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BUCKINGHAM , 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 and the See also:county town of See also:Buckinghamshire, See also:England, in the Bucking-See also:ham See also:parliamentary See also:division, 61 m. N.W. of See also:London by a See also:branch of the London & See also:North-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 3152. It lies in an open valley on the upper See also:part of the See also:river See also:Ouse, which encircles the See also:main portion of the town on three sides. 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, which was extensively, restored by See also:Sir See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert See also:Scott, a native of this neighbourhood, is of the 18th See also:century, and stands on the site of the old See also:castle; the 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 See also:dates from the See also:close of the previous century; and the See also:grammar school was founded by See also:Edward VI., in part occupying buildings of earlier date, which retain Perpendicular and Decorated windows, and a See also:Norman See also:door. A See also:chantry, founded in 1268 by See also:Matthew Stratton, See also:archdeacon of Buckingham, previously occupied the site; the Norman See also:work may be a remnant of the See also:chapel of a gild of the See also:Holy Trinity. The See also:manor See also:house is of the See also:early part of the 17th century, and other old houses remain. The adjacent See also:mansion of See also:Stowe, approached from the town by a magnificent See also:avenue of elms, and surrounded by gardens very beautifully laid out, was the seat of the See also:dukes of Buckingham until the extinction of the See also:title in 1889. Bucking-ham is served by a branch of the See also:Grand Junction See also:Canal, and has agricultural See also:trade, manufactures of condensed See also:milk and artificial manure, maltings and See also:flour-See also:mills; while an old See also:industry survives to a modified extent in the manufacture of See also:pillow-See also:lace. The borough is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 5oo6 acres.
Buckingham (Bochingeham, Bukyngham) was an important stronghold in pre-See also: Conquest times, and in 918 Edward the See also:Elder encamped there with his See also:army for four See also:weeks, and threw up two forts on either See also:side of the See also:water. At 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 the Domesday survey there were twenty-six burgesses in Buckingham, which, together with the See also:hamlet of Bourton, was assessed at one hide. Although it appears as a borough thus early, the town received no See also:charter until 1554, when See also:Queen See also:Mary created it a See also:free borough corporate with a See also:bailiff, twelve See also:principal burgesses and a steward, and defined the boundaries as extending in width from See also:Dudley See also:bridge to Thornborowe bridge and in length from Chackmore bridge to Padbury See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
Mill bridge. A charter from See also:Charles II. in 1684 was very shortly abandoned in favour of the See also:original See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant, which held force until the Municipal Corporations See also:Act of 1835. In 1529 and from 1545 onwards Buckingham returned two members to See also:parliament, until deprived by the See also:Representation of the See also:People Act of 1867 of one member, and by the Redistribution of Seats Act of 1885 of the other. Early mentions occur of markets arid fairs, and from 1522, when 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 VIII, granted to Sir Henry Marney the borough of Bucking-ham with a Saturday market and two See also:annual fairs, grants of fairs by various sovereigns were numerous. Buckingham was formerly an important agricultural centre, and Edward III. fixed here one of the staples for See also:wool, but after the removal of these to See also:Calais the trade suffered such decay that in an act of 32 Henry VIII. Buckingham is mentioned among See also:thirty-six impoverished towns.
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