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BURY , 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, on the See also:river Irwe1L
195 M. N.W. by W. from See also:London, and 14 N. by W. from See also:Manchester, on the Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire railway and the Manchester & See also:Bolton See also:canal. Pop. (1891) 57,212; (1901) 58,029. 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:Mary is of See also:early See also:foundation, but was rebuilt in 1876. Besides numerous other places of See also:worship, there are a handsome 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:athenaeum and museum, See also:art See also:gallery and public library, various See also:assembly rooms, and several recreation grounds. See also:Kay's See also:free See also:grammar school was founded in 1726; there are also municipal technical See also:schools. The See also:cotton manufacture is the See also:principal See also:industry; there are also See also:calico See also:printing, See also:dyeing and See also:bleaching See also:works, machinery and See also:iron works, woollen manufactures, and See also:coal mines and quarries in the vicinity. See also:Sir See also:Robert See also:Peel was See also:born at Chamber Hall in the neighbourhood, and his See also:father did much for the prosperity of the town by the See also:establishment of extensive See also:print-works. A See also:monument to the statesman stands in the market-See also:place. The parliamentary borough returns one member (since 1832). The county borough was created in 1888. The See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 10 aldermen and 30 councillors. See also:Area, 5836 acres.
Bury, of which the name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon burhg, birig or byrig (town, See also:castle or fortified place), was the site of a Saxon station, and an old See also:English castle stood in Castle See also:Croft See also:close to the town. It was a member of the See also:Honour of See also:Clitheroe and a See also:fee of the royal See also:manor of Tottington, which soon after the See also:Conquest was held by the Lacys. The See also:local See also:family of Bury held lands here during the 13th See also:century, and at least for a See also:short 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 the manor itself, but before 1347 it passed by See also:marriage to the Pilkingtons of Pilkington ,with whom it remained till1485,when on the See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder of Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Pilkington it was granted to the first See also:earl of See also:Derby, whose descendants have since held it. Under a 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 made by See also:Edward IV. to Sir Thomas Pilkington, fairs are still held on See also:March 5, May 3, and See also:September 18, and a market was formerly held under the same grant on See also:Thursday, which has, however, been See also:long replaced by a customary market on Saturday. The woollen See also:trade was established here through the agency of Flemish immigrants in Edward III.'s reign, and in See also:Elizabeth's time this industry was of such importance that an aulneger was appointed to measure and See also:stamp the woollen See also:cloth. But although the woollen manufacture is still carried on, the cotton trade has been gradually superseding it since the early See also:part of the 18th century. The family of the Kays, the inventors, belonged to this place, and Robert Peel's print-works were established here in 1770. The cognate trades of bleaching, dyeing and See also:machine-making have been long carried on. A See also:court-leet and view of See also:frank See also:pledge used to be held See also:half-yearly at See also:Easter and Michaelmas, and a court-See also:baron in May. Until 1846 three constables were chosen annually at the court-leet to govern the place, but in that See also:year the inhabitants obtained authority from See also:parliament to appoint twenty-seven commissioners to undertake the local See also:government. A See also:charter of See also:incorporation was granted in 1876. The well-known Bury Co-operative Society was established in 1856. There was a church here at the time of the Domesday Survey, and the earliest mention of a See also:rector is found in the year 1331-1332. One-half of the town is See also:glebe belonging to the rectory.
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