hamlet
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The two properties are part of a collection of former fishermen's cottages in the hamlet of Newport, south of Hemsby, Norfolk.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
The same defensive structure was rebuilt, a hamlet or farm was established on a nearby hilltop, and people were buried in a cemetery between the two areas.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
The drama reflects broader tensions in the hamlet, the rustic counterpart to nearby Hamptons enclaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The smoke triggered evacuations in one Belgian village and two hamlets of a second -- with residents of the hamlet of Sourbrodt given the green light to return home on Monday night.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
What sets one Southern town apart from another, or from a Northern town or hamlet, or city high-rise?
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
The 111-minute Pyre, directed by television journalist-turned-filmmaker Vinod Kapri, also explores the pressing issue of outmigration which has left hundreds of picturesque Himalayan hamlets abandoned and turned them into ghost villages.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
She’s tried them everywhere from McDonald’s to Michelin-starred haunts, in tony European hamlets and Midwestern hockey towns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The camps are classified as social housing, but are effectively tiny hamlets comprising several homes.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Small towns, villages and hamlets -- home to around half of the central European nation's 9.5 million people -- have long been the bastion of the ruling Fidesz party.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
Once they reached the valley floor, the going was faster and they made good time, cantering through verdant green-woods and sleepy little hamlets, past orchards and golden wheat fields, splashing across a dozen sunlit streams.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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