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BISHOPSTORTFORD , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Hertford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Hertfordshire, See also:England; 302 M. N.N.E. from See also:London by the See also:Cambridge See also:line of the See also:Great Eastern railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 7143. It lies on the See also:river Stort, See also:close to the See also:county boundary with See also:Essex, and has See also:water-communication with London through the See also:Lea and Stort See also:Navigation. 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 See also:Michael, See also:standing high above the valley, is a See also:fine embattled Perpendicular See also:building with western See also:tower and See also:spire. The high school,, formerly the See also:grammar school, was founded in 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:Elizabeth. Here were educated See also:Sir 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 See also:Chauncy, an See also:early historian of Hertfordshire (d. 1719), and See also:Cecil See also:Rhodes, who was See also:born at See also:Bishop Stortford in 1853. There are a See also:Nonconformist grammar school, a diocesan training See also:college for mistresses, and other educational establishments. The See also:industries include See also:brewing and malting, See also:coach-building, See also:lime-burning and See also:founding, and there are important See also:horse and See also:cattle markets. -
Before the See also:Conquest the See also:manor of Bishop Stortford is said to have belonged to Eddeva the See also:Fair, wife of Harold, who sold it to the bishop of London, from whom it was taken 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 the Conqueror. William restored it after a few years, and with it gave the bishop a small See also:castle called Waytemore, of which there are scanty remains. The See also:dungeon of this castle, called " Bishop's Hole " or " Bishop's See also:Prison," was used as an ecclesiastical prison until the 16th See also:century. The town now possesses no early See also:incorporation charters, and although both Chauncy and See also:Salmon in their histories of Hertfordshire See also:state that it was created a 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:charter of 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 See also:John in 1206, the charter cannot now be found. The first mention of Bishop Stortford as a borough occurs in 1311, in which See also:year the burgesses returned two members to See also:parliament. The town was represented from that date until 1332, and again in 1335-1336, but the See also:privilege was then allowed to See also:lapse and has never been revived.
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