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The Hornsey Glebe   I came across the above engraving of Hornsey church recently. The precise composition is one I hadnt previously seen and this new perspective made me think anew about what the land in the foreground was.  A glebe (also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parsons close) is an area of land within a parish used to support the parish vicar or rector.    The glebe lands belonging to St Marys Church in Hornsey stretched up the hill behind the church to roughly where Ch...

The Hornsey Glebe   I came across the above engraving of Hornsey church recently. The precise composition is one I hadnt previously seen and this new perspective made me think anew about what the land in the foreground was.  A glebe (also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parsons close) is an area of land within a parish used to support the parish vicar or rector.    The glebe lands belonging to St Marys Church in Hornsey stretched up the hill behind the church to roughly where Ch...