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Young Alfred Tennyson grew up in a similarly provincial bit of England, tucked away in his father’s vicarage on a remote part of the east coast of England in a village of fewer than a hundred souls.
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Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
This former vicarage, built in 1876, is considered one of Sweden’s most haunted houses.
—Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
But other things were transplanted from elsewhere in England: a church in Northamptonshire and a vicarage in London become a church and a vicarage in Yorkshire.
—Literary Hub, 21 May 2025
Neighbors fear ‘screaming, shouting, and splashing’ The Sun first reported that Horner and Halliwell had sent off planning permission last year to build a 40ft x 16ft swimming pool at their vicarage house residence, which Horner bought for £2 million ($2.5 million) in 2006.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
As the anger beyond the vicarage rises, the tenor of the debates across the kitchen table grow more urgent.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 6 July 2022
Isotope dating studies of the bodies in the vicarage charnel mound found wide disparities.
—Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
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Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
This former vicarage, built in 1876, is considered one of Sweden’s most haunted houses.
—Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
But other things were transplanted from elsewhere in England: a church in Northamptonshire and a vicarage in London become a church and a vicarage in Yorkshire.
—Literary Hub, 21 May 2025
Neighbors fear ‘screaming, shouting, and splashing’ The Sun first reported that Horner and Halliwell had sent off planning permission last year to build a 40ft x 16ft swimming pool at their vicarage house residence, which Horner bought for £2 million ($2.5 million) in 2006.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
As the anger beyond the vicarage rises, the tenor of the debates across the kitchen table grow more urgent.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 6 July 2022
Isotope dating studies of the bodies in the vicarage charnel mound found wide disparities.
—Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
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“Vicarage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vicarage. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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vicarage
noun
vic·ar·age
ˈvik-(ə-)rij 
: a vicar's home
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