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  2. Chancel repair liability - Wikipedia

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    Medieval-built church where this liability applied in Aston Cantlow. Its historic rectorship was acquired by a monastery, abbey or college of Oxford or Cambridge leaving a discharged vicarage In the vast majority of ecclesiastical parishes (into which all of England and Wales is split) chancel repair liability is not applicable.

  3. Christianity and agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Christian doctrines, ideologies and beliefs have influenced the manner in which human interactions with land, soil, and plants are manifested, both as a historical interplay between Christianity and land, and more contemporary movements where diverse sets of biblical readings, theological interpretations and Christian ethics are manifested in Christian approaches to food production.

  4. Steward (Methodism) - Wikipedia

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    Stewardship is a voluntary role. [3] Duties include greeting all those who attend church upon their arrival, assisting in the distribution of Holy Communion (in which they are known as communion stewards), counting the tithes and offerings given to the church, and ensuring that the local preacher is cared for when he or she arrives to preach at a church.

  5. Christianity in the 13th century - Wikipedia

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    Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris.. The Eastern Roman (Byzantine) imperial church headed by Constantinople continued to assert its universal authority.By the 13th century this assertion was becoming increasingly irrelevant as the Eastern Roman Empire shrank and the Ottoman Turks took over most of what was left of the Byzantine Empire (indirectly aided by invasions from the West).

  6. List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Dendrochronology dates the Parson Capen House to 1694, when it was originally built as the parsonage for the local Congregational Church. [27] [28] It was first owned by the Reverend Joseph Capen. The Topsfield Historical Society currently operates the Parson Capen House as a museum. [29] Dwight–Derby House: Medfield: 1697

  7. Cathedrals and Castles: Building in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    The book is strictly architectural in focus, Alain Erlande-Brandenburg makes no attempt to portray medieval society but examines the churches and castles such a society required. A span of seven centuries, starting with the early builders of medieval towns (8th–9th century), through the impact of Gregorian Reform upon the realm of ...

  8. Economy of England in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    The ruined church in the deserted village of Embleton, County Durham, one of nearly 1,500 medieval villages abandoned after the agrarian crisis of the 14th century. The agricultural sector of the English economy, still by far the largest, was transformed by the Black Death.

  9. Vestry - Wikipedia

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    St. George's Parish Vestry House built in 1766 at Perryman, Maryland. A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government of a parish in England, Wales and some English colonies, which originally met in the vestry or sacristy of the parish church, and consequently became known colloquially as the "vestry".