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CHELTENHAM , a 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:Gloucestershire, See also:England, See also:log m. W. by N. of See also:London by the See also:Great Western railway; served also by the See also:west and See also:north See also:line of the Midland railway. Pop. (1901) 49,439• The See also:town is well situated in the valley of the Chelt, a small tributary of the See also:Severn, under the high line of the Cotteswold Hills to the See also:east, and is in high repute as a See also:health resort. See also:Mineral springs were accidentally discovered in 1716. The See also:Montpellier and Pittville Springs See also:supply handsome See also:pump rooms See also:standing in public gardens, and are the See also:property of the See also:corporation. The Montpellier See also:waters are sulphated, and are valuable for their diuretic effect, and as a stimulant to the See also:liver and alimentary See also:canal. The alkaline-saline waters of Pittville are efficacious against diseases resulting from excess of uric See also:acid. The See also:parish 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 See also:dates from the 14th See also:century, but is almost completely modernized. The town, moreover, is wholly See also:modern in See also:appearance. See also:Assembly rooms opened in 1815 by the See also:duke of See also:Wellington were removed in 1901. A new 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, including a central See also:spa and assembly rooms, was opened in 1903. There are numerous other handsome buildings, especially in High See also:Street, and the See also:Promenade forms a beautiful broad thoroughfare, lined with trees. The town is famous as an educational centre. Cheltenham See also:College (1842) provides See also:education for boys in three departments, classical, military and commercial; and includes a preparatory school. The Ladies' College (1854), See also:long conducted by See also:Miss See also:Beale (q.v.), is one of the most-successful in England. The Normal Training College was founded in 1846 for the training of teachers, male and See also:female, in See also:national and parochial See also:schools. A See also:free See also:grammar school was founded in 1568 by See also:Richard Pate, See also:recorder of See also:Gloucester. The See also:art See also:gallery and museum may be mentioned also. The parliamentary borough returns one member. The municipal borough is under a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 4726 acres. The See also:urban See also:district of Charlton See also:Kings (pop. 3806) forms a See also:south-eastern suburb of Cheltenham.
The site of a See also:British See also:village and burying-ground, Cheltei See also:ham (Celtanhomme, Chiltham, Chelteham) was a village with a church in 803. The See also:manor belonged to the See also:crown; it was granted to 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 de See also:Bohun, See also:earl of See also:Hereford, See also:late in the 12th century, but in 1199 was exchanged for other lands with the 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. It was granted to 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 de Longespee, earl of See also:Salisbury, in 1219, but resumed on his See also:death and granted in See also:dower to Eleanor of See also:Provence in 1243. In 1252 the See also:abbey of See also:Fecamp See also:purchased the manor, and it afterwards belonged to the priory of Cormeille, but was confiscated in 1415 as the See also:possession of an See also:alien priory, and was granted in 1461 to the abbey of See also:Lyon, by which it was held until, once more returning to the crown at the See also:Dissolution,
it was granted to the See also:family of Dutton. The town is first mentioned in 1223, when William de Longespee leased the benefit of the markets, fairs and See also:hundred of Cheltenham to the men of the town for three years; the See also:lease was renewed by Henry III. in 1226, and again in 1230 for ten years. A See also:market town in 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 See also:Camden, it was governed by commissioners from the 18th century in 1876, when it was incorporated; it became a parliamentary borough in 1832. Henry III. in 1230 had granted to the men of Cheltenham a market on each See also:Thursday, and a See also:fair on the See also:vigil, feast and morrow of St 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. Although Camden mentions a considerable See also:trade in See also:malt, the See also:spinning of woollen See also:yarn was the only See also:industry in 1779. After the See also:discovery of springs in 1716, and the erection of a pump-See also:room in 1738, Cheltenham rapidly became fashionable, the visit of See also:George III. and the royal princesses in 1788 ensuring its popularity.
See S. See also:Moreau, A Tour to Cheltenham Spa (See also:Bath, 1738).
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