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AYLESBURY , a See also:market-See also:town in the Aylesbury See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Buckinghamshire, See also:England, 38 M. N. W. by W. of See also:London; served by the See also:Great Central, See also:Metropolitan and Great Western See also:railways (which use a See also:common station) and by a See also:branch of the London & See also:North-Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 9243. It has connexion by a branch with the See also:Grand Junction See also:canal. It lies on a slight See also:eminence in a fertile See also:tract called the Vale of Aylesbury, which extends north-See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward from the See also:foot of the Chiltern Hills. Its streets are mostly narrow and irregular, but picturesque. 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, a large cruciform See also:building, is primarily See also:Early See also:English, but has numerous additions of later See also:dates. The See also:font is transitional See also:Norman, a See also:good example; and a small pre-Norman See also:crypt remains beneath See also:part of the church. There are some Decorated canopied tombs, and the See also:chancel stalls are of the 15th See also:century. The central See also:tower is surmounted by an ornate See also:clock-See also:turret dating from the second See also:half of the 17th century. The See also:county-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 and town-hall, overlooking a broad market-See also:place, are the See also:principal public buildings. The See also:grammar. school was founded in 1611. Aylesbury is the See also:assize town for the county, though See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham is the county town. There is a large agricultural See also:trade, the locality being especially noted for the rearing of ducks; See also:straw-plaiting and the manufacture of condensed See also:milk are carried on, and there are See also:printing See also:works. The Jacobean See also:mansion of See also:Hart-well in the neighbourhood of Aylesbury was the See also:residence of the See also:French See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king 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 XVIII. during his See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile (1810-1814).
Aylesbury (IEylesburge, Eilesberia, Aillesbir) was famous in Saxon times as the supposed See also:burial-place of St Osith. In An). 571 it was one of the towns captured by Cuthwulf, See also:brother of See also:Ceawlin, king of the See also:Saxons. 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 the king owned the See also:manor. In 1554, bya See also:charter from See also:Queen Mary, bestowed as a See also:reward for fidelity during the See also:rebellion of the See also:duke of See also:Northumberland, Aylesbury was constituted a See also:free 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 corporate, with a common See also:council consisting of a See also:bailiff, to aldermen and 12 See also:chief burgesses. The borough returned two members to See also:parliament from this date until the Redistribution See also:Act of 1885, but the other privileges appear to have lapsed in the reign of See also:Elizabeth. Aylesbury evidently had a considerable market from very early times, the tolls being assessed at the time of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor at 25 and at the time of the Domesday survey at £Ld. In 1239 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. made a 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 to See also:John, son of See also:Geoffrey FitzPeter of an See also:annual See also:fair at the feast of St Osith (See also:June 3rd), which was confirmed by Henry VI. in 144o. Queen Mary's charter instituted a Wednesday market and fairs at the feasts of the See also:Annunciation and the Invention of the See also:Holy See also:Cross. In 1579 John See also:Pakington obtained a grant of two annual fairs to be held on the See also:day before See also:Palm See also:Sunday and on the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, and a See also:Monday market for the See also:sale of horses and other animals, See also:grain and merchandise.
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