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BEWDLEY , 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 in the Bewdley See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Worcestershire, See also:England; 137 M. N.W. by W. from See also:London and 174 N. by W. from See also:Worcester by See also:rail. Pop. (1901) 2866. The Worcester-See also:Shrewsbury See also:line of the See also:Great Western is here joined by lines See also:east from See also:Birmingham and See also:west from See also:Tenbury. Bewdley is pleasantly situated on the sloping right See also:bank of the See also:Severn, on the eastern border of the See also:forest of Wyre. A See also:bridge by See also:Telford (1797) crosses the See also:river. A See also:free See also:grammar school, founded in 1J91, was re-founded by 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. in 16o6, and possesses a large library bequeathed in 1812. The town manufactures combs and See also:horn goods, See also:brass and See also:iron wares, See also:leather, See also:malt, bricks and See also:ropes. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 2105 acres.
Bewdley (i.e. See also:Beaulieu) is probably referred to in the Domesday survey as " another Ribbesford," and was held by the 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. The See also:manor, then called Bellus See also:Locus or Beaulieu on See also:account of its beautiful situation, was afterwards granted to the Mortimers, in whose See also:family it continued until it was merged in the See also:crown on the See also:accession of See also:Edward IV. It is from this 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 that Bewdley See also:dates its importance. Through its situation on the Severn it was connected with the See also:sea, and in 125o a bridge, the only one between it and Worcester, was built across the river and added greatly to the See also:commerce of the town. From Edward IV. Bewdley received its See also:charter in 1472, and there
' On See also:double See also:marriage in See also:early See also:romance see G. See also:Paris, " La Legende du See also:marl aux deux femmes," in La Poesie du moyen dge (2nd See also:series, Paris, 1895) ; and A. Nutt, " The Lai of Eliduc," &c , in Folk-See also:Lore, vol. iii. (1892).appears to be no See also:evidence that it was a borough before this time. Other charters were granted in 1605, 1685 and 1708. By James I.'s charter the burgesses sent one member to See also:parliament, and continued to do so until 1885. A See also:fair and a market on Wednesday were granted by Edward III. in 1373 to his See also:grand-daughter Philippa, wife of See also:Edmund See also:Mortimer, and confirmed to See also:Richard, See also:duke of See also:York, by 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 VI. Edward IV. also granted the burgesses a market on Saturdays, and three fairs, which were confirmed to them by Henry VII. See also:Coal-mines were worked in Bewdley as early as 1669, and the town was formerly noted for making caps.
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