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Hingham (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 35 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.5833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 59 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 0.9833 decimal degrees |
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Note: A market town with numerous 18th-century buildings. There is also a moated site and a sea mere here. Samuel Lincoln, ancestor of Abraham Lincoln, was a weaver here before fleeing to America in the 17th century. |
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| Hingham (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Hingham (British English-P,U,N)
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| Ahincham (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Himcham (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Hinham (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Maincham (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Mincham (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
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Hingham (inhabited place) (P) |
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