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See also:BOLTON See also:ABBEY , a See also:village in the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 22 M. N.W. from See also:Leeds and 51 from See also:Ilkley by the Midland railway. It takes its name, inaccurately, from the See also:great See also:foundation of Bolton Priory, the ruins of which are among the most exquisitely situated in England. They stand near the right See also:bank of the upper Wharfe, the valley of which is beautifully wooded and closely enclosed by hills. The earliest See also:part of 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 is of transitional See also:Norman date; the See also:nave, which is perfect, is See also:Early See also:English and Decorated. The transepts and See also:choir are ruined, and the remains of domestic buildings are slight. The See also:manor of Bolton Abbey with the See also:rest of the See also:district of See also:Craven was granted 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 to See also:Robert de Romili, who evidently held it in ro86, although there is no mention made of it in the Domesday survey. William de Meschines and See also:Cicely de Romili, his wife, heiress of Robert, founded and endowed a priory at Embsay or Emmesay, near See also:Skipton, in 112o, but it was moved here in 1151 by their daughter, Alice de Romili, wife of' William FitzDuncan, who gave the manor to the monks in See also:exchange for other lands. After the See also:dissolution of the monasteries the manor was sold in 1542 to 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:Clifford, 2nd See also:earl of See also:Cumberland, whose descendants, the See also:dukes of See also:Devonshire, now hold it.
See J. D. See also:Whitaker, LL.D., F.S.A., See also:History of the District of Craven (ed.
Morant, 1878) ; See also:Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum.
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