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BIGGLESWADE , a See also:market See also:town in the Biggleswade See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Bedfordshire, See also:England, 41 M. N. by W. of See also:London by the See also:Great See also:Northern railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 5120. It lies on the See also:east See also:bank of the Ivel, a tributary of the See also:Ouse, in a See also:flat See also:plain in which vegetables are largely grown for the London markets. The town is a centre of this See also:trade.
Biggleswade (Bichelswade, Beckeleswade, Bickleswade) is an See also:ancient 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 by See also:prescription which has never returned representatives to See also:parliament. The borough See also:court was held by the See also:lord of 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 See also:Edward the See also:Confessor, See also:Archbishop See also:Stigand owned the manor, which according to Domesday passed to Ralf de Insula. 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 I. granted it to the See also:bishop of See also:Lincoln, under whose See also:protection the borough evidently See also:grew up. In 1547 the bishop surrendered his rights to 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, and in the 17th See also:century Biggleswade formed See also:part of the See also:jointure of the queens of England. Owing to its important position on the See also:Roman road to the See also:north the town became an agricultural centre for the surrounding district. In 1335 Edward III. renewed the bishop's See also:licence to hold a See also:Monday market, and See also:annual fairs were held here from very See also:early times. Those for horses are mentioned as famous by See also:Camden. In addition to See also:agriculture, Biggleswade was formerly engaged in See also:straw-plaiting and See also:lace manufacture.
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