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Old 12-06-2010, 12:27 AM
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Note that in the 1691 French raid the local militia eventually caught up with one 'overloaded' Frenchman and killed him. Wonder where he was buried ? Widdrington churchyard?

An account (written 1899) of this French raid is now published on the Chibburn Preceptory page. (bottom of that page)
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