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ASHTABULA , a See also: city of Ashtabula See also:county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., in Ashtabula township, on the Ashtabula See also:river and See also:Lake See also:Erie, and 54 M. N.E. of See also:Cleveland. Pop. (1800) 8338; (1900) 12,949, of whom 3688 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910, See also:census) 18,266. There is a large Finnish-born See also:population in the city and in Ash-tabula county, and the Amerikan Sanamat, established here in 1897, is one of the most widely read Finnish weeklies in the See also:country. Ashtabula, is served by the See also:Pennsylvania, the Lake See also:Shore & See also:Michigan See also:Southern, and the New See also:York, See also:Chicago & St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis See also:railways, and by inter-See also:urban electric lines. The city is built on the high See also:bank of the river about 75 ft. above the lake, and commands See also:good views of diversified scenery,.; There is a public library, Ashtabula has an excellent See also:harbour, to and from which large quantities of See also:iron ore and See also:coal are shipped. More iron ore is received, at this See also:port annually than at any other port in the country, or, probably, in the See also:world; the ore is shipped thence by See also:rail to See also:Pittsburg, See also:Youngstown and other iron manufacturing centres. In 1907 the port received 7,542,149 See also:gross tons of iron ore, and shipped 2,632,027 See also:net tons of soft coal. Among the city's manufactures are See also:leather, worsted goods, agricultural implements, and foundry and See also:machine See also:shop products; in 1905 the See also:total value of the factory product was $1,895,454, an increase of I4a3 % five years. There are large See also:green-houses in and near Ashtabula; and quantities of See also:lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes are raised under See also:glass and shipped to Pittsburg and other large cities. The first See also:settlement here was made about 1801.
Ashtabula township was created in 1808, and from it the townships of Kingsville, See also: Plymouth and See also:Sheffield have subsequently been formed. The See also:village 'of Ashtabula was incorporated in 1831, and received a city See also:charter in 1891. The name Ashtabula is an See also:Indian word first applied to the river and said to mean " See also:fish river."
See also:ASHTON-IN-MAKERKELD, an urban See also:district in the See also:Newton parliarrientaiy See also:division of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, 4 M. S. of See also:Wigan, on the See also:Great Central railway. Pop. (1901) 18,687. The district is See also:rich in minerals, and has large collieries, and a colliery cornpany's See also:institute; iron goods are manufactured.
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, a See also:market-See also:town and municipal and See also:parliamentary 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 Lancashire, England, on the river Tame, a tributary of the See also:Mersey, 185 m. N.W. by N. from See also:London and 61 E. from See also:Manchester. See also:Area, 1346 acres_ Pop. (1891) 40,486; (1901) 43,890. It is served by the London & See also:North-Western and the Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire railways (See also:Charles-town station), and by the Great Central (See also:Park See also:Parade station).
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:Michael is Perpendicular, but almost wholly rebuilt. In the vicinity are See also:barracks. The Old 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, or See also:manor See also:house of the Asshetons, remains in an altered See also:form, with an See also:ancient See also:prison adjoining, and the name of Gallows Meadow, still preserved, recalls the See also:summary See also:execution of See also:justice by the lords of the manor. In the vicinity of Ashton a few picturesque old houses remain among the numerous See also:modern residences. See also:Stamford Park, presented by See also:Lord Stamford, is shared by the towns of Ashton and See also:Stalybridge, which extends across the Tame into See also:Cheshire. A technical school, school of See also:art and See also:free library, and several hospitals are maintained. See also:Chief among See also:industries are See also:cotton-See also:spinning, See also:hat-making and iron-See also:founding and machinery See also:works; and there are large collieries in the neighbourhood. The parliamentary borough, which returns one member, extends into Cheshire. The See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 8 aldermen and 24 councillors.
The derivation from the Saxon test (ash) and See also:tun (an enclosed See also:place) accounts for the earliest See also:orthography Estun. The addition subtus lineam is found in ancient deeds and is due to the-position of the place below the See also:line or boundary of Cheshire, which once formed the frontier between the kingdoms of See also:Northumbria and See also:Mercia. The manor was granted to See also:Roger de Poictou by 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 I., but before the end of his reign came to the Greslets as See also:part of the See also:barony of Manchester.
It was held by the Asshetons from 1335 to 1515, when it passed by See also: marriage to the Booths of Dunham See also:Massey, and is now held by the See also:earl of Stamford, the representative of that See also:family. The lord of the manor still holds the ancient See also:court-leet and court-See also:baron See also:half-yearly in May and See also:November, in which See also:cognizance is taken of breaches of agreement among the tenants, especially concerning the repair of roads and cultivation of lands. The place had See also:long enjoyed the name of borough, but it was not till 1847 that a charter of See also:incorporation was granted. Under the Reform See also:Act (1832) it returns one member. One of the markets See also:dates back to 1436. The ancient See also:industry was woollen, but soon after the invention of the spinning See also:frame the cotton See also:trade was introduced, and as See also:early as 1769 the See also:weaving of ginghams, nankeens and calicoes was carried on, and the weaving of cotton See also:yarn by machinery soon became the See also:staple industry. A See also:chapel or church existed here as early as 1261-1262.
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