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See also:ALCESTER [pronounced Auster] , a See also:market-See also:town in the See also:Stratford-on-See also:Avon See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Warwickshire, See also:England, 16 in. W.S.W. from See also:Warwick by the See also:Great Western railway, served also by the See also:Birmingham-See also:Evesham See also:branch of the Midland railway: Pop. (1901) 2303. It is pleasantly situated among See also:low wooded hills at the junction of the small stream Alne with the Arrow, a See also:northern tributary of the Avon. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Nicholas, with the exception of the Decorated See also:tower, is a reconstruction of 1734; among several monuments is a See also:fine example of See also:Chantrey's See also:work, to the 2nd See also:marquess of See also:Hertford (d. 1822) There are a picturesque town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall (1641), raised on See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone columns, and a See also:free See also:grammar school. The manufacture of needles is less important than formerly, having been absorbed into the centre of the See also:industry at See also:Redditch in the neighbouring See also:county of See also:Worcestershire. There are See also:implement See also:works and See also:cycle works, and See also:brewing is prosecuted.
The name (Alnecestre, Alyncester) signifies " the See also:camp on the Alne." A small Romano-See also:British town or See also:village was situated here, on the road which runs from See also:Derby and See also:Wall, near See also:Lichfield, to join the See also:Fosse Way near See also:Cirencester. Its name' is not known. A See also:relief figure in stone, some pavements, potsherds, coins and burials have been found, but nothing to indicate an important station. No written document See also:relating to Alcester exists before the reign of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I. No mention occurs in Domesday, but it is given in a See also:list of serjeanties of the .reign of Henry III. as having been a royal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of Henry I., and in 1177 it rendered four marks' aid with the other boroughs of the county. However, there is no See also:evidence of the See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of a royal See also:charter, and the See also:title of borough soon lapsed. In the reign of Henry III. a moiety of the See also:manor was See also:purchased by See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Beauchamp, who granted a charter to the inhabitants of the town establishing a Tuesday market for See also:corn, See also:cattle, and all kinds of merchandise, and also obtained grants of fairs at the feasts of St See also:Giles (afterwards transferred to the feast of St Faith) and St See also:Barnabas. In 1444 Sir See also:John Beauchamp purchased the remaining moiety of the manor, and was panted an additional See also:fair at the feast of St See also:Dunstan. From this date the Beauchamps were lords of the whole manor until it passed by See also:female descent to the Grevilles in the reign of Henry VIII. In 1140 a See also:Benedictine monastery was founded here by See also:Ralph Boteler of Oversley, and received the name of the Church of Our See also:Lady of the Isle, owing to its insulation by a See also:moat See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting the See also:river Arrow. The monastery was suppressed among the smaller houses in 1536. Traces of the moat and the See also:foundations are still to be seen in Priory See also:Close. The See also:ancient fairs survived to the end of the 19th See also:century. In 183o the See also:needle-manufacture employed nearly a thousand hands.
End of Article: ALCESTER [pronounced Auster]
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