Glebe of Shelburne Parish

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title: Glebe of Shelburne Parish
text: The Glebe of Shelburne Parish is a house built as a glebe in rural Loudoun County, Virginia around 1775 to attract a cleric to preach in the Shelburne Parish of the Anglican Church. Shelburne Parish, named for the Earls of Shelburne, desired in 1771 that a minister preach at Leesburg, Virginia every three months. The absence of a glebe and glebe lands detracted from efforts to recruit a parson, so in 1773 the parish purchased 473 acres (191 ha) and built a house on the property. The two-story br
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category slug: encyclopedia
description: United States historic place
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glebe_of_Shelburne_Parish
date created: 2011-09-15T12:16:51Z
date modified: 2024-08-27T17:08:51Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/GLEBE_OF_SHELBURNE_PARISH%2C_LOUDOUN_COUNTY.jpg","width":3000,"height":1926}
fields total: 13
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