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BRENTFORD , a See also:market See also:town in the Brentford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Middlesex, See also:England, 1o4 m. W. of See also:Waterloo See also:terminus, See also:London, by the London & See also:South-Western railway, at the junction of the See also:river Brent with the See also:Thames. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 15,171. The See also:Grand Junction See also:Canal joins the Brent, affording ample See also:water-communications to the town, which has consider-able See also:industries in See also:brewing, See also:soap-making, saw-milling, market-gardening, &c. The Grand Junction waterworks are situated here. Brentford has been the See also:county-town for elections since 1701.
In 1o16 Brentford, or, as it was often called Braynford, was the See also:scene of a See also:great defeat inflicted on the Danes by See also:Edmund Ironside. In 1280 a See also:toll was granted by See also:Edward I., who granted the town a market, for the construction of a See also:bridge across the river, and in the reign of 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 VI. a See also:hospital of the Nine Orders of Angels was founded near its western See also:side. In 1642 a See also:battle was fought here in which the royalists defeated the parliamentary forces. For his services on this occasion the Scotsman See also:Ruthven, See also:earl of Forth, was made earl of Brentford, a See also:title afterwards conferred 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 III. on See also:Marshal See also:Schomberg. Brentford was during the 16th and 17th centuries a favourite resort of London citizens; and its See also:inn of the Three Pigeons, which was kept for a 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 by See also:John See also:Lowin, one of the first actors of See also:Shakespeare's plays, is frequently alluded to by the dramatists of the See also:period. Falstaff is disguised as the " See also:Fat Woman of Brentford " in Shakespeare's Merry Wives of See also:Windsor, and numerous other references to the town in literature point, in most cases, to its reputation for excessive dirt.
The " two See also:kings of Brentford
mentioned in See also:Cowper's Task, and elsewhere, seem to owe their
),
mythical existence to the See also:play, The See also:- REHEARSAL (from " rehearse," to say over again, repeat, recount, O.Fr. rehercer, from re, again, and hercer, to harrow, cf. " hearse," the original meaning being to rake or go over the same ground again as with a harrow)
Rehearsal, by See also:George See also:Villiers, second See also:duke of See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham, produced in 1671.
South of Brentford, towards Isleworth, is See also:Sion See also:House, a See also:mansion founded by See also:Lord See also:Protector See also:Somerset in 1547, and rebuilt and enlarged by the loth earl of See also:Northumberland and See also:Sir See also:Hugh See also:Smithson, afterwards duke of Northumberland, the architects being Inigo See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones and See also:Robert See also:Adam. The gardens are very beautiful. The site of Sion or Syon House was previously occupied by a See also:convent of Bridgetine nuns established at See also:Twickenham by Henry V. in 1415 and removed here in 1431.
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