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Which parishes did Laurence Sterne serve as vicar?
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Laurence Sterne
Novelist Laurence Sterne, detail of an oil painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1760; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Laurence Sterne served as the vicar of the following three parishes:
- Sutton-on-the-Forest: Located north of York, this was the first parish Sterne held after taking holy orders.1
- Stillington: Sterne acquired this vicarage while also serving as a prebendary of York Minster.1
- Coxwold: Sterne was presented with this third parish by his neighbor, Lord Fauconberg, and he later settled there in his home, Shandy Hall.1