Glebe

In medieval Europe, a glebe was an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses. A glebe-house is a rectory, built for the parish priest, vicar, pastor, or rector, usually at church expense.

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It is also the name of several places:

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In Australia:

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• Glebe, suburb of Hobart, Tasmania
• Glebe, suburb of Sydney, New South Wales
• Glebe was the first Rugby League club formed in Australia.
• Glebe Park, Canberra

In Canada:

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• The Glebe is an historic neighborhood in Ottawa, Ontario, named for the parish fields on which it was built.

In the United States:

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• Glebe Road, a highway in Arlington, Virginia
• Glebe, a small community in Hampshire County, West Virginia named for its glebe-house and parish fields.

Europe: :This article is about the continent. For other meanings, see Europe (disambiguation)....

Parish: A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. It is used by some Christian churches, and also by the civil government in a number of countries....

Rectory: The rectory is the title usually given to the building inhabited, or formerly inhabited, by the rector of a parish. The practice of providing accommodation to rectors of an area is still extant but many of the previous buildings with the title rectory have already been sold off by the church but the...