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BASINGSTOKE , a See also:market-See also:town and municipal 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 See also:Hampshire, See also:England, 48 m. W.S.W. from 'See also:London by the London & See also:South-Western railway; served also by a See also:branch of the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (1901) 9793. 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 and All Angels is a See also:fine specimen of a See also:late Perpendicular See also:building (principally of 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 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.). The See also:chapel of the See also:Holy See also:Ghost is a picturesque ruin, See also:standing in an See also:ancient See also:cemetery, built for the use of the See also:local gild of the Holy Ghost which was founded in 1525, but flourished for less than a See also:century. See also:Close to the neighbouring See also:village of Old Basing are remains of Basing See also:House, remarkable as the See also:scene of the stubborn opposition of See also:John, fifth See also:marquess of See also:Winchester, to See also:Cromwell, by whom it was taken after a protracted See also:siege in 1645. A See also:castle occupied its site from See also:Norman times. Numerous prehistoric See also:relics have been discovered in the See also:district, and a large circular encampment is seen at Winklebury 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. Basingstoke has considerable agricultural See also:trade, and See also:brewing, and the manufacture of agricultural implements, and of clothing, are carried on. The Basingstoke See also:canal, which connects the town with the See also:river Wey and so with the See also:Thames, was opened about 1794, but lost its trade owing to railway competition. It was offered for See also:sale by See also:auction unsuccessfully in 1904, but was bought in 1905.
The municipal borough is under a See also:mayor, four aldermen and twelve councillors. See also:Area, 4195 acres.
Basingstoke is a town of great antiquity, and excavations have brought to See also:light undoubted traces of See also:Roman occupation. The first recorded See also:historical event See also:relating to the town is a victory won here by /See also:Ethelred and See also:Alfred over the Danes in 87r. According to the Domesday survey it had always been a royal See also:manor, and comprised three See also:mills and a market. A See also:charter from Henry III. in 1256 granted to the men of Basingstoke the manor and See also:hundred of that name and certain other privileges, which were confirmed by See also:Edward III., Henry V. and Henry VI. As See also:compensation for loss sustained by a serious See also:fire, See also:Richard II. in 1392 granted to the men of Basingstoke the rights of a See also:corporation and a See also:common See also:seal. A charter from See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. dated 1622 instituted two bailiffs, fourteen See also:capital burgesses, four justices of the See also:peace, a high steward and under steward, two serjeantsat-See also:mace and a See also:court of See also:record. See also:Charles I. in 1641 changed the corporation to a mayor, seven aldermen and seven burgesses. Basingstoke returned two members to See also:parliament in 1295, 1302 and 1306, but no writs are extant ,after this date. In 1202—1203 the market See also:day was changed from See also:Sunday to See also:Monday, but in 1214 was transferred to Wednesday, and has not since been
changed. Henry VI. granted a See also:fair at Whitsun to be held near the chapel of the Holy Ghost.
The charter from James I. confirmed another fair at the feast of St Michael the See also:Archangel, and that of Charles I. granted two fairs on Basingstoke Down at See also:Easter and on the loth and 11th of See also:September. The See also:wool . trade flourished in Basingstoke at an See also:early date, but later appears to have declined, and in 1631 the clothiers of Basingstoke were complaining of the loss of trade and consequent See also:distress.
See See also:Victoria See also:County History—Hants; F. G. Baigent and J. E. Millard, See also:History of Basingstoke (Basingstoke, 1889).
See also:BASIN-STAND, a piece of See also:furniture consisting of a small stand, usually supported on three legs, and most commonly made of See also:mahogany or See also:rosewood, for holding a See also:wash-See also:hand basin. The smaller varieties were used for See also:rose-See also:water ablutions, or for the operation of See also:hair-powdering. The larger ones, which possessed sockets for See also:soap-dishes, were the predecessors of the ample See also:modern wash-hand stand. Both varieties, often of very elegant See also:form, were in extensive use throughout a large See also:part of the 18th century.
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