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CRICKLADE , a See also:market See also:town in the Cricklade See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Wiltshire, See also:England, 9 m. N.W. of See also:Swindon, on the Midland & See also:South-Western Junction railway. Pop. (19o1) 1517. It is pleasantly situated in the See also:plain which See also:borders the south See also:bank of the See also:Thames, not far from the Thames & See also:Severn See also:Canal. The cruciform 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:Sampson is mainly Perpendicular, with a See also:fine ornate See also:tower, and an old See also:rood-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 in its See also:churchyard. The small church of St See also:Mary has an See also:Early See also:English tower, Perpendicular aisles and a See also:Norman See also:chancel-See also:arch. There is some agricultural See also:trade.
See also:Legend makes Cricklade the See also:abode of a school of See also:Greek philosophers before the See also:Roman See also:conquest, and the name is given as " Greeklade " in See also:Drayton's Polyolbion. It owed its importance in Saxon times to its position at the passage of the Thames. During the revolt of lEthelwald the 7Etheling in 905 he and his See also:army " harried all the Mercian's See also:land until they came to Cricklade and there they went over the Thames " (Anglo-See also:Sax. Chron. sub See also:anno), and in 1016 Canute came with his army over the Thames into See also:Mercia at Cricklade (ibid.). There was a See also:mint at Cricklade 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:Edward the See also:Confessor and 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 I., and William of See also:Dover fortified a See also:castle here in the reign of See also:Stephen. In the reign of 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 III. a See also:hospital dedicated to St See also:John the Baptist was founded at Cricklade, and placed under the See also:government of a See also:warden or See also:prior. Cricklade was a 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 by See also:prescription at least as early as the Domesday Survey, and returned two members to See also:parliament from 1295 until disfranchised by the Redistribution See also:Act of 1885. The borough was never incorporated, but certain liberties, including exemption from See also:toll and passage, were granted to the townsmen by Henry III. and confirmed by successive sovereigns. In 1257 See also:Baldwin de Insula obtained 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 of a See also:Thursday market, and an See also:annual three days' See also:fair at the feast 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 ad Vincula. The market was subsequently changed to Saturday, and was much frequented by dealers in See also:corn and See also:cattle, but is now inconsiderable. During the 14th See also:century Cricklade formed See also:part of the See also:dowry of the queens of England. In the reign of Henry VI. the lordship was acquired by the See also:Hungerford See also:family, and in 1427 See also:Sir See also:Walter Hungerford granted the reversion of the See also:manor to the See also:dean and See also:chapter of See also:Salisbury See also:cathedral to aid towards the repair of their See also:belfry.
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