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AYLESFORD , a See also:town in the See also:Medway See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, 31 M. N.W. of See also:Maidstone on the See also:South-Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. Pop. (1901) 2678. It stands at the See also:base of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill on the right See also:bank of the Medway. The See also:ancient 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:- 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 (restored in 1878) is principally Perpendicular, but contains some See also:Norman and Decorated portions. It has interesting See also:brasses of the 15th and, 6th centuries and an See also:early embattled See also:tower. At a See also:short distance See also:west, a See also:residence occupying See also:part of the site, are remains of a Carmelite friary, founded here in 1240. It is claimed for this See also:foundation (but not with certainty) that it was the first See also:house of See also:Carmelites established in England, and the first See also:general See also:chapter of the 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 was held here in 1245. Several remains of ' antiquity exist in the neighbourhood, among them a cromlech called See also:Kit's Coty House, about a mile See also:north-See also:east from the See also:village. (See 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 MONUMENTS, See also:Plate, fig. 2.) In accordance with tradition this has been thought to See also:mark the See also:burial-See also:place of Catigern, who was slain here in a See also:battle between the Britons and See also:Saxons in A.D. 455; the name has also been derived from See also:Celtic Ked-coil, that is, the See also:tomb in the See also:wood. The name of the larger See also:group of monuments dose by, called the Countless Stones, is due to the popular belief, which occurs elsewhere, that they are not to be counted. Large See also:numbers of See also:British coins have been found in the neighbourhood. The supposed tomb of. Horsa, who See also:fell in the same battle, is situated at Horsted, about 2 See also:net to the north.
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