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BLACKPOOL , a municipal and See also:county 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 and seaside resort in the Blackpool See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, 46 m. N. of See also:Liverpool, served by the Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire, and See also:London & See also:North Western See also:railways. Pop. (1891) 23,846; (1901) 47,346. The See also:town, which is quite See also:modern, contains many churches and chapels of all denominations, a town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, public See also:libraries, the See also:Victoria See also:hospital, three piers, theatres, See also:ball-rooms, and other places of public amusement, including a lofty See also:tower, resembling the Eiffel Tower of See also:Paris. The See also:municipality maintains an electric tram service. There are handsome promenades along the See also:sea front, which command See also:fine views. Extensive See also:works upon these, affording a sea front unsurpassed by that of any See also:English watering-See also:place, were completed in 1905. The See also:beach is sandy and the bathing See also:good. The borough was created in 1876 (county borough, 1904), and is governed by a See also:mayor, 12 aldermen and 36 councillors. See also:Area, exclusive of See also:foreshore, 3496 acres; including foreshore, 4244 acres.
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