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BELPER , a See also:market-See also:town in the See also:mid-See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Derbyshire, See also:England, on the See also:river See also:Derwent, 7 M. N. of See also:Derby on the Midland railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (19o1), 10,934. The See also:chapel of St See also:John is said to have been founded by See also:Edmund Crouchback, second son 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., about the See also:middle of the 13th See also:century. There is an See also:Anglican See also:convent of the Sisters of St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence, with orphanage and school. For a considerable See also:period one of the most flourishing towns in the See also:county, Belper owed its prosperity to the See also:establishment of See also:cotton See also:works in 1776 by Messrs See also:Strutt, the See also:title of See also:Baron Belper (cr. 1856), in the Strutt See also:family, being taken from the town. Belper also manufactures See also:linen, See also:hosiery, See also:silk and earthenware; and after the decline of See also:nail-making, once an important See also:industry, See also:engineering works and See also:iron foundries were opened. The Derwent provides See also:water-See also:power for the cotton-See also:mills. John of Gaunt is said to have been a See also:great benefactor to Belper, and the See also:foundations of a massive See also:building have been believed to See also:mark the site of his See also:residence. A chapel which he founded is incorporated with a See also:modern schoolhouse. The scenery in the neighbourhood of Belper, especially to the See also:west, is beautiful; but there are collieries, See also:lead-mines and quarries in the vicinity of the town.
Belper (Beaurepaire) until 1846 formed See also:part of the See also:parish of Duffield, granted by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William I. to Henry de See also:Ferrers, See also:earl of Derby. There is no distinct mention of Belper till 1296, when the See also:manor was held by Edmund Crouchback, earl of See also:Lancaster, who is said to have enclosed a See also:park and built a See also:hunting seat, to which, from its situation, he gave the name Beaurepaire. The manor thus became See also:parcel of the duchy of Lancaster and is said to have been the residence of John of Gaunt. It afterwards passed with Duffield to the Jodrell family. In a great See also:storm in 1545, 40 houses were destroyed, and the See also:place was scourged by the See also:plague in 1609.
See C. Willott, See also:Historical Records of Belper.
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