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AMERSHAM , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Wycombe See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Buckinghamshire, See also:England, 24 M. W.N.W.-of See also:London by the See also:Metropolitan railway. Pop. (1901) 2674. It is pleasantly situated in the narrow valley of the Misbourne stream, which is flanked by the well-wooded slopes of the Chiltern Hills. 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:Mary is almost entirely Perpendicular, and has a beautiful See also:south See also:porch, See also:brasses of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries and numerous monuments, several of which, in a See also:chantry, commemorate members of the See also:family of See also:Drake, lords of the See also:manor. The 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 was built by See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Drake in 1642. At Coleshill, near Amersham, See also:Edmund See also:Waller the poet was See also:born in 1606; he sat in See also:parliament for the former 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 of Amersham. The town has See also:flour See also:mills and breweries, and some See also:straw-plaiting and See also:lace-making are carried on in the vicinity. The See also:district is one of the most beautiful near London; the See also:village of Chenies, overlooking the valley of the See also:Chess, is especially picturesque.
Amersham (Elmodesham, Agmondesham, fagmondesham, Aumundesham, Homersham) at 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 the Domesday Survey was divided into no less than six holdings. The manor, or See also:chief of them, was held by See also:Geoffrey de See also:Mandeville.. At the time of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor it was held by See also:Queen Edith. The manor afterwards descended to the families of Fitz Piers, See also:Bohun and See also:Strafford, and was granted by 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 VIII. to Sir See also:John See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell, ancestor of the earls of See also:Bedford. In 1638 See also:Francis;, See also:earl of Bedford, conveyed it to William Drake, by whose descendants it is still held. The See also:north See also:chapel in the church of St See also:Michael, Chenies, has been the See also:burial-See also:place of the Russell family since its erection in 1556, and contains a number of See also:fine memorials, notably that of See also:Anne, countess of Bedford (d. 1558), who founded the chapel. Amersham was formerly a parliamentary borough by See also:prescription, and returned two members in 1300, 1306, 1307 and 1309. In 1623 this See also:privilege was restored, and was only annulled by the Reform See also:Bill of 1832.. The See also:annual See also:fair, in See also:September, is held under a See also:charter secured by Geoffrey Fitz See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter, earl of See also:Essex, in 1200, that on Whit See also:Monday under a charter of 1614, secured by Edward, earl of Bedford, which transferred the See also:Friday market, also granted under the earlier charter, to Tuesday.
End of Article: AMERSHAM
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