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Kirklees

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Kirklees [ˌkɜːkˈliːz]
n
(Placename) a unitary authority in N England, in West Yorkshire. Pop.: 388 576 (2001). Area: 410 sq. km (158 sq. miles)
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But there is nought in the world so easily forgot as gratitude; so, when the Prioress of Kirklees had heard how her cousin, the Earl of Huntingdon, had thrown away his earldom and gone back again to Sherwood, she was vexed to the soul, and feared lest her cousinship with him should bring the King's wrath upon her also.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
One day as he rode along on horseback, near Kirklees Abbey, he was seized with so violent a rush of blood to the head that he reeled and came near falling from his saddle.
Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context
 
 
 
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