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ELLAND - LoveToKnow Article on ELLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | , an urban district in the Elland parliamentary division of Yorkshire, England, on the Calder, 21/2 m. |
 | | Elland Hall, though almost rebuilt, retains the recollection of a remarkable family feud between the Ellands and the Beaumonts of Crosland Hall, the site of which may be traced in the vicinity. |
 | | A nephew of Sir John Elland, in 1342, met death at the hands of a relative of the Beaumonts upon whom Sir John took vengeance, as also upon the heads of the allied houses of Lockwood and Quarmby. |
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