Aldeburgh

/ (ˈɔːlbərə) /

noun

a small resort in SE England, in Suffolk: site of an annual music festival established in 1948 by Benjamin Britten. Pop: 2654 (2001)

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Example sentences from the Web for aldeburgh

The Aldeburgh folk could not reverence as priest a man they had known as a day labourer.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6|Various
I meant to come there, as you know, but only yesterday evening I decided to come to Aldeburgh instead.
Mammon and Co.|E. F. Benson
You must visit all the different places along the coast from Felixstowe to Aldeburgh.
The History of Margaret Catchpole|Richard Cobbold
When he was at Aldeburgh in September (8th) the accused were watched day and night.
A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718|Wallace Notestein

From childhood he had had ample experience of the vice in the rough and reckless homes of the Aldeburgh poor.
Crabbe, (George)|Alfred Ainger

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