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ATHERSTONE , a See also:market-See also:town in the See also:Nuneaton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Warwickshire, See also:England, IO22 M. N.W. from See also:London by the London & See also:North-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 5248. It lies in the upper valley of the Anker, under well-wooded hills to the See also:west, and is on the See also:Roman Watling See also:Street, and the See also:Coventry See also:canal. The once monastic 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 rebuilt, excepting the central See also:tower and See also:part of the See also:chancel. The See also:chief See also:industry is See also:hat-making. On the high ground to the west See also:lie ruins of the Cistercian See also:abbey of Merevale, founded in 1149; they include the See also:gatehouse See also:chapel, part of the See also:refectory and other remains exhibiting beautiful details of the 14th See also:century. See also:Coal is worked at Baxterley, 3 M. west of Atherstone.
Atherstone (Adeeestone, Edridestone, Edrichestone), though not mentioned in any pre-See also:Conquest See also:record, is of unquestionably See also:ancient origin. A Saxon See also:barrow was opened near the town in 1824. It is traversed by Watling Street, and portions of the ancient Roman road have been discovered in See also:modern times.
Atherstone is mentioned in Domesday among the possessions of Countess See also:Godiva, the widow of See also:Leofric. In 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 III. it passed to the monks of Bec in See also:Normandy, who in 1246 obtained 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 an See also:annual See also:fair at the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin, and the next See also:year of a market every Tuesday. This market became so much frequented
that in 1319 a See also:toll was levied upon all goods coming into the town, in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to defray the cost of the repair to the roads necessitated by the See also:constant See also:traffic, and in 1332 a similar toll was levied on all goods passing over the See also:bridge called Feldenbrigge near Atherstone. The See also:September fair and Tuesday markets are still continued. In the reign of See also:Edward III. a See also:house of See also:Austin Friars was founded at Atherstone by See also:Ralph See also:Lord See also:Basset of See also:Drayton, which, however, never See also:rose to much importance, and at its See also:dissolution in 1536 was valued at 3o shillings and 3 pence only.
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