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BICESTER , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Woodstock See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Oxfordshire, See also:England, 12 M. N.N.E. of See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford by a See also:branch of the See also:London & See also:North-Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (190,) 3023. It lies near the See also:northern edge of the See also:flat open See also:plain of Ot See also:Moor, in a See also:pastoral See also:country. 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 Eadburg, the virgin of See also:Aylesbury, is cruciform, with a western See also:tower, and contains examples of See also:Norman and each succeeding See also:style. There is, moreover, in the See also:nave a single See also:rude angular See also:arch considered to be Saxon. Incorporated with a See also:farm-See also:house, scanty Perpendicular remains are seen of an
Augustinian priory founded at the See also:close of the 12th See also:century. Bicester has considerable agricultural See also:trade and a See also:brewing See also:industry. It is a favourite See also:hunting centre.
The termination See also:tester, commonly indicating See also:Roman origin, does not do so here, and is perhaps copied from Alchester and See also:Chesterton, 2 M. See also:west of Bicester, where there is a small Roman site, probably a wayside See also:village, at the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting of roads from the See also:south (See also:Dorchester), west, north-See also:east and east.
Bicester (Berncestre, Burencestre, Bissiter), according to the Domesday survey, was held by See also:Robert d'Oily. In 1182 See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert See also:Basset founded here an Augustinian priory, which from that date until its See also:dissolution in 1538 became the centre of the See also:industrial See also:life and development of the town. In 1253 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 Longspey obtained a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of a See also:fair at the feast of St Edburg, and a See also:Friday market is mentioned in the 14th century. See also:Richard II. granted a See also:Monday market and a fair at the feast of St 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 the Apostle, and in 1440 an additional market was granted to be held in that See also:part of the town called See also:Bury-End, from this date known as Market-End. Bicester never possessed any manufactures of importance, but the fairs and markets were much frequented, and in the 16th century the See also:cattle market was especially famous.
See J. C. See also:Blomfield, See also:History of the Deanery of Bicester (London, 1882–1894) ; See also:John Dunkin, History of Bicester (London, 1816).
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