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CROYDON , a 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:Surrey, See also:England, suburban to See also:London, 10 m. S. of London See also:Bridge. Pop. (1891) 102,695; (1901) 133,895. The borough embraces a See also:great residential See also:district. Several railway stations give it communication with all parts of the See also:metropolis, the See also:principal See also:railways serving it being the London, See also:Brighton & See also:South See also:Coast and the South-Eastern & See also:Chatham. It stands near the See also:sources of the See also:river Wandle, under Banstead See also:Downs, and is a See also:place of great antiquity. The See also:original site, farther See also:west than the See also:present See also:town, is mentioned in Domesday See also:Book. The derivation indicated is from the O. Fr. croie dune, See also:chalk 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. The supposition that here was the See also:Roman station of Noviornagus is rejected. The site is remarkable for the number of springs which issue from the See also:soil. One of these, called the " See also:Bourne," bursts forth a See also:short way above the town at irregular intervals of one to ten years or more; and after See also:running a torrent for two or three months, as quickly vanishes. Until its course was diverted it caused destructive floods. This phenomenon seems to arise from rains which, falling on the chalk hills, sink into the porous soil and reappear after a 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 from crevices at See also:lower levels. The See also:manor of Croydon was presented by 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 the Conqueror to See also:Archbishop See also:Lanfranc, who is believed to have founded the archiepiscopal See also:palace there, which was the occasional See also:residence of his successors till about 1750, and of which the See also:chapel and 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 remain. Addington See also:Park, 3z M. from Croydon, was See also:purchased for the residence, in 1807, of the archbishop of See also:Canterbury, but was sold in consequence of Archbishop See also:Temple's decision to reside at the palace, Canterbury. The neighbouring 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, which is See also:Norman and See also:Early See also:English, contains several memorials of archbishops. Near the park a See also:group of tumuli and a circular encampment are seen. Croydon is a See also:suffragan bishopric in the See also:diocese of Canterbury. The See also:parish church of St See also:John the Baptist appears to have been built in the 14th and 15th centuries, but. to have contained remains of an older See also:building. The church was restored or rebuilt in the 16th See also:century, and again restored by See also:Sir See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert See also:Scott in 1857–1859. It was destroyed by See also:fire, with the exception of the See also:tower, on the 5th of See also:January 1867, and was at once rebuilt by Scott on the old lines. In 1596 Archbishop See also:Whitgift founded the See also:hospital or See also:almshouse which bears his name, and remains in its picturesque See also:brick buildings surrounding two quadrangles. His See also:grammar school was housed in new buildings in 1871, and is a flourishing See also:day school. The principal public building of Croydon is that erected by the See also:corporation for municipal business; it included See also:court-rooms and the public library. At Addiscombe in the
See also:CROZIER
neighbourhood was formerly a See also:mansion dating from 1702, and acquired by the See also:East See also:India See also:Company in 1809 for a Military See also:College, which on the abolition of the Company became the Royal Military College for the East See also:Indian See also:Army, and was closed in 1862. Croydon was formed into a municipal borough in 1883, a parliamentary borough, returning one member, in 1885, and a county borough in 1888. The corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 12 aldermen and 36 councillors. See also:Area, 9012 acres.
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