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BATTERSEA , a See also:south-western See also:metropolitan 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:London, See also:England, bounded N. by the See also:Thames, N.E. by See also:Lambeth, and S.E., S., and W. by See also:Wandsworth. Pop. (1901) 168,907. The See also:principal thoroughfares are Wandsworth Road and Battersea See also:Park and See also:York Roads from See also:east to See also:west, connected See also:north and south with the See also:Victoria or See also:Chelsea, See also:Albert and Battersea See also:bridges over the Thames. The two first of these three are handsome suspension bridges; the third, an See also:iron structure, replaced a wooden See also:bridge of many See also:arches which was closed in 1881, after See also:standing a little over a See also:century. Battersea is a See also:district mainly consisting of artisans' houses, and there are several large factories by the See also:river. The See also:parish 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, Church Road (1776), preserves from an earlier See also:building stained See also:glass and monuments,, including one to 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 St See also:John, See also:Viscount See also:Bolingbroke (d. 1751), and his second wife, who had a See also:mansion See also:close by. Of this a portion remains on the See also:riverside, containing a See also:room associated with See also:Pope, who is said to have worked here upon the " See also:Essay on See also:Man." Wandsworth See also:Common and Clapham Common (220 acres) See also:lie partly within the borough, but the principal public recreation ground is Battersea Park, bordering the Thames between Albert and Victoria Bridges, beautifully laid out, containing a See also:lake and subtropical See also:garden, and having an See also:area of nearly 200 acres. It was constructed with difficulty by embanking the river and raising the level of the formerly marshy ground, and was opened in 1858. Among institutions are the Battersea See also:Polytechnic, the Royal Masonic Institution for girls, founded in 1788, and Church of England and Wesleyan Training Colleges. Battersea is in the See also:parliamentary borough of Battersea and Clapham, including the. whole of the Battersea See also:division and See also:part of the Clapham division.
. The borough See also:council consists of a See also:mayor, 9 aldermen and 54 councillors. Area, 2160.3 acres.
An See also:early See also:form of the name is Patricsey or 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's See also:Island; the See also:manor 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, and until the suppression of the monasteries, belonging to the See also:abbey of St Peter, See also:Westminster. It next passed to the See also:crown, and subsequently to the See also:family of St John and to the earls See also:Spencer. York Road recalls the existence of a See also:palace of the archbishops of York, occasionally occupied by them between the reigns of See also:Edward IV. and Mary. Battersea See also:Fields, bordering the river, were formerly a favourite resort, so that the park also perpetuates a memory. The See also:art of enamelling was introduced, c. 1750, at See also:works in See also:Batter-See also:sea, examples from which are highly valued.
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