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CHATHAM , a See also:port and municipal 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:Kent, See also:England, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Medway, 34 M. E.S.E. of See also:London by the See also:South-Eastern & Chatham railway. Pop. (1891) 31,657; (1901) 37,057. Though a distinct borough it is See also:united on the See also:west with See also:Rochester and on the See also:east with See also:Gillingham, so that the three boroughs See also:form, in See also:appearance, a single See also:town with a See also:population which in 1901 exceeded 110,000. With the exception of the See also:dockyards and fortifications there are'" few See also:objects of See also:interest. St See also:Mary's 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 was opened in 1903, but occupies a site which See also:bore a church in Saxon times, though the previous See also:building dated only from 1786. A See also:brass commemorates See also:Stephen Borough (d. 1584), discoverer of the See also:northern passage to See also:Archangel in See also:Russia (1553). St See also:Bartholomew's See also:chapel, 'originally attached to the See also:hospital for lepers (one of the first in England), founded by Gundulph, See also:bishop of Rochester, in 1070, is in See also:part See also:Norman. The funds for the See also:maintenance of the hospital were appropriated by decision of the See also:court of See also:chancery to the hospital of St Bartholomew erected in 1863 within the boundaries of Rochester. The See also:almshouse established in 1592 by See also:Sir See also:John See also:Hawkins for decayed See also:seamen and shipwrights is still extant, the building having been re-erected in the 19th See also:century; but the fund called the Chatham See also:Chest, originated by Hawkins and See also:Drake in
1588, was incorporated with See also:Greenwich Hospital in 1802. In front of the Royal See also:Engineers' See also:Institute is a statue (1890) of See also:General See also:Gordon, and near the railway station another (1888) to 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 Waghorn, See also:promoter of the overland route to See also:India. In 1905 See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Edward VII. unveiled a See also:fine memorial See also:arch commemorating Royal Engineers who See also:fell in the South See also:African See also:War. It stands in the See also:parade ground of the See also:Brompton See also:barracks, facing the See also:Crimean arch. There are numerous brickyards, See also:lime-kilns and See also:flour-See also:mills in the See also:district neighbouring to Chatham; and the town carries on a large See also:retail See also:trade, in See also:great measure owing to the presence of the See also:garrison. The fortifications are among the most elaborate in the See also:kingdom. The so-called Chatham Lines enclose New Brompton, a part of the borough of Gillingham. They were begun in 1758 and completed in 1807, but have been completely modernized. They are strengthened by several detached forts and redoubts. Fort See also:Pitt, which rises above the town to the west, was built in 1779, and is used as a general military hospital. It was regarded as the See also:principal See also:establishment of the See also:kind in the See also:country till the See also:foundation of See also:Netley in See also:Hampshire. The lines include the Chatham, the Royal Marine, the Brompton, the Hut, St Mary's and See also:naval barracks; the garrison hospital, See also:Melville hospital for sailors and See also:marines, the See also:arsenal, gymnasium, various military See also:schools, convict See also:prison, and finally the extensive dockyard See also:system for which the town is famous. This dockyard covers an See also:area of 516 acres, and has a See also:river frontage of over 3 in. It was brought into its See also:present See also:state by the extensive See also:works begun about 1867. Before that 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 there was no See also:basin or wet-See also:dock, though the river Medway to some extent answered the same purpose, but a portion of the adjoining See also:salt-marshes was then taken in, and three basins have been constructed, communicating with each other by means of large locks, so that See also:ships can pass from the See also:bend of the Medway at Gillingham to that at Upnor. Four graving docks were also formed, opening out of the first (Upnor) basin. Subsequent improvements included dredging operations in the Medway to improve the approach, and the See also:provision of extra dry-dock See also:accommodation under the Naval Works Acts.
The parliamentary borough returns one member. The town was incorporated in 1890, and is governed by a See also:mayor, six See also:alder-men and eighteen councillors. Area, 4355 acres. The borough includes the suburb (an ecclesiastical See also:parish) of See also:Luton, in which are the waterworks of Chatham and the adjoining towns.
Chatham (Ceteham, Chetham) belonged at the time of the Domesday Survey to See also:Odo, bishop of See also:Bayeux. During the See also:middle ages it formed a suburb of Rochester, but 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. in See also:founding a See also:regular See also:navy began to establish dockyards, and the See also:harbour formed by the deep channel of the Medway was utilized by See also:Elizabeth, who built a dockyard and established an arsenal here. The dockyard was altered and improved by See also:Charles I. and Charles II., and became the See also:chief naval station of England. In 1708 an See also:act was passed for extending the fortifications of Chatham. During the excavations on Chatham See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill after 1758 a number of tumuli containing human remains, pottery, coins, &c., suggestive of an See also:ancient See also:settlement, were found. Chatham was constituted a parliamentary borough by the Reform See also:Bill of 1832. In the time of Edward III. the See also:lord of the See also:manor had two fairs, one on the 24th of See also:August and the other on the 8th of See also:September. A See also:market to be held on Tuesday, and a See also:fair on the 4th, 5th and 6th of May, were granted by Charles II. in 1679, and another provision market on Saturday by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II. in 1688. In 1738 fairs were held on the 4th of May and the 8th of September, and a market every Saturday.
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