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Hurstmonceux

British  
/ -ˌsəʊ, ˈhɜːstmənˌsuː /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Herstmonceux

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Lady Hurstmonceux and Hannah Worth sat opposite each other in silence.

From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

The arms of Sir Roger Fynes, Treasurer of the Household to Henry VI, are thus represented over the great gate of Hurstmonceux castle, built by him.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

Were it called Hurstmonceux House, or Place, or Manor, or Grange, all would be well.

From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur

Hannah, it was not until after I had read an account of a railway collision, in which it was stated that the Countess of Hurstmonceux was among the killed that I proposed for Nora.

From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

After some years’ service as curate at Hurstmonceux, he was appointed assistant master at Harrow, under Dr. Vaughan, his brother-in-law, and there remained from 1845 to 1855. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles

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