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See also:BLANDFORD, or BLANDFORD See also:FORUM , 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 See also:northern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Dorsetshire, See also:England, on the See also:Stour, 19 M. N.W. of See also:Bournemouth by the See also:Somerset & See also:Dorset railway. Pop. (1901) 3649. The town is See also:ancient, but was almost wholly destroyed by See also:fire in the 18th See also:century. 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:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter and St See also:Paul, a classical See also:building, was built in 1732. There are a See also:grammar-school (founded in 1521 at See also:Milton Abbas, transferred to Blandford in 1775), a See also:Blue Coat school (i729), and other educational charities. Remnants of a See also:mansion of the 14th century, Damory See also:Court, are seen in a farmhouse, and an adjoining Perpendicular See also:chapel is used as a See also:barn. There are numerous See also:early earthworks on the See also:chalk hills in the neighbourhood. The See also:fine See also:modern mansion of Bryanston, in the See also:park adjoining the town, is the seat of See also:Lord Portman. The municipal borough is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 145 acres.
End of Article: BLANDFORD, or BLANDFORD FORUM
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