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BURNLEY , a See also:market See also:town and municipal, See also:county and See also:parliamentary 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 of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, at the junction of the See also:rivers Brun and See also:Calder, 213 M. N.N.W. of See also:London and 29 M. N. of See also:Manchester, on the Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire railway and the See also:Leeds & See also:Liverpool See also:Canal. Pop. (1891) 87,016; (Igor) 97,043. 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 See also:dates from the 14th See also:century, but is largely modernized; among a See also:series of memorials of the See also:Towneley See also:family is one to See also:Charles Towneley (d. 18o5), who collected the series of See also:antique See also:marbles, terra-cottas, bronzes, coins and gems which are named after him and preserved in the See also:British Museum. In 1902 Towneley 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 and See also:Park were acquired by the See also:corporation, the See also:mansion being adapted to use as a museum and See also:art See also:gallery, and in 1903 a summer See also:exhibition was held here. There are a large number of See also:modern churches and chapels, a handsome town-hall, market hall, museum and art gallery, school of See also:science, municipal technical school, various benevolent institutions, and pleasant public parks and recreation grounds. The See also:principal See also:industries are See also:cotton-See also:weaving, worsted-making, See also:iron-See also:founding, See also:coal-See also:mining, See also:quarrying, See also:brick-burning and the making of sanitary wares. It has been suggested that Burnley may coincide with Brunanburh, the battlefield on which the See also:Saxons conquered the Dano-See also:Celtic force in 937. During the cotton See also:famine consequent upon the See also:American See also:war of 1861—65 it suffered severely, and the operatives were employed on See also:relief See also:works embracing an extensive See also:system of improvements. The parliamentary borough (1867), which returns one member, falls within the See also:Clitheroe See also:division of the county. The county borough was created in 1888. The town was incorporated in 1861. The corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 12 aldermen and 36 councillors. By See also:act of See also:parliament in 1890 Burnley was created a See also:suffragan bishopric of the See also:diocese of Manchester. See also:Area of the municipal borough, 4005 acres.
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