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Veuve Clicquot

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This article is about the French champagne house. For the American soda company, see Clicquot Club Company.
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin
Industry Champagne production
Founded 1772 (244 years ago)
Founder Philippe Clicquot-Muiron
Headquarters 12, Rue du Temple
Reims, France
Key people
Jean-Marc Gallot (President),[1] Jean Marc Lacave (former President)
Revenue Increase €1.2 billion (2012)
Parent LVMH

Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin (French pronunciation: [vøv kliko pɔ̃saʁdɛ̃]) is a French champagne house based in Reims, specializing in premium products. Founded in 1772 by Philippe Clicquot-Muiron, Veuve Clicquot played an important role in establishing champagne as a favored drink of haute bourgeoisie and nobility throughout Europe. The 1811 comet vintage of Veuve Clicquot is theorized to have been the first truly "modern" Champagne due to the advancements in the méthode champenoise which Veuve Clicquot pioneered through the technique of remuage.[2][3]

Portrait of Madame Clicquot and her great-granddaughter Anne de Rochechouart-Mortemart by Léon Cogniet.

In 1772, Philippe Clicquot-Muiron established the original enterprise which eventually became the house of Veuve Clicquot. In 1775, it was credited to be the first Champagne house to produce rosé Champagne, using the method of adding red wine during production.[4]

Philippe's son, François Clicquot, married Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin in 1798 and died in 1805, leaving his widow (veuve in French) in control of a company variously involved in banking, wool trading, and Champagne production. She became the first woman to take over a Champagne house.[4] Under Madame Clicquot's guidance, the firm focused entirely on the last, to great success.[5]

During the Napoleonic Wars, Madame Clicquot made strides in establishing her wine in royal courts throughout Europe, notably that of Imperial Russia, thus becoming the first Champagne house to ship Champagne through the blockade to Russia in 1811.[4] During this time, she also gave Champagne to the Prussian guards enforcing the blockade and the soldiers opened the champagne with their swords, so started the technique of sabring Champagne.[6] By the time she died in 1866 Veuve Clicquot had become both a substantial Champagne house and a respected brand. Easily recognised by its distinctive bright yellow labels, the wine holds a royal warrant from Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Since 1987 the Veuve Clicquot company has been part of the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy group of luxury brands, and today owns a controlling interest in New Zealand's Cloudy Bay Vineyards.

In popular culture[edit]

Veuve Clicquot is featured in several films including Casablanca and Babette's Feast.

Veuve Clicquot is mentioned in Downton Abbey Series 6, Episode 1.

Veuve Clicquot is mentioned as having been consumed by the fictional British Secret Service operative, James Bond (written by Ian Fleming). Bond drank Clicquot, Veuve Clicquot, and Veuve Clicquot Rosé in at least three of the original novels: Casino Royale, Diamonds Are Forever, and Thunderball.

Modernisation of production[edit]

Bottles of Veuve Clicquot ranging from "piccolo" (0.188 L) to "Balthazar" (12 L)

Madame Clicquot is credited with a great breakthrough in champagne handling that made mass production of the wine possible. In the early 19th century, with the assistance of her cellar master, Antoine de Müller, Clicquot invented the riddling rack that made the crucial process of dégorgement both more efficient and economic.[7] Clicquot's advance involved systematically collecting the spent yeast and sediments left from the wine's secondary fermentation in the bottle's neck by using a specialised rack.

Composed much like a wooden desk with circular holes, the rack allowed a bottle of wine to be stuck sur point or upside down. Every day a cellar assistant would gently shake and twist (remuage) the bottle to encourage wine solids to settle to the bottom. When this was completed, the cork was carefully removed, the sediments ejected, and a small replacement dose of sweetened wine added.[8]

Oldest bottle[edit]

In July 2008 an unopened bottle of Veuve Clicquot was discovered inside a sideboard in Torosay Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The 1893 bottle was in mint condition, having been kept in the dark, and was the oldest bottle known to exist. It is now on display at the Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin visitor centre in Reims and is regarded as priceless.[9]

Shipwrecked bottles[edit]

In July 2010, a group of Finnish divers found 168 bottles from the Föglö wreck in the Baltic Sea off the coast of the Åland Islands.[10][11][12] The bottles were initially claimed to have been produced between 1782 and 1788. They were sent back to France for analysis. Shortly after this, the bottles were traced to a now-defunct champagne house Juglar. In November 2010, it was reported that the wreck indeed included Veuve Clicquot bottles as well.[13][14] Veuve Clicquot stated that experts checking branding of the corks "were able to identify with absolute certainty" that three of the bottles were theirs. The other bottles examined were attributed to Juglar.[14]

On 17 November, the local government of the Åland Islands announced that most of the bottles were to be auctioned off.[15]

In January 2011, further information about the Åland bottles was released. Ninety-five of them were identified as Juglar, 46 as Veuve Clicquot, and at least four as Heidsieck.[16] The well-preserved wine was considered drinkable when it was tasted in 2015. Chemical analysis showed levels of sugar (150 g/L) much higher than modern champagne. It also had much higher levels of salt, iron, lead, copper, and arsenic compared with modern vintages. It is believed the arsenic and copper originated from antiquated pesticide (Bordeaux mixture) applied to the grapes. The iron probably came from nails used in the wine barrels, and the lead leached from brass valve fittings of the winemaking equipment. Modern champagne producers begin with wine from stainless steel barrels, yielding lower iron and lead levels.[17]

See also[edit]

  1. ^ "Champagne : Jean-Marc Gallot prend la direction de Veuve-Clicquot (LVMH)". 12 September 2014.
  2. ^ G. Harding "A Wine Miscellany" pp 45–47, Clarkson Potter Publishing, New York 2005 ISBN 0-307-34635-8
  3. ^ H. Johnson Vintage: The Story of Wine pg 337 Simon & Schuster 1989 ISBN 0-671-68702-6
  4. ^ a b c Glengarry Victoria Park Store [New Look] Episode 2: Regan and the Champagne Area
  5. ^ Don and Petie Kladstrup, Champagne: How the World's Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed Over War and Hard Times (New York: William Morrow, 2005), p. 77. ISBN 0-06-073792-1.
  6. ^ = Sabre Champagne =
  7. ^ Don and Petie Kladstrup, Champagne, p. 78.
  8. ^ Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, The World Atlas of Wine, 5th ed. (London: Mitchell Beazley, 2001), pg 79. ISBN 1-84000-332-4.
  9. ^ "'Priceless' champagne discovered". BBC News. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  10. ^ The World's oldest champagne – Official web site of the Åland islands, Finland Archived 25 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ^ "Treasure bubbles to the surface". The Australian. News Limited. 18 July 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  12. ^ "'World's oldest champagne' found on Baltic seabed". BBC News. 17 July 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  13. ^ Lechmere, Adam, (17 November 2010). Champagne still 'fresh' after nearly two centuries in Baltic
  14. ^ a b "Veuve Clicquot: Shipwrecked champagne was ours". Yahoo! News. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  15. ^ Auction of the World's oldest champagne – Press release of Aland, Finland[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ "Ahvenanmaan samppanjahylystä löytyi uusi juomalaatu". Helsingin Sanomat. 17 January 2011. Archived from the original on 20 January 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  17. ^ Sarah Everts. 170-Year-Old Champagne Cache Analyzed: Chemical analysis of shipwrecked bubbly reveals secrets of 19th-century French winemaking. Chem & Eng News April 20, 2015.

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GERHARDT, Elena, German singer: b. Leipzig, 11 Nov. 1883. In 1899 she joined the Leipzig Conservatory, and for four years studied there undrecital at Leipzig was an instantaneous ser Marie Hedmont. In 1903 her début in a uccess and by popular demand she was induced to try opera. After eight appearances at Leipzig she decided to confine her efforts to concert work. She soon became known as the greatest lieder singer of modern times. In 1912 she visited the United States and made a most successful concert tour with the principle orchestras. In 1913 she reappeared in America and the entire country did homage to her genius.


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    Though only a few people attended the premiere, all things considered the play was rather a success.
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      All things considered, he would not have been such a bad match for Ida, only that I knew the child did not really care about him, and there was Georgie breaking her proud, patient little heart for his sake, and nobody saw it but one old woman, who had been through it all herself, and knew what it meant.
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Translation of debunk in Spanish:

demoler, v.

Pronunciation: /diˈbəŋk//diːˈbʌŋk/

transitive verb

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    (theory/claim) demoler informal
    (claim/theory) desacreditar
    (belief/person) desacreditar
    (ridicule) ridiculizar
    (expose) desenmascarar
    • How to debunk the man who set 61 NHL scoring records, led the NHL in scoring 10 times, and was the league MVP 9 times?
    • I wanted to take a moment to say thank you, both for your much-needed educational foundation and for your dedicated work debunking scam artists and frauds.
    • This is the man who spends much energy trying to debunk Mother Theresa.
    • Over the past two centuries, Hamilton's reputation has waxed and waned as America has glorified or debunked businessmen.
    • It is not their inclination to debunk combat heroes…
    • A growing body of research on parent-adolescent relationships has debunked the popular notion that emotional distancing is a necessary companion to adolescent individuation.
    • A very ordinary rural chap (the Mirror piece certainly debunking the idea that he is a reclusive loner), he has understandably won mass public sympathy for the way he was mistreated.
    • Rothman debunks the romantic notion of a doomed genius working feverishly by candlelight to commit his revolutionary theory of equations and groups to paper.
    • She also debunked a Western belief that health is synonymous with mediocrity and suffering with art.
    • All told, an evening that deromanticises Ibsen without debunking him and that offers vital proof as to why we still need the international festival.
    • Dr Marshall places Knox in his context and cuts him down to size without debunking him or letting him be effaced by the tumult of his times.
    • However, by an analysis of econometric studies, case study work and official statistics, this paper debunks the idea that, for the majority of these groups, ‘things are getting better’.
    • He brilliantly debunks the notion of a single ‘pre-political’, traditional and eternal concept of marriage.
    • Fourth, Dr. Robison also debunks the common assumption that our kids are not only eating more today, they're eating more of the wrong kinds of food.
    • She debunks the idea that the human interest story was always central to American journalism.
    • If anything, the Oscar nominations debunk the idea that this was a great year for women.
    • Ignore or debunk David Irving, but don't censor him.
    • Each year, the Abstinence Clearinghouse devotes two hours of its annual conference to debunking a man whose fame and influence peaked generations ago.
    • In his brilliant appraisal of the post-punk years, Simon Reynolds debunks the old idea that the Sixties witnessed pop's golden era.
    • More importantly, it debunks the idea that educational reform is instituted to enhance the skills of the labour force.
    • It's just not worth debunking someone who has no credibility in the first place.
    • The teenage Twain's initial intention had nothing to do with debunking Simmons.
    • You may have heard of professor Richard Wiseman - a British psychologist famous for debunking irrational ideas.
    • They can open a window on the inner workings of ivory tower, debunking stereotypes of academics as detached from the real world.
    • It is the first of several articles that debunk the theory that ‘A-type’ personalities are prone to heart disease.
    • Mike Males devotes a chapter in his 1999 book Framing Youth to debunking the myth that young people are not oppressed.
    • In a few pages he debunks the idea that testosterone makes men behave as they do.
    • Goode's goal is to understand rather than to debunk such beliefs.
    • The major portion of this book is dedicated to debunking beliefs in astrology, superstition and New Age beliefs.
    • Sometimes this long-range goal is sacrificed because of the desire to expose or debunk a current claim.
    • The film debunks the notion of an egalitarian society.
    • Whoever is trying to debunk him, they are simply jealous that he is up there and they are down there.


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Bridge to terabithia [electronic resource]. Katherine Paterson.

Paterson, Katherine. (Author). Leonard, Robert Sean. (Added Author).
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  • ISBN: 9780061126093 (sound recording)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (3 audio files) : digital
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: New York : HarperAudio, 2009.

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General Note: Unabridged.
Participant or Performer Note: Narrator: Robert Sean Leonard.
Summary, etc.: Jess Aarons' greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in his grade. He's been practicing all summer and can't wait to see his classmates' faces when he beats them all. But on the first day of school, a new girl boldly crosses over to the boys' side and outruns everyone. That's not a very promising beginning for a friendship, but Jess and Leslie Burke become inseparable. Together, they create Terabithia, a magical kingdom in the woods where the two of them reign as king and queen, and their imaginations set the only limits. Then one morning a terrible tragedy occurs. Only when Jess is able to come to grips with this tragedy does he finally understand the strength and courage Leslie has given him. Performed by Robert Sean Leonard
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Seduction in death [electronic resource] / J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen.

Robb, J. D., 1950- (Author). Ericksen, Susan. (Added Author).
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  • Edition: Library ed.
  • Publisher: [Grand Haven] : Brilliance Audio, 2004.

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Participant or Performer Note: Read by Susan Ericksen.
Summary, etc.: After courting his victim in cyberspace for weeks, Dante has met her in person, and a few hours later, she is dead, victim of a rare and expensive date-rape drug. Detective Eve Dallas comes to the conclusion that the murder was unintentional, but realizes the killer has only two choices: to hole up in fear and guilt, or start hunting again.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Dallas, Eve (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women detectives > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
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Pocket poems / selected by Bobbi Katz ; illustrated by Marylin Hafner.

Katz, Bobbi. (Added Author). Hafner, Marylin, ill. (Added Author).
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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.

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  • ISBN: 0525471723(hb.)
  • Physical Description: 28p. : col. ill. ; 28cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2004.

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Summary, etc.: A collection of short poems by such authors as: Gwendolyn Brooks, Emily Dickinson, Emily George, Nikki Giovanni, Eve Merriam, and Charlotte Pomerantz.
Subject: Children's poetry, American > Juvenile literature.
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This recycled glass necklace from BottleHood features a single pendant made from the reclaimed neck of a Bombay Sapphire gin bottle. The bottleneck has been wrapped with 18 gauge silver wire and is hung from a 18" silver-plated chain. Is it time for G&Ts yet?

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If God is Good…

If you have turned on the TV or checked the news online today chances are you have heard about the shooting at a theater in Aurora.  Witnesses say a masked gunman, dressed in black, walked into the theater with a gas mask on, threw gas canisters into the theater and then opened fire on the crowd. (Hear two witnesses account of the tragedy).

Rather than wonder why God would allow such things to happen, read this to uplift your spirit and your faith in God in times like these:

Randy Alcorn, the author of the book If God is Good, also talks about his book here:

The Forsaken by Estevan Vega

Estevan Vega has done it again, writing yet another gritty and truly terrifying novel, The Forsaken. This time he weaves a tale about Jude Foster, a cop on the trail of a supernatural serial killer. The killer doesn’t kill them by any natural means and brands each of his victims with the mark of a broken cross. There are no witnesses and very little information to go on besides what the killer purposefully leaves behind. So how do you chase down a killer like that?
Jude goes on a full scale assault to take down the killer who he had chased once before, a year before the events of The Forsaken. He uses every resource available to him and now with the help of a new partner, Rachel, the daughter of a former detective on the force. Both Jude and Rachel have something to prove, that they belong there, hunting down killers.
Estevan Vega is a wonderful storyteller and an expert in the psyche of his characters, allowing the reader some sort of an emotional bond with characters not normally relatable. The viewpoint of the story switches from time to time inside each of the characters to give you that deeper understanding of who they are. Even minor characters sometimes share the limelight.
As Jude gets closer and closer to catching his killer we find ourselves diving deeper and deeper into his character and into his past. Jude has a real darkness inside of him and a terrible past to match. Jude is facing his own demons as it were, and he draws himself closer and closer to the most powerful one of all. Can he fight off the evil that surrounds him and lives within him as well?
The Forsaken is a wonderful psychological thriller, but beware! If you thought Estevan was dark and edgy before he has managed to take that several shades darker. Some moments of The Forsaken are truly terrifying, belonging in a really creepy horror film. If you like creepy, then you will definitely love this book! Estevan Vega will keep you glued to the pages with excellent pacing and keep you awake at night with his amazing sense of imagery. So check this book out and if you like it be sure to read his other books such as Arson and Ashes!

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when she was young.  The end of Arson left us breathless, wondering where he would take us, where Arson and Emery would be taken, on this next part of their epic journey.

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The thing that is most striking to me in this story is the trials that each character faces, and must face alone.  They all begin to fight their own demons, hoping that by doing so they will find their way.  Most of the story each main character spends alone in some fashion, and so we see deep within the minds of the characters.  That is something that Estevan Vega is particularly accomplished at, helping us to see and hear the thoughts of his characters, seemingly bringing them to life before our eyes.  Reading this book is better than watching the movie, though a movie wouldn’t be a bad idea with all the trippy and crazy things going on in this story.

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Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 125 years and today has one of the world’s largest news gathering operations globally. It produces leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Financial News, DJX, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource.

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Begndal, Oppland, Norway Genealogy

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Church Records

Microfilm at the Family History Library contain parish registers from the parishes Bagn (Sør-Aurdal), with Leirskogen chapel, Reinli, Begndal and Hedal in Sør-Aurdal clerical district. Included Bruflat parish until 1894 when it became part of the newly established Bruflat clerical district. Aurdal clerical district became Nord-Aurdal and Sør-Aurdal clerical districts in 1805. Records begin in 1807. For earlier records see Nord-Aurdal clerical district.

Also available as digital images from The National Archives of Norway.

Sør-Aurdal: 1807-1849, 1866-1872, 1866-1885

Sør-Aurdal / Bagn: 1849-1924

Sør-Aurdal / Begnadalen: 1862-1893

Sør-Aurdal / Begnadal: 1894-1921

Sør-Aurdal /Bruflat: 1866-1893

Sør-Aurdal / Hedal: 1849-1923

Sør-Aurdal / Reinli: 1849-1929

Census Records

See Sør-Aurdal

Court Records

Land Records

Farm Books

Probate Records

1659-1857: Probates may be found in Hadeland, Land og Valdres judicial district.

1659-1903: Probates may be found in Valdres judicial district.


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Preston Holy Trinity, Lancashire Genealogy

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England go to Lancashire go to Lancashire Parishes

Guide to Preston Holy Trinity, Lancashire family history and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Chapel History

Preston Holy Trinity was a created as a chapelry from, and laying within the ancient parish of Preston St John, in the county of Lancashire, built by 1816.
The church closed in the 1950's. The church was demolished in 1951. A car park now occupies the former location which is slightly west of the Ringway.
The Diocese of Blackburn is a Church of England diocese, covering much of Lancashire, created in 1926 from part of the Diocese of Manchester. The Diocese includes the towns of Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, and the cities of Lancaster, and Preston, as well as a large part of the Ribble Valley.

The [chapelry] of the Holy Trinity is a neat stone edifice in the later English style, with a square embattled tower crowned by pinnacles; it was erected in 1815."[1] It lay within the civil parish boundaries of St John Preston.

Civil Registration

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD

Lancashire Online Parish Clerks

An extremely useful resource for research in Lancashire Parishes

Church records

Online Records

Church of England

Preston Holy Trinity chapelry's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of the ancient parish of Preston St John to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years:

FS =
LOPC Lancashire Online Parish Clerk project
AC =
FREG = FreeReg

PRESTON HOLY TRINITY Chapelry  (1815) Indexes
Baptisms Marriages Burials
FS 1815-1900 1863-1900 None
LOPC 1815-1900 1865-1900 1816-1855
PRESTON ST JOHN(ancient parish containing PRESTON HOLY TRINITY Chapelry)
Baptisms Marriages Burials
FS 1611-1635, 1732, 1767-1792, 1795-1900 1611-1631, 1654-1704, 1729-1906 1731-1732, 1763-1792, 1795-1946
LOPC 1753-1770, 1776-1825, 1828-1861, 1863-1932 1611-1635, 1726-1839, 1841-1847, 1868-1902 1753-1770, 1775-1792, 1795-1827, 1858-1861, 1864-1872
1837-1990 1878-1903
FMP None 1609-1837 None
AC 1611-1635 1611-1635 1611-1635

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Preston Holy Trinity and comprising the whole ancient parish of Preston St John to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the PRESTON ST JOHN PARISH page.

Census records

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library. The first film number is 306887.

Poor Law Unions

Preston Poor Law Union, Lancashire

Probate records

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lancashire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Web sites

  1. Lewis, Samuel A.,&amp;amp;amp;nbsp;A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 609-616.&amp;amp;amp;nbsp;Adapted. Date accessed: 20 July 2010.


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MEMÓRIA was launched across Canada with readings held in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal and received considerable newspaper and television coverage in the Portuguese Canadian media. Coverage of the Toronto launch was aired on OMNI television’s Ponto de Encontro in five provinces and can be viewed online.

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MEMÓRIA was reviewed by literary critic and author Vamberto Freitas in the Azorean newspaper O Açoriano Oriental and on his blog.  The book was also reviewed by author and Brown University professor George Monteiro for The Portuguese American Journal.

Review copies can be ordered through the publisher by contacting Fernanda Viveiros at fidalgobooks(a)gmail.com
Visit the website at fidalgobooks.com

MEMÓRIA: An Anthology of Portuguese Canadian Writers

This slender volume is a testament to the emergence of Portuguese Canadian literature, with more of their words and stories being brought to the attention of more people than ever before. In “Coastal poem,” Eduardo Bettencourt Pinto writes, “My voice races towards you — never has it flown like this, so high over the world.” Portuguese Canadian literature is flying, quietly, through its own discovery. Showcasing contemporary fiction, nonfiction and poetry in order to reflect the changing Portuguese Canadian literary community while supporting new voices in the diaspora, Memória features fifteen writers whose work illustrates a wide range of experiences, narrative voices and sensibilities.

Contributors include Clemente Alves, Edith Baguinho, Nelia Botelho, Esmeralda Cabral, Tony Correia, paulo da costa, Humberto da Silva, Aida Jordão, Irene Marques, Antonio M. Marques, Emanuel Melo, Eduardo Bettencourt Pinto, Paul Serralheiro, Richard Simas and Laureano Soares. Foreword by noted academic and author Onésimo T. Almeida. Edited by Fernanda Viveiros.

The book is available for purchase at select bookstores across the country including the University of Toronto Bookstore, on Amazon, and directly from the publisher at fidalgobooks(at)gmail.com.

MEMÓRIA: An Anthology of Portuguese Canadian Writers
ISBN: 978-0-9860565-0-5
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Release date: November 19, 2013
Publisher: Fidalgo Books

I’m pleased to announce the winning authors whose work will be included in the Portuguese Canadian anthology scheduled for publication this fall. I, along with editorial board members Maria João Dodman and Hugh Hazelton, carefully read through the 92 submissions before finally reviewing and selecting pieces by 15 writers.

I would like to thank the 53 writers who answered the call for submissions with works ranging from poetry and micro-fiction, to short stories, plays, essays and creative nonfiction.  I appreciate the time, talent and effort everyone put into their submissions, and am thrilled to know that so many were interested to be a part of this project. There is an amazing wealth of talent among Portuguese Canadian writers and I look forward to reading more of their work in the future.

Congratulations to the following authors:

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Antonio M. Marques
Clemente Alves
Edith Baguinho
Eduardo Bettencourt Pinto
Emanuel Melo
Esmeralda Cabral
paulo da costa
Humberto da Silva
Irene Marques
Laureano Soares
Nelia Botelho
Paul Serralheiro
Richard Simas
Tony Correia

The anthology will be launched in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal with additional readings in other cities. Please check back for updates!

My sincere thanks and appreciation to editorial board members Maria João Dodman and Hugh Hazelton.

Professor Maria João Dodman is Assistant Professor of Portuguese Studies at York University’s Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics. She is a native of the Azores, Portugal, and she has lived in Canada since 1989.  She specializes in early modern Spanish and Portuguese literature. She is co-chair of the Canadian Centre for Azorean Research and Studies (CCARS) and a member of the Advisory Council of the Consulate of Portugal in Toronto. Currently, Dr. Dodman is researching the concept of Açorianidade [Azoreanness] and its manifestations not only in the literature produced in the region of the Azores, but also in the Diaspora.

Professor Hugh Hazelton, Program Director at the Banff Centre, is a writer and translator who specializes in the work of Latin American writers of Canada. He has written several books of poetry and translates from Spanish, French, and Portuguese into English; his translation of Vétiver (Signature, 2005), a book of poems by Joël Des Rosiers, won the Governor General’s award for French-English translation in 2006. His book Latinocanadá: A Critical Study of Ten Latin American Writers of Canada (McGill-Queen’s, 2007) received the Best Book award from the Canadian Association of Hispanists for the period 2007-2009. He is a professor emeritus of Spanish translation and Latin American civilization at Concordia University in Montreal.

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  1. No man is an island on to himself. But the men with an island to themselves are the luckiest of them all. Had my father not left his island home, I’d not be. But since I am, home is all I see. Here is to the late blooming Lusophiles!!!

    • Thanks, Joe. It’s been a long process just to get to this stage but so worth it. I’ve met so many talented Portuguese-Canadian writers these last few years.

  2. Hello Fernanda,
    I’m disappointed to see so few women writers represented in this forthcoming anthology. Why is this? I’m disappointed that my essay was not chosen but I am looking forward to reading the book once it’s out. Do you have a publishing date set?

    • Hi Antonia,
      I’m disappointed too as I contacted a number of Portuguese-Canadian women writers to request submissions. Despite my efforts, only 14 women submitted work and most submitted a single piece of writing. Compare that to the 39 men, many of whom submitted more than 2 pieces of writing, and you can see how the odds were stacked from the outset. And please keep in mind that blind judging was in effect with my editorial board. Pieces were chosen based on the quality of the work, not on the gender of the writer. However, I would have preferred to see more submissions by Portuguese-Canadian women. I know they’re out there…

      We’re on schedule for an October 2013 publication date. I’ll keep everyone posted.

  3. I was at the Toronto launch of your book and was impressed by the writers I met there and by all the television and newspaper coverage. It’s rare to see so much fuss given to Portuguese-Canadian writers but I hope it’s the beginning of more to come. Do you have plans for another anthology?

  4. Hi Laura,
    I plan to release a second edition, but not until Fall 2015 at the earliest as I have a number of other books planned for release between now and then. Drop me a line at fidalgobooks(at)gmail.com if you’d like to be added to my email list.

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