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	Sudbury, Suffolk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sudbury is a small, ancient market town in the county of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour, 15 miles from Colchester and 60 miles from London.
		Sudbury's history dates back into the age of the Saxons, the town's earliest mention is in 799 AD, when Aelfhun, Bishop of Dunwich, died in the town.
		Since then it has been a civil parish; being an urban area the parish council and its chair are known as the Town Council and Town Mayor respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sudbury,_Suffolk (609 words)

	TAKING SHOPPERS OUTDOORS
		Simon is building the project's town center on a 166-acre site, which involves three distinct retail components totaling 1.2 million square feet of retail space, 90,000 square feet of office condominiums, 200 to 400 residential units, and one or two hotels.
		Simon, in partnership with Atlanta-based developer Ben Carter Properties LLC, is building St. Johns Town Center, a mixed-use lifestyle project with 450 residential units, two hotels, and about 1.5 million square feet of retail space, restaurants and entertainment venues on 200 acres in Jacksonville.
		Simon Property Group plans to make the first big splash, with two new open-air town centers over the next two years, ensuring the retail giant's foothold in both growing markets.
	retailtrafficmag.com /mag/retail_taking_shoppers_outdoors (609 words)

	Wanted genealogical information
		Simon was educated as a coach builder in the town of Thisted.
		There is a small difference between my sources and the census on his age, but it seems to be the same person, because Jens Christian Nielsen lives in the town of Saxeville, which is not far from Waupaca, where his son, Simon, is living (see below).
		According to the Danish Immigration Archives Simon immigrated to Waupaca, Wisconsin in 1878.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Meadows/1025/wanted2.htm (526 words)

	Stellenbosch
		It is the second oldest town in South Africa after Cape Town and was founded by Governor Simon van der Stel in 1679, who named it after him.
		The town of Stellenbosch lies in the green and fertile fertile valley of the Eerste ("first") River, only 41 km from Cape Town and in the heart of the South African winelands.
		It’s an elegant, gabled mansion incorporating both the Rembrandt van Rijn art gallery (with works by leading 20-th century artists, including Pierneef, Van Wouw and Irma Stern) and, in its cellar, the Stellenryk Wine Museum (huge old vats, Cape furniture and brassware).
	www.encounter.co.za /article/106.html (526 words)

	FRANCIS HOUSE Guesthouse - home page
		Francis House is a three-bedroom Victorian town house constructed in 1903 and featured on the Simon’s Town list of Significant Buildings.
		It’s part of the large Victorian home erected on the hillside by the builder of the Simon’s Town Naval Facility for himself and his family.
		Francis House is a self-catering holiday home with a difference.
	www.francishouse.co.za (171 words)

	Sudbury History
		The town Sudbury is an ancient market town and the birthplace of Gainsborough, a painter who lived 1727-1788.
		The family may have come from the English town of Sudbury in Suffolk, England.
		The first known record of our family is that of Ezekiel Sudberry, who is mentioned in the Register of Henrico Parish Church, Henrico County VA. The Sudberry's migrated to NC and then to TN and other states.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~sudberry/history.html (360 words)

	San Luis Gonzaga Church - San Luis, Pampanga
		The town of San Luis was first known as Cabacsa and was established in the year 1735.
		Note: Bell inscriptions were taken from "Pampanga and its Towns" by Mariano A. Henson.
		Its present name was adopted in 1761, from a certain Doña Luisa, the wife of the lawyer who defended the town in a land dispute against the town of Pinpin (now Sta.
	www.geocities.com /pisamban/sanluis.htm (172 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition REGIONS > Canlas: Expect new jobs in San Simon next year
		SAN SIMON, Pampanga: New investors putting up businesses here will mean new jobs next year, the town’s top official told The Manila Times over the weekend.
		Mayor Rodrigo M. Canlas of San Simon said the new investors would generate between 2,000 and 3,000 job opportunities next year and add about P4 million to P10 million to the town’s revenues, which will be sourced from real-property tax.
		The tax, he added, will be divided between the provincial government, the local school board, various barangays and this town.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/apr/24/yehey/prov/20050424pro5.html (181 words)

	History of Pampanga Towns
		The people of San Simon celebrate two town fiestas, one in honor of Lady of the Pillar, the patron saint of the first barrio and the other in honor of the Apostle Simon Peter.
		In 1904, the town of San Simon was merged with the municipality of San Luis and about three years after, it became again an independent municipality.
		San Simon, an emerging business haven in Central Luzon particularly in the province of Pampanga had its humble beginnings in 1770 as a farming village when it was founded by Don Mariano del Pilar de los Reyes and named it Barrio Del Pilar.
	www-rcf.usc.edu /~camiling/history_sansimon.htm (1403 words)

	Armoria civica - Stellenbosch
		The arms granted by Commissioner-General Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist to the Drostdij of Stellenbosch are those used by Governor Van der Stel (who died in 1712) and were carved on his tomb in the Groote Kerk in Cape Town.
		The town was surveyed in terms of an instructie from Commissioner-General H A van Reede (dated July 1685), and on 15 October 1686 Van der Stel personally supervised the surveying of the first five erven of the first rural town in South Africa.
		Simon van der Stel, appointed Commander in 1678 and promoted to Governor in 1691.
	uk.geocities.com /muurkroon/SboschE.html (1403 words)

	UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR
		On the edge of the old centre lies the former town cemetery, now arranged as a park called Preernov gaj (Preeren’s grove), in which can be found memorials to the Slovenian poets Dr. France Preeren and Simon Jenko, as well as the first antifascist monument in the world, dating from 1930.
		The old town centre is attractive and interesting for visitors as it has a number of archaeological and other monuments, among which the most important are: Pleènik’s arcades by Roenven’s church and Preeren Theatre, The Town Hall, Pavlar’s house, Mitnièar’s house(Tollman’s House) and Kieselstein Castle.
	www.fov.uni-mb.si /referat/ECTS/Uvod.html (1403 words)

	The History of Stellenbosch
		The town that Simon van der Stell began is to be seen to advantage today, He had spacious streets laid out and oak trees planted along them for shade (The trees are full grown now - they had a longer view of town planning in those days).
		In 1679 Simon van der Stel became the second governor of the Cape Colony, at this time the Cape Colony consisted of a fort and a few small farms clustered around the Table Bay region.
		The colony had been established to provide a provisioning point for the eastward bound ships of the Dutch East India Company and Simon van der Stel felt that wine would make a welcome addition to the supplies he was charged to supply.
	www.alluvia.co.za /stellenbosch-history.htm (1403 words)

	Garforth Town AFC: GTAFC
		SIMON CLIFFORD DROVE to Garforth Town on Saturday and knew that he was in the right place.
		Brazilian soccer schools guru Simon Clifford is back with his beloved Garforth Town after an unhappy flirtation with big league football.
		Garforth Town's Reserves have drawn neighbours Kippax Welfare in the Semi Finals of the prestigious Barkston Ash Challenge Cup.The intriguing tie will be held at a neutral venue on Saturday 21st Ja...
	www.garforthtown.com /content (204 words)

	Sudbury
		The head and body of archbishop Simon of Sudbury were buried in the church of St. Gregory in the town ; and the head, dried by art, was shown as late as the middle of the last century.
		Sudbury, Suffolk, in the Saxon chronicle Suth-beri, is in the hundred of Babergh, on the road from London to Bury, between 15 and 16 miles south of the latter town.
		Simon of Sudbury, archbishop of Canterbury, who was beheaded by Wat Tyler’s mob in 1381, founded here a college of priests whose yearly revenues at the dissolution were £122, 18 shillings and threepence.
	www.oldtowns.co.uk /Suffolk/sudbury.htm (592 words)

	Simon Boerum -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		In 1750, Govermor (A town in east central Iowa) Clinton appointed Simon Boerum the County Clerk for Kings County.
		Simon Boerum (1724-1775) was a farmer, miller, and political leader from (A borough of New York City) Brooklyn, (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) New York.
		Simon died at home on July 11, 1775, and was originally buried in the Dutch Burying Ground in (additional info and facts about New Lots) New Lots.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/simon_boerum.htm (393 words)

	Simon Girty
		Girty’s old friend Simon Kenton was captured by hostile Shawnees in the summer of 1778, and after being dragged from one Indian town to another, where he was beaten and made to run gauntlets, the Kentuckian was taken to the Shawnee town of Wapatomica where he was condemned to be burned to death.
		Simon Girty’s notorious legend was based on racism, and there are many now who regard him as a frontier hero.
		Girty’s promised commission was again denied him, and after determining that it was the intention of the rebel leaders to cross the Ohio River to settle the hunting grounds of the Indians who then resided there, Girty defected in March of 1778.
	www.famousamericans.net /simongirty (2350 words)

	Simon Willard
		Simon Willard was one of the leading citizens of Concord and the ancestor of two presidents of Harvard College.
		Simon Willard was one of 7 deputies who voted against the measure.
		Shortly after Willard founded the town of Concord, John Winthrop wanted to build a fortification at the mouth of the Conneticut river and sent 20 men under the direction of Gibbons and Willard to build a fortification.
	pharmacy.isu.edu /~cady/genealogy/PS04/PS04_286.HTM (2350 words)

	Simon Birch
		Simon and Joe occupy a world of their own, swimming and boating and slipping invisibly around town.
		Simon uses his size as a license to say exactly what he thinks on all occasions, loudly and clearly, as when the Rev. Russell is asking God's help for a fund-raiser, and Simon stands up on his pew to announce, ``I doubt if God is interested in our church activities.
		Simon's dwarfism doesn't prevent him from going everywhere and doing everything, and even taking his turn at bat in a Little League game; when he finally does gets a hit, there are tragic consequences.
	www.suntimes.com /ebert/ebert_reviews/1998/09/091103.html (2350 words)

	picklebird - los angeles alternative art magazine
		Simon Rodia, also known as Sabato "Sam" Rodia and "Don Simon" by some of his neighbors and visitors, was born in 1879 in the town of Campania in southern Italy.
		Built single-handedly by Simon Rodia over a period of 33 years, the Watts Towers and surrounding wall were built on a triangular lot, which also held his house.
		People he knew from around town, as well as the hospital staff and patients praised, Rodia on his achievement and it was said that this made him very happy.
	www.picklebird.com /articles/spotlightnow.php?id=6 (834 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Willard, Samuel
		Born in Concord, Massachusetts, on 31 January 1640, Samuel Willard was the sixth child of the town’s founder, Simon Willard, and his wife Mary.
		Simon’s fifteen-year-old son Samuel entered Harvard College in 1655, earning his M.A. in 1662.
		A respected figure in the colony throughout his life, Simon Willard died in 1676 fighting in King Philip’s War.
	www.litencyc.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4725 (834 words)

	SIMON WILLARD’S LIFE IN CONCORD
		Then Simon Willard set the bounds of the town by pointing to the four directions: 3 miles north, 3 miles east, 3 miles south and 3 miles west, making a six myle square area the white men could call theirs, and Squaw Sachem was satisfied.
		generation descendant myself (between my husband and me, we have four lines from Simon) – I am aware of his importance in the "New World." Through his 17 children, 14 of whom propagated, he had a Big Part in settling new towns to the west, south and north of Concord.
		Ruth Wheeler suggests that perhaps Simon Willard was the one to name Walden Pond in Concord, after a place in England called Saffron Walden, and in honor of a Major Walden, who was also a fur trader and a contemporary of Willard.
	willardfamilyassn.org /SWConcord.htm (834 words)

	SUDBURY PROPERTY - The North Essex and South Suffolk Property Agents
		Sudbury is a beautiful Market Town and has been since Saxon times, with a special character of its own.
		The River Stour runs through the heart of Sudbury providing excellent recreational facilities to include fishing and rowing as well as offering most attractive water meadows, providing a pleasant backdrop to the town.
		Sudbury continues to surprise locals and visitors alike with the ancient and modern mix of tastefully built properties and the fine churches around Sudbury.
	www.sudburyproperty.com /sudbury_suffolk_uk_history.htm (422 words)

	BoyActors : Simon Birch
		He and his best friend Joe are outcasts in their tiny New England town: Joe is the illegitimate son of the town beauty, and Simon, at age 12, is so small that he still plays the infant Jesus in the church Christmas pageant.
		Simon Birch believes that God made him for a special, heroic purpose.
		In the summer of 1964, friendship is put to the test when Little Leaguer Simon hits a foul ball that strikes and kills Joe's mother.
	www.boyacts.com /cgi-bin/movie.cgi?ref=332 (422 words)

	Simon Magus
		Simon Magus is the town fool (there's always one in fables) who can fall asleep on the RR tracks and not be killed.
		Story Line: Simon Magus is an adult fable, set in the Jewish community of a small European town, about 200 years ago.
		Simon (Noah Taylor) lives in what truly is a shack and his job is to clean the waste from the outhouses.
	www.reelmoviecritic.com /2001/id1898.htm (858 words)

	Belmont Family
		Trevor Belmont was a warlock, Dracula attacked the town of Warakiya (which sound alot like the real town Dracula ruled..Wallachia) His Grandson is Simon Belmont.
		He is most likely the grandson of Simon.
		Trevor Belmont was the first Belmont the appear fighting Dracula.
	www.angelfire.com /goth/BloodyTearsRP/BloodyGalleryX (218 words)

	KCOJ - Mason County, Kentucky
		Kenton's haven was responsible for the growth of the town of WASHINGTON, established in 1786 on land purchased from Kenton.
		Simon Kenton and Thomas Williams are credited with being the first permanent settlers, having staked out land in a canebrake where they made camp and planted corn in 1775.
		In 1931 a bridge named for Simon Kenton was opened across the Ohio River to connect Maysville with Aberdeen, Ohio.
	www.kycourts.net /Counties/Mason_text.asp (565 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles
		Simon, Andrew said "We have found the Messias", and brought him to Jesus, who, looking upon him, said: "Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter".
		Simon settled in Capharnaum, where he was living with his mother-in-law in his own house (Matthew 8:14; Luke 4:38) at the beginning of Christ's public ministry (about A.D. Simon was thus married, and, according to Clement of Alexandria (Stromata, III, vi, ed.
		He was the son of Jona (Johannes) and was born in Bethsaida (John 1:42, 44), a town on Lake Genesareth, the position of which cannot be established with certainty, although it is usually sought at the northern end of the lake.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11744a.htm (565 words)

	.::SINZAR.net::.
		Simon caught wind that Vincent was coming to town so he sent out the word that there was a bounty on his head, if you see him report him.
		The short version is that Simon and Vincent used to be a team, Simon was the far inferior killer when they both worked for Jules and he had an opportunity to double cross Vincent and become a somebody so he took it, only he didn't kill Vincent he spared his life.
		Vincent knew Jules had a hide out in Los Santos which was on the outskirts of town in the shack north of Los Colinas, kind of near Northstar Rock, so he went there and found Jules dead.
	www.sinzar.net (2553 words)

	EADT Community
		The town's other most famous son, Simon of Sudbury, was Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of England at the time of the Peasants' Revolt in 1381- when, as author of the hated Poll Tax, he had his head hacked off and displayed on London's Tower Bridge.
		Sudbury Town Football Club, Priory Stadium, Priory Walk, Sudbury, CO10 2AP.
		Sudbury Chess Club, Meet at The Sudbury Conservative Club, 39 New Street, Sudbury, CO10 1JP.
	www.eadt.co.uk /content/Community/htm/sudbury.asp (340 words)

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