parish boundary

collocation in English

meaningsofparishandboundary

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parish
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpær.ɪʃ/us
/ˈper.ɪʃ/
in some Christian denominations, an area cared for by one priest with its own church, or (in England) the smallest unit of ...
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boundary
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/us
/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/
a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit ...
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(Definition ofparishandboundaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofparish boundary

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An even more vivid way to depict theparishboundary, at least to the modern mind, was to use a map.
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Ritualisedparishboundaryprocessions to define the spatial limits of a community's territory forged a sense of community as socially-galvanising collective assertions of parochial identity.
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However, that is the task for the historian trying to uncover the social meaning of theparishboundaryin our historical period.
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Neighbouring houses with the same rent might be rated entirely differently, depending on the location of theparishboundary.
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The disposition of an urbanparishboundarywas likely to be more intricate and the value of the land higher.
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The dividing function of aparishboundaryat one spatial scale could have a bonding role on ^ the people contained within it at the most local level.
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Someparishboundarydisputes were so intricate and so apparently irresolvable that external arbitration was sought from either external adjudicators or professional surveyors, but this was usually at local initiative.
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As will be shown, before the common use of written records, perambulation ceremonies served to transmit knowledge of theparishboundaryfrom old sages to the young.
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Certainly, stoats, weasels, and voles do not live under a hedge because it is aparishboundary.
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One example is an ancientparishboundaryhedge.
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My constituents want to know why these bus stops should be removed a considerable distance away from the parish, almost on theparishboundary.
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The 10-kilometre square is, of course, purely arbitrary; it is marked on the map, as is aparishboundary.
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Having said that, they would have to be very close to aparishboundaryfor that to occur.
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It is a question of re-drawing theparishboundary.
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It is a small parish with very little water indeed—so little that its own source of supply actually lies outwith theparishboundary.
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One might say that that is the right and proper form of consultation if a change is being made in aparishboundary.
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There are manyparishboundaryposts and crosses.
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However, in some parts of the country theparishboundaryis deemed to be four feet from the far side of the hedge of a cultivated field.
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But is that aparishboundary?
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Therefore, with any luck, we shall get the reservoir simply because so many hundreds of years ago somebody drew aparishboundaryin the right place.
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