Anonymous

  • The condition of Welbury, when this piece of news was fairly in circulation in the town, could be compared to nothing but the buzz of a beehive at swarming time.

    Hetty's Strange History Anonymous

  • An oration was delivered in the meeting-house; and the brass band of Welbury played "My country, 'tis of thee," all the way from the meeting-house to the graveyard gate.

    Hetty's Strange History Anonymous

  • Second: I myself was in Welbury when there was brought to the town by some traveller a copy of a Canadian newspaper, in which, among the marriages, appeared this one:

    Hetty's Strange History Anonymous

  • During all these years, Hetty had been working faithfully in St. Mary's; and Dr. Eben had been working faithfully in Welbury.

    Hetty's Strange History Anonymous

  • July 2 -- German submarines sink steamer Welbury, bark Sardozne, and schooner L.C. Tower, all British, the crews being saved; captain of the Tower says that the submarine which sank his ship was disguised with rigging, two dummy canvas funnels, two masts, and a false bow and stern, having the appearance of a deeply laden steamer; at the entrance of Danzig Bay a Russian submarine blows up by two torpedoes a

    New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various

  • Welbury, and in these had set boughs six and seven feet long, looking like young trees.

    Hetty's Strange History Anonymous

  • Welbury? let every man, woman, and child in the county, nay, in the

    Hetty's Strange History Anonymous

  • First: I myself have seen, in the old graveyard at Welbury, the

    Hetty's Strange History Anonymous

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