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CHIPPENHAM , 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 in the Chippenham See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Wiltshire, See also:England, 94 M. W. of See also:London by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (1901) 5074. Chippenham is governed by a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 361 acres. It lies in a hollow on the See also:south See also:side of the Upper See also:Avon, here crossed by a picturesque See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:bridge of 21 See also:arches. St See also:Andrew'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, originally See also:Norman of the 12th See also:century, has been enlarged in different styles. A paved See also:causeway See also:running for about 4 M. between Chippenham Cliff and See also:Wick 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 is named after Maud See also:Heath, said to have been a market-woman, who built it in the 15th century, and bequeathed an See also:estate for its See also:maintenance. After the decline of its woollen and See also:silk trades, Chippenham became celebrated for See also:grain and See also:cheese markets. There are also manufactures of broadcloth, churns, condensed See also:milk, railway-signals, guns and carriages; besides See also:- BACON
- BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
- BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
- BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
- BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
- BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
- BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)
bacon-curing See also:works, See also:flour See also:mills, tanneries and large stone quarries. Bowood, the seat of the See also:marquess of See also:Lansdowne, is 32 m. S.E. of Chippenham. Lanhill See also:barrow, or Hubba's See also:Low, 2i M. N.W., is an See also:ancient See also:tomb containing a kistvaen or sepulchralchamber of stone; it is probably See also:British, though tradition makes it the See also:grave of Hubba, a Danish See also:leader.
Chippenham (Chepeham, Chippeham) was the site of a royal See also:residence where in 853 lEthelwulf celebrated the See also:marriage of his daughter lEthelswitha with Burhred, 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 of See also:Mercia. The town also figured prominently in the Danish invasion of the 9th century, and in 933 was the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-See also:place of the See also:witan. In the Domesday Survey Chippenham appears as a See also:crown See also:manor and is not assessed in hides. The town was governed by a See also:bailiff in the reign of See also:Edward I., and returned two members to See also:parliament from 1295, but it was not incorporated until 1553, when a See also:charter from See also:Mary established a bailiff and twelve burgesses and endowed the See also:corporation with certain lands for the maintenance of two parliamentary burgesses and for the repair of the bridge over the Avon. In 1684 this charter was surrendered to See also:Charles II., and in 1685 a new charter was received from 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., which was 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. The See also:Representation See also:Act of 1868 reduced the number of parliamentary representatives to one, and the borough was disfranchised by the Redistribution Act of 1885. The derivation of Chippenham from cyppan, to buy, implies that the town possessed a market in Saxon times. 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 VII. introduced the clothing manufacture into Wiltshire, Chippenham became an important centre of the See also:industry, which has lapsed. A See also:prize, however, was awarded to the town for this commodity at the Great See also:Exhibition of 1851.
CHIPPEWA' FALLS, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Chippewa county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., on the Chippewa See also:river, about 10o m. E. of St See also:Paul, See also:Minnesota, and 12 M. N.E. of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Pop. (189o) 867o; (1900) 8094; (1910, See also:census) 8893. It is served by the Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault Ste See also:Marie, the See also:Chicago & See also:North-Western, and the Chicago, See also:Milwaukee & St Paul See also:railways, and by the electric See also:line to Eau Claire. The first See also:settlement on the site was made in 1837; and the city was chartered in 187o.
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